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released back to my company. He cylinder of my '45 and waited. off any. While the office workers were paid a wage including board, all transients paid one dollar per meal in Naturally, from then on the Constable and his Of these, many were from American cities. agreed. nine lives, so I could kill him that many times. In the best-selling book, Wyatt Earp, events, with these outstanding highlights: The I arrived at the farm just in time to be initiated With the and a fifty-mule pack-train under civilian packers, My new stepmother shot to doll-rags, down in old Fronteras, Mexico. I must have sunk into a feverish stupor. her he had only been joking. Terrified, I squeezed through the narrow space and taught me many fine points of cowboying. diagonally from shoulder to waist. Bill Greene hadn't lost any of his old-time speed, and Pueblo while waiting for the next south-bound passenger train. Americans ducked to every few hands of four-up and one-down, I sat into a sevenhanded stud game where Bill Llewellin was dealing. Palace Hotel on Meyer Street, operated by Carlie of metal sticking in his holster proved my theory conclusively. awakened me and I realized Red was beside me and had the last word, for later my dear Uncle Alf was Reason told me that I was dying, bleeding behind the rocks. a wound on Holmes' body. round of bottled beer, including Marie and her three There The angry hiss as the metal parts "Monte changed that one's mind for 'iml" MINOR TROUBLE IN TUCSON I took to the brush. i:: ~ ~:~: He admitted the charges and named his companions, Jim Crane, Harry Head, Billy Leonard and the case had we all emptied our guns at the same they'd be watchin' all trains. were issued for the Scouts' use. Billy Webb didn't say anything, but I could see that do you think we're docking now-Hong-Kong?" Page 195 Harbour we found the Philadelphia there ahead of last charge into a wild stampede out of the deadly Time proved him to be one of my father's Out in the rice field where we did our bronc' stomping, every idle soldier in the town, infantryman, One tall, skinny hombre was coming at us, doubled matter of record, he was mysteriously taken from jail There will always be something sacred in my memory full length into the scuppers. I was dragged back to my old home our company and facing the jungle. bringing in two Filipino officers and two horribly usual crowd on the depot platform at train time paid by a thin partition of split bamboo slats laced together The Major-Doctor had been in the front, and now, asked his assistance. These Scouts, about one hundred him!" Not satisfied, he busted a cap between the thoroughly cowed in the quicksand. We concluded that several head-hunters had 176 General Funston and Lieutenant Mitchell and squaw, Massey had escaped within two hours after General out of headquarters and stepped to where I Around the walls on both sides and end wooden Forgetting all about the trap, he had they were mighty good to me. dapper-dressed little pimp, looking like a burro peeking over a white-washed fence above the high collar I knew that while Lopez, half German and reply: learned how. He married Edna Tarbox, with the Judge's help, coached and rehearsed me till Washington, a white-haired negro grown old in his I had never seen anyone so sick before, nor Twelve days later, January 29, 1901, with General OMING out of La Cananea, I talked with Tom well, you know my fix, Monte. The fire was what was known as a below her knees, just as Mother's did. He returned in a few moments waving a six-shooter and a crowd of watching Mexicans on the outside, shed, after which all of the men withdrew to a safe distance, leaving me to touch off the fireworks. Perhaps Scrivner across my point of vision. Marie, he berated all Gringos. Major's orders. from the protection of well-prepared trenches. their white guards unawares, got their guns, killed driver on one shift, and although I did not stay at it and winnings. Often we found a poor old cow bogged down clear By not permitting them to search the camp without an order from the governor, Red had made me me, and that Morales' lieutenant had friends in camp worm except for a breech-clout, he sidled along the out to the pump. Outstanding among such celebrities was Epes Randolph. flat salary often as much as that of any first-class dealer 120 the United States back of its soldiers in that war, we went out under seal. company property would be searched. about sixty kilometres south of Rio San Lorenzo. me, explaining that to become an upright citizen, a Drawing a fine bead wherever I saw a prone gugu, Ecija. AFTER landing at Manila we hiked out to the Prontol" else. shooting with a six-shooter was the size of the gun opposite side of the ravine. DODGING HUNGRY LEAD 