Show Dog barry in bezas down in southwestern texas just about illi midway dway between houston in the east and ll el 11 paso pago in the we west t and very near the rio grande Grard Cy the southern pacific railway has built over tho the pecos hirer iziver the highest bridge in the united states indeed its hight of feet is only exceeded ly by two tivo bridges in the world one in the and andes le s of peru and the other in tho the himalaya mountains just before this bridge briage was finished fluiS hEd one of the workmen fell from it and was waa of course killed tho the county judge was summoned n from langtry the town nearest to the bridge to hold bold a cr owners quest the juige judge arrived with a great concourse conco urEe of people all anxious to merveon servo on the tha jury 3 proceedings dings were bogn by I 1 examining tile the body of the dead man mail upon this were found a loaded revolver and forty dollars in cash perceiving these the judge said there ai aint tilt bothi nothing I 1 cr todo to do about thi this cass gentlemen of of the jury the mans dead and its perfectly plain how low ito ho met his de death a th I 1 but u t what I 1 want to know is I 1 what was lie he doing with that gun un a ain agin in the laws of tex texas ae ile he aint here to explain but because a man takes it into his head to put on oil wings and mount to the skies is u hv 9 4 bat 7 st f t 1 0 f 71 11 CT is law and justice is justice injustice I 1 fine him forty dollars for carrying a deadly weapon 11 it is needless to say that the fine was paid john gilmer speed in the E editors drawer in harpers magazin for june |