The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-08-26
WHY HE LIKES DUDES
HOW A PuNY TENpERFoor ASTON
IsHEo A ROUGH WEsTERNER.

HOW A PUNY TGNDERFOOT ASTON
isHED A ROUGH WESTERNER.
Because He Had white Hands and Wore
Clean Collars He Was Dubbed "n1ush
and Molasses'-He Showed What He
Was Made of by Saving n Rangers Life.
We had stopped at railroad station
IN the 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 ridicule from the dozen rough
fellows hanging about. One of them
finally said something about "ohawing
him up" when an old man in the gang
raised his hand and said:
"Thats 'nough, boys; don't go any
further" ... .-..s.
"What's It to your demanded the
other.
"a heap, Ireckonl It'sso much to me
that I'll do a leetle shootin on that fell
lows account il needs be-"
The two men looked menacingly at
each other, and for twenty seconds ex-
pected to see them draw and fire. Then
the younger one walked away, growing
as he went, leaving the field to the old
man. .....5-. ...a .--..
"Would you have fought for the dudeY'
Tx asked when the strain had been re-
lieved.
"Sartinw he grimly answered.
"But you don't know him."
"No, and probably never shall, but
he sort o reminds me of leetle sar-
cumstance that happened seven or eight
years ago. l had a ranch up on the
/, Pecos plains, and dude came out from
New York city to visit nayhur o
mine. He was jest SIGH a beanstalk as
4 this chap. He had soft hands, woman's
} way of talkin, and l looked him over
and made up my mind that a Texas
baby three years old could give him
pointers. Why, durn it, if he didn't
wear white shirts and collars and play
the pianneri tried TO be civil to him
cause he was n stranger, but it bout
made me sick. l never looked at hin
without thinkin O. musb and 1asses."
"Well?"
"Waal, arter he'd bin out thar 'bou
/ three months, Jim and me went out on,
day to look up some stray mustangs. Tn,
fust thing we knew we got yolley from
a lot of Injuns who had broke loose from
j the reservation. Jim was hit in til,
, shoulder, but fortunately carried off b,
his boss, who was flier. l headed fo
u sink knowed of and reached it with
ont scratch. Then, you see, my cape
was to stand 'em off till Jim could sen,
! help. had a Winchester and plenty o
! cartridges, and durin the fust hour
I wounded one cuss and killed another
Then got q chunk O. lead through thi
right arm and begun to feel a bi
!, narvous as to how it would turn out.
swiped a bullet into another, and in re
turn got this rake along the skull.
4 wasn't ten minutes arter that befo' / be
gun to feel powerful sick and weak, an
jest reckoned that my scalp was goi
Il to make an ornament on some red crit
4 ter's belt"
& "But you still stood them Off"
CAS- well as able, but the end woul
! hev come in about fifteen minutes more
d The last three or four shots l fired / wa
so blind l couldn't see q rod. The red
was shoutin to each other and MAXI
n ready to close in when l heard whit
e man yellin. l couldn't see what too
) place, but know how it was Jest tn
!, same. That mush and 'lasses dude wa
: out on q boss huutin jackass rabbit
Il IN NnlI q,
I, how l was fixed and axed him to rid
!, fur help. What do ye think the durne
D. cuss did?'
U, Erode for homer"
I. Mot muchi Hs rode fur mel He
never seen war Injun in his life, an
/ Jim told him thar was full dozen a
Y, ter me, but it made no difference. Fl
!, comes up on dead run, yellin al
Is shootin, and I'll chaw my hat if he didu
y lay out two of tho critters and kill
II pony afore they could git away. I
~ sailed right in so mighty hard that tn,
thought he had big crowd behind hiI
That thar leetle dude with -roft han
- and puny nrms lifted me onto his ho
ne and rode to my ranch and then heads
IS crowd back and runs them reds lev
4 miles and kills another.
VI "Why, durn me! he got two POM
Z. out of that scrap and he gathered !
v. more wampum, bows, arrers, tom
lie hawks, knives and SIGH than any six
US had collected in five years. When
got about | helped him to box and sh
'em TO some club i'll New York. Pea
to Inc it was sumthin like the Manhatt
club. Leastwise, 1t had 'tarnal longi
name, and the Teller was member"
and you came to like himt"
"Sayl lie kin hey all I've got in Il
world any time he axes for it. / ma
big mistake sizin him up. He cou
beat any Of us with the pistol, and t
q Teller who took hold of him for rasi
dr. was throwed sky high before he COT
bite his terbacker. He could run lik,
deer, outjump kangaroo and
j couldn't find broncho who could bu
i him off !"
"And that's why you interfered, is i
q EXACTLY. Show me dude and
back him. These boys haint learn
the difference between a dude and
; fule yit, but hev and don't want
better chaps behind me in pinch til
dudes, specially New York dudes.