The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-07-23
MARIP0SA.

'twa'n't, wouldn't be no story, / s'pose
Durn little coyotes, nawthin but KILN
an karkisses suits you. 'Taint lniins;
though some can't see much differ twiyt
them an greasers-what you calls Mex
leans. Some NV them is considerable
mixed; the 'per-r-oud CASTLE blood
they blows about amt on the surface
CASTLE soap'ud be more to the pint.
But Mariposy wuZ purity as this posy,
in her Mexican yay-eyes like midnight
in a gulch, hair Black as its wavin pines,
a voice like wind in their tops.
Waal, one day wuz sightin tord Del
Norte to dicker bout an alfalfy deal.
Nigh TO ther town see somethin loomin
upi sez l:
"Some feller's tal1in cattle to range. "
Then l reco'nized Tom. Han'somo young
feller wuz Tom in flannel shirt and
"chaps," the wind layin his broad brim
''pra'rie king back and shown his face
ez he loped past Nigh tho Ryo Grandy
bridge my broncho most shed mo ez Tom
cum thunderin back.
by gum Thet's ridin, | sez, adj
mirin his slim tigger, most one with his
beast, ez they shot past to'rd town. lie
was nigh out NV sight afore his prime
Opposite cum pantin an cussin after
him; old Di3z a-clawin the ar, making
it blue with un,Smday school talk
a-diggin his knees into his winded nag
sides, goin lickety bump, a-workin ten
miles perpendiklar to airy mile ahead.
Ilaffed; then shuk my head. Resky
foolin with Diaz, thinks l. it's bad blood.
They've scrapped ag'in, and TOMS
a-driyin Diaz's cattle outer ther range,
an Diaz hez got onter him He's tryin
ter run Tom down, likes not; but !
o'u'dn't swar ter Tom. q c'u'dn't, Of ]
ha'nter met him goin t'other way.) /
wanter be outer this Of ole Diaz goes teI
lawin.
"Trial by juryw sez l. "trial by guns
my ticket. Them families 'ud of settled
thar scrap ages sence, eff lawyers hedn't
got the cinch on 'em,"
T'other side NV town Diaz wuz found
dead, a bullet hole in his head, sized
bore Of leetle gun of Toms. Wha,
with family SCRAPS" Diaz bein seen
a-chasing after Tom an Toms comm
in on his broncho from thet side nv
town-with nawthin E say 'ceptin he'd
druy Diaz' cattle ontcr range fer mis-.
cheef; Diaz chased him an he outrid
him, but Diaz follered yit he'd take hi.
oath he hedu't shot Diaz-all that went
ag'in' him The story didn't assay we'll
Court wuz pledged Ter "cxtuminate the
western rough" the papers said. 4
greaser he'd hung fer KILN a Ute. an
the feelin wuz fer no parshality
TUX mtrest in thet trial, both fen
Toms sake--l knowed him sence IA,
want no bigger'n q ca'tridge- and be
euz l knowed huff t. witness ef they'd
knowed it; 'NGan't much, but leave 9
lawyer to build Pixies Peak outer thei
foothills.
You see I'm gittin to my story from
all p'ints twonct, like lujins useter cum
at our stockades; but I'll git thar ci
morally sartiu es they did frequint.
Things looked rocky fer Tom THAI
amt a doubt of it,
Ic'u'dn't stan it. wy, teached hin
ter shoot jacks wen he warn't no higher
/ n sagebrush. | c'u'du't breathe tel
wuz ont, gallopin roun the shoulder II,
/ Lookout mountain, over the mesa.
Domino wut TUX me thet road. Don
/ believe in sperits, but ! cum might
nigh takiu stock in thar lead thet game
| | cum down hill, acrost ther bridge az
onter the old plazy fore 1 lnowed
Somethin quar- bout thet row NV ia
rooted white 'dobes, winders an door
slantin ez greaser ideesi them big, rouu,
ovens like onpossible musharooms; TN
pinted church front, with bell hole atop
an cross settin on a heap at ther back
Mexican squatters he'd been ordered Z
/ vamoose, n thar ole traps nv horses wa
fallin lonesumlike ter pieces.
'Twuz late afternoon; l thought shad
ders were a-foOlin mo when see some
thin futter roun a 'dobe corner Wit
q passin idee nv sperits, likewise O
greaser's sneakin ways, dashed mp Al
covered somethin in tho 'dobo
Hands upr
Isl ST, she sobbed-"M "Mariposy."
felt like q dun fool settin thar holli
| up a gal.
"Air yo alone Mariposy: WIT y
doin h'yar."
She piled a hundred questions at m
in her greaser American, windin up:
"Ees ita' right-you airTome's trent:
Thinkin ouy bout Tom an uawth
Q all bout ther gal 1 shuk it all ont
"Hell hang sureT sez l.
You'd orter seen her.
He not kin DiazT she stomped
jumped
81 sect done, sez Mariposa, lnos
cryin Il know, Take mel tell saw
Tom. An, the rope" she laid her purt
hand on her throat ITO die!-to So
iun an flowers an hear birds-to kiss
so morol The cold, dark ground-th
worms" / c'u'd feel her shiver ag'h
me ez 1 spurred back TO town best "
c'u'd, a-carryiu double
l seen she lnowed somethin, an I WI
wild at the idee nv slyin Tom St
didn't tell me much-she'd been with a
aunt up Saguachs and knowed uawthi
nv the trial Her folks sent her mar
word or KEEP her of purpus-they'l
thet shy nv law Maiposy slid o
fnly from them an camped, pore cri
ter, in thet lonely place She wantC
word from Tom to cum back; sent Ton
. Montez 20 tell him, but had nary answe
q So, by that, seen Tom likewise knowS
somethin too. Wut did the feller mea
Wuz thar someun be wouldn't gi'
away
, swar I'm plum glad I never guess,
nigh the truth or ia ben on the horns
a dylummer or-whichsomeyer the po
sez bout it-stid NV riiin right straigI
p ter court with her
: Their sheriff ha' ter set on Tom O
hold him wen he first see Maripo
4 come in.
% "Senor" sez She, out uy breath Il d
it, not Tome. Here's the peestol I
5 Civ it me long time | can proof Tn
day, he think Diaz not after him al
more. Tom joost ride away from n
- an Diaz cum behint-l see heem dra
hees gun. Tome not see shoot quiz
then Tome see.
1t wuz AN writ down by the man
makes marks on paper like a nest Of I'd
tiers let loose The iedge stopp
ohewin gumi Toms lawyer uni'int
hisself an the prosecutors forrid bulg
bigger oz Dc thought an thought
"Fer mo, Mariposy wound up. ri
. rope -luu'd feel her shiVor agi'n-'t
Etllna1s. he cold wet aarth-fhe won