The "Arizona Kicker"

Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 129, 20 April 1893, Page 4

The "Arizona Kicker"

« i'oor shooting. — As we were coming across the snnd lots the other evening, after spending a couple of very agreeable hours at the abode of the Widow Jackeon, some would-be assassin, who was in hiding, fired six bullets at us from a revolver. We think it was Tom Bigelow. We think bo, because Tom has shot at everybody in this town and never hit anyone. He didn't hit us. Being armed only with a bowie knife, we hit out as soon as the shooting began, and the last bullet went ten feec above our head. We did think of hunting Tom up and splitting his ear with a bullet as a great moral lesson, but on second thoughts we concluded not to waste the time. He'll keep on blazing away around this town until somebody gets vexed at the noise, andjthen he'll suddenly go hence. We don't want his funeral expenses on our hands. He's a subscriber. — Last week, as noticed by our contemporary, in a double-leaded article with three scare Leads on it, Jim ReDshaw, who owbs the cactus ranch out on the Tucson road, refused to take his copy of the Kicker out of the post office. Jim not only owes us Idol 50cents on subscription, but refused his paper to hurt our feelings. He's been sore on us ever since we refused to lend him our white shirt — the. only one in town — to go on a drunk in. We want to show an accommodating spirit towards all, and we have the name of being a good fellow, but we want to say right here and now that we believe a common wool shirt is plenty good enough for any man in this town to get drunk in. If it isn't he'd better stay sober. When we caw Jim'a little gamo wo mounted our mule, and rode over to interview him. He was expecting us. One bullet went through our hat, and . another raked our mule, but after that Jim lay down, and we dug the bullet out of his shoulder and helped him into his house. He not only paid us all arrears in spot cash, but a dollar on advance subscription, and as soon as he is able to move about he will personally canvass for subscribers.