The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-06-04

lake sometbIag ont oi this bottle and
sec ~ 80 won't holm
llo brought oul q quart bottle from
OFFS saddle bass and bud drank. and
thudde'od at Doe bite ar a.
AN right De said on Dee passed u
bach. "aud while wore talking. what's
tbc matter with cutting % out ON booze
for this trip''
"VHut are 70 going I'd drink.
then2' cried pe Lanccy IN fcigncd
alarm. vatrr7"
"We'l. something like that admit
ted uul. Come on-What DO you
say9 We might get lit up and tell
something
Snow l.Ub,0 here. Bud" ,lamofed
Phil. who bad bad "a few drinks al.
ready. y1u don't mean N inslnuate.
do your Next thing ! know yoau be
asking me 10 cut q out on tho hay
might talk 90 my sleep. you know. aud
give tht whole snap awayi"
no you're q good boy whom you're
gVlaop. PHIL. responded uud. but
when YOU yet about half shot it's dif.
foreut Come on. uow-tn cult SO you
will That's fair. aiu't go"
"Whata SO little toots around
town. 30 scrcnndlnr the seuorltas mud
giving tho rurales the hotfoot? well,
what's the use OF living bud. 70 you
can't have "a little fun Drinking don't
make any difference, aH long az we
stick together WHAT'S the use OF
swearing on going on record in ad.
yance2 We may ind some fellow that
We can't work any other wuy-wo may
have 20 go on a drunk with him ia or.
der 10 get his goat! Hut will YOU
stick? That's the point
Bud glanced at him and Rruntod, and
for a long time he rode on In silence.
Before them lay a rolling plain. dip
ping by broad gulchcs and dwindling
ridges 20 the lower levels OF Old Mex.
leo and Oh the skyline. thin and blue.
stood the knifelike edges OF the For.
tunas miles away.
With desert.trained eyes he noted
the landmarks, san Juan mountain To
the night, old Nig-gerhead To the left.
and the feather-cdge OF mountains TAR
below: and as he looked he stored II
away In his mind In Ease ne should
come back on the run some night
Il was not a forebodinF, but the
training Of his kind. TO note the lay OF
the ground. and he planned just whore
he wouli ride 10 kesp under cover II
he ever made a dash for the line. But
all the time his pardner was talking OF
friendship and OF the necessity OF their
sticking together.
III tell you. Bud" he said at last,
his voice trembling with sentiment,
whether we win or lose, / won't have
a single regret ~ long as / know CIV
been true to ono another. You may
know Texas and Arizona. Bud, but I
know Old Mexico. the land OF manana
and broken promises. I know the coun.
try, Bud-and the olimate-and the
women!
"They play the devii with the best
Of US. Bud, these dark.eyed senoritasl
That's what makes ali the trouble
down here between man and man. It's
these women and their ways. They're
not satisfied TO win a mans heart
they want him 10 kin somebody TO
show that he really loves them. By
JOve. they're a fckle lot, and nothing
pleases Fem more than setting man
against man, n pardner against an,
other"
I'VE never had any trouble yet.' OBJ
served Bud seutentiously
No. but we're likely TO-" protested
De LRncoy. These Indian women up
IN the Sierras wouldn't turn anybody's
head. but we're going down into the
hot country now, where the girls are
pretty. tara, tara. and we talk through
the windows at midnight"
"Well. n youn Gu out the booze"
said Hooker shortly. you can have
'em all, for all OF me-"
Sure, thats what you say, but wait
till you sec theml oh. la, la. la'-he
kissed his fingers ecstatically-"iW be
glad to see EN- myself But listen,
Bud, here's the proposition. let's take
an oath right now, while we're start.
ms out, that whatever comes up Wen
always be true TO each other. II one
OF us Is wounded, the other stays with
him; ~ he's IA prison, ne gets him out;
II he's killed. he ayenges his"
Say broke IN Bud, iostling him
rudely as he reached into the saddle.
bags. let me carry that bottle for a
while"
He took n big drink out Of II 20 pro
vont ne Lancey from getting Il ali and
showed Il inside his overalls.
IAN right, p%ardner," he continued.
with a mocking smile, anything you
Say. / neve use oaths myself much.
but anything 10 oblige."
"No. hut ! mean Il. BUD" cried Dc
Lancey. "Here's the proposition now.
Whatever happens. we etay with each
other till this deal Is finished: on all
scratch cases We match money 20 see
who's IL; and n we tanRle over some
girl tho best man Wins and the other
pms stays away. We leave Il TO the
Eirl which one wins. VIII you shake
hands on that?"
Don't need 20" responded Bud;