El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-20
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Everybody said Lem Hooiey would
a,oceed In life, and the confidence in
aGm was not misplaced. though the
stated reason for it was not very sat
hfyiag. He went up to San Francisco
- study law. Bung Town bet on him
because he was such a marvellous pis-
III shot
AT bottom no doubt the Bungies be-
Eeved in Lem because they liked him
and wanted to hear good things OF
Akm. 4 substantial basis OF a prophecy.
since they might give him business up
0 his return If they wanted to. Again.
Lem was shrewd. Indeed, he was
Aicky. 'slick." the town said. laughing
the while. for while sickness was a
Il was acceptable when the trickster
vas straightforward about It. A mer-
II thief might be good fellow" his
ssriy "pal' could go hang.
Lem had great luck. When he came
hack. dressed In city clothes. he got
case almost before he got down from
tAe stage.
+Sumpin's up" said the driver as
they turned into the main street.
He pointed with his whip to an ex-
e1ted group Of Bungies standing in
hont Of the store.
Maybe it's a shooting. and I'll Just
ean it murder and get the chance to &c
send It." said Lem. throwing one leg
~ over the end OF the rear. ready to
SsnP down.
"Hello. LENT" Say. there's Lem
Hooley!" "Lem Rooley. s'heip mel"
Hello. Len,r
Thus they greeted him. and he drop
I'D among them. both hands out. to be
aAAken and to shake each hand. He
Has glad.
But what's up?' he asked.
xhe crowd turned. with q laugh, to
QDoley. the sheriff. who had q piece OF
1aper In his hand.
.-CooIey's got a warrant to serve,
and he's a-skeered to serve it."
ASkeered! Well. 1 guess not, not If
there were SO greasers stead OF 10. I'll
serve It all right"
well. why don't you serve It, then?"
asked Lem merrily.
Because 1 can't get a man with the
Skzzard to swear In as deputy to help
ne"
what do you want help for?'
There's ten of them over there" He
painted to greaser shanty across the
direct "Will you go along?"
WHATS been done. anyhow"
"Greaser Ike shot Yellow Mike. you
xemember. who used to tend bar in the
Aance hall. and the Mexicans in the
aounty Is bound to see him out Of tire
saupe."
Il don't see much in that" said Lem.
sWhy don't you go ahead and arrest
your maa!'
~Will you 60 along as deputy? 1t
means shootin. and a lot Of 1t. against
Knives. too. and you'll want all the
good eye you used to have"
mo. I won't go along as deputy to
you. but I'll tell you what I'll do. III
the crowd won't string the prisoner up
when I take him. I'll go over alone"
"AH right. It's CO." they answered
~Better take my gun" said Cooley.
o6ering his six shooter.
I'm all right" said Lem. tapping
his hip.
There were several offers of COM
Bany. willing ones. but the young law
yer rejected them all.
He walked rapidly across the street.
leaving the crowd happy and silent. in
w
cut drawing his gun Lem went
straight up to the door. showed 1t open
and. stepped In out of sight. and not a
shot was heard nor an oath nor a fall
1t was all as silent as before. The
crowd at the store wondered. waited
awhile and wondered out loud. Ought
they not to go over and see what was
1p7 Maybe a knife fixed him before
ne could draw. The Bungies discussed
q carefully. but they believed in Lem.
and they decided again and again that
they'd better "leave him be-" And
they did.
1t was a wise decision. In two min
utes Lem came out with Ike. The 9TH
II Mexicans appeared at the door of
their shanty and quietly watched Lem
deliver to Cooley the accused murder
er. Greaser Ike. who was as meek as a
lamb.
That was something new in Bung
Town. You deSpise greaSerS. but not
exactly as fighters. They will fight all
right enough. but the contempt for
them is only as pistol shots and as cit
liens. 1t is no crime to kill one.
Now. Lem knew this sentiment. and
when the trial came off. with all the
county present and about one-tenth of
the white population in the jury box.
the young lawyer. who appeared TO de-
fend Greaser Ike. applied it deftly to
the case. He showed that Yellow Mike
was greaSer and n no good greaser.
50 that to shoot him was not murder.
OF course. he admitted. ii was not the
custom to lose the chance to get rid
Of two greaSerS by hanging the one
who survived fight to the finish. But
that custom was not only unjust-it
was shortsighted. If white man had
o right to shoot Mexican. a Mexican
ought to have the same privilege. or
the principles on which this great re-
public was founded were uaught. and