Anadarko Daily Democrat (Anadarko, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 13, Ed. 1, Friday, February 12, 1909 Page: 3 of 4
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Told by the
Sheriff
Dy W.T.FERNANDEZ
(Copjrlei't by Shortstory 1'uO. Co.)
l..a is It this lime rustlers?"
nsKcd tin- doctor ns Sheilft Hill Jof
fords mi browned booted anil
spurn d a inurdeioiiB 41 slung on
each hip flipped his sombrero on ono
chair and deposited himself in an-
other " No -hold-up" answered 11111. stuff'
Ins a shoit pipe with cut plub. "That
gang what held up the 'Overland' a
few ias ago. Had to chnie 'em 30
inlh into the hills beforo we could
com into 'em they were our game nn'
tluu had to plant thre of 'om out
then The boys are I'otchln' tho
othei two. a little the worso for vear
down to the calaboose. Curious how
thlt -- keep a comln' up after a fel-
low''" almost forgotten 'em. A story'H
bCKiu in Texas an' wind up In Alaska
an' n- mighty dlsturbln' to meet tho
on la Arizona of the fellow you had
to h mi: lu Montana but It's n oussod
uiull world an' I found It out again
j ! . for about the four hundred and
fift luiirth time by cotnln' across a
woni.uvs picture on one of those
ti at-- we collared."
Tin doctor pricked up his oars.
Tin ' 1 (lift's yarns were drawn from a
Mimi experience as scout cowboy
and Indian fighter and always showed
like i. flash of summer lightning .v
tliie.ul or two of tho fiber that went to
n. ii. up the men of tho frontier. A
iini to evil doers was Sheriff BUI
i ut in h.id never harmed a fallen man
ii I 1 1 er feared a strong one. Hur
i Mio completion of tho prescript
i i l' ' was mixing the physician sent
-. nff to the patient's house with
iirRoited that the sheriff fire
t'h his yarn.
I Doc as I said when we
1 tho two gents I come across
I I on ono of 'em .that took me
" rars when I was a captain
nors down In the Lone Star
sdwBsr-
"She Laughed In My Face."
country. Thoso wero lively timos
Doc what with Injuns rustlers an'
Greasers not to mention gangs of
boozy cow punchers wlmt'd tear Into
a town an paw It up to seo what made
It grow an' shoot out all tho mirrors
In tho swell gin emporium of tho said
town it was lively you bet.
'Ono day word camo from tho major
to swing up tho river about ten miles
an' helii out a half-baked town located
thereabouts. Smallpox an' tho whole
durned population down with It. 'Quar-
antine 'em and holp om nil you can'
was tho major's' message.
"Tho first thing wo raised on gettln
up to tho town was a prlost standin'
on tho steps of n Uttlo old-fashioned
church. Ho was a tr!' thin man ory
-enk looklu' i' p' : ho couldn't
have been oor 10. i.t aulr waB as
white as the snow caps on thoso hills
over there. Holdln' up his hand for us
to halt ho camo toward us an' hailed
mo. 'How many men havo you got
what's hiul smallpox?'
"I nut It up to the tribe an' about
flvo held up their hands 'Let 'em come
forward' said the padre a he was
bossin' the whole show Instead of
yours truly.
"'Just hold up a minute your rev-
erence' said I. 'Tell me the condi-
tions here an' with all due respect to
yourself I'll do the orderin'.' You see
Doc I couldn't let a cassocked padre
como a-bossin' my rangers me beln'
a Methodist leastways I was started
that way an' wound up by beta' sheriff
of thlg cussed county which Is worse.
Tho padre took it very quietly an' juat
aid: '1 don't want to expose your
whole force captain. A few men can
render me enough help until the relief
conies from Kl Paso.'
"'I'll give you 16' I said 'an' tha
rest of us will straighten up things fn
general a bit.'
"The IB went off with the padre nn'
the rest of us got busy around the
town. It only covered about an aero.
Wo corralled somo chickens an' soon
had a chicken dinner with corn cakes
an' coffeo for tho sick folks an'
mighty glad thoy was to got it too.
Tho padro had tried to do tho cookin'
nursln' an' ovorythlng olse but It was
n Ilttlo too much for him.
