The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-20

new remainder. 1 collects a pfnter OF two
from the loogoobrious outcast in charge an
he gives 1t out cold thar's from one to three
corpSes camped around onder ne all the
time. Which the thought gives me thu
fantodsi
stu. I'm 'shamed to weaken. an
me payin' for a month ahead
at that! I fggers that by joodicious
But L don't; what you-all would call the
horrors of the sitooation begins to &C.
coomulate. Herbert comes caperin' in the
second evenin' an is settin' round smokin'
my seegyrs an absorbin' my nosepaint.
He's a thoughtless sharp. is Herbert, an
no more fine sensibilities than belongs with
a razor-back hawg. OF u sudden, he breaks
loose an tells me about a party who COM
mits sooicide In my room.
His names Wells says this yere in
doorated Herbert, AN as I shoves oper: tbs
door that time, l finds him hangin' to the
chandelier, dead as doornails. I cuts him
down an spreads him out on the kyarpet.
Now / brings incident to mind, his head
rests on that thar flower An Herbert
genially pints to a particular cabba &c, right
by the side of my bunk.
THAT settles 1t; I don't pause to handy
no words. but ups an pulls my freight. I
amt sooperstitious, as l already assures
you some score of times. An 1 might haye
withstood the dead folks underneath. Blu,
l draws the line at sooicides in NV room-
When a gents that locoed while alive that
he kills himself. thar amt no tellin, what
he'll do when dead. Which he might take
a notion to resiscitate himself a whole lot;
an then the next news you gets he's back
thar ha'ntin' round.
Il marks Herbert of my yisitin' LIST Not
alone does he feloniously take me to that
spook reservation, but he keeps low com
pany to a degree which no se'f-respectin,
gent can tolerate. Thar's a band of Mex
leans at Washin'ton, maxim a front for
their outfit; an l learns that he goes I'd
thar to a big feed an Is thick as hoid-ups
with the entire tribe. 1 takes my petition
on Herbert at once. No Greasers goes with
me! An l hints to Herbert that his 40
quaintance is no longer to be desired.
Don't presoom TO speak to mo M
more 1 says, wavip' him off a lot. Which
IL you does. I'll shore pull a bowie an,
split you into half apples After that Ne
ceases even to bow.
Doc Poets is the only gent I ever an
counters who sees good in Mexicans. Peets
allows they has merits They're generous
an they're friendly says Poets; which for
that matter, SO is dogS Poets ups an on
covers a adventure he has In Vegas which
he declar's sheds a ray on Mexicans.
Gents says Poets, this happens vhsu
L makes my southwestern 6ebco; I'm 80
new to the range the check OF that railway
sharp still blazes in my hat. You-all heau
from Dave how guileless he Is when hs
rambles into that dance hall riot over In
Tucson Gents. at that milk-tooth period
Dawes double-steeped in the watts Of bitter
experience along Of me. I'm as soft as corr
In the sill,; my intellects amt tasseled ort
none. Shorel I'd be called foolish even in
the East 1 amt no antiquity now, but nv
horns has 'sprouted q heap since then. A.
that time. I'm the most recent thing on
earth.
'Bein' I'm In Vegas some tan days with
nothiu' speshul on my boyi.h mind. / lapse,
into a deoauch. An because I'm young an
ardent. my Ticker makes me plumb excur.
sive. / feels like another Balboa AM en..
explorin' round. exasperatin' the natives
AS l looks back 1 says freely that when i
don't get a knife in my side that time. IT..
proof absolute that Satan overlooks a bet
Ont evenin' I'm playin' Billiards with the
barkeep IN q deadfall on the Plaza. It,s
fifth drink time xorowin' midnight an,