The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-10-12

wv h'"iiS ior inc, an sOrtor allows it's
ONO OF thosc Things as was forcordained in
which casu. of course, tho Mexican don't
get no say.
When the abductor hears how Mace is
ON his trail, which he does from other
Mexieans, he swings onto his broncho an
begins pintin out, takin boy an all. But
bowman got too far up on him an stops
MN mighty handy with q riflo. Mace
could work y winchester like YOU d whirI
rope, an the way Eo gets II bullet under
that blnnk M tan's left arm don t hurry
him little bit. The bullet tears a hole
through mis- lungs, an they being no further
good for him to breathe with hc comes
tumblin like u sot pigeon, brinpin the
mans offspring with him.
"Of course this is all mighty flnttcrin
to Mace as shot, an 1t ticklcs tho bows
sire too. He allows he's lived in Arknn-
saw an knows good shootin, an this yero's
speshul good. Ar then no gets the grcaser's
skclp to take back with him.
It'll come h,"lCy to humor ND tho old
woman with, whom 1 gets baok to camp
he says, 50 no tucks tho skolp into his war
bags an thanks Mace for the interest lie
takes III his household affairs.
That's all right SAYS Bowman .no
trouble to curry little short boss like
that
man, an weall goes back ovor to Bob Sep's
saloon an gifts n drink.
but the cat had quite tail, Jest tho
eamo. The Mexican In many of his ways,
Is onccrtain. For instance, you're settin
In Oh little Gamo of monte all free an
sociable, an ono of 'eln comes posterin
round, an you downs him. All good
enough, says you. No other Mexican seems
hkc he wants to assoom no pressure per-
sonal, no one goes browsin around to no
sheriff, an thus you be dclooded Into be-
lief that It's quit bein question. That's
where you're left.
Now, In this case, this Mexican as
Bownan's stretched has an uncle or some
thing down by Wagon Mound This rcla-
tive is rich. In about u week you can't
tell how, but everybody knows that there's
So, 1000 up for any one ash kill Mace
speaks to him about it, allowin he oughtcr
be careful how no goes spraddlin about
permiscus. Mobile when he's lookin north
some time somebody gots him from the
south
g L ain't worryin nono, says Mace. Il
amt got no friends MS would down me.
nohow, an my enemies amt likely mono
to think it's enough dinoro. KILN me Is
liablo to como mighty high
So he goes along In his cheerful, light
hearted way, drinkin his whisky an bcin
sheriff, mingled. In week or so we be-
gins to forget about it. Ono dny littlo
Mexican girl who Mncc calls Bonita, an
who's Como on Bowman-shc'd shorcly
give boss for II smlo from him any time
-sho scouts over ono day m whispers to
Mace rs how thrco grcnsers from down
around Anton Chico has como up to mako
meat of him M is over in Chilli right
then.
whereabouts in Chilli DO these Mex
icans?' asked Macc, kinder Interested.
Over campcd In Santa Rosa's dance
hall a-drinliin an waitin for dark, saws
tho girl.
All right, says Mncc. IN como over
POGO tempo, an it's mighty likely to be
dark early with these aliens from Anton
Chico
$50 Mace kisses the little Mexican girl
an tells her not to say nuthin to no Mex
lean, an tho little girls black eyes gets
blackcr and brighter, nn tho red blood
comes In her cream colorod check an any
ono can SEQ she'd swap tho whole Mexican
Quilt for word from Bowman M throw
herself in for laniynp.
so Bowman starts off to got another
gun, which was proper enough, for hos
only ono In his belt an, of course, in O
case liko this ycro he might DO cornored an
need two.
'-ci'O Vi uS OtHHicT RO over Wltn
Mace, L reckon, says n party named Jim
Tate, sortcr general to tho crowd. What
do you alls think yoursclvcs|
Go nuthin, says u gent they called
DriScoll, who's deep into u gnmo of poker
IN don't like to SEQ it break UP an him be-
hind. The hand ho holds don't need
no hep. If Mace was out after two or
three of tho boys, it would DO diff'runt,
but who evor hears of white mans need
lii hep to down three grcascrs an him to
open tho game? Bowman could bring
back all tho hnir in Chilli If hos that
ruclous an wants to, IN not half try
This seems to DO tho general idce, an
aside of some bets rs was mado no ono
takes no interest. Bob Short SAYS as how
he'd bot 500 oven MAco gets ono of 'cm,
500 to 5000 he gets two, an 800 to 5000
no gets EN- all, an some short card sharp
Jest up from S'corro, after ngurin 1t all
silent TO himself, takes 'cm all.
L don't reckon now, stranger says
Tate, sortcr rcproachful to The short card
man, you knows Mace Bowman mighty
well, or you Wouldn't go up ag' in a shore
thing like that!'
We'll, we mover gets anything but
MHcc's story for 1T. Eo says nftcrwnrd rs
how he sa'ntcrs into Santa Rosas an finds
his three Anton Chico parties all sit
Tin alone at u table. They knows him, he
says, an SO ho sets down ovcr opposite an
calls for q drink. They're watchin Mace
an him dom similar by them. Finally, he
says ono of EN- makes IL play for his gun,
an seem thnr's nothin To be mndo waitin
Maco jumps up with u six shooter In each
hand an there's somo noise an u heap of
smoke an old Peter lets in three Meyicnns
in u bunch.
Mhce comes back over to us--no other