The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-02-12

chartered the village hearse and took
it. never seeming To think II wa, IN the
least n shcrilcgr. ~ to understand why
the town marshal felt called upon to
interfere. Another time n straying
Mexican orchestra came to town, and
Kerr happened to be scattering joy. lie
attached the said orchestra giving the
some more when they got through. That
looked good 10 the musicians. aud 50
did the refreshments, liquid and solid,
which Kerr kept going all the time.
Probably two hours work aud then the
joys Of much tcquila. They started he
tween nine and ten o'clock in the even
ing. II was along about three o'clock
in the morning when the csvnlcade, de-
cidcdly dragglcd by this time appeared
before the Gibson annex aud f"chly IL"
gan "Thr Madrid Serennde, ~ some
thing like that. ! enjoyed II all right.
80 lid Tom Mckee, hu, that lively
freshman was more practical ~ his proof
Joined the bunch. lie told me that NJ
every stop the leader would kick. aud
Kerr would sidle up with a ball bat
that h. had swiped In some yard, aud
threaten Ia pulverile the whole bunch
L they stopped. They didn't stop, aud
when went down Ia the Schlitz for u
graveyard stew NJ Il they were Try
ing their best to still pump and grind
a little melody out " their Instruments
IN front Of the empty bachelor quarters
uf another innocent named Hanchef.
Right there WIS Il ease for pity, aud I
invited Billy to breakfast. Tie accept
cd with a gracious air. and the moment
his back was turned there was -four
LIQUIDS Of dust ~ the musicians disap.
peared IN the direction of San Jose.
Billy went 10 SLEEP over his oatmeal, per
fectly happy IN having pulled Oh a new
stunt. aud having broken the monOtOny
IT life ~ u border town. <%+% =
Onc day Billy got tired Of the round
aud two days later he was on his way
To Japan. \ few months later he slip.
ped quietly IN again, aud that evening
spent two hours in trying to convince
the boys that he had been out on the
ranch All of the while. Through all
these choice engagements, Billy Kerr
was ever the gentleman, the cour,ly
finished gentleman. \ great heart beat
IN his breast aud he delighted ~ doing
little thoughtful things for people, who
soon learned never to mention It. one
night n pitiful ease Of u dying hunger
appealed to him. lie visited every
gambling table in town aud levied tri.
butc-thcu gave twice ~ much as the
pile amounted Ia. The squalid tent Of
the sufferer was u dream of comfort
IN the two days that remained, aud
the sick man never knew but that the
yarn that Billy told him about the
money coming from his home folks was
Alh's w NHh Nv NV ~ HfillN HtIIN
rs may be-. Rollicking ever, big with
the heart IT him. chivalrous friend of
those he thought worth while, coolIy
Impudont To those he didn' Z, laughing
At every chance he had, doing some
j thoughtful little thing in the most cx.
quisi'c taste-;hc next minute starting
oil on a iauut that would astouish the
natives, wrapping himself around the
latest book and getting all the sunlight
out Of it ~ n sitting, getting some sane.
titled parsonage in a corner aud roasting
him to II fragile, the next minute stern.
~ calling down some blade who spoke
fiippantlv Of life, rejoicing ever in the
priv ilege Of living, 20 wa the Billy
Kerr ! knew. II he held to his lights
the end must have come rs once he said
TO me, like welcome sleep az the end
Of day that had not u dull minute IN
it"