Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1893-03-25
III Dis CLEAN SWEEP.

Dt ~ NIIEAN SN EEt.
Bud Moore, deputy sheriff. came
riding down beer canyon in very
cheerful mood bud was almost
always cheerful. even under the most
trying Circumstance a, had been
proven n number ~ timo-.
But tonight Bid was unusually
cheerful, ~ was oy''.urnl hy The
way hc whi.tlrd e.. Hundred" anil
Coronation IT. always vhi.tlcd
uc-o tunes when lN- -m..'- were
NOR" than usually ,,n.. .'n'
Bud Moore va, fpii, wears old and
had never been In luN" ami, mis- sum.
Walnut Grove uh-"ryrd uuitr IRE.
Uu"ntly. che shn' hpi II bad lie
wa. In love a. only u uatur" man who
has battlcd with the world alone for
long cherries years. and who has
known nrNt e. nothing ~ woman.
kind, can hr desperately, fatally In
love And only last night he had
met with his reward; that l., no
thuaght hc had for did not Tillio
respond tu his cares when ~ he said
"tund. night. " standing In the shadow
ot the pnrticu. h. d,rw her toward
him In n ha-hful, abrupt rough way
and Kissed herr
All had not been plain sailing for
Moore. When lIlIi" Perkins came to
visit her unrlc'- ranch there had boon
me- end - aiur"r. fpr "A time. aud this
caused Rgdwhu Wa In deadly earnest
from the start. M end ~ unra-inrss.
For TilIir. who was. IL tho truth be
todd. vain. shallow aud utterly huart-
less. was at the stHrt decidedly inn
partial. Tiilir had hrrn dining
room girl In IA Kansas hotel for n time
ana numbered among her other ac-
cumpii-hmcrtS, was what she pleased
to consider the art ~ nlrting. and
which shv now CNccrriscd. much 20
IA" discomfort II her admirers. Soon
most IL the boys pulled out Of the
field, leaving the struggle to Bud,
Jim Ross. superintendent Of a mine
at High Pines who was also dead 3
In earnest and Charlie Long. top
4 man NJ Walnut Grove, who, how.
ever did not seem ~ b. In the run
ming very much and was apparently
rather Indifferent, and among them
Tillie managed To enjoy herself i'm
m"nscly. II the girl was coarse and
shallow aud vain, her adorcr- did not
know II To them she was all that
WAS bright and good and womanly.
To them the hleached yellow hair
and painted checks seemed gloriuusly
beautiful. They deemed her little
less than IN angel and strove for hur
accordingly.
And now bud had won As he
ncarcd the month " the canyon he
stopped whistling and went over In
his mind the events of the summer
! just ending. What had he not
! suffered In doubts and fears and long,
! ings and hrart-hungcr' And now II
WAS over and the prize was his had
, not Title a. good n told him so
| What need of words when she had
kissed him. And his heart bcat
NOR" rapidly ~ he thought Of last
! nights occurrences.
Close To the mouth Of the canyon
there was n narrow passage where a
hig rock jut,cd out To- the road. A.
h" nearcd thi, he thought he heard
voices and stopped Ia listen. drawing
| his revolver as he did so. Three
years back two oad-agents had held
him up just here, and he got" them
| both with "SCattCr-gun."
lie heard no further sound, 40 no
| a A 4 4 = l. = a -
the deep rand Of tho road almost
nui-clc-~ly.
He had come almost out 81 the
shadow of the big rock when he
jcrkcd his horse back on his launches
with vicious pull. just ahead OF
him, not hundred feet away. were
two people On horseback IA man and
a woman. They had evidently ridden
up TO the rock and then turned back.
A. Bud looked II sickcning. faint SEN
satiun crcpt over him. somehow. he
felt rs II there was something wrong
about his heart. He could hardly
breathe. And yet there was no rca-
son for his feeling 80, II was only
Tillio and Jim Ross taking moon.
hsH' 'iue' ithu enc not flHnt To 40
80 II she chose9
Bud laughed softly To himself in u
nervous. choking way, and was about
to call Ia the couple when something
happened that made him reel In his
saddle. As he looked he saw them
halt their horses. The man leaned
, over and put his arm around the wo-
mans waist and their lips met once,
twice, thrice. Bu, go 1t Il In the
clear moonlight, lnrn they rode on.
and he sat there dazed, stunned,
cart-brokcn.
When bud Moore reached che
ranch half AN hour later he found
Ross there sitting with Title on the
front steps. Ross greeted his rival
cordially, but Bud Noted u triumphant
ring In his voice, and rojoiced like u
demon In the thought that that
triumph would be 80 short.lived.
Tho deputy sheriff was not himself
this evening. He was very silent
and distract, which was unusual with
him. and Tillio rallied him unmerci-
fully for his dullncss.
Iknth man l.,a ..t.k a.