Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-04-23

far as you and I are concerned" l
responded; hut after all. it's hardly
fair TO set our views mp as the only
correct ones. II We were i'm China.
now. the chances are that the natives
would look on us as mighty punk
specimens OF humanity. Ideas OF
beauty vary in the different countries
like the very devil. jim"
Well. III hold 60 my own idea OF
what is good looking" returned Bald
win. stubbornly; and that same idea
don't cover the face OF yellow Chink.
not by any manner Of means"
The foregoing conversation took
place In my office az Tucson. Baldwin
having. as ne expressed a.. dropped
in 20 pay little visit 90 Uncle
sam" as represented 10y my humble
III
Don't imagine that I'm holding any
brief for Cinnamon I'm general" !
said Ever since the Chinese exclu-
sion act went into force they have
caused me too much trouble TO make
me hail fellow we'll met with any Of
the COMPOUNDED heathens But at that.
Badly. Il isn't exactly fair 70 Judge
the nation as whole by the speci-
mems We get over here. old travellers
IN the Orient tell me that it's surpris-
ing what fine looking chaps some OF
the Chinks in the interior are"
There may bee something i'm that.
commented the sheyin. grudgingly.
I remember one Chink ran into who
was a heap smarter than any other
Of his countrymen that ever saw.
he used 20 work as cook for Brady
at the Blue Moon mine. Brady had
all kinds OF trouble with cooks. and
the fellow he had there before the
Chink was probably the worst OF the
bunch. Brady picked him up at
Phoenix. where he had gone TO buy
some supplies. He was a tall. raw
boned chap about forty-five years old,
dark enough for a Greaser. and with a
long under lip that hung down like
n motherless colt He goes up 10
Brady and says:
u heard tell down to the SY Dia-
mond ranch that they was wantin' a
cook up TO the Blue Moon mine. so |
just pulled my freight to strike the
Job. Know II it's So?
why. yes says Brady. I'm man
ASer OF the Blue Moon. Can you
COOKE
Yes says the chap. I can cook,
II you amt too particular. amt fond
% cocldn'. but can do IL. / can fry
beef. make a tOlerable salIyratus bis
cult and q middlin' fair pie outen most
anything. But 1 amt enjoyed cookin'
much since I reformed. 1 used to be
as bad as any OF 'em. bu: 1 got re-
hgion with a fellow / was herdin'
sheep with four years ago
well says Brady. guess we
can give you a trial. I've got some
more business to attend to before l
start back to the mine. so II you hang
around here for a spell I'll meet you
IN a couple of hours What might
your name be?'
They christened me Gustavus
Maine. says the chap. but them as
knows me always calls me the Don.
Why I dunno; there amt no foreign
blood in me-
"'All right, Dom says Brady, laugh
In: take care OF yourself and I'll see
you later
When Brady came back he found
that the new cook had been takin'
care of himself in a regular rip-snort-
In kind Of way. He was as drunk as
n lord, and II IL wasn't that they were
desperate hard up for a cook at the
mine, he'd have called all bets or
right there. But he allowed he'd take
a chance on him. hoisted him into his
saddle. and they started OF. For the
FIRST two miles they went slow; then,
as the Don grew a BIT more sober ana
began sitting his horse steadier, they
broke into a trot and were ridin' along
very nice when, maxim a sudden turn
In the road. around the point OF mesa
they came across a herd OF burros,
driven by three Mexicans, two boys
and an old man. As they passed them
by the old fellow saluted very re-
zpectfui. sayin': 'Bu9nos dias,
senores.'
They had passed the Mexicans only