The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-09-16
TAMALES WHAT HE NEEDED
A LESSON ron AN ENGLISH TENDER
POOT AT tombstone.


o, Extra TorrdltJ while Cons were
Pointed at Hin Reformation Effected.
q read new. item In THs SUN the other day.
snid a buyer from the Southwest, about a chap
Who yalked into q restaurant In some small
town and csllel for a plate OF beans. When
the beans we're brought 20 him he didn I APP
prove Of them. and he manifested his disapprovai
BY pitching into the walter. Then a man OF
mystery who was sitting At a nearby table
calmly anksd q gun from one OF tho rear oom-
partmsnts OF his clothes, put It on the chap
who didn't enthuse over his beans, and mildly.
but In q tone that meant business. requested
the kick e. 10 eat his meas OF Boston fruit. down
10 the final bsan on the plate. Tho bean
satsr perueived the wisdom Of performing this
sttle undsr-the-gun stunt, and when he had
~psrtaken Of the last frtjole the man OF mystery
returned his fowling .pieos TO Its proper recep-
taals and went his way.
Il remember a similar Incident that happened
down In Tombstone whom Tombstone was In
the middle OF Ito whiI and all to the good. so
far a. material prosperity went. Virgil EaTp,
who. for al the stoHes about him. was the
souarost man Of that hsap-bad carp bunch.
and Frank Cariin. ono OF virgtrs pah and aprstT
Quick man on the shoot himself. vsrc the two
that had the fan out Of the game while . raw
young Enghshman who struck Arizona before
the rough otEes Of his arrogance wore worn on
held the bag. The young Ensllshmsn was Q
bowling swell. but as he had dnfted into Tomb
stone with the IDEA Of looking over q claim or
two, the boys didn't porforsts his duds any
They even stood for his breaking out a frock
coat and q top hat on Sunday without svinoins
any disposition TO %punotnre the toys up any
which was a huge and unprecedented concession
on tho part Of tho Tombstone populaoe. When,
- a.. a,,p- ~ had anant n O0YInlA
Of weeks in the camp, and had turned up his nose
at all tho promising holes In tho ground that
were shown 10 him. airing his mining school
knowledge With a good deal Of ostsntaucn. the
bows bsgA TO sort o. freeze on him some.
1t became obvious that there WIS going TO
be nothing doing so far rs his blowing himself
on Tombstone mineral futures WIS concerned.
and the gang began 20 humble about his hold
ing onto an Immunity from camp frivolous
nees that was not extended TO other tendsrfeet.
Moreover, this young Bntisher was a good
deal on the domineer. He had a habit OF order
ing folks around. ns seemed TO have the
mlcrobe that Il was up 10 all hands to jump
and knuckle thslr foreheads when he passed
the word, and he was quite . lot on the bull
dor. in his dealings with people whose Jobs
compelled them to stand for his cavalierly
way OF handling hi. game. Bed stand on
and abuse a poor devil Of q Chink like mry
II the slant-eye didn't have bis wash done In
time, and he was full Of little tricks like that.
Now. this sort Of thing don't go In q camp like
Tombstone, where every man. vhite, black
or yellow, IL as good a. another. an long as he
shows no particular inclination TO hog the plant.
The boys got 10 noticing and commenting
on the young Englishman's naughty way OF
throwing himself, and then II was about up to
the young man to get the jolt that he soon got.
One afternoon he walked into tho feed
shack OF Moy Sing, as square a Chink as ever
wore hair In a plat. and demanded some tamslss.
He announced loudly that he'd never tried
the miserable trashy thing s. but that he hadn't
found anything else NJ for a dog TO eat In Tomb
stone, 60 that he might as well experiment.
