The sun., 1891-07-12
HIS YOUya ApACUE FRIEND.
A Tenderfoot Scrspes mn Acquaintance. aaa
Anerward u Chance Meeting Occurs.

Anerward IL Chance Meeting Occurs.
From TIE Areonan.
Never go cumming with an Apache. ron
have smiled at it once inysel'. But we are oil
creatures OF citcumstances, anu Was sa, a5 zen,
GsFvHHs in WitS rnsIl ms itte aay IMaan; mnS ' n"
was swinging my red and blue clubs undcr
5 Il he sass q heonS
exercise was good for man living on deseri:
The lazv Mexicans, and most OF tho hmericans
They were oil saliow What 1 wanted was
rqHay a gov. ard ,,,o o,,,s circ,ed ohout very
rstty Ieq hss ana S,aG sp9s sse
also u dripping epidermis and Dig desire t9
Fl down n the shade Fl the %ss ana
was not often. lis roots received u little moist
u.s: As soon S n a. M d droDpsd U my clubs squsa Of
aSa qp rom Crow hsad Dart
behind behind i Il cactus lined line rock.
said nothing but leaned back on my my seat;
pulled NY down 9Ier my ass sn, and na
the rock and the biz cactus shrubs: No use.
You can never get an Apache out OF his hole
Next day. with nv beautiful exercise theory
sttli oristi,ng IN my brain. 1 turned QUICKLY
snw The hs eyes ana saspns Mouth
ile sprans about and ned behind The TosE; Syt yY
Flour In t large red letters on his back. it's
one short garment was a cotton sack. with
ana INN in
thas estnE second Win il, na@e that stuck ,9
did not grasp the flour sack as had intended
Where was the wee savncof
Like q lizard he had darted from sight
somewhere in that litts, s, latch t OF rocks and i
cover enough thers 10 conceal JACK rsbb
The spines must scratch him. Thought.
unnecessary torture went back to my clubs.
other feetIns ne glimpse Of the brown head as it
dodged behind The rock,
for there was no club swinging under tho pep.
per trse: The duties OF telegraph ~. agent lay
usual exercise time and walk down the sand
driits with a. de,ested @ air. his one garment
h11Sff si ns fs Ali lis was proof against such
srapes the a Gods
an I'D ,aek. knife won him over, over, That was
blue clubs. Sworn .frienns from that day
mixture MKT f oi English Eng m spaaiaS and and 1pacEe aud
;S T;i b St is
on Sf 81 Ths + the
saueIchei his imas nation; b t he solved tho
problem a. last 4 man away or over the
SPOKE Iaek ta him, that WIS his Idea d Il.
humn,ings OF the, wIres overhead were the
but they were not OF this world.
., How the cowboys laughed when they saw
Tada and me In the station. .
THAT teudertOOtS q queer On0.' thev said.
The de.pised Apach, could NOT crawl into
they pleasantly averred.. But 10 did not
When Tads loft the station Of an evening his
road to the wckiups. a half milo away. In
time he wore q narrow tnsil ,i over to the hu.s.
me oyery day when he came shyly INTO the
office and ! greeted him with airendly " How
h hlse KS no sSs
tIem unless you had Known what they were
One daY while no was meandering about the
place. erunting quietly to himself. he upset
one S of'ssfs srsd a ansry, for the deserts
breath was hot upon me and wa, Irritating
LET yG ts
Then arose a great howl from Tads. and he |
kept on bowling until an a. Apache woman came
him up In her arms. She was his mother She !
eyed mo sgspiciolsly and walked away with
ne5 Or ny eSnrse rsereted my % h"t language and
wanted the little beggar back again. Ii was 80
there ae vbe The hs
fcrcely ir. the daytime and the, coyotes yelled |
80 dolefully ut night, How he had crept into
1t was several days before wo were on salts
factory terms again. Iads wanted TO be q |
on 70 !pnpner" @ with % a fenther"f rs sometimes W used
snk Be Srs s manss
sua he ssnsa so daW
i roll way With perseverance that was really ,
sain way throneh page .SeH or W You
Zee The Fat Ok" and so OH wherefore his heart
y II be white mans. heap sure" he declared
n his bull.froG, voice: alter he had accom-
olshed this wonderful feat
Ee ,rite mnunted their mustangs to go over
70 Tsds ssy
linn forth fr m under my bunk. screaming like
81 a!a bis !. 0 avail
1anter be wlte mans!"
Apache pap9s are nnbending and Apache
luesr fyell"e In his thront.
ss sSy s ns poda G.nSs Fl aHasa Hh
light among those deyiIsh people Of liz. II
hem. iie Apache question Wonld settle Hi A itseii
mi we gould set our soldiers to hoeing corn"
Then took UP he restless lie OF city man.
md q big aud busy railroad onlce claimed a
rood share OF my attention for tho next ten
ears. Yes; It was fully that long before I
topped at the old station. How the pepper
rec had grown. TO be snre. In Its SHADE snt q
avalry sergeant with half dozen Of his men
bout him. and In their midst were three In
ort to be shot.
They were fierce looking fellows. those three
RVages. There WIS one the youngest who
Vas u poriect demon. the soldiers said.
II kllled three women and two babies down
i Mustang Wash last Tuesday," said the
ergeant to me. "Just after one Of them had
,iy en him his breaklnst. too. He's a young
ne. not more than seventeen. l should say;
~! he's tho worst rod devil ever saw"
Gazing ut tho boy. II strange feeling stole
yer me- The stoiid face WAS oddly familiar,
His name? Blessed IL / know" said the
ergeHnt: what do you Call yourself young
neI he asked, giving him n not too delicate
oke with the tue o his boot.
Me- Nv names ladsi !" erunted the boy;
rho has been over the Mexican border so long.
oesn't he I" asked the Sergeant
But said nothing.
4 Past Capt=in's Eight.