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Such were the members of the McCandless gang, which Hickock disposed of so thoroughly. All along the stage route were robbers and man-killers far more vicious than the Indians. Very early in my career as a frontiersman I had an encounter with a party of these from which I was extremely fortunate to escape with my life.
Robert Mills Beach, Miss Martha G. Thomas; auditors: Mrs. Ellen H. Thomas, Mrs. Mary F. Kenderdine, Mrs. Minora F. Phillis, Miss N. M. Crumpton, Mrs. Reba Artsdalen, Mrs. Robert Coard, Miss Ellen L. Thomas, Mrs. H. Wilfred DuPuy; directors: Mrs. Edward E. Kiernan, Miss Henrietta Baldy Lyon, Mrs. Emma H. McCandless, Mrs. E. S. H. McCauley, Mrs. Richard S. Quigley, Mrs. George A. Piersol, Mrs.
Young Hickok ducked under the muzzle of the nearest weapon, and its flame seared his long hair as he swung for the bearer's mid-section with all the weight of his body behind the blow. Whirling with the swiftness of a fighting cat he spurned the senseless outlaw with his boot and "threw down" on McCandless.
Charles Griffin. First Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Romeyn B. Ayres. Second Brigade, Col. Jacob B. Sweitzer. Third Brigade, Brig.-Gen. J. J. Bartlett. Second Division, Brig.-Gen. John C. Robinson. First Brigade, Col. Samuel H. Leonard. Second Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Henry Baxter. Third Brigade, Col. Andrew W. Denison. Third Division, Brig.-Gen. Samuel W. Crawford. First Brigade, Col. Wm McCandless.
A heavy battery was posted there, supported by McCandless' and Willard's Divisions, and began raking Barksdale from the start. The brave old Mississippian, who was so soon to lose his life, asked permission to charge and take the battery, but was refused.
Bill McCandless leaped from the saddle and swaggered to the corral bars. "The first man lays a hand on those bars, I'll shoot," Hickok called. They answered his warning with a volley, and their leader laughed as he dragged the topmost railing from its place. Laughing he died. Now the rifles of the others rained lead against the sod walls and slugs buzzed like angry wasps through the window.
"I think, Angus," she ventured once, "that you ought to remonstrate with Mr. McCandless in regard to 'If a man die. An Easter Anthem is an Easter Anthem, but after five renderings it is hardly fair to expect the congregation to behave as if they had never heard it before." "Quite so," said the minister absently. "Then may I tell him myself that it is your special request " "Certainly not.
Stir until it begins to harden, then stir in quickly the whipped cream, and when nearly stiff enough to drop, pour into moulds wet in cold water. Chocolate Bavarian Cream Melt two sticks of sweetened chocolate, and stir them into the custard before straining. From MISS MARY ELLIOTT MCCANDLESS, of Pennsylvania, Lady Manager.
Bob Scott, the Stage Driver The Story of the Most Reckless Piece of Stage Driving that ever Occurred on the Overland Road. The Civil War Jayhawking Wild Bill's Fight with the McCandless Gang of Desperadoes I become Wild Bill's Assistant Wagon-Master We Lose our Last Dollar on a Horse Race He becomes a Government Scout He has a Duel at Springfield.
After putting all in the kettle, cover with vinegar and boil thirty minutes, This recipe makes two gallons of pickles, and one and one half gallons of vinegar covers it. Use best cider vinegar. From MISS MARY ELLIOTT MCCANDLESS, of Pennsylvania, Lady Manager.
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