Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-17
Gu RIY
BY ROGER PococK,
A TALE OF THE ARIZONA DESER
Author Of "A Frontiersman," etc.
Copyright. 1906. BY Little. Brown Coz

ROBBERS and they attacked Senior Ryan in
Sns Sepuichre saloon. Ell Chico killed
senior Ryan himself and wounded Miguel.
MS SON. There are many witnesses and
warrant Is out against Don Santiago for
LEAF AT. murder saw the warrant"
But YOU say Don Rex was killed?'
he also; many others were killed in the
battle. Curly shot Louisiana and another
also. Then these ladrones escaped from
But the population
You judge well. corporal-the popula-
ton followed. There was ridingr'
And yet these la1rones escaped?''
So, except FL Chico and Curly, the two
leaders. The posse caught them near Las
Salinas
And got the great reward-two thousand
But wait. These two caballeros would
not submit. but fought and killed lot
more citizens: yes, even escaped. They
reached the Iron way which runs down to-
WARD Bisiey and there again they fought
terribly. Then the big posse chased them
clear through to the boundary line"
They were not caught
They fired the desert!'
"Car-r-ambar
Yes, stampeded a hundred ridersi You
must have seen the fire at dawn this morn
ing"
tiago disguised vaquero?"
Yes, and Curly as farm boy-you saw
them?"
Man, we'se got them here in chains!
have made me rich with your newsr'
I'm chains, corporal? Then they did not
escape after ALL They fought like caaal-
ieros, and now they'll be claimed for ex-
tradition. taken back and hanged! Ho-nbre
that's no death for caballeros! How did
you ever take such fighters. corporal?'
''Oh, just arrested them"
But they fought hundred Americanos!'
YES yes, but we are Frontier Guards
me and another man; we just arrested them,
that's all Two thousand pesos!
They fought?"
'Oh, yes, we had to disable one of them:
In fact. myself shot him through the pis-
tol arm. Then they surrendered, made their
bow to force. Two thousand golden dol
lars"
Miraculous, Well, senior corporal. may
1t be permitted to ask where forage is
sold?"
Certainly, step this way I, Pablo Juarez.
rich! Two thousand! Santa Catalina, thou
shalt have candles, box of candesr'
The voices faded out, and Jim lay back.
wiping the sweat from his face. ''Wheugh'
then he burst out laughing-"the liars
pat me, Curly, for I'm weak-the lop-eared,
spawned, sway-backed. cock-eyed iiars."
But Curly was shy of Spanish, and wanted
the news. what liars?"
Everybody-theyr all liars-the whole
world-liars! Liars! They couldn't leave
1t to facts, which are bad enough, but
they've lied and sworn to lies and perjured
themselves with oaths, the thugs, the dirty
young Ryan-and made a remnant sale of
themselves for witnesses that 1 murdered
an old man.
What, Ryan? 1t wasn't you who spoiled
old Ryan. 1t was your father in honest
hghting!'
Who cares for honesty when there's a
millionaire to pay for souls in cash? They
swear that 1 hired you and all your rob-
bers TO have old Ryan murdered, then did
the killing myself, and turned loose your
gang to massacre Ryan's friend-the cow
ards, the lying cowardS!'
But them boys with masks was Chalk
eyes riders, and he just covered their faces,
JIM to save them afterwards
And who'll believe that? Here a mil
lionaire to buy the witnesses, the lawyers,
the judge, the law! The only mar who
was there and can't be bribed is that leary
old cow-thief Chalkeye, but he's mixed up
with us, and likely enough a prisoner by
now. Do you think that a Grave City court
of justice would believe an honest man?
No. We're trapped, and we're sod, and
We're going to be butchered now
'Well," says Curly in that SLOW soft
way he had, Il allow It's done you good to
turn yo wolf loose. and you've shorely
howled; it done me good to hear all the
cussing said while l lay restin' That's
relieved me a lot and made me plumb for
getful of being in pain
Jim began talking naughty, and wanted
to know If Curly liked the notion Of being
hanged
THAT I shorely do says Curly very
soft. You see, only a while back we was
going to be taken out sudden and shot
which 1t was a caution to yaller snakes
only-to think Of That didn't make me hap
py ILL bit, but now we got more pros
poets, a slow trial coming, time to turn
around in and think out how to escape
That sobered Jim, but it made him hostile,
too. "Youngster, will nothing scare your
he asked; cant get whimper out of you
even for company's sake-you're so beastiy
selfish
Curly rolled over, resting his face On his
hand. Il was raised that way" says he
very quiet. 'feoin' to be shot up or hung
most of the time. It's risky thing bein'
alive when you come to think of 1t, Ell?
Veal is mighty or nary folks in a trifiing
sort of world. Jim; but 1 reckon it's sure
nice being heah. We got sweet range hay
to lie on and hopes of feed in the mawning;
the place is sure quiet, but We caynt
complain of being dull. AS to our liz wor-
ries, 1 don't fuss about crossing a river
until done reached the bank"
II wish,' Jim groaned, that I'd got half
your coura ge.
1--WE suffered some" says Curly and /
reckon that what you call courage is just
training Now you, Jim, you lie down, and
think about something to eat, and present
1y yo're goin' to drop off asleep, dreaming
of good camps where there's feed and wa
ter. If that amt good I'll wake You up in
the night, SOS you'll get two sleeps, which
is even better'n one
ITO he continued tomorroul