Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1905-03-30

fair, and everybody held up their hands.
plumb scandalized, except the don, ana
he would, ZOO, only he was usin' both
hands on the pit of his stomach just
then and didn't seem able to let go.
When the don got unkinked some.
he walked away, takin' long steps, with
his heels leavin' deep marks, without
even sayin' 'adios. seenyore,' to ME to
the cantina for three fingers of teQuila.
Havin' surrounded the same, was
about to invite the bartender to do it
again, when in came six rurales, which
was the police force and standin' army
of Bacerac, and grabbed me off before
l knew what was up against. they
comm mostly from behind, which is
good form in Mexican fghtin'.
by this time the deceased was planted
proper, the padre havin' cut the festivi-
ties somewhat short on account of the
injured feelin's OF his friend, the don,
and up they hauls me before the padre,
who rolls his rs till you'd think he was
imitatin' an arastra. After which, me
understandin' some of his remarks at
times, but goin' more by his actions
and looks. which was fierce, he fines me
IS Mex.
''Havin' the dobies on me, and Wishin'
to shake my friends, the rurales, who
was better company at longer range,
up an pays the fine, contemptuous like,
showing that l had more where that
come from, which same action was no
credit to my proper sense. Then they
takes me to the presidente OF the puebla,
which is an important feelin guy, not
boilin' none. like the padree, but cold
and chilly like, and tiresOme in his talk,
which run on and en- and on like leak
| in barrel.
80 finally he runs out of talk, the leak
| havin' emptied him, and fines me five
more. which l pays, after tellin' the
presidente what l think Of him in Eng
| fish, bein' too mad to talk Mexican, and
he not KNOWN English none when
comm hot off the bat"
Then my tiresome friends, the
ru~Ales, grMned some, and took me to
Mexicans but being poor in the spellin'
line and hav:a' ornery notions Of the
real meanin' of the alpha bet-whicn
same is tailin' Of most foreigners, but
some worss in Mexicans than the aver
age run. Somebody must "a told the
Whess that l had five dobies mere, so
he soaked me for EN-, and then, beln's
l was plum broke, or Whereabouts, hav-
ing just dos reales left, which went for
two drinks of teQui;e they let me go.
the rurales intimatin' as l ought to buy
em the drinks, which hint can t UNDER
stand none just then.
so goes to hunt up Sandy McHugh
to borrow 81 and cuss the greasers, and
finds him on the plaza hcldin' Of a
confab with Ted Taylor, who is pizen,
small and ornery And Ted, ne whips
out his six-shooter and draws toe line
which same is line in the dirt
scratched by the toe of his boot-and
dares Sandy to come across and get shot
up, and Sandy sure goes across in a
hurry and takes away the gun and ham,
mers Ted a-plenty.
"And then Ted goes off to one cantina
and gets drunk and Sandy and goes on
to another and takes few drinks. and
Ted and Sandy meets again, and Sandy
hammers him some more, the rurales
obligin'ly keepin' to tho side streets
while the gringoes are hayin' their little
fun, and then Ted goes off again to the
doctor and has his face ornamented with
some plaster strips, and all hands ex-
cept Ted celebrate, until Ted comes back
and floors Sandy with a. chair, and then
all hands turns to and ticks Ted some
more.
And never rurale in sight endurin
of the cussin' and fightin', which was
sure fierce, lastin', with some few inter
missions for Ted to get repaired, from
noon till midnight-and me soaked by
every greezer in the place who wore
white collar for five dobies each. You
can't inform me none regardin' justice
in Mexico.
1T don't exist-leastways not IN
Bacerac or vicinity IN. Y. Sun.