"We'd pltchod camp a short wayt
out of tcwu an' shortly after wo'd soirt
tho grub In. I saw tho padrd headed
our way. As ho camo nearor ho looked
to bo a mighty Blck man. 'Got It' saya
I to myself ns 1 started toward him
Up waved mo back saIn' he d Just
come from n sick bed an' I mUlit gi'
the snmllpox from him but I w.i-nt
worrln' about that 'cause. oii ri
I'oc. I'd taken a great shine to thin
iudie. From what the boys had told
when they enme out for the grub Unit
man was a 'white' man all the wn
through an' whllo I don't go much on
k pilots' I'll take oft my hat to
the kind of 'sky pilot' he was In an
county I meot him. It ain't the kind
of pious talk a fellow puts out. Doc
but the way he lles It that keeps the
herd straight an tho padre showed
down that's what ho did. I Just got
to him In time to grab him as ho col-
lapsed. He was clean played out an'
beln' n sickly kind of man was no
way fitted to do all that he did do be-
foro he got word up to 121 I'aso.
"I picked him up and carried him
down to the creek an' sprinkled water
on his face tho first luff fetched some
chicken broth In n pnnnlkca an'
hustled off to tho medical chest wo
did our own doctorln' It On Hnngers
In those days for some whisky. I got
a few drops down his throat an' In a
few minutes ha opened his eyes an
said somethln' about beln called away
from his sheep when they needed him
most. I don't know Just why ho called
them Groasers sheep 'cause a Greas-
er's a Greaser an' If I was go In' to
call him any other name I'd call him
a snake. Hut it seemed to worry the
padro a heap .an' then he said he'd
hate to die wltnout the consolation of
the rites of his church.
"Well I felt pretty durn bad myself
Doc 'cause you me I was sort of in
tho dark about the rites of his church
an' so I couldn't make an offer of put-
tin' him over the 'divide' tho way he'd
like to go so I says: 'It you're dead
sure you're goln' to cash in padre I'll
stand by an' do anything for you that
a "white" man can do.'
"He didn't say anything for a f
minutes. Then reachin' Inside hi;
cassock ho pulled out a picture an'
holdln' ray hand told me ho wani-d
me to find the woman of that picture
an' give her a message from him. I
fiav-u him a little more whisky an'
broth an' motioned away bouio of the
boys what had gathered around. Ho
rested a minute after swallowln' the
broth an' then began to talk In a
weak voice.
"He told me the woman had been
his wife somo years before an' Jnstta I
oi raisin' a family as a decent woma i
h ilia she'd just raised the do' M v'
'iD.ind up by skippln' out with a cattl
Hitler takln' the kid with her. lie
iu!d get no trace of her anywhere
a r liroken-hearted he had Joined a
i o ' ( rhood of priests that were trjln'
o L3p the Greasers straight along tho
; Grande. For yeurs ho hadn't
.id of hf-r until Just before tho
jmtcUpox hit his town when he he in!
shc had come back to El Paso an' was
i i in!n' n Joint that wasn't In the Sun
' i school Hue not by a jugful. H-'d
made up his mind to get the boy away
iiom her an' was just tendy to go to
the courts when tho smallpox hit hl
r.wn an' he had to tie down there. He
-ae me a message of forgiveness for
h r an' to tell her to bring tho boy up
d eent an' try an' make n 'white' man
of him.
' Well tho good padre didn't last
long. He was Just woiked an' worried
to death. His heart wont back on
him along totvard sunset an' ho died
with his crucifix against his lips an' u
smile that was Just liko a mother's
blessln'. Wo burled him alongside IiIh
church In n shady spot whcio tho
birds hu used to feed could slug to him
all day long.
"Not havln' any Catholics In tho
bunch eight or ten of them beln' Prot
ectants an' tho rest henthons wo wero
Kind of stood up as to tho proper kind
of send-off to glvo him until Jim
Thomson tho first luff said: 'Dog-
gone It cap ho was a Hanger of the
Lord warn't ho? We'll glvo him a
soldier's funeral!' An' wo did with
threo volleys an' 'taps' at tho wind-up.
"Tho doctors an' nurses camo n few
days later an' wo pullod our freight
for El I'aso. I hunted up tho woman
au' hho was a sizzler all right. Must
have been a flnc-lookor In hor younger
dnjs but what with boozo an' n con-
tinual lalsln' of tho devil she mndo a
mighty tough show-down whon I
struck her trail.
