Altoona Herald, The (Newspaper) - January 2, 1892, Altoona, Iowa FOLK COUNTY J AX T AH Y Jim found What FOOLED BY two ran lo tho a and in a and and lor nent the firing was next two minutes th in the littlo room A As I go and If a enr 1 Where you to And want to Never mind or Ill not can i For its now To bo quite our you I can hold the Ami nut brush your As wo jolting If you on J it kindly All the not But if you sit nnd At my eyes nnd I must draw the If ii For a As we Allow mo to oft shes he wouldnt do at Jims might bo certain that no horse could Rear till youd swear ho was bound to full backward and crush his rider at n nod from I into a nnd knowingly wink an 1 oye at the man behind tho bar and us or j knew it all us well as hi and a groat deal better if his rider happened to be a green And as I and rider i were on top of the cut some feet above How Out man with tho coolest nerve I ever said who was in a mood John late 1 was a high private at Harpers Kerry when the place was captured by Stonewall Jackson in After waiting for some time for our ex Ho thi lirt the i Form but n gentle span life unsolved nnd th lib tlu shall Hut rct nnd bounty ii And osny ni tlu mnn tn change we were ordered down to Fairi Little Goldy strolled leisurely along tho smooth strip of road which runs under the cutbank down to tho crossi lag oi tho thinking to golf how beautiful everything nnd how strange it was that all her friends should conspire to keep her shut up in that gloomy back under the when and delightful places were to be found just on the outside ot The suii was high in the cloudless j northern sky the soft which came laden with tho spicy breath of lightly lifted tho golden under tho brim of the old sun and tempered its noonday j i Tho short season of summer bloom j was at its and lilies and flowers wore being crowded by golden rod and tho tall spikes of tho yucca while the sago brush under the heat of tho that pungent odor which reminds yon of old New Eng land shut in by picket palings und filled with bods of lavender and all tins aromatic herbs our grandmothers knew nnd a sweet perfume quite distinctively its A little way out on the level which topped tho cutbank at the lay tho low foothills of tho Antelope rising nnd rounding the dark blue of the while on tho other side thoy fell as gradually into j the plain Between ran the along one of those forming the top of ono and the base of another group of wound its way down into the canyon and was gladly accepted as a highway ready to hand by tho dwellers in thoso regions and upon this wild trail tho littlo having slipped away from her who wus busy in her own room writing and tho who was deeply absorbed in tho manufacture of hurt out upon her Papa Papa she sang at tho top of her clear littlo as she wandered Goldys comin to wido on big Toby along wif Pupa Jack Tho prairie dogs out and sat on tho roofs of houses and chat tered back at her a big raised himself into a few lazy and then sank buck under tho protec ting shadow of a a lynx stretched in tho crevice of the ledge opened his eyes and blinked sleepily at her and tho soft soughing through tops of tho big pines that stood everywhere among tho caught up tho refrain Papa Jack And so the words just in timo to tho ears of who wus hazing a long horned steer back to tho bunch which was being hold for tho work of the half a mile away on tho other side of tha Jim was a cowboy of tho Crescent and Goldys papas righthand man und though ho was what Jack sometimes called a sulky brute no better cowman ever coiled a or bestrode a the name by which his few and far between letters came addressed to the Oreana was Charles Arthur Stokes but a cowboy must needs bo into his rough and since a good and one well liked among the boys was ruled out of court by the fact that it belonged to him of he was called Jim and the name suited tho aad tho man answered to the and no one demurred Jim and his horse Ginger were worth more on tho roundup than any other two or three on the Cot or the and Jim knew it as well as everybody else on tho He had more than once been offered to take charge of some rival outfit but hud picked him years away south on the when he was dead broke booking against his luek at in Jule in Old Ad Walls and they had stayed ever since that old Ginger was the pride cf Jims teart the very apple of his No common but a little with a record as a cow pony brought trorn the wild Texas ioad along which trotted little lifting her I small voice in invocation of Pupa scouring and crashing along in hot pursuit of a big Texas steer that had broken away from beneath the i branding wild and savage with nnd wilder and moio for i Iho rough given him by Jim i and The round up had been working that half a mile across i the hud just for 1 and at that fateful moment Papi was in he pulled Iho saddle from otV his lived horse 1 Ill throw this Tobe lope i over to the ranch for Its only a couple of miles Ill be buck be fore you are fairly at And with his coal thrown over his and his right leg curled the pommel of tho to ns the tired muscles he his frish horse easily up slope irom to his golden haired running toward with arms crying Pupa Jack 1 to And behind only n few rods coining ut full head eyes rolling in their maddened 1 by his mornings and wild to attack big Texas I which had clipped down a blind i under the very eyes of and i Grout heavens cried Iho as tho full of tho sight burst upon