He demanded TINT Moy step lively about get
ting the tamales ready. and in general he luRged
In a lot OF personally conducted talk and con-
duct that sort O. made Virgil ERrp and Frank
Carlln. who were peaceahly partakinR Of their
ham and eggs In the back Part of the shack,
twist some In their chairs, Virgil and Frank
looked a long time at the EpgliShman and then
they lookad NJ each other, but they didn't say
anything. They Just tossed around, 10 their
chairs some, as | say, and carved their ham
kind O. snitefully. and listened TO the young
Britlsher a-shootine Of his lronti,piece.
We'll, Nov Sing got the Englishman's ia
males ready in good time. ana served en-.
No ". the throwing together of tamales was
one oi Moy's %fanciest gratis. He could cook
10 a man put up the right way, but lie was a
sure enough ace when II came to tho matter Of
tamales What's more, you could, entertain
a CERTAIN feeling Of confidence while stow ing
away Nloy's tamales. which is more than could
be said for the tamales OF a whole lot Of other
Chinks farther north and west; more than
could be said for the tamnles put up by the
Chinks OF San Francisco, for Instance, where
slrreptitlously slaughtered sea. gulf used 10
enter into the composition of the tamale-, in
stead Of proper chicken, There wasn't a man
in Tombstone that didn't whack Moy Sing on
tho back Of his blouse for his hot tamales,
"Cousegucutly. when this Young man from
The other side took a little nibhle AZ one Of the
tlmalcs Moy had dishcd up for him, and shifted
al il. and then deliberately spat out the NOR
gel, az The same time making use OF r lot Of clss
words bearing np?n Tie 'hlthlneSS Of the con
founded things the warm. red blood Of Earp
and Carlin began TO course through EN- on the
double, and 1t va, all thcy could do 10 keep
from buttiuC IN rlght there. But they only
glanced eNpresSively al each other again and
went on with thClr tepast, MeaINhile, the
Rrir,sher dommed Aioy sings eyes and his ears
and sundry and divers other portions Of the
surprised Chunks anatomy, and demanded
lloy 30 remoye the tamales and throw EN- into
Presently yirgil .Earp and. Frank Csrlin
got up from their table, after having finished
tGelr repaSt. paid M9y WHAT was comins to
50 YOU don't like tn Chink's tamales. eh.
podnpr? asked carp. heartily.
The Young man from the British Isles re-
piled that he was deinnei II he did, and that,
moreover, u MA nm Eplng now any clNlllIeO
white man could fool with the things.
Well. there purity poplar aronn' this
camp. omhrey, rs ] s'pOSo YOU know. said
Earn, PICKING his teeth conplaCentiy.
TIE Eugi,hman didn't care tupponce how
popular thcv were, tloy vern't popular with
him, he said. aud he'd he prettv glad when
he landed -nWowhoTe or other where he could
Re' something ~ FOR a gentleman 10 eat
"El-p and ,arhn didn't appear TO want 20
argue he matter. Thcv strobe out
Hey, pal aid VIRGIL Earn 20 Carin when
they got outside, i've know that ! think that
hme-luIocr Is les maturity stuck on tainalcs,
on'y he. wont own up II Amt that tn way
ron look a. Il"
Wa jos a-thIniin' tn SAM way re-
piled CaTin
Yep went on Earn. he's Joe hashfu.
an sort o. shy, v see, an he don't want L COM
promise hiS-c,f by maxim out that hos stuck
on such ~traightOut American grub a. tama-
les A. thar, taWaes Is what IN tendeTleet
calls a cultivated taste. Hovsowcver, maybe
this bunch o. tsUale5 that Muv handed out
VNro, M not mt NCy'~ higN standard, hey
q 'nmHle~ ar lu-itln' ~ Euglishmnn aroun'
WAS ie7' thirkin' thataway myself re-
spouded 'avljn.
SO, after waiting FOR half an hour or so,
Fa-r and Carin walked back 20 Moy's and
Instructed Mny 20 have ready, AZ = O'Clock
ever made a tendcr!oot ache 20 dive 10 tho
bottom Of An ice pond They told Moy thn,
he could ont q uint ~ Cavspnc uepvNr in the
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