The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-11-15
HE LIKES DUDES
HOW A PUNY TENDERFOOT ASTON
ISHED A ROUGH WESTERNER.

on the PecOs river, and many of the
passengers were walking up and down
the long platform. Among them was a
dudish yonng man who excited con-
siderable ridicule from the dozen rough
fellows hanging about. One Of them
finally said something about ''chawin9
him up" when an old man in the gang
raised his hand and said:
That 'rough, boys; don't go any
further
Whats it to you=' demanded the
other.
"A heap, reckon! It's so much to me
that III do n leetle shOotin on that fell
lows account if needs be-
The two men looked m~enacingly at
cach 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.
Would you have fought for the dude?"
! asked when the strain had been re-
lieved.
''Sartin,' he grimly answered.
But You don't know him."
$40, and probably never shall, but
ne sort % reminds Inc Of a leetle sar-
cunstance that happened seven or eight
years ago. | had "a ranch up on the
PccOS plains, and a dude came out from
New York city to visit a nayhur o
mine. He was jest SIGH p beanstalk as
this chap. He had soft hands, a wOman's
way Of taIkin. and | looked him over
anI mazda mn N \ mind that On Tnvoc
baby three years old could give him
pointers. Why, durn it, if he didn't
wear white shirts and collars and play
the palmer! | tried to be civil to him,
cause he was Il stranger, but it bout
made me sick. | never looked at him
without thinkin O mush and ~lasses."
"Well:'
WAL arter he'd bin out thar bout
three months, Jim and me went out one
day to look upsOme stray mustangs. The
fuSt thing we knew we got a vOlley from
alOt Of Injuns who had broke loose from
the reservation. jim was hit in the
shoulder, but fortunately carried off by
his boss, who was a f1ier. | headed for
a sink knOwed of and reached it with
out a scratch. Then, you see, my caper
was TO stand 'em off till jim could send
help. | had a Winchester and plenty Of
cartridges, and durin the fust hour |
wounded one Cuss and killed another.
Then | got a chunk o lead through this
right arm and begun to feel a bit
narvOus as to how it would turn out. |
swiped a bullet into another, and in re-
turn | got this rake along the skull. 1t
wasn't ten minutes arter that befO' | be-
gun to feel powerful sick and weak, and
1 jest reckOned that my scalp was goin
to make an ornament on some red crit
ter's belt
Put you still stood them Off"
"As well as able. but the end would
hey come III about fifteen minutes more.
The last three or fOur shots | fired | was
SO blind | couldn't see IL rod. The reds
was shOutin To Zach other and maxim
ready to close in when | heard a white
man yellin. | couldn't see what took
place, but | know how it was Jest the
same. That mush and lasses dude was
out on IA boss huntin jackass rabbits.
and jim Il cross him aud told him
how | was fixed and aXed him TO ride
fur help. What do We think the burned
cuss did,"
Rode for home?"
Not much! He rode fur me! He'd
never seen Il wal Injun in his life. and
Jim told hmm thar was u full dozen ar
ter me. but it made no difference. He
comes up OH ii dead run. yellin and
shootin, and III chaw my hat if he didn't
lay out two of the critters and kill Il
pony afore they could git away. He
sailed right in SO mighty hard that they
thought he had a big crowd behind him.
That thar leetle dude with soft hands
and puny arms lifted me onto his boss
and rode to my ranch and then heads a
crowd back and runs them reds leven
miles and kills another.
why, durn me! he got two ponies
ont OF that scrap, and he gathered mp
more wampuln, bows, arrers, toma-
hawks, knives and SIGH than any six of
us had collected i'll five years. When |
got about 1 helped him to box and ship
'em TO some club III New York. Pears
to me II was sumthin like the Manhattan
clue. L~eaStwiSe. it had a 'tarnal longish
name, and the Teller was a member"
And You came to like him.
Say. lie kin hev all I've got in this
world any time he axes for It. | made
a hig mistake sizin him up. He could
beat any of u with the pistol, and the
Teller who took hold of him for a rassle
was throwed SIX. high before he could
bite his terhackCr. He could run like a
deer. outjump a kangaroo and we
couldn't lind a brUncho who could buck
him off"
And that's why YOU interfered. is it,
Exactly. Show me a dude and I'll
back him. These boys hain't learned
the difference between a dude and a
fule yit, but | hev and | don't want no
better chaps behind me in a pinch than
"ades. specially New York dudes."-
New York Herald.