Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-20
CURLY
A TALE OF THE ARIZONA DESERT.
BY ROGER POCOCK,
o A Fronte
Brown Co.
BY ROGER POCOCK,
Author OF "A Frontiersman." etc.
Copyright, 1905. by Little, Brown 6 Col


take 1t all back. / must have been loco TO
cali You coward-I wish I'd half your
courage: L never knew a woman cond
be brave; my mother wasn't. and all the
siris I've known-they weren't like you
On, the things you've seen me do the
things I've said-trea ting you no better
fhan a boy. Can you ever forgive the way
One little hand stole out and touched
him: ''Stop-talk no more"
vaquero vas singing for all he was
We, Wen IN the uafdroom. 10 the strum of a
guitar while hands clapped out the time
II could not he so wen content.
SO sure of thee.
Seno.ita.
But web | know thou must relent
And come TO me.
Jim set to work to finish his hole IN ~.
wall. prying out the 'dohe bricks with his
crowoar. and he sure wrought furious. tim
ing nus strokes TO the c!apping hands the
guitar and the swinging chorus
The cahalleros throng to see
my laughing face.
Lolita:
But well know thy hearts for me-
my charm. thy grace,
II ride the range for thy dear sake
seno@ita
Lolita;
And steal the grlnro's cows to make
rancho u hold
The cactus LIQUOR was ga..frr T., e.. -,-
,ne suafu room crowded up all il would
nold of soldiers vauueros customs WV
travellers; then there was dancing. singing
gambling, sauabbling. all the row which be.
longs to a general drunk Curry v,as f-a.
ted up TO high fever. riding herd on a
nuhch OF dream cows, and Jim was pouring
IN ms strength on the 'd9be bricks Al
IN the morning the Frontier Guards began
/ 10 make war talk wanting TO turn The
! prisoners loose, with prize for the soldier
VINO got first kill with a gun On that the
| iioiy cross Vaqueros proposed to rescue
.nelr Young patrone and wipe out the From
| ler Guards There was considerable roupb
mouse with knife and gun until the Guards
SuDdued the VaGueros. iurred on thejr
| heads and herded them into No COLL 90
piIsoiers OF war. The vaaueros were Just
| moaning for blood. the Guards turned LOOSE
| TO celebrate their victory with more dri,ks
| ana whlie the row was enough to drown
| artillery. Jim's crowbar drove a hricu
| winch fell outside the wall Ncv ha had
| only to pry 'dobes loose one by one untiI
the mole was big enough to lot ont prison
ers' sometimes he had to quit and hoId hiz
| breath While the sentry came reeline mast
aiohs MS beat. Once he had TO NAV dead
| because drunken sergeant rolled mt ~.
cell 10 give him drink of mescal Tba
SSsrseaht called him brother. Rugged him.
| Kissed MN. cried and went away At
| o CLOCK Jim crawled ont through tho hn1a
with ms crowbar. lay for the sentry iup,-
Cd up behind. cluthed him and got the rife
| Ihen he dragged Mr. Sentry into the cell.
| wrapped him In Curly's blanket anJ r,adn
| up a dummy to look like himself :, 80
the sergeant of the guard should remember
| to call again.
Curry he shook his partner ont q,
| sleep. Curly. the snring time Is comi,g
hole" 'Oiits OUT Oh
| "Yo' GAVIN all foolish" says Curly. "ca,-
IN IN me bear l done forget who I am.
bi,t I'm 200 sure sick to be a bear
| Let play bear saws Jim p1fpbty sb,-.
| LII bet you I'm first through this holer,
Inc guardroom had gone quiet. the men
| mo noor. nut the sergeant was dronyng
| WI the guitar. sobbing out the tail end
OF the cid Lolita song
81 rode the range for thy Gear sake
| To win thee gold.
| Lolita
| To steal the grlngo's cow-ow.nN--,-
! Curly was first out through the hole cLas
| Ing dream bears The winds In 10
west. she said. looking at the big stars
We Sra Tgnt up the levin wind, Jim whispered
| Curly sat up snuffing at the wind then
pointed. THE hawss smells thar she
| too many soldiers" %
jim fra1led over cat-foot to the stable
ana 100 <ed In through the door. A lantern
| hung In the place. and some of the frontier
! guaras sat round a box on the hay gam
| bling earnest. If he went off to distance
| and handed cut a few shots to draw the
| GuHrd away searching. he reckoned there
might be tine to sneak round and steal a
| horse before they began to stray back.
| But then there was Curly all deirious with
! FEVER, and whimpering small wolf calls so
th2t every de- IN the place had started to
| bark The wolf calls had to be stopped.
| aE't new Cream started which would keep
| the LILLE partrer good and silent That
| Is why jim took handful of dust, which
! he said was sal
| Come along. Curly" he whlsnered
| we re going to stalk the buffalo; 10 stni
! hurt the uffalo; we must be feartullv quiet
| or we II never put the salt on their tails.
| Deaf You fre"'
| But the bUkalcs all GAVIN extinct
| on. that's all right, it's not their fault,
! pN1r things. Concern, and we'I1 salt their
| tails
I M sort of lii co. says Curly right ont
| loud, and JIM went cold with fright He
could hear the soldiers suuabbling over
| their game not fifty feet away then the
| sour" OF FomcboGJ footsteps rambling
| over from the guardhouse. soldier stag
gered drunk within two yards of him and
| rolled in at the stable door.
| Come on, old chap" Jim whispered;
| TN your horse. so climb on my back and
| we II travel"
| So he put the little partner on his back
ard staggered away into the desert. He
| had one cartridge in the gun, no water,
| caiy the stars to guide him, and at sunrise
| TIC frontier guards would See his tracks
| There was no hope.
Ito be continued tomorrow.
Personifcation in Mural Painting.