199 Anyway, those Mexicans were not in. Men, slowly retreated toward La Mesa. Our regard for General Funston rose higher. "So you're Ganzhorn!" to this faction, Governor Murphy appointed Burton C. We saw As it was, they steel-jacketed bullet tearing through my vitals. The through the car window and saw him and Stilwell; I I knew that he would-and not " If it don't," the old cavalry captain rumbled, With winter at hand After carefully lifting the wounded an' have tripped the string. curse fate because God had taken Jeddie and let me with the frenzied, rushing throng in the street. the men's toilet in the fo'c'sle, and scouring the "spit this particular occasion, loaded with provisions for the country for Tomas Tagunton. 275 When I tell you that I have seen rails on a have the slant on life that I'm afraid you're gettin'. One gugu ruined Hartzell's hat in spite of our protection; another shattered my canteen. them with a barrage of exploding fireworks, opened monte with the natives I was making money. That settled that fight, but again we had paid too high in Manila on a mule transport, and a sufficient number sugar-sack cars. Adios! horse strayed while Ringo slept. sawdust honkey-tonk. rope had no doubt pinned his arms to his sides, but Tucson, Arizona, lost his life. 56 I'VE KILLED MEN of the many advantages in leaving me on the farm, He fixed the heat at a hundred and 'leven Wyatt and the gun-fighting dentist figured that it rough and steep along the mountain it was a safe bet 217 The men had finished eating and were outside smoking when the Mexican came back and attacked Rasmussen with a knife. "Did they search the camp for me, Red?" that I was on my way home to Arizona. Bush's Coney Island just as Captain Tom Rynning Mounting the wheel the officer pedalled after Llewellin, shooting at him and shouting after each shot: Page 132 Major W. C. Brown, Doctor Pease and Lieutenant owner. they found the boys had fired their last Krags and my father's ideas of what I should do, he figured it Page 192 Page 133 on the Indians. I had followed her advice of gentleness and charityinstead of rushing into battles and gun fights which About to record on my papers showed all that was necessary so Page 157 From the Gila, Page 15 He explained that inasmuch as I had collaborated successfully on similar he was trying to put it in a sack or out the front and I called. I VE KILLED MEN It was while at this ranch that I perfected the fast 232 I VE KILLED MEN Then a flash of reason told me I was wrong. I never blamed her. body and backed him out through the street door. had Gapan surrounded, and with the Scouts made a ride one horse and lead another, while Jimmy led the signed by " Major Fagan." going and was still in the hills after sundown. three hundred strong, his force made stand on a sharp and stumbled down the trail. back room. Finally opening up in Gapan, I called my place he did himself. THE ADOBE WALL BECKONS I couldn't hustle for myself. never failed to plaster them with the highest multa The gugus let loose a rattling two rows of sweet potatoes. fleeing man was none other than the long-sought. before I shot. whiskey. of the south-west who had sabe of Mexican were right dropped into the Occidental that day and was drinking pretty heavily. cover for my hiding-place. ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN just bullin' Earp. ground below. dealin'." out. soft embankment, rolling to the bottom. The lack of water and the intense heat of good friends, but Joice had no use for Behan after That night, with our Ilocano guide on a Filipino my hands, the seagoing cowboy gave him a five-fingered out of Tombstone, the Earp party consisted of Wyatt ment was unable to protect itself from the fierce raids his help join them. treys. dead, literally fried to a crisp where he had grounded not been seen at our camp would strengthen the supposition that I had been too badly shot up to get that At Deming, New Mexico, I slipped into a passenger, Page 83 CHAPTER XXIII There I wasignorant, almost illiterate. The Wandering Jew, a gambler I had known earlier feet and made a running grab at the slatted side of dishes clattered to the pavement as the kid hurried to hand clutched an empty parrot cage. Then a vibrating roar, followed by a fresh wave chance to fight for his life, made me look at my hole My hand was not shaped right for I'd send those two swaggering, murdering Greasers to this imposing assemblage, Queen Liliuokalani occupied praying. gambling, craps, monte, roulette and faro bank. waves of strangling blackness closed above me. waist deep, we charged. would do their stuff, he slid the heavy door and sealed get full particulars of all his crimes before he went on at Nogales for treatment. much nearer than we and it looked bad for those Anyway, Heney That second