Litchfield enquirer., 1876-08-24
DICK DooME.
A story told by a California camsiel

BY LAUREN E. CRANE. 4 4e2s -sss szA ---AsS He's living yet; his kind don't die
 Tin the Devil thins out stock, And reckon he kind Q rides him by As comfort to the flock; lea But f,'s safe to copper his chance fur grace z
 When he stacks his checks and quits. An1 dealin' for him or his tribe is . case
 That nothing like square work hts. Hell die with his boots on, suse-it pears
 sech men are sudden to go-l -,ts Don't git much time to wiegle their cara
 When they hear the trumpet blow, .g llsss And they'll plant him shaller, without much tears, ! Or blufnn' with scripcher texts ,s.4.. By funeral sharps with black macheers
 And white sinch round their necksf I seen him first on the stanissos
 In the fall O '6ay-nine, sss,t And t gives me grizzly's temper now s9
 That thought his style so fine, Q And his fare so winnin' and free of doubt, Fur his lips wss thin an dry <5 @ An his smile was . snow-bslt. giintin' out t5s
 Through bronco mustangs eye. It was down on the San wsukeen.-ths Spring l. When the water rose so high as5 s@1= That stove was about the only thing s3o ae That Gnre was game to dry; 3ts{ ,.4 .-, We crowded into Morayno's house s.5 tHi On the hill above the plain. fsJI a!sa Am Just went in fun big carouse $'I . While vsitin' fur things to drain. f;s -4t , Dick Doone was thar. and his Nife-the cuss
 Had girl all smile and glow - ua Y. What wimmen an dogs wiH stand from us .s .- -& Is the sjnglerist thing knew! 4I For when Dick drunk he was pizen mean,
 And as croes broken snake. IL a a5@ Bnt She took everything smooth an clean aseyg Till nothin' was left to take. ] ai3 E. ,t Her voice was pure mountain breeze, a And her face like the bloomin' Spring With it's grand. green fay out under the trees
 When the birds chip in and sing! ' -Sz Her hair was the color of new-ripe wheat. ~pG And you felt when you seen her blush 4 LiBe good man feels with 3's to beat
 When he sees he has drawed a flush! When she happened round, if the talk was loud,
 We shufied and cut for awhile, An" there wasn't . man m the whole rough crowd
 That didn't respect her style. <t.@is Dick osened her-certsin: but, ,all the same ss7s,f
 She was fiery as she was sweet, >a And when he put her up in that game,
 Her heart was the trump that beat! '% .'@-@ Hozay had antied stack of gold, 5.ft.l f .-.
 But Dick s stake wasn't showed. s4+ And they settled down to g freeze.out--cold- With de.k that neither knowed.J The la,zaroni about the stoye -.e sl ivy Piled over to see the fun, o:E gl alsH Bnt none O. them hadn't long arrove
 Till they shied back, one by one, For they spotted game for blood. you see.
 An suspicioned the bells might strike And the cerefnenies begin to be
 Too free and familiar iikel aS s5ts.4 4 Am some, who had herded the stove for weeks, Il An would rather keep dry an warm. With their white hearts climbin' into their checks
 Lit out to enjoy the storm a,ss But most O. the boys stayed by their chairs, s. While the rain outside poured strong, s- ' An' 1t got so qniet the girl up stairs
 Could be heard in a flood O. song; The cards run rough-with S-king pull
 To 7's Dick played to win.
 But Hoxay lifted pat ace-full
 An gethei ed the last check in! .a They both sprung up! Says Dick. quite cool,
 "Go up to her room,-she's there; thought I'd win with the sorrel fcol,
 But lost her, fair and square! .. only took her to bet her, or worse,"
 The ornery hound began,
 But he suddenly made himself as scure
 As 8 blue-eyed Chlnyman,
 For the place got quite onhealthy quick s.- As we sayvyed what was done, IT > And his only show for another trick .o
 Was . sharp coyote runl tE v -. The ready weapons began to climb os An he gid out into the night osf With a dozen nayies a markin' time
 An. givin' his footsteps light! .a. .r-s5 --,.- s83 l1s it tG.E5E t The thing was sudden--was like dream Itpassed too soon for a call, fyz .r. T , Till we heard 6 shout--and womahs scream
 Some shots--and heavy fall: 7 a:s. ..lata.f1J . H. - a. F iss.A .aQ9 5 vi i.sgCE 'is. ss7 v We found Hozay in the Happy Land, And, laying little apart Was the girl-wita pistol in her hand
 And g bullet through her heart -'@ ,','