Show I i STORIES OE MEN MENI I THE REAL TilING THING iS WILLING y TAKE N ti t r I r that iut a lot of these Phila I d and Boston manu mann f who write stories about western life and manners for 01 the w week k kand ly and monthly picture are affirming and maintaining that the A estern bad man has always got to see seel an edge in his lIs own favor b before fore hell heIt proceed to get mussy wIth another bad man nian said Frank G U a i from Ul tl Qun try In N Nt Mexico Melco to Star a rep reporter lIt In I rending readIng these picture paper paler I re of western If life fe r Ive Jia hail a sneaking sOrt of nn n I that the pc pIe who wrote them must sure have been strung and stuffed up a whole lot by the boys on the of their to the western country with WIth their let along with them to look aJer th lr lUggage d and an that Theres no other othor way of accounting for some of the things they about the general out I IFor irest est For ex example one of these yarns arns re told of how ore orte bud bad man nian o another one ozle by glaring at him Both men were marshals of hot liot camps situated twenty miles apart The a never seen each other They had nothing against each other There 10 was no jealousy between thorn as there was no need to be both men having I town of oC their own to preside over and I regulate But one day according to thi narrative one o of the tho mar I who Is described as a bird suro sura enough took i it Into his head that bed hed lope over the trail to the other tO tOwn n for the purpose or of having a 8 look at the other marshal who Ic also plc pic as a double fanged Qua Gila wIthout mercy So he rOd rode over oer other to town did this marshal with the L Id Idea He found Cound the other marshal L standing In Ia a b bai The two men recognized each other and nodded The They had a drink together Then they t S t 2 I g ea h otner f her over The Th ay over ay they each other out or of counte nance a couple of small boys bos dou each other to knock a chip off of their shoulders Is 18 described with great elaboration The mutual attempt toh to each other lasted tor foi tWenty minutes at he enot endor which h marshal who was or his home lOrne lot detected signs of faltering In Ills his eye Whereupon accord Ing t thIs trance the mais al who was wa holding down the r e grounds walked up to the visiting marshal pulled the other mar shala picked the other mar out of his belt without an nay and then incontinently booted the other marshal who haq completelY caved under tIle the pressure or of J the stronger mans glaring e eye e into the t r street where the marshal with the nerve re la lay and lapping Ui th d st N Not Qt True to Life There Just about a much ot of real Ute In III that as there Is In the le oh the he cUff cliff for tor the forged papers be the oily and the long Jong eared hero who Is here to 51 save YC the wo malts maas honor with mob moh life No o bad lUI IOl bal baa man of t el one ode of his t lW to the tite caving point Joint nor did one ot or them ever deliberately go 0 uP tn an other wIthout t ther be b n a amo mo tive or a or some other Incent Ire he of dislike or hatred 1 started to tc run afoul of this theory that the bud man ot at the wet must see ace the thing balane in lag Juet juat a bI his say h ll chance of f ft a cashin That ma may be o of a whole lot or of and an that baC b been n mis bd ad men during the pest ten or fifteen year ears But It as aa never ner trye trie for a 11 minute of the real hornet tonus toads Thy r not want any tag talI for them elves but the they just a bit pree red to have the other fellow just enough or of the edGe on them to make the In ter sUng And worth while Cl lay Alli on one of the thc Worst men that tha t v t saddled a In th the Pecos country GE C Texas waa t looking lor fot An any on his own Ide the tIme he t met up wIth Sam DurnIn the marshal I and allaround killer or of Durango and yet ret when thAt was s all over Clay r u had luul so 80 completely up u the mar marshals shat reputation that Sam had to move out ot of between sundown and sunrIse to Lo a avoid the jeers and the hoots of the Durango That meeting happened because San Sam Dumin had ono ot of Clay Texas friends In a hon melee The man killed by bj Bur lur Burn n mI had bast be beina ua buIl along with Clay Allison and Clay was wa a lot diR in his min mind 1 when he heard of how his pal had met his finish at the hands or of Marshal Durnin Of Durango i By the Ers Ears i 1 soc s these da das s ann announced Cis Clay he heard that news rm im gum gob t out o 0 th Pecos jes jea long ugh t up t an lead that aroun tIt th Durango plaza b by both o his hla sure urn am 11 The Th Texa people to whom C Clay In made