El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-22
A TRIP FROM
LORDSBURG,
New Mexico, Over The Southern
Pacific, lin Cupola Of Caboose
366 As The Guest OF montana
Bill" [Wm. Weedon.]
BY TOM MAHER.
Continued from Yesterday
Continued from Yesterday

In the mean time the three haboes
discovered that the stock men had fol
lowed on the special and were already
climbing, into the stock cars, eXamiu-
ing their stock. The haboes taking in
the situation jumped from their hiding
place in the stock cars, and secured q
blind baggage berth on the Raymond
Whitcomb special. The STOCK men si,
were very sore because montana Bill"
pulled out of Lordsburg and left them.
They intended to question him as to
why he should leave them after pro-
missing to wait. During this time
Montana Bill" was hurrying from the
telegraph officer to search the stock
cars for the haboes and reached the
first stock car just as one of the stock
men me- was elm ping R eown from a sns
with piece of air hose, he had been
carrying for the express purpose, he
smashed the stock man on the left side
of the face, suppOsing him to be the
long looked for hobo. The blow stag
gered the stock man, giving 'B1ll an
opportunity to follow up his hand, but
just as he raised the hose to strike the
second blow, a sickening sensation al
most froze him to the ground when he
discovered he had attacked the stock
man instead of the hobo. The stock
man by this time recovered his lost
balance and covered "Bill" like an
open umbrella, handling him after the
fashion in which steamboat
cook rings the head of
seasoned rooster. Hurried eX-
plantations after the separation follow
ed and when both sides were fully ex-
planned hearty yells of laughter fol-
lowed every time the stOckman and
Bill glanced at each other.
From Bowie to Wilcox is twenty-four
miles. The Chiricahua mountains still
wall up the south side, while foot hills
and miles and miles OF grassy plains
ornament the north side. Approach
ing Railro I'D Pass half way between
Bowie and Wilcox on either side OF the
road for two miles is prairie-d dog vii
lsge. One continual conglomeration
of miniature circus rings, forss, and
breast works. At intervals of fifty
yards sentry or picket is stationed on
an elevated view, who, on the approach
of danger or the welcome noise of q
passing train sounds the alarm. II 1t
should be passing train the acrobat
cal frOlics, gam bOis, attitudes ana ex-
element of the tho usands of these lit
tie inhabitants of Railroad Pass would
lay in the shade the antics OF pub
lie school play ground at recess.
We are now over the Pass and be-
fore us in the valley for many miles
we see a beautiful grassy valley in
the center of which is dazzling
sheet of water, the railroad passing
through. the center of the valley and
lake, has the appearance OF snow
white clothes line or cable straight to
the eye pitched to our engine, pulling
our laundering train over mountain
and valley far away up through the
horizon. Wilcox is now passed. A
lively lbusiness town in the heart of
q rich stock country. Red shawled,
black haired, law, half breed,
greasers, burros. dogs and few pet
deer are basking in the sun. "Mouta-
ma Bill'' say they are too lazy to hustle
AND when they become very hungry
they get into heated argument,
winding up in general fist fight.
They do this in order to forget their
hunger.
The foot hills of the Dragon noun
tains are now reaching out to meet US,
and like the ocean g, surge upon surge.
hill after hill is passed, and flying far
away to our rear: more are coming to-
ward us, each trying 20 tower alOft Of
his predecessor, until oblivion ends al
by the frowniDg stern king of all the
others, "Cochise's Stronghold" with
eve been powerful enough from the
summit of old Cochise, with one look
you might see the vast plains from the
Colorado to the Rio Grande rivers
We are now at Dragon Summit
station and while rec civ
ing orders giving our train until
five o'clock to make the second station
LAdsms) for the east bound Sunse
Limited from San Francisco VIVA
at first appear to be two Indians OF
horseback are seen coming at full
speed from the Black mountain. Cattle
antelope and cayotes make way aud fl.
in all directions. On they come anG
reach the st ton as we are again get
ting under teat-way, but to our ute