The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1904-11-30
GIRL COWBOY
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stefan that she was threatened with
consumption and should rough it, in
:he west. Conyinsed tilat she could NOT
do SO advaatageotSIy IN pettitsats. size.
mars attire and with money
TO AXE her 10 tie cattle grounds. start
ed out i'll search Of health.
One morning size appeared ut II rancli
md asked if II cowboy was wanted
III" superintendent cooked her owe,
on head To foot and said:
- hats Your nanirT'
"Intd flnrsIns."
= tf:.rrfooi. | reckon"
les. i'm not very we'll. Doctor rec
tI.s.I rl'ieti outdoor life"
ii''l cure y"ti. sure. Bur you'll die
rom ntplller cause. The. boys will
.'snd YOU 10 powder. However. if you
'lnt "a Try it. 20 ahead"
If Ion iDorkins hadn't been some
tIin2 Of an Invalid lac would have had
/ Lard time of il. As it was, the COW
,oys We're. GiSlauSed to take no cogni-
iiII.'t' ri him whatever. One Of them
at vi, "a laro D;fuk i'll the barn. AND
harry Invested Il few dollar rs she had
u her pocket in the game. She struck
~ astonishing run of luck and without
showing any more about faro than she
Knew ahout p~lirternianS broke the
snIik \uitiinG succeeds like success.
siid :s itYi' hathaway. the faro banker.
vas Iot popular the boys all declared
II favor uf the tenderfOut. Mary in
esir'i her winnings in II spree for the
.oys, which, While il cliuctled her pop
clarity with them. brought down upon
.ier til" wrath Of Hathaway, who ex-
pectrti to win back his money at the
rex sitting
Then commenced Il number Of petty
insults and a%nnoyances from the faro
ieuters which had Mary been II man
would have been ~unbrarable. As il
vas. she was placed in IL position where
she would lave to fight. She was
'ildr aware of this, for her patient on
'uranct. of liltiaway's insults induced
coisiI,.ss on the part Of the other
,oyS
At IIatliaway's next Insult Mary
vent 10 one of the boys. Henderson by
laIIe. whom she admired for n certain
'oolncsS and dignity there were about
i'm. and asked him To bear a message
or her,
"Cnn you shoot, Tommy" asked
Henderson.
Don't know"
SEE If You can hit that" He held
his hat at arms length. Mary drew
ner pyoiver from her hip pocket and.
standing a dozen PAGES from the hat.
fired Hearing a howl and seeing Hen
~ierSon's hand covered with blood, she
burst into tears.
You little fool, You cry baby, Why
didn't you hit the hat? How do you
expect to fight a cowboy with snch
shooting as tilat:"
Are you killed." cried Mary.
Killed: No But I've lost a part of
my thtnnb."
A little later Henderson and the ten
derfuot were observed standing very
together. the latter binding up the
formers thumb with a handkerchief.
From that day Henderson ave out
tllat RogkinS. being in bad health. must
not he interfered with. All save Hath
were disposed to let the boy
alone. and he seemed avprse to inter
fering further with n whom Hcnder
son had taken up as a protege. Mary
grew stronger every day. and when
the bloom came to her cheek one of
the boys remarked that the tenderfoot
pretty enough for a girl Then
one day Hathaway recommended his
II thought l told you" said Hen
derson. that the boy was TO be let
THAT was because he was sick He's
well enough now"
q want you to understand" replied
Henderson. that | consider Tom Dor
kins a sick man."
Sick. hosh!." cried the crowd Hes
well enough
Hathaway, o let him alone. II
you are spelling for a fight you can
it with me-"
"All right" said Hathaway. You
send your baby boy to me with the
message he asked you to bring
And so it was arranged that Hender
SOL anu I1ullld"GN SAOulu uSut. bo'
this did not serve in the case of Dor
kins. who received the dead cut from
the crowd. Mary accepted the positions
Of second when she should have been
first. and they despised her.
Mary further incurred the contempt
Of the crowd by displaying a trembling
hand when she handed her principal
revolver.
whats the matter with your re-
the opposing second. you're In
danger. you little He broke off
suddenly at a glance from Henderson.
Dorkins was to give the first signal
by dropping a hat. 1t Is questionable
If the signal would have been given
had not the seconds han trelnbled SO
she couldn't hold it. AT the first fire
was unhGrt: Henderson had
the top of his ear taken Of. He con
trived to keep his second from seeing 1t
by turning it from her. The two prin
stood ready for the second signal
suddenly. Mary saw blood on