"She laughed In my face when 1
gave hor the good padro b message
about the kid an' said sho'd ralso him
any way sho durned plenso an' whon
I pointed out to hor that It's bo con
slderable dlfllcult to keep a boy
straight In tho bunch she was runuln'
with she laced Into me with all kinds
of abuse. I never laid my hands on a
woman yet. Doc but I came mighty
near it that day an' I gave her soma
mighty plain Texas talk.
"Well that's about all Doc 'cipt
that one of tho fellows that's gone
down to the calaboose Is the padro's
aon. He'd kept the picture I can led
to El Paso years ago 'cause ilxio
was some wrltln' of his father's on the
back. The boy's kept straight In spite
of his mother an' older heads led li!:.i
into the hold-up affair. I've had a talk
with him about his fa.thor an' If j :
should hear a fellow hlttln' the brctz;
for the county line about moon-up to
night forget It 'cause he'll be on the
sheriff's best broc' an' I sort'r think
'twill klnd'r pleoso the padre to know
the boy's been glvon a chance"
The sheriff looked off toward the
snow-capped hills as ho finished and
said meditatively: "A 'Hanger of the
Lord j ' yos slree that's what '. Wu
an' his smllo was just like m dcai
jIi! mothor's blossln' that's stuck to
me all thdse yoars."
The doctor looked nt the sun
irowned square-jawed face and can.-.
light In tho kemi giny oyes tl.ut i-
wiled to him why tho uhei.u w
.led "white" bj ewry m. i ..
1 cUld n tho conn y
The Hatchet-Boy
Br ALBERT W. TOLMAN
J
iCopyrlght by Shortstory l'ut. Co.)
Loo Song squattltiB at midnight in
a back scat of tho smoker drowsily
Inhaled tho warm fumes of his clg-
arotto as he blinked through tho lamp-
lit roek on tho lines of sleeping mon
Bprawlod nlong tho sides of tho car.
Ills facc round unwrlnkled gullo-
loss proclaimed hlni nn ordinary In-
offenslvo Chinaman.
Urdor Lee's feet lay his straw ox-
tonslon case. It contained a Tosta-
ment and several Chinese tracts but
nlso the tools of his trade a bulldog
revolver n long narrow knife and a matter
over his heart wns ml onro nut
ho could not kill tin- lmmdiMiinn. until
he received final in lei 8. at seven that
night from the Tong
Promptl) on the hour he was at
tho post oltlce. The general delivery
clerk handed him a letter containing
n whlto sheet entirely blnnk. Its up-
per right hand corner showed a slight
iinil-ni.ir'.i This was made by the
right forefinger of the chief of tho
Tong It signified that Hilly should
live.
Leo Song fait the devil's dagger
airnln He had planned that after-
noon to adopt little .ling after Hilly
had gone to hi fathers. Sorely dis-
appoint d ha tendered walking In
the dusk. At last he came to a de-
cision lie would kill Hilly on his
own account and take the boy. True
it was somewhat irregular but tho
Tong's rules did not forbid the aveng-
ing of a private feud and Song took
Ullly's nlnine of Jlng as a personal
3
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
The Anadarko State Bank
?AT ANADARKO IN THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA
At the close of business February 5 1909:
RESOURCES:
stent io.il.
A noir workman quarrels with hln
tools but Lee Song never quareled
villi his. The cord was newand un-
frayed the knife ground keen and
ovory chamber of the seven-shooter
loaded. It was Lee's attention to
details Joined with certain other ad-
mirable qualities that had made him
the foremost hatchet-boy of the Liu
Kwen Tong.
Lee Song was nn artist either at
premeditated assassination or Im-
promptu murder. In his make-up
was nottilng spectacular no boasting
or bravaelo. Pistol-butt and knife-
haft showed no notches but ho never
failed to get his man.
Then the Tong sends Leo Song aft-
or you you aro as good as dead al-
Loans and Discounts
Overdrafts secured and unsecured
Stocks Bonds Warrants etc
Hanking House Furniture and Fixtures
Due from Banks
Checks and oilier Caili Items
Hash in Bsnk
)
Total
LIABILITIES:
mvmmmmmrsspm
sB)'i or
iWkwtt
Lee Sonrj Watching Him Cat-Like.
roady and may as woll get measured
for your coffin.
