The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-06-30

| you lend encouragement to an act
which should cause any honest man to
blush with shamei'
Who M your Q dozen voices
yelled.
al am an American, and I assure
you l have nothing but disgust for
those in this crowd who are disgracing
that name. came among you seek
ing q home, came with desire to help
build up your business interests, but
I'd rather locate I'm a nest Of rattle
snakes than among men who would
plot against q young, defenseless girl.
Now, l am worth half million dollars,
your merchants here will tell you that
my checks are good for any amount,
and I will bet any man In this crowd
Eve thousand to one hundred dol
lars that the Mexican girl will win
the next two heats. for I am going to
see fair play. and l believe there are
enough honest Americans and natives
here TO back me in doing so'
"'You-bet your hfe-thar'-isr big
Tom yelled. The ours that's a back
in OIL Matt Parker are towards, an
every square cowboy in the crowd viii
stay with you. stranger. Won't you,
boys7
tom seemed to be Q great favorite,
for at his words . ringing cheer went
mp and q hundred voices yelled for =
square deal Marta ran to me, and,
taking my hand, 1aid in her cute
broken English:
40, senior, I tank you. You good
man. You mueho bueno Americana.
Ne win. Ne win. Bad man Parker
he no laugh some more Mueho gra-
cias. mia amigo
Il assured her that she should have
fair play, and that II her enemies de-
sired to place any more money on their
bazen favorite 1 would meet every
wager.
81 will back you for all I am
worth l said to her, for I know you
can win
1T was q wild, foolish assertion. but
1 was thoroughly aroused, and was de-
termined TO down the Parker faction
even should / meet with defeat by
their rascality and lose heavily. But
no one evinced the least desire 10 &C
eept my challenge. Parker came to
where / was standing In q crowd of
cowboys who were assuring me that
they would stay with me and said
anRrily:
"sLookee here, old man, i don't
know that you've got any business 10
interfere with our celebration. seein'
you don't belong here. You'd better
pull In an ride . little slower. fur yer
. gittin' onto dangerous ground
big Tom laid . heavy hand on the
bullyis shoulder, and in . low but de-
termined voice said:
Hes not headed towards no bog
as I kin see. Matt Parker, an he's
. goin' TO hold his gait Stead o. pull
IN in on the reinA, he'll work his spurs
an keep q hittin' the ground In his
own way. This are the Fofth o. July
an we're square American eitizens
an fair plays the fust rule o. patriotism
wherever that yonder Gag Is a hirfin'
in the air. The raee b Rofn' on an it's
. goin' on squar'. an III hop onto the
traflo the fnst sneakin' coyote that
interferes with the Mexiezn 9al an
run him down. m II yoa o. any o yer
pissn whisky suckers happens % git In
the way thars goin' to be . p1rifcA-
ton in this community. n. boysT
"A cheer was the reply, and the
bully saw that . champion hnvirr
arisen on the other side his power
was gone He realized that II his giri
won the race she must do Il fairly.
and trembling with rage and with
fear that he would oss the money he
bad wagered he went 70 his scowling
Offspring and offered her clothes ht
for . princessn she would put forth hsr
very bcst eEorts and win another hezk
Il need not dwell on the rcsa1k
Marta won the two remsininG heats
easily, and whsn she came 10 ne uith
her beautiful face agiou with smiles
Of triumph and gratitude. her expres-
sise eyes done some effective wo<k h
my susceptible bresst