The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-11-29
THE MULE DRIVER AND THE GARRIL Gus MUTE
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"He told me that he reckoned he was
locoed, and always had been SINCE
youngster, when the Injuns run IN on
them down at Frisbee, the time of the
2 big killing 'Kink' saw his mother and
father both murdered, and other things,
too, which was impressive. but not a
greeable for growing child. He had
formed sort of antipathy for 1njuns
at that time, which he confessed he
hadn't rightly been able to overcome.
Now, he allus found himself plan
ming how to hand Mr.. Lo the double
cross and avoid complications.
1--WE worked down into South West
ern Arizony to a spot about thirty-hve
miles back of Fort Walker and struck
a prospect Sort of teaser it was, but
worth working on We'd Just got nice
ly started when 'KinR comes into camp
one day after taking a passiar around
the butte for game, and says:
The queerest thing happened to me
just now, Kid
Well, scream it at me- l says, sort
of smelling troubling in the air.
"'Ohl it wasn't much, says he. i
was just working down the big canyon
over there after deer when seen two
featfer-dusters coming up the trail. L
hid behind rock, watching EN- go past,
and I'm burned if my gun didn't go off
accidental and plump ruin one of EN-.
Then looks carefuller and seen it was
Mt no feather-duster at all-nothing but
an Injun.
"'What about the other oneS
That's the strangest part, says
'Kink' Pretty soon the other one
turns and hits the back-trail like he'd
forgot something; then seen him drop
off his horse, too, sudden and alto
getherish. Pm awful careless with this
here gum he says. I hate to see
man laugh from his tonsils forrard, the
way he did. 1t amt humorous.
See here | says, I amt the kind
that finds fault with my pardner, nor
saying this to be captious and critical of
your play; but don't you know them
Cochises amt on the war-path? Them
Injuns has been on their reservation for
FIVE years, peaceable, domesticated, and
eating from the hand. This means trout
ble.'
MY old man didn't have no war
paint on him one day back at Frisbee,'
whispers 'Kink, and his voice sounded
puckered up and dried, and my mother
wasn't so darned quarrelsome, either
sThen I saws, 'Welli them bodies has
got to be hid, or we'll have the tribe
and the blue-bellies from the fort
securing these hills till a red-bug could
Mt hide
To hell with EN- says 'Kink.' I've
done all I'm going to for 'em. Let the
finish the job
NO, Stree 1 replies. I don't blame
you for having prejudice agin savages,
but my parents is still robust and husky,
see me back on the ranch than glazing
through the bars for life. I'm going
/, over to bury the meat
"Of went, but when 1 slid down the
gulch, I only found one body T'other
had disappeared. You can guess how
much time lost getting back to camp.
Kink, !" says, we're a straddle
of the raggedest proposition in this
country One of your busters at this
moment is ja1nming his cayuse through
the horizon between here and the post
Pretty soon things is going to bust
loose. Bout tomorrer evening we'll be
eating hog-bosom on Uncle Sam
Well! WellH says 'Kink,' amt that
a pity. Next time I'll conquer my nat
ural shyness and hold post-mortem
with a rock
There won't be no next time, reck-
on | says, cause we can't make it over
into Mexico without being caught up,
They'll nail us sure, seeing as we're the
only white men for twenty-five miles
around
I'd rather put up a good run than
a bad stand, anyhow, says he, and al
lows, furthermore, there's going to be
some hard trails to foller and tolable-
disagreeable fight before I pleads mot
guilty" to the Colonel. Well both duck
over into the Santa
Nov, don't tell me what route YOU
re going l interrupts, cause l believe
I'll stay and bluff it through, rather than
sneak for it, though neither proposition
don't appeal to me. | may get raised
out before the draw, but the percentage
is just as strong agin your game as
mine
".Boy, if l was backing your sys-
tenn says 'Kink,' I'd shore copper this
move and play her to lose You come
on with me, and we'll make it through
--lnebbe.'
NO says; here I sticks
II made up pack-strap out of my
extry overhalls while he got grub to-
gether, to start south through one hun.
dred miles of the ruggedest and bar
renest country that was ever left I'M
finished
Next noon I was parching some cof-
fee beans in the frying pan, when I
heard hoofs down the gully back of me.
I never looked up when they come into
the open nor when / heard teller say
Haiti
Hello thereP somebody yells You
there at the fire. l kept on shaking the
skillet over the campfire.
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