Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1896-02-20

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uSo he shakes hands with tbe A .kapsaw
man. an we all goes back over TO Bob SENS
saloon an offs a drink
.Rut the cat had unite a tail lest tha
same The Mexican in many of his wavs
is uncertain. For instance. you,re settin
in IN ~ little game of monte all free an
socioble an one of ,em comes pesterip
round an Won downs him An GOOD
enough. savsyou Noother MEXICAN seems
like he wants TO assoom no pressure ne,-
sonal no one goes browsin aroupd to no
Sber;ff an tbnS von ba daloodea intn . bo.
lief that It's ouit bein a oucstion That's
where you're left.
"Now in this case. this MEXICAN as
Bowman's stretched has an uncle or some
thing down by Wagon Mound This rela-
tive Is rich. In about week Won can't
tell how hut eyervbody knows that there's $
81. 900 IN for any one as,u kill Mace.
speaks to him about IT. allowin he ouphter
he carefuJ how he goes snruddlip ahout
permiscus. Mebbe when he's loolin north
some time somebody gets him from the
south.
"I amt worryin none, saws Mace, 4
amt got no friends as would down me,
nohow. an my enemies amt likely none
to think it's enough dinero. KILN me is
liable to como mighty high.
$50 he goes along in his cheerful, light
hearted way, drinkin his whisky an bein
sheriff, mingled. In a week or SO we be-
gins to forget about it. One day a little
Mexican girl who Mace calls Bonita. an
who's gone on Bowman-she'd shorely
give hoss for a smile from him any time
-she scouts over one day an whispers to
Mace as how three greasers from down
around Anton Chico has come up to make
meat of him an is over in Chilli right
then.
Whereabouts in Chilli be these Mex
icans?' asked Mace, kinder interested.
"'Over camped in Santa Rosa's dance
hall a-drinkin an waitin for dark, saws
the girl
"'All right, says Mace. 'I'll come over
POGO tempo, an it's mighty likely to be
dark early with these aliens from Anton
Chico
so Mace kisses the little Mexican girl
an tells her not to say nuthin to no Mex
lean, an the little girls black eyes gets
blacker and brighter, an the red blood
comes in her cream colored cheek, an any
one can see she'd swap the whole Mexican
outfit for word from Bowman an throw
herself in for laniyap.
$50 Bowman starts off to get another
gun, which was proper enough, for he's
only one in his belt an, of course, in a
case like this yere he might be cornered an
need two.
Some of us oughter 90 over with
Mace, I reckon SAYS a party named Jim
Tate, sorter general to the crowd. What
do you alls think yourselves?
"'Go nuthin,' SAYS gent they called
Driscoll, who's deep into game of poker
an don't like to see it break up an him be-
hind. The hand he holds don't need
no hep. If Mace was out after two or
three of the boys it would be diffrunt,
but who ever hears of a white mans need
in he'p to down three greasers an him to
open the game? Bowman could bring
back all the hair in Chilli if he's that
Precious an wants to, an not half try.'
"This seems to be the general idee, an
aside Of some bets as was made no one
takes no interest. Bob Short says as how
he'd bet $10O even Mace gets one of em,
800 to 5000 he gets two, an 800 to $500
he gets 'eln ALL an some short card sharp
lest I'D from S'corro, after fgurin it all
silent to himself, takes 'em all.
"I don't reckon now, stranger. saws