Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-03-24

cienda stocked with full blooded nerjnos
Oh, y shall be paid-in money! But th'
kindness of It'll Well, it's no use T. talk.
Bill, but shan't forget it. An now. if "
do mean it, Bill, must hustlel Pve got /,
fix up some little things here an hunt up a
horse thet'll carry her"
"Thet's So" said Bill. Her letter said
on foot" didu't it, Y'd better take Grin.
60"
"Billl Your lutte racer, thet y set 50
much byP
We'll, don't spose y want q put Ter on
no bench legged plug, thet'if iope all day in
tn shade O a cottonwood tree An now,
Martin, look here, you'll want somethin T.
go on. Here's dozen greascr dollars fer
change, l'll give y a check fer tn 500, so
! y can git in Dallas, er y can tell tn old
man tibet y won it off o me, an he'll cash
it fer y, he knows it's all right, an then ri
ride over u Las Gases an hunt up wolnan's
saddle an there III feed an rub down Grin
go, an have him at tn crossroads as fresh
| as paint at minutes before O. o. course
| you'll be waitin fer me there, an when she
comes, an is once up, there amt n horse in
tn country tibet Crngo can't show clean
pair O. heels to-.
At the time sci Bill Shocks rode his Facin
mustang, Cringo, slowly down tn trail
from Las Cases toward tn broken cross
where tn roads met. Their was touch o.
sorrow in his heart, fer Bill loved the little
mustang better n anything else N tn
| worid-eXcept tn lady o. tn hacienda
but he hadn't long q think about it before
little yelled figger came creepin down tn
trail, and "a soft voice whispered, Thou
art waitin fer thy so late Ninita, but my
uncle"- Here Bill was Obliged T. explain
tn situation, an cursin Martin under his
breath fer IA cowardly sneak Z make the
hutterin little creature wait be begged her
as politely as he knew how TO mount tn
bay horse, an tn Senior Martinez would be
with them Ia almost no time
"Ahl he has sent you with horse-so
kind so thoughtful as, touchn her lit
tie arched foot Z Bill Snooks' big brown
hand, she sprang T. tn saddle But listenl
hear tn tramplin o. horses. 1t must be
he, yet they seem many Senior Caballero,
IL there be danger look q you for protec
tionp'
with my life, senoritan said Bill
addin to himself, FER Gods sake, Bill
Shocks, keep yer gun in yer belt an yer
mouth shut till y see whutll do her TIL
least harmP
By this time Tn clatter o. hoofs had
stopped, an plumb in front o Bill an tn
senorita pulled mp Don Juan Felipe Aqua,
do, the uncle an garden o. tn lady, an
Mr. Warren Maitland 80 usually known
among tn boys AZ "th' old man"-th'
manager o. tn Blazin Brazos Cattle com
pany.
The Senorita Ninita herel' cried Don
Juan, almost knocked out o his saddle by
tn shock.
"Bill SHOCKS, you herep put in old Matt
land in a voice like tn bleat o bull calf
under tn brandin iron.
Whit does this mean, seHoritaS" thun
dered Don Juan
AN whut ia - Whit on earth are
you up to, Billi' yelled Maitland in the
same breath.
IF my uncle will listen, " said tn seno
rita at last
Bill bed bin dumb, not KNOWN in tn
least whut line She meant q take, an feelin
sure he'd only PUT bis foot in it if he tried
g talk. IF my uncle and the Senior Matt
land will listen, IL means that | am about
T. become tn wife Of caballero 50 noble,
so brave an honorable that my family can
but feel gratified by the alliance. speak
Of til Senior Don Ienrice Martinez, who
will on the momen arrive Z claim me for
his bride.
But if this be true" said tn don. how
comes it tibet find you here weth this com
mon yaquero, an mounted upon his horse
which ! recognize ~ from tn track o. tn
raceS"
don Juan" put in old Maitland My
nephew, Mr. Martin, would, | have no
doubt, feel hattered at tn idea OF an ALI.
ance with tn family o tn Senior Aguado,
but am in a position TO state with Ger
tainty that he has not at this time antici-
pated or prepared fer tn honor left him
at tn rancho somewhat overcome Indeed.
viii not hesitate y speak Plainly-dead
drunk-having spent tn afternoon at cards
an lost heavily-a sum received in payment
of an old gam biing debt. | need not say
that IL gives me pain T. speak o. these hab-
its, so degradin t my young relative-but
better 80 than T. believe him capable O. at
temptin tn abduction O. a child-fer y'r
niece is little more.
las fer you, Shocks, won't allow my.
self T. use harsh languagein tn presence Of
lady. Here's months wages. Yer
bounced from III payroll o tn company,
an know my friend tn Senior Aguado will
join me in sayiD tibet tn faster y make
tracks from this part o tn country tn bet
ter.
Don Juan Wtii no doubt escort his niece
home. You can mount yer own horse, an
as neither his people nor mine will be likely
Z feel very friendly If this gets out, better
fan him little on both sides till y git over
tn line"
Whut became o tn senoritai Quien sabe.
If IL he'd o. bin Bill Shocks tibet she was
willin run off weth, things would hsy
ended different. Asst was, Bill was scooped.
He laN D. I. l.. IL.
cattle drive at Abilene and never stopped
till tn snowies was below him an tn Can
ada line nigh in sight.-H. j. Whitney in
San Francisco Examiner
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