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v v‘ ~ v ; i ijf 111 \ nuistr, iv isame train she took at New Or- ! leans.I v 1 1 UC L11CI Cand nab me. That night T made As he had sat just across a bee-line for Texas. But T soonaccidents happen at night as (luringthe aisle from her all the way andshe had not, apparently, recogniz-found I was not built for footing it, and so coming after dark to a ed him, just before they got to At- j ]nt by the side of the road in lanta he accosted her and offered 1 which there was an all-fired goodTaylor was ever brought to trial. There was absolutely no proof to be had that he himself had everli■to assist her with the children prlie that somebody had just tak-■when she left the train to that en tbe saddle off of, T caught thewhich he knew +'romcity,questions to theintended doing.her; brute, and not waiting to find aconductor, she bridle or saddle, tied a long Mexi-1 hat she woulo can ?a?b around his lower jaw,be glad to accept his assistance he 1 had no doubt, for in the disguiselie wore he appeared to be quite jan old man. When Bell made the ioffer, though, Mrs. Taylor looked him squarely in the eye, and said: “You are mightily mistaken Mr.Bell, if you think I don’t know you« •••and your object in offering yourservices to me. You are aftermy husband and you want me toand mounted him T rode away as fast as I could. He was the finest saddle animal T ever straddled, and as T had plenty of money T decided to buy a saddle and bridle and ride him home. About sunrise the next morning T struck a house in the pinev woods and a husky-looking old fellow coming out at mv call, T asked if T couldtaken or conspired with others to take life. lie was finally killed in Kerrville in the 1870’s. Getting too drunk one day to be sensible, he made an assault on as brave a man as ever lived, named Sim Holstein, and as a result of the encounter was not only killed in self-defense, but with his own£BbC]cIpp1\hpistol, by the assaulted party.gPARENT TEACHER CUBISget my mule fed. get breakfast for help you find him. But you might m^lf, nn(} buy a saddle andYouras well go back to Texas, game has flown, for recognizing you the moment you got on the train at New Orleans, I wiredMEETING irThe Parent-Teaeher Club of St. t] Joseph’s School met Monday, Jan- tl nary 13. The meeting was called 1 c to order by the president, Mrs. James Brannigan and Father Al-.nbridle.“Well, sir, T got the mule fed and a tip-top breakfast, but T didn’t buy anv saddle and bridle.len Black opened the session with tlt;Doughboy from the next station j Jugt as T fished eating, that old that you were coming and by thistime is where him.”vou’ll never findcuss held a pistol to the back of , my neck, ordered me to put mya prayer.Mrs. Fabian Anderwald read the minutes of the last meeting and they were approved. The treasurer’s report was given by Mrs. Bea Poe.1I1 hands behind my back, and then She told the truth, for Bell never j made his old woman tie them ; did find Doughboy Taylor, al- ! there, hard and fast. That done.,though often in the same town with him. That Doughboy feared Bell’s pursuit is shown by the story he told on himself at T’loas-anton. Texas, after he had volurs •he told me that the mule was his property; that his son had put it in the lot where I found it, andthat as I had stolen it, he wasgoing to carry me straight to the |tarilv surrendered and given bond. J sheriff and have me sent to thewhich, by the wav, was not until ! penitentiary. He was the hardest-Buying plans were presented by Fabian Anderwald. A fire hell was donated by Pete Waggoner and a pencil sharpener by John McShane. The club voted to buy new desks that were needed.Mrs. John McShane reported the 4-TT Club girls are working on their dresses for the spring styleshow.aRcithe white people of Texas held thereins of the State government tagain, after Reconstruction.hearted old cuss I ever had deal-! The 4-TT boys are entering theings with, for it cost me a hundred j stock show on Friday, and Satur-j and twenty dollars of the 8150 I j day, January 18-19.Mrs. Henry Lloyd TCalka gavethe health report and announced that the hearing had been givenhad in gold belted around me, to “I was in Shreveport one day,” j buv him off.”he said, “sitting on a box in front i Tt is not believed that Doughboy
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Bandera Bulletin
Bandera, Texas, US
Fri, Jan 24, 1958
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