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Show v evwff flHfijHH M. JOHNNIE POTTS. HH A TEXAB TEHMOn OP COWDOY JaaHffiB days. HraBi Ader a High! nf (vrlry (l r.ll, anal WSfrVW1 la a ritnl ttllh Una ol Ills Ion- KuWaVSUHT panlona Vtat Dams In Ilia last ana BCtrXrift7 tiled Mllu 111. (loots On. V VfisHe!)! One of the typical terror of Texas HMKSR was Johnnie l'otts. When hit nyslora flBrw9E' wa not filled with the peculiar anil HKJsMaaafaM hair-raising beverage told for whisky lifflaBsUSs' In tho border towns, 1'otts was rea- Uaimsatffi tonably peaceful, thuugh never socta- HHIBm ble In his disposition but when b sxaBHHflBI was loaded with what wa commonly IM termed "old hell s delight" ha wa ont H of tho mott dangerous of his class HH It was In tho early pirt of March, H 18SI, that lien Franklin and other of H tho cowboy of tho ' T 6" rapge went f to Caldwell to toko In tho town All H tho riders could not be spared at once, jH nnd for that reason Johnnlo l'ott and H other had to stay at camp Kranklln, H who In cowboy circle was considered B a moro than ordinary big hearted and H Jovial spirit, showed his sympathy tor H his untortunato companions who did H not have tho opportunity to participate In tho pattlmo of painting the town H red, by brluglug back lo camp a Jug ot tho liquor dealt out at Caldwell H saloons rho nlrht at tho ranch wo H ono of rovelry, gambling and drinking jH l'ott drank heavily nnd as tho hour woro un ho became, more noisy and H quarrelsome It wa nearly morning H when he nroto from tho camp table, IH and, stiiRKirlng ngnlnst the desk of th jH bookkeeper of tho cattle company, H upset tho Ink nnd disarranged tho pa- jH per The bookkeeper made some jH protest, which, with Johnnie I'otts.was H Iho slhtial for trouble Pulling his six- H thooter ho proceeded lo kick uver such H furniture at there was about tho camp bouso a a sort of preliminary to gen- eral bottllltlet Tho other rango rider H wcro not so full of red liquor that thoy H did not reallto tint It was only a JH question how many would be ablo to H get out ot rango when Johnnie began H to shoot H Kranklln, who was quicker to think H and act than his companions, with a I H swift movement caught the ' terror" H from bvhlnd and throwing him to th B floor disarmed him Johnnlo raved like H a madman and applied to Kranklln nil H the epithet known to tho cowboy ver- i naculnr until he had worn himself out I Jf and tank Into a drunken slumber Tha t next morning lien Franklin concluded f t that ns n representative ot tho great H stato ot Texas ho should demand nn H npology from tho ' terror" for hi con- H duct of the previous night With most H member nf tha cowboy class this re H quest would bavo been compiled with XQsMaH a a mailer ot course, but Johnnl l'ott had lb opinion that It wa be- H 1 neath tho dignity ot a real ' terror" to M 1 apologize for anything and would not I jI I lwn Kranklln, on tbo other hand, al- ! , ')H 1 though an unusually good natured V member ot th tratsmltntaltlhat .a--c- H I whan a Texan demanded an iiinlnii j'li ' i" tfg, 'H I Jnuit com or blood The range rid- """"J J $ t I era stood close together, there wa no -, yjt H I consultation of 'seconds" or tneasur- "4ibbbb! I lug off so many pares. There were H I three sharp, loud report, tho flashes H and smoko of the ' forty-four" and ' ,H the thing was over Kranklln was H quicker by tho fraction of a second, H and Johnnie pistol arm was shat- H tered before ht could pull (ho trigger B Ihe ball from his revolver went wild t H nnd tbo second ball from lien' gun H plowed through Johnnlo s vitals Then a curlout thing happened which MJ showed tho Texas chivalry of Johnnie HJ l'ott, tho ' terror " Kranklln, filled f J with remorse, now that tbo shooting ! I was over, wanted to hunt up a United Al Btntes deputy marshal und surrender ?VJ himself Into tbo hands of tho law, but S tho ' terror," though writhing In bis death agony, would not hear ot It. ,jH 'What's the use o' doln' that, IlcnT' 'IH gasped tho dying 'terror" "Yor got "TB me, but I'd sure a got you it I'd a JM drawed a little quicker, 'Twon't do roe ' W ho sort o' good fur you to go and - stand trial, nur you either The "tcr- -5B ror" was burled near the lonely camp m house, and the foreman of tho ranch .BJ took the troublo to seo that the grave. ,H was not entirely neglected lien Frank' k Un wont back to bis home a changed ' man Instead of tho rollicking rough rider ho bocatno gloomy, haggard, and prematurely old, with the haunted . JB look ot a roan who ever saw tbo pic- lnnBsssss ture of a night's debauch, a fatal duel HBVHV and the lonesome unmarked grave ot HBVBV Johnnlo the HBVBi |