Grout heavens I cant it Tohe and voice and and quirt were put at their work and i leaning forward in the the man all Hie strength that was j 1 in him to the task of urging on Iho willing animal he Tho was a good and ho ran striding to his full sides and Hanks heaving with tho sud den arid soon flocked with the foam from his which mingled with tho blood drawn by the madly driven spurs of his Hut in vain Tho distance was too great and closed his and his senses at the thought of tho horrible thing which he saw that he was powerless to Jim had missed his steer riding near tho edge of tho bank in his hoard Goldys cry at tho sight of her approaching father peering took in the situation at a Measuring Irom his coign of vantage the relative position of tlw actors in the scene he wheeled his and galloped back a few yards heading him to u point which would bring him between tho child and tho infuriated animal which was so rapidly ho guvo a significant shako to the got to do ho old and straight as a shot tho obedient creature and man came hurling down with a crush that put un stop to the career of the brute which rec its old turned and lied down tho valley of tho Cot A later Jack Fordham flung himself from his panting and with difficulty dragging his scious friend away from carcass of poor whoso nock had boon broken in the desperate Jim ho old man do you know what youve done youve fax Court where wo on tho lookout for One clear night in 1 was on picket duty on tho I had post 1 was walking my post almost on Mio double trying to keep when 1 heard a troop of cavalry coin ing down the road at a quick They were stopped by tho man on post ono nil right and then came down on my When they came close enough to mo I halted Friends with the was tin answer to my One man dismount and advance with the was my next A well dismounted and advanced to point of my bay snid the oilier und his In ad hi Wero And better than 1 Is liis in With M sturdy and a Imply And n stne of HIV is mid hi life is is tlie fur i And tinMI the life and left tin and gave the I wore about Him of them a motley crew in but they were a jolly talking and They passed and in due time I was relieved and soon was sound Karly the next morning the ser geant of the guard roused mo up and told mo I was wanted at In charge of an orderly I When 1 got there tho man who was on post ono was ahead of Ho was ushered into tho presence of Alexander our commanding and when ho came out I went You had post two at last night demanded tho Tell mo about the troop of cavalry that passed your i told him what had ho said you played and ho dismissed I discovered pretty soon that tho men 1 had passed were com mund with Mosby at tho Thoy had ridden through tho entire i taken tho tent of one of tho general him on a mulo arid escaped with him to tho confederate How did he get tho password We found out that At ono of tho outposts was tho rawest kind of a raw While hu was on picket duty a man dressed in a captains uni with tho rod sash of tho of tho day across his approached He challenged ami tho of the day with Iho counter and the counter Tho advanced und guvo word which wus not tho correct 11 Thats not said tho senti and you After considerable tho insisting that his word was ho angrily What word have you got Tho man said sergeant of tho guard gave mo the word and nobody can puss without Tho was no other than Mos by lie had all ho waiting for got his men together and made tho successful For cool nerve it bout over heard Now York LONG TOM AND Another robbery this cried Met the proprietor of a wayside and where I Two miners on was the TH us about said Was long Tom again was his as the two got to the tup of Long Tom and two of his band sprang Into the road from behind a What asked Hand over that dust or well blow your replied And they gave of 1 one of em and tho other poor follow tried ID draw his Iho robbers I inter ested in the Plugged him full of lead and came pretty near serving the other in the He bogged like a child for then not to kill so after taking his gold thoy ll him turned to my companion and wo are in for it this Have vou got much this timo asked Twenty thousand a prolonged and taking our heavy holsters looked them up in a little cupboard behind the U was the only place in tho house that hud a lock and Wo were glad to got rid of the gold for a time at for we had carrying it upon our bucks all A few words will explain my situ I hud built up a lucrative ex press business the largest town in Northern stolon and tho various mining camps on for tho headwaters of tho North Feather Tho region I had to traverse was a wild find lonely ono tho road being u pack trail along tho narrow upon which this small hold was I always went fully armed and on this trip had a companion upon whom I could rely yet tho robbers hud advantage of for the trail ran through a densely wooded whore was Impossible to see a rods Within tho past month this route had been ini fasted by a bund of high way men j under tho command of a very tall man called Long A number of persons hud been stopped and I that tho next day would ho perilous to niy and are safe said coming Irom behind tin And j now I will toll Hob to hurry up is four others Two of Yin stood by the door and caught Morley just as they got Then tho captain and thil other follow with tho gray board broke open the littlo cupboard nnd got the of snid with a I thought of tho miners to whom it and how I