Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-11-14

touched the man on the shoulder.
Excuse me, sexton" he said, but
you told me about only one wife.
"Ah, yes; but the ladies very dam
tired Mescal all gone. Can't tell any
more story today"
"Do they want any more drink
Certainly, alwaysl Hot climate in
Mexico" answered Garcia.
"What does it costT
Zone dollar"
Arthur took his purse, which held
four dollars, out of his pocket and
opened it slowly; then, still hesitating,
took out dollar This hesitation the
Mexican did not allow to continue; he
put his hand over Arthur's, and closing
upon it took the money and handed it to
the youngest woman of the party, say
ing in Spanish, run, girl. two bottles
mescal, bread and cheese.
"You want to hear about my second
wife-all right. One day Marcelina get
very angry with me because | ask for
money. | get mad, too, because she no
give it. Then | think. | know old
woman with three cow. She fifty year
old-too old for me. | sixty, like wife
twenty-but she have three COW. l go
to her; say, Il want to marry you, JOSE
fita.' She answer me, But you mar
ried to Marcelina. say: Yes, by the
church. Imarry you by the law; you
then legitimate wife. Mexican law say
church marriage not lawful, not good.
Children from church marriage natural
children, but children from civil mar
rage get fathers money That l tell
her. That true too. never tell lie to
anybody. | very truthful. That my
dam nature. | talk to her sweetly
Then after awhile she say Yes Then l
go to see judge. Isay, Mr.. Judge, want
to marry, but got no money, got three
COW. How much cost? He answer me,
Twenty dollars Then say, You
take COW, Mr.. JudgeT He say, Yes,
enough cow Then ask him how much
he pay for COW and he tell me, Fifteen
dollars for good one. say, 'Bueno, l
bring you COW, then bring you woman
II go away and never let Jose6ta lee
me bring her three COWS from potrero.
One COW no good, 8-year-old, never have
calf, but very fat, look like be mother
two months. | tell judge that splendid
cow, magnificent. He look at COW and
think going to have calf. very good
merchant, you see. He pay me twenty
dollars for that COW and fifteen each for
other two. Judge know plenty law, but
don't know anything about COW. Dam
fool to beezness with me. Then think
to myself, be damfool, too, like judge.
if marry old woman now have money.
But then | think again, if don't marry
go to Jail. very good merchant and
too bydam smart to go to Jail, so marry
old woman. Then | take her here.
Caramba, Marcelina angryl She sorry
then she no give me money After
while Josefita she say to Inc, Vicente,
go bring COW from potrero and put him
in corral tell her sell COW to judge
that day. Oh, then she angry too. She
Yell very strong dam yell. Then she
say, Jesus de mi vida, you then sell me
soon too say, TOO bad you not cow.
can't sell you. Sorry"
Garcia turned around on hearing the
young woman enter with the mescal.
1t was past l, and Arthur felt hun
CRY, so he took one of the breads and a
piece of cheese and asked the sexton for
a glass of water, who thereupon spoke
to the young girl. This one motioned
to the young American to follow her,
which he did, through two rooms into
back yard, where she gave him from an
earthenware jar tumblerful of water
as cool as if taken from deep well.
When Arthur had drunk, Inez threw
her arms around him, and though he
struggled gave him smacking kiss on
the cheek. She wanted to repeat the
feat, but Arthur sprang away, his fair
skin tinged a deep red
"What would your father say, Miss
Garcia. if he knew this?'
mo ablo Ingles. Otro abrazo" "a
don't speak English. Another embrace'),
she said, and made for him; but Arthur
jumped and ran into the house, joining
the party, the girl following, laughing
merrily.
All noticed Arthur's extremely red
face, and looked to the girl for an ex-
PLANTATION.
"Don Pendejo," the girl said, laugh
ing, "me dio un beso" ("Mr. Fool gave
me kiss').
"Ah," said the sexton, "you want to
marry my daughter All right. Take
her."
"T'm too poor to marry" said Arthur,
giving the first polite excuse that oc-
CURED to him.
"You got three dollars answered the
sexton; "that's enough. Come here.
Ben AGA, Inez."
When Arthur saw Inez making toward
him he jumped up and ran to the door.
This caused all to rise, seeing which
Arthur grabbed his hat and scampered
to the middle of the street.
"Come back" shouted the sexton.
"You got three dollars. Valgame Dios,
come backy
But Arthur felt the kiss of Inez, the
dark one, burning on his cheek, and he
shook his head and went his way, re-
GREETING that he had not heard the three