Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-09-07

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valley, the great stars nash out lns Al
dark 10y. $and ansv ysring IRE twinkiss
the valley. E III M SJsS
Each tent. each hut, shslts rins ~ u
1ly perhaps. or perhaps only " 0olitasS
sChtnAman. has III hrs and IL ehanxin(
kettle. where sthSs Svsning mel . u III
,preparSd. III Hers N American u 1ryinl
bacon ma bcilinS coftss. AZ IN ;nsx
nrs = pEstty Mexican woman Il making
"a stsw@of 3srked beef and peppers chill
con caxns while jhsr husband Mss on
Blanket rolling : Cigarette. v And adow1
at the end Of the row poor, "John'' bends
over his little fre, stirring something inSa
kettle which may have moro than faA.
cifulg resemblance to the " slrd 0istsr'
brewster ~ eats WORSE thines than
EYE of newt ana toe Of frog. = 4 'e NJ s5
There arc pungent and appsti1ing
smells abroad, and presently everybody Il
eating. and after that everybody appaxs
emily 10 happy. There IL talk and laugh
ter and shouting from ono frs 10 a.
other. and neighborly visiting Then the
guitars begin, and the simple, gay. sem
suous Spanish songs, "a big negro thumps
banjo. Men and women saunter up ana
down the lane between the fickertnG
Ares. or wander OF into the shadows to-
gether. Respectable people smoke cigar.
cites or pipes, or chew tobacco and the
"chinl' lies ON his blanket and "hits the
pipe which IL; difficult and unholy
thing to do. Az Y ~ ~ sSsS@$.t
Where there are men and women
there Is kissing and trouble. and whers
there are men and money there are dies
and more trouble At every other
campfire. lying about q blanket on the
ground, men and sometimes women are
gambling, with dice or cards, and little
heaps of nickels and silver. bank bills
being unknown and gold q thing to DO
buried in the ground II possessed Pros.
emily these things have their natural
outcome. A pistol shot rings out in the
wonderfully clear air, a shout follows
and some people leave of lovemaking or
gambling and run to see what has hap.
pened. 1t Is white mans row, Of
course, for Spanish blood prefers the
knife. An American has shot another
for walking with "his girl" He has .
reputation as bad man." and the
crowd that gathers about his tent has
no thought of action, even II they
could see any reason for It. The dead
man Is carried into his own tent! and
covered with q blanket. but the crowd
fingers at a respectful distance from the
tent of the bad man." Presently he
comes out and stands and eyer the
crowd. which thereupon retreats little.
The bad mans arms are folded and each
hand holds revolver. He wears his
hat over one ear, and when he finally
turns his back on the people and walks
off he goes slowly with q steady swag-
ger. He disappears In the direction Of .
trail down the mountain side. The
crowd melts away through the camp to
tell the news. III T.
Two Mexicans playing marc beside .
fire get into dispute which flames hot
in an instant The wife OF the host,
sitting beside him, slips his knife away.
with the best Of feminine Intentions.
for she is In love with him. But the re-
suit IS that she Is a widow within .
quarter Of an hour. No time even to
fetch a priest to the dying man. whose
last stammered words are: ,%5!
"Tell Pedro-tell him to kill ,~&.i,
Tho wife understands. Pedro IL the
murdered mans brother. He is to kill
the murderer. who by this time Is n.y.;
ing for his life. The Mexican's VEN
geance is swifter and surer than the
Yankees" slaw.-New York Commercial
Advertiser. ~ 81. !