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Show TENDERFOOT "MADE GOOD" f i I Touted as a Tough Proposition by a Really Bad Man, LWl M He Gingerly "Shot Up the Town." 1 MM Potnebod) in the party sol off tint old tluendhire aphorism about n nun being known In the loinpin) he keeps, when the reserve I man with the gray hnlr about his letuples spoke up That reminds me of a little experience experi-ence I had In the i allow ili)s of niv mui th ' he snld "I say 'joulh' nl-th nl-th 'Ugh I w is In ni early tn mhood nnd quite nld enough to know hcitir mil that lirlngt. me tn the nthr old snjlim nbnut the xorhltint nt,s charged by experience rnr tuition Mi I rouble was that I needed experlenie but dldn t knnw It V.OU eouldti t tell me ninny things Ihnt I dldn I ulrend) ilntm a fsmlllarlt) with when I set out on this Utile Western trip that 1 am nlmtlt to tell of I was bound frnm New lurk to Han l'ranctsco ind In nnlcr to dip a ll'He Into the nmi of the Western bonier town 1 hid roiuliidel tn slop off for a tins or two In 1 I I'nso which at the Hme of whlih I spelk hid ll eonsldernlili reputation In the line of social Infornnlltv i I dldn t expei t to learn n. greit deal T l slssssl nbnut border , Ivlllratlon mind ) nil, for J'lf) i MB 1 had long ceised Inking nn Interest In i ' (!HI Bl this sort of Ihlug ns depicted In thn ' I SSjHg H books nnd miRntlncs hiving come to ' ' JiSI jB the cnncliisinn thnt It hnd been over- I ,& ..iGH Bl done I figured Hint after the veneers I i','jjjB jH nf tho stnr) hook had been scraped i, jUH H frnm tho nvrrngc Western 'hnd mnn L ii HflHJ ho wnuld nmiiiint to about ono rough, fa t I tjSfl iineiluinted bluMerlng snn nf a gun In f, ,, tj nee I of n shave and carrying nbnut n, J i I llM Hl gun hernuso the laws nf tho far West , j. 5? BBl were rither 1 ix as tn the carrying of ( A jit & 1 made mv llttlo trip over the FSouth- If I?ifl H em rarllh and the further West I got P!!fiiSjB the more Imminent became the expln- i yWpM HB1 I slim of the frontier ni)th I talked the ' 1 ifJJ innltei over with a voung fellow who ' ,? BB had got nhnnril Ihe tinln nt Abilene. l iU'I 1 on the edge of tho cow country' nnd J f'H H ' ho snld he had lived In the Imd Innds it ' f V . i since h" wns !0 nnd he wns then 30 5 tiA I nnd he hndn t seen any dev lustiness , I EMM J i win th spenklnr of ti'l I lie explained that he came frnm SI, i K I Louis nnd, wilh n lot nt money given HB BBI lo him b) his frther who wns In tho iaaU HBI I grin erv business there, he had hnught I tciffl HH n bunch nf cattle und had setlled dnwn , Wstl smBjI I' lo lonmlng the Texas plains as a sort j(jl of boss cowboy !! LaBj 'All this rot nhnut the row boy he. im BB lug sin h n tough proposition snld he, -t mw) M 1 Willi a prrilllnr sort of uncut Imbibed UjW BH fi out the plilns 'Is Just n lot of nlry HH BB tnlk 1 ought to know, fnr I'vo I'lM HBI been kicking nrnund here In tho rrass ' HBI for ten )enrs I've hnd n Utile trnuble, yJM BB of rout so, hut nnthlnz wnrth speaking J)B BBl nf, and )niir tnlk nbnut the bad men, iaB sSJll of the West being played nut li right, pfjM B " Eiurtlv I replied gralltled at this rVI H Indiitsement nf tn) views by an ex- ' IW