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Ar ARIZONA EPISODE,


All ARIZONA EPISODE.
A Night Scene in q Nogales GamblIne
Den.
Nogalcs Is a little town down II
jouthern Arizona that 10 part Ameri-
can and part Mexican In more senses
than one, for 1t calmly sits upon the
International boundary line and owes
half to the United States Thus the
resident of Noeales Is much better of
than Lieut. Nolan, for instead of be-
Ing a man without a country, he Is a
man with two countries The bound
airy line between the two republics
runs exactly along the center Of the
leave the town nor walk very far to
plant one foot In Mexican soil and
yet retain a purchase upon the land
Of the free, etc. This peculiar situa.
ton is often taken advantage of by
DESERVING soldiers from the Southern
Arizona forts, who are inclined to be
facetious. They go over to the Mex-
lean side of the main street, and when
the Sergeant and his squad who are
In pursuit arrive In town they find
the deserters sitting out In front of a
saloon enjoying life and making faces
at their pursuers with perfect I'M
punity. For desertion Is not In ex.
traditable offense- All the Sergeant
can do is to sit down and patiently
wait. in the hope that the deserter
will imbibe enough mescal or pulque
to render him reckless and bring him
across that invisible but u~ncrossable
line Nor Is Nogales a very virutous
town. In fact II is somewhat
tough" Almost every man carries
4 ''gun," and is ready to use 1t when
his rights are trampled upon or his
honor wounded.
During the Geronimo campaign !
vent down to Nogales to visit a friend
of mine and n night he took me
out to see the sights Among othei
sports on the elephant was the big.
gest saloon and gambling house in the
town. / forget now who ran 1t, but
that doesn't matter. After passing
around and looking on a while at the
various games, We sat down at a table
near a party Of poker players, ordered
drinks, and watched the animated
scene. / was particularly interested
In one of the players at the table next
to US, who apparently had phenomenal
luck, judging from the pile Of gold.
silver and chips in front of him. He
was a big. black bearded swarthy man,
restless eyes, and as another big, full.
bearded man, toying with a huge
pistol, approached the table with a
quick stride, / fancied that he sud.
denly grew a shade paler. He made
an almost imperceptible movement
to reach toward his hips, but appar-
entity changed his mind and gazed in.
tently at the cards. By this time the
other big man was opposite him.
$50, you dirty, NEAR SKUNK" b.
said, ''1've run you down at last,
have II"
The play at once ceased and the
participants IN the game waited
passively to hear the outcome. This
was a quarrel between two mend
personal and private matter-and II
would have been impertinence and q
breach Of etiquette on their part to
have interfered BY word or act
Eyes, you've run me down. as 20.
put It," replied the other. "Wbat
do you want to say to me? Hurry
up, and don't delay the game.s
"What do I want to say to you?'
.he other burst out furiously, and
with a volleY Of oaths, II don't want
to say anything to you, you thief. ]
want to put a bullet into your dirty
carcass, and Pm going to doit Draw
your gun. "Ill give you n chance
for your life,"
By this time the noise had at
iracted attention. The players bad
crowded to the side walls, and there
was a clear passage for the bullets
that were momentarily expected to
commence flying. The proprietor Of
the gambling den was fastening to-
ward the disputants. shouting, az he
:ame, a warning to them to desist
"Shoot, II you want to, Bill" said
he black bearded man, his face as
pale as death, "but II you do you
murder me, for l haven't a gun on
my person."
"You haven't, eh?" replied tht
Jther, insolently. ''Weli, I'll shoot
no man like a rat. But, you miser-
able hound, after 4 o'clock this morn
ing I'll kill you on sight, gun or no
gun. Fair warning. Look out for
yourself"
\ He turned to move away. when
quick as a flash, the black-bearded
man sprang to his feet, drew a re-
volver and fred at the retreating
figure.
"Look out!" shouted some one X
the crowd who had observed the
movement. The man gave a start
and a halt turn, and the motion saved
his life. for the bullet grazed his
head and tossed a lock of his thick
hair into the air. Before the black.
bearded man could recover, the other
shot The bullet crushed through
the gamblers head and he dropped
down dead. In the confusion which
followed my friend and ! ESCAPED into
she street
l was obliged to leave Nogales TIT
aext day. but at the first opportunity
/ wrote and asked for information
concerning the outcome Of this little
episode, and 'what they had done
with the murderer"
"WhH you poor tenderfoot." m,
friend wrote back, s'you wouldn't call
that a murder, would you? In the
first place the man would have been
justified In shooting, under any cir
cumstahces, for the other had robbed
him OF a mine In Mexico. And, Sec
ondlH the black-bearded coward shot
1rst and when his adyersary's back
was turned, and deserved what he
got in return for that alone. What
did they do with The smurianaros