Show BILL WAS WASA A BAD MAN MANA A Reformed Train-Robber Train Tells Story Th That t Makes the Hair Raise Yes sir said the Reformed One Ono Oneto Onoto Oneto to a n Chicago Inter Ocean man the very Tery worst man roan in the whole world were Western Vestern Bill the terror of ot th Parsons Parson's gulch His real name was Thomas Smith and he lie were less like a desperado than any other man I ever saw outside of a a. book on tho Wild West He were about four feet six with wits long hair and a a. mild eye with a a. voice into him more like a womans woman's than any womans woman's I ever come across He always wore white kid Idd gloves an boots with tassels an most generally when ho was out for lor gore he dressed in a a. swaner If It the Tuxedo coat had been invented before before before be be- fore that man died hed he'd a a. wore one for informal affairs He was a a. stickler stickler stick stick- ler for etiquette were vere Western Bill lie He could do some somo things I never saw anyone else do He could shoot b behind hind him with just as much certainty certainty certainty as he could shoot in front of him He was e d I seen him once when seven of his enemies attacked attacked at at- tacked him from behind He didn't move for it seemed to me a long time Then Thea he flashed round his revolver re spoke six sL times and six of the men just dropped in their tracks and lay still each of em shot through tho the brain via the left eye The seventh man roan come on knowing that Bills Bill's gun I were empty Well Wen what did Bill BiU do He squirt vichy ichy from a at the last man and sent him running out of the place like all an possessed That was Bill Bill BiU- humorous you see and ready for a J. J joke And then he said to me regret regret- ful like liken An n I weren't dressed to receive receive receive re re- re- re company comp For he were in his pajamas having got out of bed to drink with me rae lIe He were particular were Bill BiU except with friends I know other men a dozen or so has been credited with inventing tha the 7 z lJ I V r I i r 1 4 BILL DILL AND THE KID hold up single-handed single of a stage But It were Western Bill who invented in it reaU really He lie began it thus The stage stae from Parsons Parson's gulch were coming downhill clo not far from the gulch with ten passengers end about in dust in the box Bill Dill ran uphill toward toward to to- ward yard it put his hands on the heads of ot time the leaders and swung wung himself onto the pole right between the wheel horses Then he run along the pole poleto to the driver made macic him come down and then at leisure drove role the tho e coach ach to a quiet place and went through the passengers He told me afterward ho lie got about that haul baul There were a reputed millionaire aboard but Bill Dill got only out of him and nud his reputation fell feU at nt cuce Next day aJ the same trick were done to a stage miles away Bill again gain How flow that man could travel Well b by and b by stage robbing degenerated degenerated de tie- generated and Bill began to rob trains lIe He was the original lone train traill robber youve you've heard of him He lIe signaled a train one night and when it stopped ho just up and anti while pretending to speak to the engineer he lifted one driving driling wheel off the track quite careless like and put it on the ground Course that just prevented prevented pre pre- vented the train from going on and Bill Bm went through it at his leisure He took in a n right good sum that night he lie told meNow meNow me Now you'll n never ver guess what Bill did with his ill-gotten ill gains He founded an nn asylum for retired stage- stage robbers and another one for old ladies ladles and a II third one for orphaned children of desperadoes It was pretty prett to see sec him in the intervals of his exciting life walking among g the children ren in his home or ing attention attention atten atten- tion to some dear dearold Lor old lady lady Lor Lor bless you OU it brings the tears to my eyed now when I think of it Well well well It had to be his love for children that brought him down at last And yet it was unintentional on the part of the child that did it and Bill recognized that fact One day he he drove up to his home to see a a. child that had been ill with the grip He lie were in full dress so I knew he were busy and nad he admitted admitted ad nil- he be had a job on but he were never too busy to see seo his friends So Soho Soho ho he saw the little kid and made made- him proud by giving him a a. little six shoot er and a flask He lie had one fault had bad Bill if it were a fault ho he couldn't forget the shop Well the kid were tickled to death and insisted that Bill should eat nt at a piece of some candy the whole push had been a Bill consented but it killed lolled him Ho lIo choked to death on it His ills last words were Its better as it is Poor bill He Ire were undoubtedly the very worst bad man ever known in the west |