New-York tribune., 1910-02-27
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR FEBRUARY ~ 1910

lite, an swat him Oh his laughin' box. l see
him draw a gun an grabs him. JUS as you
fellers bust the door gun cracks. an don
know whether Petri tried to plug me an got
Hanson, or Dick winged himself try1n to bore
a hole in me-
You wasn't to blame. Red" Peloo said
soothinglv. an that's all got to be fixed up IN
the court trial, But here's Billy"
Say. Peloo, we got to drop that name.
q mean the widder. Peloo CORRECTED.
| H eres the widder got all the worst of it, She's
broke-that snipe sponged all her wages.-an
she won't want to live unprotected in the hotel.
me bein' bachelor There's fellers jus mean
enough to talk: you know that, ked
We got to stake her somehow, Meeklns de-
clared after little pause. Billy mean the
widder-is jus the squarest cleanest teller-l
mean widder-that l ever come acrost.
We jus got to do it, Red" Peloo agreed
DANCED if l know how m go1n to run the
Trout House without Billy
Say, Peloo-" Red hesltated and looked
at Trout.
What is it," the latter asked carelessly.
"P'raps it don't sound in keepin' with the
surroundin' T.; but there's only me an you here:
Peloo. an somethins got to be did Red
hesitated again and Peoo once more affirmed.
Yes, we got to jus put things right for the
widder.''
Its kinder soon to talk about it: but
| couldn't it sorter be arranged Why don
| you marry the widder, Peloo1" Red fairly
bruted this out as though half afraid OF his own
| utterance Then he added fiounderingly, 1T
would make the hotel respectable to have a
| missus hangin' about
4 amt never thought of gettin married"
| PelOo answered: besides. as you say, ITS
kinder soon. I'll own up to it that | think
about as much of the widder as you do, Red.
an sOmeth1n S got to be did. but It's kinder
| soon-too soon. We best have the fun raj
fu'st.''
Yes. guess we best give the little woman
| hint not to worry about money. an bury that
skate that's brought all this trouble to Silver
City
| THE death of Hanson was the first that had
occurred in Silver City, and no plot of
ground had been set aside a burial place.
This contingency had been entirely overlooked;
now it was thrust prominently before the notice
of the citizens. There was a gathering of this
body to discuss the matter. 1t was Red Meek
ms who originated the plan that was finally
adopted.
Peloo had stated an anticipated trouble in
the future over such cases. If we jus bury
Hanson promiscuous like, some feller's sure to
come along an jump the claim Sposin
feller finds mineral close by, he'll stake
an go minin, an the town'll have to dig Han
son up an plant him some other place.
There amt nobody found mineral up on
Boulder Hill yet" Red offered, though more'n
a dozen fellers has prospected it We best
stake a claim of twenty acres an jus assign it
over to everybody dies in Silver City; then
nobody can Jump it. Hows that. menu
Whose nane'n you stake 1t in?" the con-
stable asked. You got to have permit
Red scratched his head refectvely. That
was puzzler. 1t was simply impossible to get,
at present. the names of those who were going
to die in the future. Why can't we stake it in
Dick Hansons name? He's the first" he
queried
That can't be did legally. Peloo declared
judicially. You can't stake in the name of a
man that's dead, | know.
3" got permit for forty acres left" Red de-
IL
that, an transfer it over to Billy laean the
widder
"That'll do fust rate Peloo replied. she
can hold it in trust, to speak. Then she'll
know that nobody can never jump the claim
an make the town dig up her husband
The difficult matter thus adjusted satisfied
everyone present: in fact, Meekns was con-
graduated upon the brilliance of his idea
ORDINARILY a funeral IS unpicturesoue in
~ its dark Solemnty. but the cortege that
wound ITS slow way from the Trout House up
BOULDER Hill was strikingly out of the ordinary
There was not single morse in Silver CITY not