Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-08-25
MARIPOSA.

waal. I'm s-gointer put up ynrn
sbout ooe NV them tins thIno. You
nee'nter la6. Think Unkf Pete ssyvies
nawthin only boat lpjuns. scah,s. go%
disgins n snow shocta Hadn't much On
posies ginrally.
YessireA Thsrs o gum tnN q
tvs'nt. wouldnv be no story. sposa
Duru little coyotes. nawthin but hiln
an harkisses suifs you- Tnint tnjins;
though some can't SOC mnch differ twtXt
them IN greesere-whs$ you calls Mox-
ioans. Some u~ Uhesn b considerable
mixed. me ''perr-oad Onstile blood"
| they blows about atn't on tho surfnco.
| CASTLE soapud be moro TO the pfnt
But Madposy wux purty a. ttis posy.
IN her Mexican wsy-eyes like midnight
IN gulch. hair black as its wavin ptnes,
a voice like wind IN their topS
WAL, one day wus stghtin to'rd Dd
Norte 70 dicha bonn m aifalfy deal
Nigh 10 ther town soe somcthin loomin
up, ses I,
"6ome feller's takfn oottts DO ran0a'
Then reconized Tom. Hsusome young
fellcr wus Tom IN flannel shirt and
''chaps," the wind layin his broad hg%m
"prs'rie king" back aod sbowh his nhce
ee ho loped past. Nigh sAe Ryo 0rsody
bridge my bronchO most shed mo ca Tom
"by gumi Thets rtdin.' ] saA, ID
mirin bis slim agger, most ono with bis
beast, ca they shot past to'rd town He
was nigh oaS ~ agbA sfore his priDe
opposite onm pandn 40 oussin afonr
himj Old Dsss a~caw1n tbe NJ, making
n bloo with un-9undsy ssbool tytk-
a-diggin his knees into his wtnAed nags
sides, gun bckc$y bomp. sworkin ten
miles perpendfkIss b sry milo ahead
laffod; then shuh my heod Resky
foohn VITA Dtss, thinks h it's bad blood
They've scrApped ag1n, and Toms
o-drivin DiAz's cattle onteS ther range,
an Disz hos goS onter hlm He's tryfn
nee run Tom down. kkes not buA
c'u'dnS river tr Tom. q Vu'dDS Of I
hs'nter me1 HIN goiD vothes way !
wantor DO outer thfs e< OLD Df4s goes tes
lawfn.
"Tria by jnryr senh ''trka by guns
my ticket. Them fannie nd Of sottled
thar 'eeraV ages senoe. ef lawyess hodns
got tho ctnch CD en-
Tother side Nv town Daaa wus lDusA
dead. o bulleA boae IN his head. sized
bore Of q leetao gun Of Tomb What
with family ''scxaps.' D1as bean soen
a-chasing after Tom an Toms comm
In on bis broncho RON thet stde ny
oown-with nSwthin y say ceptfn he'd
druv DiaS cattle ontcr range fer ms
cheef, DiAz chased him an he outrtd
him, but Diaz foilered, Ut ho'd take hts
oath be hednr shot Diaz+-sil that went
ag'fn' HIN. The story didnt sssey vol.
Court wux pledged ter ''estarnhhatS e,e
western roush," tho pepevs ssad A
greaser bed hung ter KILN Ote, m
the fee}in wuE feS no porshaltt1.
I tuk fnt'rest n sfios triai, both ftr
Toms sake-I knowed him senoe b.
wa'ns 10 hggerp q ca'trtdge-and be-
cuz hnowed 'nu6 q witness Of they'd
knowed it, 'twa'nt nuch, bot leave o
lawyer TO build PiheS Peah outer ther
foothills.
You see I'm gittin b my story from
all pfnts rwonct. Ike In jins nseter cum
at our stockades; bat III GIT thar ca
morally sastin es they did freQuinA
Things looked rocky fer Tom, thar
aine doubt Of IT,
fc'u'dn't stan IT. wy, teached him
tsr shoot jacks wen he warnt DO higher
n sagebrush- c'u'dnV breathe tel I
wun out, gallopin roun the ehoulder nv
Lookout mountain. over tho mesa-
Don'no' wut tuk mo thet road Douf
believe IN speats, bat 0um mighty
nigh takfu stock IN thar lead thet game.
cum down hill, acrost cher bridge an
onter tho old play fore I knowed.
Somethin omar bout tibet row nv fat
rooted white 'dohss wiuders IN doos
slantin ca greaser tdees; them big, pound
ovens like onpossible musharooms; ttIe
p1nted church front, with bell hoae etup,
an croes setttn on q beep al ther bach
Mexican sQuatters he'd been ordered to
vamoose, n thar oao traps nv borsn wus
fallin lonesumlfke ter pSeoea
Twuz late afternoon, thought shad-
ders were a-foolin me when $50 sosne-
thin futter roun . 'dobe oornef. With
q passin idee ~ spsrtta, nkowke of
greaser's sneakin ways. I dashed up 40
covered somethin In tho 'dobe.
Islands upr
"H ST." she sobbed-"Maripo
felt like durn fool sott1n Thar holdh
up q gal
"Air ye alone. Martposy7 wus ye
dotn h'yarY'
Sho pilod hundred questsoos st me
tn her greaser American, windin up
"Ees IL a right-you air Tones frentY
Thinkin on'y bout Tom m nawthin
: all bout thcr gal, shuk u all out
He'll bang sure'" sea L
You'd orter seen her.
"Ho not kill Dias!" she stomped
liumpsd
| 81 seet dona" sea Mariposa, most
crytn. IL know. Tako mol tell save
Ton All, the roper she laid her purity
hand on bar throat. ITO Met-so zee
sun aa flowers I'll hear blrds--to kiAs-
no morI Ths eoA. darA grouad-ths
wormsia o'a'a feel her sAiym sGtr
me- 90 ! spurrcd bsoS 70 sowa peS& ~
| c'u'd, s-oeyvyin doublA
lseeu she knowcd so,nsthin. sn Wa
| Wild ~ No idoe ~ ssvtn Tom she
| iidnV tell mo u1uch-sho'd ksan With 81
amt up 6oguache apd knovod HsvtAas
| nv tho trial us kaAbs soot beS nAW
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