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Show I. HOW DOUGHNUT ' ; r;! BILL MADE GOOD HI HI ' i HjM 3jftijfl Col. Edgarton Proves that Ono Hj Should Not Look a- Gift Horso H in tho Mouth. H ffTHILB practicing: law In Eu- H ww reka Ncv" in thc '70s'" 6411(1 H y Col. Abe Edgarton. the Arl- H mining: "I H awakened ono morning by Doughnut B Bill. Doughnut BUI was a professional H gambler who had long been out luck H! and I was not altogether unaccustomed B to these untimely visits. And I must H hay for Doughnut Bill that when he did H win bo always honorably brought mo H half 'of his gains In return for staking H him, which was, and I prcsuina still H tho unwritten law 'of the sporting H "But on this particular morning I ob- H jected to having my slocp disturbed. H for all the previous day I had been en- H eased as special counsel prosecuting H and sending to the penitentiary a clerk f of the Western Union Telegraph com- Hfe pany who had held out several thou-H thou-H sand dollars received through the win-Li win-Li in payment for telegrams. It was -sary to make an example of thc Jn. order to the koughnut,' lyou What's fepu any kblow it in the Hjp bank, Ri arc, B with Kklng the (or ftnind to thc own as a V what HTrmcd man or M to K.--bcIng to Hpatli, was pro-Voney pro-Voney my bolt, HKrson neither Kipulse was VAn Idea the think, Rilly have to give me some sort Bfdea of what kind of business you have m " 'All right,' he answers. 'As a start- V cr toward arriving at that business I m need a horse and a shotgun. D'ye want Hf more particulars?' r " 'I have no desire,' I replied with dig- H nlty, 'to pry into any gentleman's prl- H vatc affairs.' And I handed him thc H "Gentlemen," continued Col. Bdgar- H ton, looking impressively around tho H Broadway cafe, "Eureka had had many B sensations, but none for several months H that excited it more than the hold-up i of thc White Pine stage. Thc mere H hold-up, of course, was -not t,he cause B of this excitement, such an Incident be- H ing commonplace, but what caught the V interest of the town was that thc soll- Hl tary road agent who did the Job got H away with $30,000 from Wells-Fargo's V safe. Most of It was in gold notes H shipped- by an Eastern company to pay H off the monthly bills of its Case Dollar H mine at Smith's Junction, midway be- B tween White Pine and Eureka. H "I myself, as a leading citizen, and H therefore a defender of law and order, Hk joined thc posses, and by my side, as one of Sheriff Baldwin's most earnest H aides, rode Doughnut Bill. B "I regret to say that, despite our H most arduous search, no trace of tho H road agent was found. H "The saloon which Doughnut Bill, the B reformed gambler, shortly thereafter B opened on Main street was known as H the Delta, and a handsomer place of H refreshment and recreation was never B seen in a camp of Eureka's size. Its H fame spread throughout thc Sage- Hj "Prior, however, to engaging in busl- H nesa thus, Doughnut paid me a visit H and laid $15,000 in gold notes on my K Merely a Fair and Square Diwy. Ht " 'What,' I demanded, do "you expect H me to do for all this money?' BHBHB " 'Well,' he answered, 'you don't have uUi(n!Trj to do anything, for It's your fair and H . i I' , nquare diwy, all right. But if you feel i I, like putting In an extra lick or two just lor friendship, you might, if you are i ( asked, back me up in what I'm saying ' ' around town, which is that my uncle, H'j i.'. ' -a prominent pool seller in New York, Hli I I' "! has Just died and left me a small slice HL of his fortune.' ( I I i "And this I did, preparing such legal- . , t papers as were necessary to convince Hj , those, of the laity who had their I doubts. HH ,'.t I1 "From that day to the hour of Ills Hli! i" death, gentlemen. Doughnut Bill never Hl ' j ' I touched a card himself, and the games n , (i ''ll in his saloon had thc honorable repu- 1, i ' I tatlon of being the squarcst between Salt Lake and Virginia City." Kj ( . ?L "Do you know what I think," de- HL i i manded a listener, a rather poorly HT ,1 1 -dressed and decidedly wild-eyed man, Hr r ,! ' k a stranger In the cafe. "It's my opinion Bij 1 ' U that both you and that highwayman i partner of yours had ought to have got Bij about twenty years apiece." I, ! "Sh-sh-h-hi" warned Col. Edgarton, B I j I i! raising, his hand warningly and glanc- ' 1? ing abo,ut apprehensively. "Be careful B 1 1 of what you say, my friend. How do ' ' you know there may not be some of the , j I , directors of the Western Union among ; j i this miscellaneous gathering in a place T ! j ' ' of public resort?" Hj I 1 j I "As to that," roared the unbalanced. B I ' j and disreputable stranger, "them West- B ; i ( j ; crn Union directors had ought to go to 1 i ,i ; ' Jail along with the poolsellers they're B ( j i , partners with!" f! j'l "My dear sir," protested the Colonel, B ' 'I ehocked and grieved, "It Is plain that B 1 ' , ; ,, you are an enemy of our business Inter- B j ests, and I cannot consent to listen to l V' you. Were your mind not distorted you B; 11 j, ' 1 ii, would know that to take the dough and Bi i. not ask where .it comes from so long as B "VI It comes is tho onry sane, safe and con- B) IH Bcrvatlve policy." B L'j 'ft j;'' And at a signal from Col. Edgarton, Bj ji ' two waiters suddenly fell upon tho de- B rf. j l ' mented stranger and ejected hlpi from B the cafe. |
