El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-07
AN OBLIGING GIRL.

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had been left behind.
'What's the matter, old man?" yawned
the drummer laZily..
"Road agentsp' was the 1aconic re-
sponse "Some swarmin up back Nv u.s.
an Their rest ambushed on erhead-least-
ways s'pose SOP
1.-THE devil you sayP' exclaimed the New
Yorker. "Let's make a fight of tip And
he pulled out dainty little pearl handled
% caliber revolver, the kind every well
regulated traveller always buys at the store
right across from the depot before starting
for the wild and woolly.
eyer too old fer toysp reprovingly
grinned the jehu. Besides even if yer
all had guns it wouldn't be no use. That's
Wild Raven an his gang, an they never do
bus ness with less'n 20 men,
'Then I'm safer' joyously cried the
young woman of the party.
''Safe?" gasped the capitalist. why,
don't understand you'-
'Oh, YES It's quite we'll known that
Wild Raven never molests women, you
know
The acumen of the Scotch investor was
the first to respond to the very trying stu
| alton He took out his pocketbook and
after carefully counting all the money in
| it made note of the amount on his Gull
| with blue pencil. Then he gave it to the
| young woman with sigh that was al
most a groan.
eff it Wilma fash We over mickle, " he
| said, with gloom soaked voice, "a wud be
| greetly obleeged to ha' We hide my siller
| ABBOTT yir pairson until tina thievin chiefs
| are weel avail"
The young woman looked at him quiz
zically for a moment and then burst into
a laugh of unmixed merriment.
| "Oh, do excuse mel'' she alphabetically
| pleaded, with streaming eyes, as she strug-
| gled to recover herself. SIT seems such
| jokei Why, certainly I'll take care of your
money for you! The best care in the
! world!' t.H
And again she fell to laughing even
more heartily than before.
| "a good idear' murmured the Bosto-
| MAN he collected his money and valu-
ables in nervous haste, "a very good idea!
Beg pardon, but may ask a similar favor,
| my dear young LADY,"
| Me, too, - broke in the Chicago So drum
mer,'' and without waiting for yes
| or ''no'' he dumped fat wallet and some
| finger rings into the blue serge lap SO
obligingly spread out for them.
| Almost condescendingly the English
| tourist passed over his roll, while the dap
| per Gothamite rendered his watch and
| wallet with a killing little "thank you
very kindly smile.
| Twill you please be SO good?'' depre-
| catorily asked the consumptive school
teacher, producing his meager hoard and
flushing painfully at it's poor comparison
| with the rest
| mo, won'tl' was the cross response.
| Fun and smiles left the fair receivers face
in a flash, and she actually scowled with
the firmness of her refusal-that is, if a
pretty face can scowl
I'm sorry if l trou bled you, - the school
| teacher simply said, but his face went
white and his lips qui vered as he put the
| wallet back in his pocket.
| out of all the six the teacher had been the
| only man to show her little cOurtesies and
| kindnesses on the journey, but then not a
| single soul as much as breathed So Self
| preservation is the one law absolutely FREQ
| from danger of infraction.
There was quite heap of pOcketbOoks,
| purses, money, watches and rings in her
| lap at the end of the inpromptu donation
| party, but the young woman tucked them
| all quickly and securely away in that
| mysterious manner known only to her sex
| and Cinnamon, and, except for a slightly
accumulated bust, the numerous additions
| made no change in her appearance.
The stage, that had been slowly movin =
| along, suddenly stopped with jerk. n
band of horsemen came galloping up from
| behind, and five or six burly forms leaped
| out of the bushes in front. Strong hands
| threw the horses back on their launches
| and keen knives cut the traces One Of
| the leaders reared and laslied out with its
| fore feet, barely missing one of the bandits
| The man cursed energetically and, JERKING
the horse down again, slowly and with
| much heartiness kicked the poor beast in
| the ribs.
II tell you thar amt nothin in ther
| world more satisfyin than kickin horse
or COW in Their ribsl'' amiably remarked
the driver .'Ther 'thunk, thunk' kinder
makes Teller feel at peace with all ther''-
''Shut upr'
The gloomy menacing muzzles of three
sawed off Winchesters presented them
selves for his inspection, while the rest
were poked in the windows for the dc!ec-
tation of the passengers. a 1.-the young
| giant with handsome, swarthy face, but
! half hidden by mask, threw open the
stage door with a savage bang.
''Tumble out and line upr' he roared
in voice that seemed to those he ad-
| dressed far more terrible than the bull of
| Basban's. Did ye hear me?" Before the
frightened travellers could move the young
woman jumped up a. leaped gayly to tho
ground.
Never mind, Raven" she laughed,
giving the masked giant ringing kiss on
his bearded lips. 1--WE got about every
thing worth takingl Honestly, too, for
they gave it to me of their own accord"
And once again she burst into the merry
daughter which mad greeted the scotch
mans proposal that she take care of his
money. The bandits all OWNED the joke,
and the somber woods rang with hilarity.
''Well, I'm d--dl'' gasped the driver.
Ravens wifer'
The rest couldn't even gasp.
| The traces were mended, and the stage
again rumbled on its way. A gentle
breeze came up from the west. 1t blew
the pale consumptive schoolteacher a
CHEEKY kiss from the slim white finger
tips of a blue gowned figure now far vi
the hillside. He leaned QUO of the window
and, looking mistily back through blur