El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-06-25

| 1 Immediately squatted for rest, but.
according TO Mack, 1 didn't need any.
! Let's stop half an hour" l said.
! No Haven't got time
| And then he cut loose bunch Of in
vectives that didn't sound nice.
Asleep at the MiIepost.
I trailed along a few miles further.
Then milepost looked awfully, awfully
good, with its little bank of white
washed stones surrounding the bottom
1 stopped. Mack didn't and L let him
go After a snooze of brief duration
hit the trail again.
Desert to right, desert to left, both in
front and behind turkey buzzards in
the air, while in the distance could be
heard the occasional yelp Of a coyote.
And Mack had the only six-shooter.
Daylight came at last. As another brief
rest was taken beneath a mile-post,
two huge, lanky buzzards began circling
overhead in the hope that 1 was going
to stay there. Thy wouldn't have had
much if l had never moved again
unless they like adhesive tape. Sight of
them, however, drove away all thoughts
of slumber and the plod was resumed.
[ was rewarded some half-hour later
by locating the only section-house be-
tween Fabens and Fort Hancock. The
fort was still Is miles off. But the sec
ton men were all Mexicans and put up
the mo sabe' proposition. l managed
to obtain fresh water. which was some
thing, and the privilege of stretching
out in the section house for an hour or
two.
On To Hancock.
After that 1 felt better, and found
that a, long staff was material aid to
my patched-up hooflets in gaining
ground. Thirteen miles was covered in
oh nd af oh
the middle of the afternoon, the well
come water-tanks of Fort Hancock
doomed in sight Sprawled out on a
pile of freight at the station was Mis-
ter Mack, smoking a cigar. The agent
and assistants at the depot however,
were human. They had sympathy TO
offer, If nothing to eat. That was
something gained
They said I ought not to go any far
Their but should get back to FL Paso
among friends, else my bones would
be found bleaching between there and
Sierra Blanca, while the authorities
would be securing the universe to find
their owner. Mutely I agreed. So did
Mack Mack said he was going to
take the passenger that night into
Maria ship my baggage back to Ell
Paso and that if 1 would remain over at
Fort Hancock, he would forward me
enough money to get back to the city
not saying anything about the weeks
salary that was coming. Furthermore
he didn't say anything about getting me
a square meal on the spot, which was
the thing that most bothered, as not a
morsel had I seen since the night be-
"a hours past
Just then a whistle was heard. Along
came another good-loOking freight 1t |
10 or Is minutes at Fort Han |
cock. 1t was bound for Ell Paso. What |
cared 1 about going two or three hours |
longer without a feed? I'd stood so |
much; the rest was easy.
Back at Home.
I arrived in Ell Paso about that |
evening, witty empty canteen, empty |
pockets, empty stomach and my friends |
say, empty intellect for ever undertake |
ing such a proposition. I realized that |
I did have a pair of feet, however pain |
full as the realization was-and is vet. |
for that matter. And New York 5000 |
lwayi
1 didn't put up a bond that [ would |
stick when I agreed to go with Mack |
and / can't understand why he treated /
me so badly. 1 could have understood |
Il if I had posted the bond he SDolya