perl 'exiirtl) sn There nro a Int of riH Intvc-wlnded galoots hanging nrnuml ',(m ssSjl here )et I suppose, who might glvo a. I IB Hl tenderfoot the Impression thnt they LdB were had. but I dare siv that they'rn V JjH BB simply ii lot nf Imltntnrs whn wnnt tn , it IH krep up nld trndlllnus, nnd whn would , ( ( ilndge If n rrnl loaded gun worn pulled l 1 j, H nn them' I'll 1 KM " llxnctly raid my new friend, 1 MB whose name, by thn wny, was Wll- J Jt, HB H We seemed tn ngrre nn everything, ' Nf ;, jiSH nnd beriime fa ft rrlends I nrknnwl 1 iij JM edged that I wan a ptetl) lien v prnpo- ;,,' M 'kjH sltlon In the Enst nnd showed Williams J 1)1 ijAVJSjW H n sitprtb Hmlth ft Wesson 'long rimgc z ft IsJ Jjjl' which I hnd hnttcht nn llrnadwny es- I iM IH perl ill) for this trip I tnld lilm thnt 5, HJS 111 I nlwnyn cnrrled one. nnd ho snld that V fW&lnM Hj he did nlsn, as n matter nt precau. S SuninHM mwBJ Well ho was going In El I'nso, and If U'WIn nf course two such kindred spirits nr- ' JI THiSM H rnnged tu go over the town tngether a J 9 1 , bit Wlllliins snld ho wnuld show mil LL VCM the sights of the place which were not VfTSIBKl Hindi except fnr n lot of faro houses 1 1? ttjlx sVJB along the ninln street nnd n fnndnngn S,"r vlVfiS H nver In Earn del Norte, acres the llio iS?Sh smH tlrande In the evenlnc j 'nllM BH "Well, I found Wllllnms n llrsl-clnsn j S ,)($ fellow In every respect, quiet nnd Innf- I n iJiuH tensive, and set I wondered that hot it ,)US wns nnt mnre popular than he nppoared )k iviflyfll to be In Hi" Rumbling houses. In every j'isj' ..ifflB BHl nno nf whh h he seemed lo be well nc- J a liflJIlB qunlnled l,vir)hody nndded tn him re-i ISdkt.SKH sperlfiilly, hut rather darkly, and tho I m H)HJ HH hartrnders seemed tn hn Intent nn keep- J- Wl. fH Ins their eves on him And the way 3 Jfiil,jHH Hint man (null hold liquor wns won- !J5iBJB derful I hnd nlreidy hezun to Hpenil I IB i3mM money very frrel), nnd, m I eep up nyr!DKT(n self-described reputation nf being a .llriljil'' jB sort of mi Eastern bud mm, began to tliUUMifl swagger n nine !HI9LT"'IM "I was soniewhat nstnnlshed whllo 1,PiIe9 slnndlng nt n bnr nn Han Antnnln nv- I'tlfSSjEB rnue tn nhserve Wllllnms draw his gun & -euilctSlfl BH and put a bullet Into a smull mirror J fx Mfl BH hniiElng J net hark nf the bnr. 1 w'nsj.il ijH equally surprised but irlleved beynnd I rf18 Jul Bfl words tn observe the bartender smllo ' ItjK 4 Bfl n slrkl) smile as ho rnma nut from un- t jMim llm HB drr tho hur nnd nrcept a ten-dollar bill; IV;)!g' jW frnm Williams In payment fnr tho! &!! ?! brnken mirror. W R. 3fl Bfl '"lino up here, you galoots, and ., Ii BBF have a drink Willi )nur Uncle Dlckcyl" JtiJilfL Bfl shouted my Inoffensive friend to as ! i 4 ,'l Bfl much a looking lnt of gents as ever! li , i ll ! cnngrcgnled In a snlooti. 