On this special night the hatchot-
boy was bound for a certain city to
Bend a laundrymnn named Hilly Wing
to slcop beside his fathers. Why tho
Tong wanted Hilly killed was imma-
terial to Leo. His business was sim-
ply to obey to strike liko lightning
liko lightning to disappear.
Tho Job promised to bo a Blmplo ono.
Leo smoked dreamily. Ills soul
was at peace savo whon ho thought of
his only son who had died a month
before. Every tlmo tho Ilttlo whlto
casket roso boforo Leo's eyes n dovll
who Btood besldo him night and day
ran a sharp dagger Into his heart. So
often had tho dovll dorm this that tho
spot was very sore.
All night ho Journeyed sleeping and
waking and at early dawn camo to
tho city whero lived Hilly Wing.
Thoro woro fow Chinese in tho
place and Leo easily found Hllly's
laundry. Entering ho mndo tho
opium smuggler's sign to tho propri-
etor who was wrapping up a shirt for
a customer. Hilly signaled back his
oyes glittering. After tho customer
went out ho asked engorly:
"When?'
"Tonight at ton" answorod Leo.
Men who smoko opium should not In-
cur tho Tong's displeasure.
Tho hatchot-boy ran an oxporloncod
oyo ovor tho laundry sizing It up for
tho kill and tho got-away. Ah yos
that back room! Tho Job ovor ho
could shod his false quoue shift hla
clothes and slip out of town on a
freight liko a common American
tramp.
As ho started out of the door a
Ilttlo Chinese boy slipped In. The
devil stabbed Lee sharply In the sore
spot for the lad was about five just
the ago hi? own son had been. The
hatohet-man'a heart warmed toward
him and he turned back. Hill)- was
upbraiding the child for being late.
"Son of a pig!" he screamed shrilly.
"Where have you been so long?"
With a buffet lie sent lilm reeling
Into a corner. Tho little fellow picked
himself up without a whimper and dis-
appeared into the back room rubbing
his head. Lee's fingers drew up
toward something hi his sleeve. He
wished it were ten o'clock at night
now.
"'TIs Jlng the son of my brother
who dlod wllth his wlfo of tho fevor
last spring" oxplalnod Hilly. "Would
tho boy had died with thorn. Ho is
not worth tho food ho oats or tho
clothes ho wears. I can savo no
money whllo ho is with mo."
Loo repllod nothing. Hilly was
going that night whero money would
not bo needed.
All that day tho hatchot-boy lurked
in tho outskirts of tho city. Ho
thought much of Ilttlo Jlng and of
Billy's cruelty to him and tho cpot
At quarter to ten ho started for
nilly's laundry. A crowd of young
hoodlums on a corner hooted and hua-
tlod the mild Chinaman and
turned him back. Song bore it
meekly. Hut they would not havo hus-
tled him had they known what
lay hid In the secret pocket up bis
broad sleeve.
It was half-past ten before he
tapped on the laundry door. Hilly
opened It quickly.
"You are late" grunted he re-
sentfully. He did not enjoy being
cheat' i of his amoke.
"IK- content" smiled Lee Song.
"You O all havo enough presently."
In a box In tho back room Jlng lay
nalocp. en- led up like a kitten. Song
did not even look lit him. Oat of his
lIccvi he shook two packets of
opium
"Tiy this before you buy" said
he: and Hilly matched it greedily.
Euth produced a pipe and they ba-
an lu Hu.okc.
For tho first five minutes between
whiff . iilly talked of Canton; for the
second five he spoke occasionally in
monoL!Ut)lea: the third fivo he
smok( a in silence; suddenly the
l Ipe iv:. hed from hie fingers and he
tumbled back on the bunk. Su ely it
was ttiong opium.
Loo Song 'watching him cat-like
Inld ('own his own pipe and stood up.
The tlmo had come for Billy to join
tils futlu IS.
Time arc pistol-Jobs and knife-
jobs and rope-Jobs. This waa to be a
rope-job. From his sleeve Lee pro-
duced a cord. Skillfully slipping it
round Hllly's neck he rolled him over
n hi i face.
Cursing the rope-ends the hatchet-
boy giunped one firmly In each hand.
His arras stiffened. A strong steady
pull would do the business. Hut Hilly
nored peacefully on.
