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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1939)
Tripp! A BOUl ’ r ; JL it tangled in m chair, fell on Ifk face and just laid there." The; tal.xm was so quiet the breathing of the men waa like a windetorm. J * I \ ! j] i ] T * At the time aH this was happening in the saloon a; backboard pulled up in front of the saloon. The driver waa a tail man with the pallor of alkali dust on his solemn face aad wearing a black frock coat. The barkeep, a tough man under any other circumstances but these, pointed his finger at the tall man and said. "There's Luke now, the' tall one.** jt Luke walked into the Saloon and looked around, Started to ask a question, then spotted the redhead. ""Well, well, if H uWI VtUe Jimmy Where ya been all these years? HI bet there ain’t in town what knows ya. Say, that was too, bad 1 about your ole man, but 1 guess ya can’t blame the boys fer gettin’ a little het up bout the killin’ he did."* As he said all this Luke Was wondering just what the play was. If this young kid #as in town to start something he was due for S fall. Jimmy straightened up and looked Luke straight in the eye. “Luke, you’re a lying skunk; my father never did sh«K>t anybody and you know it.” Luke faintly* nodded hia head. and hell broke loose. One of the men at the faro table, waiting for just such s nod, had gone for his gun. That was his last mistake. Two shots rang out ia the saloon and when the smoke cleaned, the man at the faro table crumpled and fell on the floor, his half-drawn gun still dangling in his holster. It was remarkable shoot- |ng: there were two small black dots on the fellow’s fore head. placed side by aide. “Go ahead Luke, nod your head again.” Luke waa definitely not going to nod again. But he was going to sot that this kid was taken care of. The thrqy men gt the table were ready to shoot at a moment's notice, and that came when Lake went for hia guns. The saloon was a battlefield. Hen scattered in every direction. Jimmy orith his hack to the bar was raking the whole saloon with his left and shooting at Luke with his right. The stinging sensation along hia side told him he had been hit and hit bad. A bullet spun him halfway around but he caught on the bar and kept himself from falling. The battle was over. Jimmy had fallen to the floor about half alive. Thaet just a half more than anyone elae who had taken part in the gun fight. Lake had been the first down with a bullet drilled neatly through hia heart. *niere were thrff more lying on the floor—all dead. The town cap* alive and rushed to the scene. They picked Jimmy up end took him to the doctor. After he had been patched up a *roup of the town’s men walked in to talk to him. *'We don’t know w ho or whait you were before you came here V it don't matter none,”, said the spokesman, “the main thing ia that we want you to stay and keep this town clean.” Jimmy started to protest, then ■ his eyes found hia sister, who was standing ia the door way. “Yea, I think TO take your offer, but n*ht now I'm a little too heavy to do any cleaning up; wait till the doc gets all this lead out of me V well talk business!” *"4 v.. Tvoimutf Stonj "Hi ya, Jimmy, r^ht on time I see, maybe a little early. did you think, that we would go off without paying ?” u H9 air, Mr. Towns, I just wanted to eee you and mom ore ygu left. I sure hate to see you go.” “Well be back. the 1 filth, so it wont be long before you 11 be seeing us By the way, I want you to have a paper here waiting or me when I get back.” “Yes sir, youll have a paper rain r shine.” J . “Martha, come here, Jimmy wants to say goodbye be take off.” “Hello Jimmy. Prank, youll have to ut that suitcase. 1 didn’t think you were going to put the our wails in too.” “Did Frsnk pay you Jimmy?” “Well take too, 1 am sure you can use it, but don't tell Prank, he we’re to thick anyway." “Well goodbye and be a good y whila we>e gone!” ' - “What do you say we pull in here for the night, I am y tired of this wheel” “They have some dice cottages , that we can sleep to.and not hate to go into town.” Alright Prank, I’m a bit weary myself.” '"Prank, I thought you said you were tired. You’ve been ; fer the past hour. Aren’t you ever going toeleep? ' I’ve been thinking. You know Jimmy is a fine boy I think he deserves more than he is getting out of life, you think we could ask him to come and stay with us. d like to take care of hhn like he waa my own boy.” “F'renk ve been wanting to suggest that for the past month. He to h a nice kind and I think he would like to come and live th us.” “Alright then, it’s settled. As toon at we get back ell ask him. Now I can really go to sleep.” Well Martha, here were are again. That two weeks ent by tike lightning didn't it?” T think you’ve been wmnt- to get back to talk to Jimmy ever since we decided to him to stay with us.” “There’s the paper, just like he said.” “Martha get ft hile I put up the car.”’“Well that’s'that, now to read the j ally blah.” “Martha, do you mean to say you’re so sony 1 o got buck you are crying?” “ No Prank, it’s here in the I " The paper road that Jimmy had boon killed yesterday, to keep his dog from being run over. The last said that the last words he uttered were. The ’owns will be back to-«nbrrow, please see that they get the veniag paper.” Pi Phi: T was up every night till four during -vacation.” Chi'O: That’s nothing. I wont to hod with the milkman ►very morning during mine!” K —Siren - ■ A parrot was sittn * on the salon of a laxurioua steam watching a magician do tricks. The magician aerwdl notice that he waa now going to do a trick never before accomplish ed. He pulled up hia sleeves and made a few fancy motions At that moment the ships boiler exploded and sank the ship. About ten minutes later, as the parrot came to, floating about on a piece of driftwood, he was beard to mutter, “Damn clever, Damn clever;' —Pelican OCTOBER, 1939 15,, /n * • ^ i Man (getting a abate): “Barber, will you please give me glass of water? Barber: What is the matter? Something to your throat? Mon: No, I want to see if my neck leaks. _ • \ * ] —Duke *n'Duchess -j ' ii I: J \ *■ 1 - Ll * * HAIR TODAY, GONE TOMORROW May: “Jack ia a changed man since he learned hia young wife ia going around with another man.” Pay: “la he toeing his head?” jUg: ,*Yea, toeing hia head of hair.” Map:'“So Jane thinks she’s a perfect thirty-six?”' PayLr Sure, she thought she was perfect when she was ,1 f twenty and she’ll still be thinking it when she’s sixty.” WM