would bo received by them on my At this moment tho tall captain to aud Call in that black cook of McGee gave a loud call unl a moment Inter the goodnatured face of Hob up pared at the The outlaw caught him by tho head and shaking him stud you black I give you just twenty minutes to cook supper for six of The black looked at Met ice and said in an appealing Massa dis aint no way for dose yer miners to dis Miners be roared the shaking Hob till his teeth Wo are no I am Long Did you ever hoar of him The poor fellow rolled his eyes up and cried in a trem voice Fordo love of dont hurt mo I lias no The whole Viand laughed at tho dis may of the the captain gave him a shove inside tho door and cried harshly Get that supper at or we will have your black Turning to us said with an oath You keep where yon are and dont move or you will hear the bark of lapping his revolver in a sig In a short time Hob called them to I heir and tho cap two Mexicans and ono whom I took to he a went to tho leaving us under the the oldish man and a com j 1 was also a for When tho dooi tho old man said you aro in I clangor the captain is half drunk to j day and as ugly as old What shall wo do I Will was my j yon help us to escape Ho shook Ills head and replied but you keep quiet and i dont for Tom is ready to kill you in a Tills hint probably saved our for several times during tho evening the tall captain turned toward us and glared in tho most fiendish us though tho slightest pretext would answer hia After supper outlaws gathered around table and upon this they piled tho gold they had and then slt down lo gamble Several bottles of liquor soon their and at the i of two or three hours thoy woro ox i Twice tho I captain interfered to settle but ill length ono accused another of j cheating In a tho lie I was passed and both men sprang to their feet nnd other with 1 murderous Wo saw those knives bright und gleaming ono soc und tho next they were dripping with each others The other robbers jumped up and tried to but both men woro so maddened with drink and rage that neither would listen to reason j swore thoy would kill any one who i touched A moment later ono slabbed through tho This so enraged ills countryman that ho drew his pistol and wounded the ono who struck tho Hold springing between of that one could not count the The revolvers were speedily find then we all rushed forward and attacked tho The old man was the only not and lie was speedily over Tho captain rolled on his side and got tho revolver of tha man ho had Ho raised this to tire at but tho bullets flow wido of tho and the next second ono of ours had crashed through his killing him This ended tha Met ioe been shot in tha shoulder and Morley in the and though their wounds were thoy I had escaped un Our good fortune was to some extent to be attributed to tha drunken condition of our while firing at lioth of tha wounded robbers died during tho so that out of the band of six only ono was To this man wo felt under tions for his timely and when morning came we told him ho might go The colored man and I dug a largo grave and into it rolled tho bodies of the At the head of tho grave Hill after wards erected a hoard upon which was marked a brief statement of tho num ber buried and the manner in which they mot their Morley and I reached without any further and such was the dread inspired by tho killing of this gang of robbers that for sev eral years tho route over the ono of the safest in Califor saved her from those horns and man The buby dont you under slund Think of her Jim and of mo old What is it Your log Well have you in bed in tho and tho best doctor in the ter old friend cant you speak to me Jim opened his and his friends saw that a manly tear was standing in each of Never mind the leg ho cried poor old Ginger Im A There was recently taken from a small creek near a genuine curiosity iu the shape of a petrified which beyond been lying in tho bed of tiie stream for many Tho which is known us Musons has been dwindling away for some time owing to tho failure of the spring by it is and is now but a shal low and a number of Indian human have been taken from its Outward I thought I saw Vickars coma iu just ho Is in yonder writing a love Adobe i Hm How do you know Shut is what he is writing a man wouldnt bo grinning and winking one eye every or so if he woro writing a business com would Ail At a Sunday school ft dor waa explaining to a number of smart little urchins tho necessity of Christian profession in order properly to enjoy tho blessings of in this and to miiko it apparent to the youthful ho said For I want to introduce water into my T turn it The pipes and faucets and every con are in good but I get no Can any of you toll mo why I dont get any He expected tho children to see that it was because ho had not made with tho main in tho The boys looked They could not see why tho water should re fuse to run into his promises after such faultless no one tell mo what I havo neglected reiterated tho good looking at tho many wondering faces bowed down by the of the I a little You dout pay cotts He wont off to tho whore a there has been enough colored man as leavi at tho sumo time catching the ing and 1 to discuss tho situai shooter with tho grip of a Iho Wo had to pass through a nari eyes of tho former glared like those of row hall to reach tho j a wild and instead of complying and were thim distance from ho raised his pistol and