'Wnltz up nnd .' ' j M let me Introduce ynu tn my pardner) ,', ' f I flfl frnm Ihe Enst, nnd he's nnt one nf )our t l flfl damned tenderfoot, cither!' This last,, .". ) I referred to me, but what surprised mo J If i ,1 and lined n Innd oft my mind nt tho I '! samo lime wns that this mob nf ruffians (4 U Q prnmptly lined up nnd shook mo by the H ..! hand t e't Jl! I flfl "Wllllnms bmiRht the drinks amliij i' II fll paid with n twenty-dollar bill, spurn-, 7 j! H ! Ing the change i , ValH HI "Now, It struck mo that I woulill Ul.yfl flfl hnvo to 'make gnnd' In some way, anitifltfit i!1 n Ihen, In a grand finale nf fierceness and ri I M RcnernHlty, break away frnm Wllllims, j W I! m who was fast becoming ton strenuous! ?JMj for me 3 IV ? ,fjrl HB "1 essayed a number nf picturesquely p I SjmI viol, nt exprcsslnns and while ordering') If, I'tU sflsi up Ihe next round nf drinks, drew my! JI: tViSJ fl revolver, I had picked nut a small 1-3 7, Ml gliss pllrher standing behind the bar. lit Mm which I figured nn costing mo nboutj !(! v Mltfl fll Jir,. nnd Intended tn put a bullet Intn It, ) it, rj!2( but my nerve failed me nt the lut'l.W fujfj fll innmnit, nnd I Imught another rouna f, jlfl kU'' l fll of drlnkt Instead. IhIImJ 1 HB, "Well, things went frnm bnel tn worso! 1'-;b3 1 Hsl that Is, Williams nin lie uccaino , ifi-im , ssssj wildly hilarious and careless the moro, Jlu ft ' Hsl sols r nnd cnieful I became. 1 wanted 1 !m iJn I to go home but Wllllims wnuldn't heart M( j.-! ( nf It. Hn even begnn to get ugly with ft i'J flsl mo nnd threatened tn shoot mo If I dc-, !i !(f , serled him. my nld pal. ( r.llil, Hsl "The word soon cot nrnund thatv ir J1'!? Hsl Jack' Wllllims frnm Knge river was If '"lY. HJ on tho rampage, and that there was a' , Jt'tl HI divll nf an Eastern highbinder with' f- rtx Hsl him. nnd I had tn llvo up tn my repu- , J fl t Hsl tnllon . I fnund nut thnt Williams. Ji ,) fll whin drunk, In which cnndltlnn ho got j ,'U nn e,urh nnnual vilt tn El I'asn. was' 1 ilS fll nbnut ns wild and vicious an Indian as t uj'fj'li Hsl ever came nut of the sagebrush, anil' If I;,-,, flsl he was such n good shot that It wasli ;J4JJ fll Rcnerolly agreed among tho men In thol.l iff IjV . Hsl town to let him nlnno. j ,11 311k , Hsl '"Well, nobody will ever realize tho iMj; ( horrors of that night. Williams shoti I ST II ,t at sninethlng In ahnut tvery place wo j Jt II fl got Intn, nnd In nrder tn sivo my Ufa , fl 1 was compelled at times tn follow suit.., J'jj ( and dovcrnl limes came near taking of , iiif '(i barlenders' hends A number nf men,, .J8J, n,1 I cnuld see, wanted tn kill me, hut they 1 .; 'r M wero nfrald nf Williams, who was elng.li J ' Vi Ing and shouting nnd shooting amli , ijj 1 spending mnney like a cruzy man. I tip, l T followed suit with hollow motkerles of ., 'ijj'.l dellant Iwllovvlngs. nnd during tha'ift tj ti; rnurso of tho evening nld for two win-) f I m, elciw pines, two mirrors nnd a dog.';' Ill' which had fallen a victim tn my n-"Ri W iV willing shnotliiR arm I was fast Rolnu 1 OJ n ', i brnke with Ihe enormous drain nn my"Ji ij, it llnanrcs Wllllnms said I was 'alli SA. 0 right,' nnt knowing how little In 'stW Ut 1 I wns taking In the proceed!" , ' Af, llnally sot Williams 10 bed In 01 J3 iU'( nn entire lloor of which we ,Jij , M gaged and In the quiet of the . l i told tho clerk of my troub.. ttnilO, ji lj ,( brlhid him to send me over to tho sta- !, 1 Jf Ci Hon. where I took tho first train outiMV lj,l of El I'nso a sadder nnd a wiser man. $Jgliiti fS New York Times, J Jf ! i'i. |