nade this remark the J II J I doubt t In Ute Ilfe that sooner Ir p later ho would go tIlls V vy ry Job that he had se set h m lr LQ dO leading Mir haI S the pulla square r j the ff rs Clays gun was notched up like th the of an o he had never stood 11 r a In bIB lt e wh t the feather If he mad received a ton of them by fLeigh A man had or of Clays threat and who went up t Durango from the Pecos country told old Marshal Durnin about It Durnin vant any or crawfish either In one oC ci the worst camps seething Durnin had hwI time the marshals badge pinned to his blue lue shirt for Cor two years ears with ut ever going Into the discard at the point joint of gun or blade and he w was loOked upon U a about as daunt leso au aD allaround as ever went liy the name of Sam ho was of what Clu Clay Aliis whom he be kD b by reputation was to Ao 10 to him to square the account for forthe the he pIpIng out of oC a pal Durnin re replied replied plied that lIe he expected to be moving around Durango for tor quite a bit longer md nd that hed just as soon dispose of any le that hIs wa way out or of the Paces co country as a any other othel kind Just Juat two months to a day after lay hAd heard of oC the death of his pal in at time the gun end endor or of Sam Durnin ho he arrived in Durango Clay reached Durango and he stayed sober He know that hal Sam h hid d heard an any thing of oC the throat threat h he had made If ff Indeed he even remembered having o made that threat But h had busl busi 21 hess g In hIs mind whon l Im lit in Du Durango and so he just strolled around time l saloons leaning up with ol f friends I at he came and sayIng very t little Looking F Por r Tro J Along toward sundown Allison who was taking his time Ume about the business he had in mind sat down tit at a table In the saloon or of Curt Mun MunJon Jon to or Of root up tip for tor he Je had been prowling around for Cor some hours y Durnin been waiting for MU AlU MUI I Ion in the back room of Munsons sa loon oon ever eer since hed heard that Al lison ison had struck the cam Wh When n Al AI AIson son sat down at the tab i l the fro front ont ft art rt ot of the saloon ur l n t I eJ at th r a i U Fi rr ic e 0 u loaded ft L s on the man rom the coun 1 try and kept it so trained fur for twenty minutes waiting for Cor Allison to give utterance to some hostile with regard to he marshal Sf 1 Du This of course ourse is whore one bad ronn nian really id want to se an edge but bitt this is not th the kept the l g fi fixed ed edon on Allison on for a thIrd ot of an hour and then as lson anything Durnin pUlled the SUli gui ut or of the hole put It In a corn I tg I the rOom where was s ted at athis his table over to M Al lIona tabla rh mashal mahal hd p at Clay Claye heart as asile strolled over oer to table rYe Ive been hearin remarked Dur flint that you had some idea of leadin me aroun Durango a hull lot by my ears said the marshal leaning his left lart Hand on the table and keeping the p pOInted at Al breast with his right I The man from the Pecos country looked up quietly Into fa face e eU U Who are you ou he asked I 1 ont dont you youIt uIt It trUe that AUt Aliton son had bad never been Durnin beforE but there any doubt that he be knew who time the marshal was when he saw the sun gun pointing his way my name said the mar Youre Clay Allison Ive h heard hearda ld I a heap about you and the last thins thing I I heard was about our pro t lead me aroun th public square 0 Durango by these tabs tab at atthe atthe the side 0 my head lland So that you wont think In case any thin happens that you ou got th worst of It I want t tell teU you that P Ive had you OU under the gun from for the last half hour But Im you ou a chance now Was them 0 OU S I lY UI th Pe le lecon con d dWell Well replied clay tt t a crack in inthe floor yoU O cant bp be aU all you ou hear but since you tive OU signs o 0 bein come I Disarmed the Marshal Like the dab of a eats paw At Al 11 l 1 reached over arid and caught the wrIst of r hand that held the gun A man of oC a buns bulls he I Ioa l etl over the fable and twist twisted d that wrIst of until the I to drop the gun to the floor and 1 gasp with pain Allison kicked the gun Into a corner and snatched the tha other gUno out ut of the marshal marshaI i belt I Dumb was completely disarmed and anda a 0 the merc of the man the Pc CO coa A 1 was WiS sayin aln went on Allison cOntinuIng th the nce that he had begun before putting Durnin at hadr hl his r merc mercy since you show signs o 0 bein inquisitive wy yes es I Old say that I was t lead you aroun Durango b by th ears cars a few an jest what Im ager go r t do Then his knee in the small ot of the helpless marshals back him