Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-09-23
WHY He LIKES DUDES
HOW A pUNY TENDERFooT ASTON
isHEp A ROUGH WEsTERNGR.

bscause lie Had white Hands and Wore
and Moiasses"-Hc showed What He
Was Made OF by Saving = Rangers Life. |
We had stepped at railroad station
on tho Pecos river, and many OF the
passengers were walking up and down
the long platform. Among them was a
dudish young man who excited con.
siderable riaicule from the dozen rough
follows hanging about. One Of them
finally said something about "chawing
him up when an old man in the gang
raised his hand aud said
"rhats 'nough, boys; don't go any
further"
whats 1t to your demanded the
other.
"A heap, Ireckon! It'sso much to me
that I'll do lectlc shootin ON that EEL
lows account II needs be-"
Tho two men looked menacingly at
each other. and for twenty seconds ex-
pccted TO SEQ them draw and fire. Then,
the younger one walked away, growing
az he went. leaving the field TO the old
man.
"Woulayou have fought for the dudoY'
! asked when the strain had been re-
heved.
"Sartinr he grimly answered.
',But you don't know him."
mo, aud probably never shall, but
he sort o. reminds me of u leetle sar-
cuinssance that happened seven or eight
years ago. ! had ranch up ON the
Pecop pfhins, and dude came ont from
New York city to visit naybur o.
mine. lie was jest sioh n bcanstalk M
this chap. He had soft haLds, womaHs
way Of talkin, and looked him over
and made up my mind that Texas
baby three years old could give him
pointers. Why. durn It, II he admit
wear white shirts and collars and play
tho piannerl tried to he civil to him,
cause he was stranger, but II bout
made me sick. | never looked at him
without thinkin o n,ush and 1asscs."
"Wclly"
"Waal, arter he'd bin out thar 'bout
three months, Jim and me went ont ono
day to look up some stray mustangs. The
fust thing we know we got n volley from
alot Of lpjups who bad broke loose from
the reservation. Ji'~ was hit In the
shoulder, but . -tui ely carried off by
his hoss, who was u hier. headed for
sink l knowed Of and reached II with.
out scratch. Then, you see, my caper
was TO stand EN- off till ! could send
help. / had q Winchester and plenty OF
cartridges, and durin the fust hour
wounded one cuss und killed another
Then got chunk o. lend through thi,
right arm and begun TO feel n BIZ
narvous ~ to how 1t would turn out.
swiped a bullet into another, and Ia 10
turn got this rake along tho skull. II
wasn't ten minutes ar,er that befo' be
gun to feel powerful sick and weak, and
i jest reckoned that my scalp WAS goii
to make an ornament ON some red crit
tiers bolt"
"But you still stood them on"
''As well US able, but the end woult
hev come in about fifteen minutes more
The last three or four shots fired wa
so blind l couldn't zee rod. The red
was shoutin TO each other and masil
ready to close In when heard whit,
man yellin. couldn't see what tool
place, but know how It was jest tn
same. That mush and 'lasses dude wa
out on u moss huntin jaclkass rabbits
and Jim run across him aud told hiu
how | was nSvd and axed him to rid
fur help, What do ye think the durne
cuss didy
erode for homop
"Not muchl Ee rode fur mel He
never seen war lniun in his life, an
Jim told him thar was full dozen NJ
ter me, but it made no difference. II
comes mp on dead run, yellin an
shootin, and I'll chaw my hat IL he didn
lay out two of the critters and kill
pony afore they could git away. II
sailed right in 30 mighty hard that the
thought hehad big crowd behind hin
That thar leotle dude with soft hant
and puny arms lifted me onto his no