| Show tp T DUEL l lAT I AT ST A I hn Hedges a Handy Man With a Gun GunShot 1 i Shot Through the Hie Heart Twice by byan byan byI I an Intended Victim I i t Ji n R nt nl State t t g I 11 I tury Ir of or J t L t 1101 i down Iown the tho earth fI r I i md finally taunt If fl z nut LUtt hU r it Jim Hodge It I If II Ii I t f the Ihl border lino Uno i a I i and In 1 It tact fact Ih r r with Unit that 1 felt reU felti reUt t M 1 the tIe slayer t g gt t II i 1 to t u be ulO ba baJ a av 11 Ie th II a gun 1 J tho the win min minI mm HInh fly v ago I of what Is I now nol no nor th 1 I Vr r ned from thelt p a i t mim in he war whoop p t r kB k from u II gun 01 I 1 d rr The camp had no ito noI I itI at III tUre Iff II I j He IlL Het JI JIt ilm t MI Il ant position po t eJ t It without d EJ r nt 1118 advent n I 1 td 1 i a 11 plump In lii the local UM u I tie Ih rho t H 1 n rr his tile name Id rd th ith r rn saw av visions of n II aai l t ti ud ai 3 a it gun being brand th Ih a ar r with a n t i J If l I AT Al 1 Hi Ih years cOllie came and arni There 1 hore were i 1 rn r J I fill fl II If n fl who Iio had tho thov v 1 tr lr Ie his hili tl M y J in m Oi the tilt other bit till tito eth tJ s bullets In thel boil bol Hf Er WH 1118 the t character who Ito f t 1 I hs 9 man mali anti and that thaI wan nn flu ji iI n T He HI k was wall wa f wired j I 1 v now hOW ho ito held heldI I i f rr r No one IIno IW to toI I f H He lie had n II wife and j i m In t V itter thero there are two t f lined as RB soon coon nn OH OHi 1 r wn i ts In order to 3 i t i r IF might mako to toi toda 11 i s dea da davs h his vs is s 01 WORSE J t 0 i fj faH year car r Hedges leel deel anger an than Vcr ever Ills His gun jun junI un i r C fr p iJ J nt nl fl that his 1118 right i i t h hIli I p like hue an au aut 2 t it r H li f seo eo n a 2 1 a hg I u 0 very ery word it If i uti ii r i n a were sv ri afraid to talk n It ear earth Ut r expressions would tr i us u O n U suits It Is lH that I r F Irk r cf c r July last he went jl i tun fl in his hl hand and stalked tt rt O an UiT r while liil tacit men and umi wo vo their tr mr r Mh th He Il was 1118 so aux ti if bin bh bl gUi 1111 that It made mad him f t L would give him thu thur r was vaa n a man nian mani mank k lk l i t rr not sooner or thc ilir t f nun lie die vas s all a looking fo I l i t 1 lt e S m Inn n fl camo In iii the cr i ill 14 and like Ike most lOst I l lilt III I no two wh ot or sint to put Out 3 ca 01 th hi ll L 1 i tins n 9 he wax full of oft n ii t Kien cen to quarreling bin bilL r 1 n 11 r n danger testa kr 3 nn ru r lag Ing the sun aun rose roso and bright ht over oer There wa wn nothing In the tho he air to Indicate the coming tragedy tor for everything was serene Jim from front the and began to mix up with rit 0 1 los boys Pretty soon soun Hedges thu t u clowd making his lila advent In liU customary style Time began 10 TD 41 g nail and someone In the party larty proposed u I hontIng contest The fito proposition wan wat 1 accepted anti and feits of or marksmanship Buan UH aa are seldom seen goon these thelle days oi o 0 the of tho lie crowd crowl For twenty yearn Tin Jin ell boasted that ho he watt wall the tho leSt best shot Khot In the district But Hut in lIt wax wall u n man who shot eliot with n it nourish n and LInd accuracy that was goad goadIng goadIng Ing Somebody threw u a can Into the tho nit and ald shot several holes hol 1 In It before It U the tho ground rIte Tho crowd cheered cheNel and Rn 1 Hedges Hel became Presently a n IIO O OI as fl to Ij who thio wai the thu better shot Hedge I or amid the tho opinion of the this majority yielded the tilt palm to the tho latter Hedges l it the tho turn of oC public opinion and a I III he raged with silent hatred and envy made a n few more mOlo shots equally as skillful the shooting of the can Carl and Hedges stung with de defeat detent defeat feat tent went to and hissed If It you ou want vant a II mill gun play you OU can din have havo haveIt It but he lie hI he have haye lila his gun with him but hut would go JO and get ct It The Tho crowd saw sai trouble coming I II A and tint men went lIt home hun ione Others locked up their shops and got nt out nut of ot the way wn Those whom tho tiit gods they the first make road mull Is IB an nn old oh saying and It was wart peculiarly so In Hedges case He should 1 have hlll thought of the thu abo absolutely accurate aim alto of If bin hili rival timid and paused lie He did tilt pause long enough to conceive a n dastardly deed He Uti dread dreaded ed d 8 gun gUll and he lie proposed not to give glo him him IL a hanco to use It II Ho lie Homade made ma e his hits way wn bitch back to whore where some of or orthe the crowd wan wait congregating unseen by b 0 log and mutt It Is said when wIlli ho saw his opportunity he lie fired tired The Tho bul hal bullet bullet hallet let entered OIe left arm anti shattered It Hut But hits his face faco KaO gave no evidence that he ho hewa howa wa Wall He lie wheeled around and amid Haw naw Hedges with whit his gun still pointed lit at him hlll There was sins not a n muscle In III t body that thit moved The right arm anti was raised In a I Hash then lien two reports rail out oat and Hedges fell like n a log logAn logAn An Alt examination of ot the body bOI revealed two bullet hullet holes over ocr the heart and they the were vere lre not hot of an 1111 Inch apart The aim was WIlS perfect With one arm dangling at nl his side shattered never nevor lost loet for a 11 moment that Hint absolute mastery over his hili nerve lIere J the e bullet he fires n tp the tho Ut at which he tie Glendenning Is In now aoi in ill prison at it Ce te Cedar dar day City hut but his hll friend trl are making ef of efforts forts to have him released They Tho ex ox exonerate Onerato him hunt front from all blame anti and the general remark around Stateline IH Pt that thet the bad man titan got cot what he ho had been looking factor twenty years yeat |