shot tho loader whore the gold had been so through tho cried tho Kill remained to watch that while we you imp of iiro at ate our As wo arose from the mo and with this he clutched tha table I went to the kitchen to see j man by the throat and forced him to about an early breakfast On my rej tho where ho slowly strangled turn 1 thought 1 heard tho murmur o i him to voices but supposed that a new ar Wo could hear the under man gasp rival had and threw open the ing for hoar his groans and barroom door without the slightest witness the frightful contortions of his suspicion of In an instant a but wore powerless to pistol was shoved into my and j and tho members of the band yet loft the harsh of long the uninjured seemed stupefied by fear or robber cried Throw up your hands Instead of instantly obeying I moved my hands toward my hung my trusty Kro I could grasp it tho stern voice of tho robber cried Up with or I will blow your bruins out A single glance showed me tho of resist of my companions had been captured in tho meantime and arms while the by their excessive While the captain and tho other mon were engaged in this deadly struggle and the eyes of all in the room woro fixed upon them I heard a slight tapping at tho littlo window behind usund leaned back so as to bring my to the Massu said the of tho colored I has a pistol does yor want it Without turning my head I reached and Hob raised the window a littlo and The Wny In tlic A1 American familiar with tho fact was closed house or apartment renting as low as per year in tho United Slates has its own bath with hot und cold water supply und waste to remove the contents of iho is amused if not amazed on a vis it to ho gets un idea of tho cus tom still prevailing in that metropolis of luxury and elegant The largo some very costly mansion and apartments and tho pub lie bathhouses have bath us is tlie custom in tho United though tho French bath room s usu ally much and is elegantly fur with lounges and ing tho idea being that if olio takes a bath one must lie down and take a nap after People living in apartments costing us high as a and in now quarter of Paris in tho neighbor hood of tho Champs when they wish to batho other than take a in a small either go to tho public bathing or send to them lo a bath brought to Sunday morning ono sees strange looking like a very high on which there is a built over In This framework can hold throe bath says tho Engineering Thoy aro made entirely of and are about live feet about twenty inches deep at the end and eighteen inches on tho The driver of this vehicle is perched up high on a small seat in is und wears a On each sido of him un Iron ring encircles a coppercolored vessel holding about three gallons of hot which rests on a littlo lie also carries a supply of dry towels and Tho bathing establishments have these arid when a patron sends word that he wants a hot bath at a certain the bath is put on the tho kettle filled with hot unu the cart with its strange load is rapidly driven to tho building in which iho apartment Tho driver curries tho as an Adirondack gude carries a on his head and from tho first to tho us tho case may bo after spreading a sheet to protect tho he tv clean sheet j tho so that tho bather j does not touch the i Then ho carries up tho kettle of hot j water which ho has brought from the main Tho necessary i cold water ho gets on tho will tho usual additional tip to tho When a Roman general took the it svas tho fashion to carry with him a Greek historian or whose The Chinese have a superstition that if thoy release a bird or a beast in cap they draw down a blessing upon The other day ono of them bought three turtles at and threw them into the A new spring ot ca wus recently opened in It it continues ttq power as ut it will be tUe richest naphtha fountain iu 1 my weapons were those of and box in one corner of tho and then the leader said Take a seat there with the other and dout room was filled with half u dozen highi parsed to me a navy loaded duty lt to celebrate his employers prepared to shoot mo down aud cupped for instant Lucullus never went with in a second 1 throw up my hands I to my companions uu to his neither did removed and with i Now U our time jump for your j In this may bo Morley placed on u j They instantly made a j geea appearance of tho wur dash for tho corner of tho whore I correspondent of There is a their pistols lay on a box with j from Cicero to recour As thoy darted forward I cocked tho a person to act iu this trv anv tricks on iw or youll get a j revolver I intending to cover tho This had dose of cold j old mat und tho other guard and pro chronicled campaign for To sav that I felt crestfallen and huI vent them from The click mutated would but faintly express my of the weapon hoard Taking a seat by McGee I by tho and bounding to us How did it feel he drew his weapon with light Ho replied in the same tone i quickness and I red at my Two of em camo in pretending to be I was too quick for Miners and culled for a As I and shot just as he sprang turned to ot tho liquor they covered j to indicting a wound that was me with pistols aud made mo sit not fatal yet severe enough to prevent w By this time j the others I Hill and had their aud he now offers himself us to in Saturday Evening Two Old Two Germans in had slept in tho sumo bed twentyfive They were each seventy yeara Thoy quarreled not long ago aud oue killed tbo aud drowned