1. 06 Song's gorge rose. Disgust pos-
sessed him; not pity for hatchet-boys
know no pity. It was a Job for a
novice a burglar unworthy a finished
artist
"Hnh!" he grunted. "It Is too easy.
I kill men not pigs."
Contemptuously pulling out the cord
he rolled Hilly over again on his back.
Then ho stoppod to tho box whoro Jlng
lay curled and shook him lightly.
"Come" ho said.
The boy started up looked nt him
a moment In slcopy wonder then un-
hesitatingly strotched out his arms.
The hatchot-mnn lifted him and
passed Into tho night.
Two hours later Loo Song sat in tho
corner of tho smoking car bound for
the great city. In his arms lay Jlng
fast nslccp ono hand tightly clasping
Song's right foroflngor that terrlblo
finger which had sent so many China-
men to Join their fathers.
Tho hatchot-boy looked down on tho
Ilttlo black head In the hollow of his
arm. Ho pressed tho limp thin body
against his breast and felt tho quick-
hinting hoart and tho gontlo breath-
ing. His room In Mott street would bo
bilghter with this Ilttlo fellow plnylng
In It.
A wave of strango tenderness swopt
ovor Leo Song. Again tho dovll
stabbed him but his dagger was blunt-
ed. Tho soro placo did not hurt no
much. His lips wero sllont but In his
heart ho said:
"It Is good to havo a Ilttlo boy."
Capital Slock Paid In
Surplus Fund
Undivided Proflti lesi ltxpsnias and Tattti 9tkl .. .
Due to Banks .. .. .. .
Individual Deposits Subject to Cluck ....."..
Time Certificate of Deposits
Certified Checks -.
Total
8122478.26
7242.14
25408.16
8333.33
36686.25
13.846.77
17454.62
$23144953
S 25000.00
500.00
1478.76
45825.49
147923.08
10694.70
27.50
$231449.53
STATE OF OKLAHOMA. COUNTY OF CADDO u.
I BOONED. HITE Cashier of the above named Barik do solemnly swear
that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief so
help me God.
BOONE. D. H1TB Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to belore mo this 10th day of February 1909.
seal Mable t antra.
My Commission expires April 18 1911. Notary Public.
M. L. HITlt 'i
L. T. MCPHEETERS DIRECTORS.
W. F. DIETRICH J
DIETRICH OPERA HOUSE FEB. 16.
WYOMING
A Htiiriliny; Western dniniu. Is one o llu
prettiest Love Stories of vstiru life. Full of
color and touching scenes. A picture of life in
a part of the country still unsettled with the
glamor of the East.
Every Scene Is a Picture
of something to be remembered
Brimming Full of Comedy
and Startling Situations and Climaxes
Reserved Seats on Sale
Prices 25-35-50c
-KmmtsmamBum
r?aj.m.rjuu.Tt.uir.ia-j-jrjrTi.'.'irpgLi-t..i'.T71lT
GAe
Proved an Alibi.
This liappoiiod at a certain hoarding
plaee one of thoso where "n few ro-
flned Rontlemen may share an elegant
homo."
The girl with the dun locks brought
In the soup. When she enme to Jenk-
ins he noticed n long string of sub-
stance entirely foreign to the soup
Itself. It was a hair. In the dim light
It looked as It It might have been from
the dun head of the waitress.
Jenkins called her attcntiou to thU
remarking that the best culinary au
thorlties are agreed that a atrip of
(racial capillary substance Is not es-
sential to tho success of a plate of oon-
tomme or other liquid nourishment.
She didn't follow him fully but
when she saw him holding up the
quarter of a yard or more of hair ac-
cusingly she spoke up in her own de-
fense. "That ain't mine!" she declared In
an aggrieved tone. "It couldn't be
mlno. Why I ain't even brushed my
hair since y.estlddy!"
Lincoln's Ancestors.
Lincoln's ancestry has buen traced
to Samuel Lincoln who llvod at Nor-
wich England. Emigrating to Ame-
lea lio sottlud at Hlngham Mass. In
1038. Somo of his doscondauts who
woro Qunkeis settled In Hocklngliani
county Virginia Tho president's
tirandfathor removed to Kentucky
ihomas Lincoln tho president's father
was a ca.'j'enter.
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The Anadarko Coal Co.
T. M. Clauder Mgr.
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