El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-18
glance at the retresting horsemen on

glance at the retresting horsemen on
the desert plain.
s'That was q fair bargain" thought
Crawford looking over his commod1-
ties, which comprised four bars OF soap,
che wing tobacco. half q dozen Mexican
cigars, and the Mexican liquor.
"Water is quite precious article away
down here, but then 1 never gave 1t q
serious thought, for when 1 run dry it's
no trouble for me to flag the first train
that happens along and fill up my little
barrel" unused the cOntented manipu-
lator OF the key. The tastefully de-
corated bottles of tequila seemed to at
as he playfully handled bottle and
surveyed the label. "Tequila-
teouiia-I've often heard tell of
that drink but this is the first time
I ever saw the stuff. They say when
you drink of it that one can feel it from
head to foot and that it is an excellent
thing to warm a fellow up"
The weather at this time was in no
wise oongenial, more particularly OF
nights. at Painted Cave and it would
keep Crawford busy throwing chunks
of coal in the stove to keep up the fire.
"Suppose if 1 drink half bottle of
this stuff 1 won't have to keep & fire TO-
night" chuckled the "ligbtnine twist
er, :" land then again 1 must not i'm
bibe too freely, as % will be here at
ten O'Clock and as General Shafter and
other distinguished personages are
aboard and No Is is late, the dispatch
err will certainly have orders for 10 and
% to meet here and it's now $50 p. m.
Guess a few swags won't hurt fell
low" soliloquized the "Knight OF the
Kew" and with that he knocked off the
neck of the bottle there are no cork
screws at Painted Cave) and Rulped
down big drink and smacked his lips
in appreciation of the taste.
THAT'S hot stuff. Well. here goes,
here's looking at you. Dewey" - as he
held the bottle in the presence of
photographic picture of the Manila
hero - s'You made 'em take water -
Wish the day man was back from his
vacation-Fellow dou't like to drink
alone-Well, 1 may as well finish this
bottle now that I started in. Wouldn't
the gang in Chicago give me the laugh
if they could only see me now away
down here at Painted Cave where they
boil eggs In the sand in summer and
dance waltzes and other things with
whirl-winds and sandstorms in the
winter.
"Guess better invite my old friend
Shafter in when he comes through and
have him tell me all about that San
tiago specially. I don't believe that
story about his having the
govt. Gee! this stuff kinder goes clear
through Teller, may be I'll have the
Rout too. It reminds me of an ocean
trip l took once,--after landing on
terra frma, I thought the town was
built on piles, sort of a continual rock
ing, you know.
"Would like to tackle another bottle
but got TO fix up those trains and L
won't be in shape to meet my d1stln-
guished friend the general"
Crawford arose from his chair and as
he made an effort to cross the floor his
figure careened sideways like q tossed
ship in storm.
"Guess must be getting groggy.
I am feeling pretty sleepy too. Wine,
women, and song"Ho, no, "Shak-
spere was a great man. How about
Hobson and the rest?
hour ago, there are two now. How fun
ny-Hs, Hal can't read that
sending over the wire. Cusack is
pretty good sender but that trash he
is sending now Is all tangled up. Guess
I'm pretty much tangled up myself.
Funny how this damned Tek-a-a-a-
how do you pronounce it?--makes a
fellow so sleepy. Guess III take lit
tie nap. Don't know if I'll wake up in
time for % and if they call me on the
wire for orders there will be hell pop
ping. Put q tin can on the sounder so
it will awaken me, Eh?-Ha, Ha"
Think half hours sleep will fix me all
right"