from behind by both lArs ears kneed him forward and out of the aloon and in fn that way h he prod ded Marshal Sapi Durnin a 8 bad man himself all time the streets or of Du ango while the camp camp looked and amI said nothing tle affair being plainly 1 o e of oC the ps t uThe ThO ede iaz aU all ag t CIa Al AI lion on In fn that in incident ident but he had bad made mado the hike to Durango to a zt er i I tam bit of that he had on his ht mind and he deterred from transacting that piece or of business be Be he see any allY foT Cor r hinc to get a shade the bet or of the sit situation He took a punt that he might be to get b by and an switch the dice the marshal had ha I him the gun Jun that way and It II was on only hl hi ss and Jue that thai him through But be cob 0 1 sIder those elements but just wont ahead and won out when the odds were yay ay against him Th The mar drilled out of Durango before the t da daylight lIght unable to slay Md and faco the shame of the thing that thai I Clay Allison had put on him Allison i I Y back to the pecos Country a IS the tho ob b he start oUt on f Im r an only a year me o le and n a death as a from a freighters w wagon and hal g the wh over I his hood head Earp rind and Masterson l too once when a ver bad man or of the S Wyatt Earp no less baa deliberately an am recklessly gR gave 6 SO noted a killer as a I Bat rs n the edge on him In the I heat or of an extreme against I I who was then the marsha I of Dod Dodge e eThere There were a number of the Earp Earl m bo boys and of one them Virgil upon 1 the OC or of a to Dodge had ha I been told by bJ Masterson that that see seC tJ tIn was too fur far north for any IJ f the thi Earps and recommended Virgil Earp Eari I get back bacI to the cactus country d sudden in fact en t ced rit it th the poin of on one of his guns and VIrgil I ee aso an in arguing against t at t hind of persuasion So he ducked out ou I of Dodge but when he got down to t arIzona he told his brother Wyatt the tb I hardest nut or of tsat hom ho l terson had given hIm the out of DOdo Wyatt rode rl right ht up to Dodge to 5 so about it ft Wyatt Earp haa never met EM on but he had ha all al kinds of oC contempt and scorn for th or of Dodge as he had for au an m awn who ho did all 0 of his slaughtering in Si th ot of the l law w Re He looked upon I who the sr screen on of o the laws Jaws authority to do h his s gun Un fight in as a piece of paste and it was for to I time the purpose of expressing t this b opinion t tp Bat Masterson that he hurried up to t I Dodge As soon as Wyatt Earp Barp got Into mt j DOdge hu h made hurried Inquiry as to t 4 where hed hea b be able to find a I j and somebody told him that Bat was wa S Splaying playing in the back room of o Pack hotel bar Earp hiked hike t I for tor Wingates like a button drummer drumme r mUng fOr Or an early morning traIn Earp clomped Into Wingates bar ba baand and asked the barkeep which or of the th I two players atthe table was ua S i Masterson The barkeep nodded in the th direction of the thc marsha Earp got go j over to the table In of strIdes He gave gao the table a bang ban with his fIst that made the cards dance anti and he his face ace lou four In Inches hs of i I Youre a son of a 1 coyote son Earp said Mid to the th marshal of Dodge and forto for tIvo bits and an ana a poncho Id take them la law guns away awn 1 flOm fr ni you ou und and run em yom our ir I throat Masterson who never was first rAter in his I know 1 looked flustered lIe He know Earp but Re saw that the man who was tall talk 4 o him wap wa the thereal real n Hj I And rn Ill give sive you this much the tl best ot of It at that you u dog do said wid tarp Earp f Then he d lb buLb b ml t guns buns from his b holL lt them down do doon on the table beside But Bat on the U me 1 killing mar marshal of DOdge and slopped five paces back from the table of his Far from wanting g an ft Earp am W J giving gIvIn edge to the theman ti than man who at time bud the l for lor l his Js quickness O 1 the trIgger and as the numbe or his killIngs nut ut wasn t the tl first nor the lAst time th tl h b caved cave r 10 Oh behave lie he weak y as Id o l to the tho Infuriated 1 d to tJ the e 0 Int Ii In rb c rat on th the P Ck of Df gfa ih and andi i walked out not e even n takIng the caution to walk out ba backward th thus s showing hIs supreme o for fot the thc marshal ol at Dodge Having made the only asterson wilt he considered his rother a account squared fir first t ma pf thi badman bad mafi Is that ime he 1 Is I always any any and pd em all s s dead wiPing willing to give the other felloW even een the shade the best of a I Nt l f if 1115 l is 15 strong and hi Is suree n Star 1 |