Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1889-04-26
STORY OF A MEWL.

e had made a mistake and the two
vaitrd for the boys father. After he
lad come up and they had all had tome
conversation. the traveller was allowed
a prOCeed.)
When | left young Marvin and his
pap" J hadn't a thought that the man
Who had hten shot at would interfere
with me even If lie hadn't been driven well
OFT of the neighborhOOd. ANY sensible
nian when fired upon will take the fact
as II hint that he should be going. and
supposed this stranger would 60 so fast
that there was no danger of my over
taking him.
had followed the rocky trail for a
mile and u half, and was descending into
the depths of a dark %ravine. when a
mar sprang out of the bushes into the
trail and shouted at me:
who's you 'un. thar"
"A traveller" | answered.
"Whar from
Several places"
He came forward, his gun held ready
to fire, and when he was near enough to
look me over he growled
"Shool you'un hain't he! Him's a
coward or he'd gin me a show
Are you the man who is looking for
Lem Marvin" | asked as | sat down on
II handy bowlder.
81 ART Whoopl Whar's him! Whoop!
Bung his onery pictur' but whar's himY'
Il left him back there about a mile
and q half. Did he shoot at your"
Him did; yes. Whoopl Him hid be-
hind the rocks and got the drop on me,
and him's bullet went through my hat!
lOok-a-that!"
he throw an old felt hat at my feet,
and | picked it up and saw that a piece
of the rim had been gouged out by a
bullet.
"And mebbe the cowardly him sent
you'un to git me off my guard while him
skulks up fur another tryr howled the
man az he danced around and threatened
me with the gun.
"My friend answered. trying very
hard to be cool, Il never saw Lem Mar
vim until an hour age. and | never want
10 see him again. He's got a son named
Davey."
Yes. him has, bung his emery pictUE'."
well, Davey stopped me on the road
with his shotgun and held me prisoner
until the old man anne up. lie was off
hunting for you"
"Whoop! And what did him say when
him cum hacky"
said he had fired at you and missed"
= "Whoon! Yes, him fired at mel Him
may be right around yere now!'
NV tAleAA on LiAE hdAh " a " anu lOOhth
all around him, his gun held ready to
shoot, and though / assured him that
Marvin had given up the hunt and gone
home, he still seemed to believe that my
coming was put up job to assassinate
linn. While he was whooping and dan
cling around and threatening I lighted a
cigar and settled hack for a smoke. This
calmCd him down after awhile and he
stood before me and asked:
do you know why him wants to
XIII mc:"
"Somcthing about q mule. wasn't it?"
"Wllu3pl She Wasl And it's about
that mule why I want to XIII her
"Wcll, go ahead end tel me the story,
aid by the way. it's e wonder you don't
shoot yourself ia the foot with tAet gun.
You are the most careless man / ever
saw. Put down the hammer and stand
it up here and tell me your story"
And you'un wants to grab it and
shute mel"
"Bosh! You are no Drawer than Davey
Marvin
II haint. ell? Whoop-ee! l kin lick
the hull Marvin family with my legs and
hands ticdl Don't go fur to run me
down. stranger, or I'll shute,"
! smoked away in silence, and by and
by he put down his gun and began:
10 q ANNA - "A3 RtH1Ah va
ago. He war a mewl to dote on. Thars
nevis about till ye can't rest, but they
don't go fur shucks.'
yes"
IL raised that ere mewl from a year
ling. I did. | knowed him from top to
bottom. lie knowed me from head to
feet. Whoopl can't hold myself when
] think Of itI'
Go on"
ii had that mewl in the family fur
nine years. he continued. He growed
mo dandy all the time. The old woman
sot store by him, and the children sot
whisky to keep he from suferin',
Whoopee! I'm a-gittin' dangerousl II
rises me off my feet 10 think of what q
fule ! made of myself"
"Did that mule have a nameY' / asked.
I'm course he didl | called him Da-
mascus, and he'd cum at my holler as
fur as he could hear it. He was a run
min mewl. Stranger, that ere Damas.
Gus could heat CREASED lightnin' at run.
mini lie never lost n outer forty scrut
races.
''WeIi"
oval, one day ! was up in these dig
gins on that, mewrs back, iookin fur
race with somebody, and ] got drunk
WhooD-IrCA iWdnb " unCA uApph WAADL
think Of i'll Went and got so drunl
that lost my sensesi In that condishur
this Lem Marvin cum along with an OLD
yaller mewl-a critter as couldn't stanC
still and look ye in the face-the poorest
meanest. wall eyedest. knOckkneedes
mewl In all the kentryl Him got me L
trade. kin remember that him told
me his mewl was valued at $4,000. anC
that him could do 100 circus tricks
WhOop-e-ei Stranger, look up and wit
ness a pictur Of ~1errorV'
$50 on"
THE fugt thing ! remember was o.
.gittin' home with THAI ar onery beast