The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-08

A little Mexican girl (she might
have been anywhere between fourteen
and twenty; no one could tell because
she was of the small kind went into
saloon in Arizona to sell some little
posies she had made Of wild flowers
for / cent each. A cowboy named
Bucklin-a good looking chap-bought
one, for which he paid her a quarter
and wouldn't take any change. Buck
lin didn't like the way she looked at
him when she thanked him. There
was something In that glance that
meant a suddenly born love. The cow
boy knew something about these hot
blooded girls Of the south. these greas-
ers. and didn't care to have any Of
them fall in love with him. Either
the love must be returned or the man
loved was liable to have a tarantuia
put In his bed or knife in his heart
or something Of the kind.
After selling Bucklin the posy the
Mexican girl went up TO the bar and
stood beside big fellow-Jenks. who
was about as bad a specimen as the
country produced, and the bad ones
were very bad-and asked him to buy
a posy. Looking down and seeing the
girl beside him. instead of buying a
oosy he gave her cuff and. with an
oath. told her to "git along" Bucklin
didn't like TO interfere. for in the first
place he expected to either kill or be
killed II be did. and in the second place
he didn't wish TO become the girls
champion. for If he did he might not
get rid Of her without trouble But
there was something in him that
abide jerks act, and he
sprang for him from behind and tum-
bled him on the foor. Then. holding
him down with one hand. he whipped
out his gun with the other and, press
ing II against his cheek, said to him:
I've done this for what you did to
the girl. Your life is mine. I'll give
It to you II you'll agree before these
witnesses to keep the peace with me-"
The man, knowing that IT was death
There was an unwritten law In that ,
part OF the country that applied in
such a case as this. and jerks knew
that IL he killed the cowboy another
cowboy or some other person would |
shoot him from behind. Being re-
strained from killing the cowboy him |
'elf. he concocted scheme whereby |
some one else would do the Job for |
him. He stole horse ard, leading 1t |
o where Bucklin was asleep alone by |
/ campfire, picketed the animal be-
ide him. Bucklin was tried by the /
vigilance committee and sentenced to
,e hanged. but the night before he
vas to be executed the little greaser
yirI collected a lot OF vipers OF a poi
onous kind and, throwing them
Imong the guard. scattered them. thus
living Bucklin an opportunity to light
tut
But the end of the story is not yet.
With feminine divining powers the
.reaser girl understood that jerks had
.ot Bucklin into the horse stealing
rouble. One day while walking along
road she saw the body OF man ly-
nc on the ground. Since there was
10 hole I'm him she concluded he had
led a natural death. A stroke Of
enius occurred to her. Taking out a
title pistol she carried in her bosom.
he fred bullet into the dead mans
rain, then took things she found in
is pockets-there was quite enough
} identify him-then awaited her OPP
ortunity to pat them In jerks peck
is. Having succeeded In this, she
'ent of and told a citizen that she
ad seen jerks murder a man and
fie his pockets.
The recipient OF this secret told 9th
rs. and several men went to where
he body lay. then proceeded to jerks
nd interviewed him. The visitors
,arched his garments. and jerks was
at the result
Unfortunately for jerks. every one
that region wanted to get rid Of him.
he bullet hole IN the dead mans bead
ID not indicate that one Of jerks enor-
Ious bullets had passed through it. I
Ut ii was suggested that he might
i've screened himself by using a diff
rent Weapon. And did not the ar 7