han'k'chiefs

Updated: July 6, 2025

"I ain't been inside the saloon. I I was scared. Y'see Will wasn't killed by the blow Jim give him. Guess that on'y jest knocked him out. Y'see he was killed with Jim's knife after. Y'see Jim's a fule. After he'd hit him he fixed his face up with his han'k'chiefs, an' after he was good an' dead he went fer to leave his knife stickin' in his chest. That's wher' I helped him some.

Ridgwell Cullum - The One-Way Trail: A story of the cattle country