was The next few that this man-border character, gambler, gun-fighter, tents, laid out in military streets, we managed to locate that time, swinging heavy clubs, the mounted police high, and behind this wall Dave Allison and his handful of Americans prepared to sell out at the highest One part of me remembered Heith's young body swinging from the telegraph His segundo was Lieutenant-Commander Porter, related to the famous Her name was We-ha-ho-ma, meaning Finally the train jolted to a stop and I fist. - - ~22 3, Page VIII Each laughing word stabbed me deeper. Old Ben Fairbanks was another nervy gambler. The fellow tried to In the open on the I VE KILLED MEN table, Dad was teasing Mother about the wishing I was too mad to talk Mexican, so I snorted at her Then, eyes blinking with astonishment, he stammered: carbine barrel. the law of averages was bound to call a halt, sooner or written the bogus letters over Lacuna's signature The Tombstone-Benson stage was our only mode of transportation, and it was on our return trip that we were Leaving the pack-mules with a small guard of the, Page 177 His slug barely burned my cheek-bone, but, for Red's gonna take care o' you, see? It was V. MINOR TROUBLE IN TUCSON - ", Page 102 hurried scouting trip, Mrs. Funston followed the From one of these stupors I opened my eyes to the into my eyes. Unloading from the train at Oakland Mole, I Standing: Tom and Frank McLowery 45 dancing girls coaxed the boys on to the floor for troops. fact that we had heard no outcry seemed to prove Just at the edge of the hair This position afforded me an unobstructed view of the all the Democratic principles as well as the candidate. For some distance out stronghold in the mountains. A After a short rest there we headed General Funston, who proved to be a chunky man God something like, "Man proposes-but God disposes. from the creek had been discovered. Covered come into my cell and give me the age-old, time-worn rich and powerful Mexican family, but because of General Funston had the satisfaction later of bringing THE ADOBE WALL BECKONS 273 We put 50 chic breakfast nook ideas together here and you may see and learn how your are going to create your own , showcase your aesthetic and celebrate the joy of sharing an intimate meal with family. course, many of them took on too much liquor. There was no other "Pogie" O'Brien, top cutter of G Troop, were 258 I'VE KILLED MEN I have no shuffling around the table. I saddle the mule," he said. FOREWORD While he was searching the man in front of me, I stooped down to tie a urge to feel the kick of the six-shooter in my clenched This was March 21, 1882-a birthday of mine. we hugged the ground, wriggling along one foot at a He winning he sluffed it all back trying to break the blood of an American. Page 59 that I had tangled with the Apache Kid, his partner I VE KILLED MEN mother. him say: He saw me just from the Mexican side of town, I slowed down to a editing, revising and rewording his uneven typewritten with us he generally kept pretty close to me. like that and, if the truth were known, I guess all the out. the Governor's orders, he was relieved from duty by Maybe the way my hand moved going to kill the damned skunk!" written with pieces of burned stick on several rocks, law and order prevailed in Ronquilla. were halted by a narrow but deep ravine. 52 man, straight as an Indian, with snow-white hair. shattered. During the mounted charge one soldier and "If that contraption starts jingling in the night," last sixty miles we did in seven days, less than nine John Heith, who was much the youngest of the A big swaggering fellow came in, telling how bad he was and loudly Often, Nogales. town with Scrivner. We moved Not satisfied with his safe spot at the edge of the snow waist-deep, with the thermometer at forty below, robbers would talk, if and when captured. SWAPPING LEAD 87 house, hidden from view except where you could see We went to work in dead Page 245 himself, and dosed me full of what it takes to break a Arizona Rangers. furnished two picket-ropes. The Mexicans retreated. alone. Denver and the State of Colorado were each offering began shooting. the gunner leaned against to steady himself while Upon the occasions when we rode Before you could count On such small things as that a man's the Earp clan. bright sailor suggested firecrackers. Nygard had been buried alive. I VE KILLED MEN The San Pedro was pretty well La Mesa, across a bridge spanning an arroyo and into under control. Of a band of Coyoteras over on the Arivaipa, they put and, prone on their bellies, poured volley after volley While Llewellin had been in a shooting scrape down By then, a large refugee camp had been established in Golden Gate Park and I made my way out

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