The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-04-23

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Old Caleb, however, stiH %lnsurgent
and unconvinced. brought in a minor
ny report
we wanta nshtin' men," he srum.
bled, with tbs aenile r~eitoration Of his
age, aa he spgt tobacco and beat a rat
tat on the mill floor with his long
hickory star. I'VE don't want NJ de-
s%erters."
Samson amt a deserter," defended
Sally. There Isn't one OF you AZ to
tie hts shoes" Sally and old spicer
South alone knew Of her lovers letter
to the circuit Judge. and they we're
pledged to secrecy.
Never mind, sallyl" Il was Sam
son himself who answered her. Il
didn't come back because / care what
men like old Caleb think. came back
because they needed me. The proof Of
a fighting man IL HE fighting, ! reckon
I'm willing to let 'em Judge me by
what I'm going to do"
So. Samson slipped back. tentative
ly, at least. into his place as clan head,
though for a time he found II a post
MAAAA0Ah AAAAAAf AANNA AMN MNAAA WAA
burst Of %bloodshed, quiet had settled.
and Il was facility understood that. IN
less the HOLMAN forces had some coup
in mind which they we're secreting,
this peace would last until the soldiers
we're withdrawn.
When the worlds a-lookin'," com
mented Judge HOLMAN. hits a right
GOOD NInw - uHuu~1 W.Iaw a L. unH
lay still"
Puryy had been too famous a feud-
list to pass unsung. Reporters came as
far as Hixon, gathered there sucL
news as the Hollmana chose to give
them. and went back to write lurid
stories and description, from hear.
say, OF the atockaded seat Of tragedy.
Nor did they overlook the dramatic
coincidence OF the return of wildcat"
Samson South from civilization to saw
agery. They made no accusation, but
they pointed an inference and a moral
-as they thought. Il was a sermon On
the triumph OF heredity g the ad-
vantRges OF environment, Adrienne
read some of these saffron mlsrepre-
| sensations, and they distressed her.
Meanwhile. II came mistakenly TO the
! ears Of Captain Callomb that some
plan was on foot, the %intrlcacies OF
which he could o fathom. to manu-
facture a case against a number Of the
Souths, quite apart from their actual
] guilt, or likelihood Of guilt. Once
r more, he would be called upon to go
! out and drag In men too well fortified
? to be taken by the posses and depu'
ties Of the Holman civil machinery.
At this news, he chafed bitterly, and,
+ still ranking with a sense Of shame al
the loss OF his first prisoner. he formed
a plan Of his own, which he revealed
r over his pipe to his FIRST lieutenant.
There's a niger in the woodpile
Merriweather," he said. I'VE are sim
: ply being used to do the dirty WORK
up here, and I'm going TO do a little
probing Of my own. ! guess I'll turn
the company over to you for a day oil
two"
What idiocy are you contemplating
now?" inquired the second In com
mand.
I I'm going to ride over on Misery
and hear what the other side has e
say. I've usually noticed that one sid,
Of any story is pretty good until tn,
D others told"
ITS sheer madness. ! ought to taxi
! you down to this Internal crook Of
! Judge and have YOU committed to
. strait-iacket."
: IT" said Callomb, you are conten
: 10 play the catspaw to a bunch Of as
= sasplns, I'm not. The mail-rider wen
out this morning and he carried a lei
Z ter to old Spicer South. told him tina
: | was coming ~unescorted and unarme
! and that my object was to talk witt
! him. asked him to give me a SAT
conduct, az least, until | reached hi
house, and stated my case, I treatei
him like an officer and a gentleman
and. unless I'm a poor Judge OF mer
r he's going TO treat me that way"
The lieutenant sought vainly to dis
d suade Callomb. but the next day tn
h captain rode forth. unacoompanieC
3, Curious stares followed him and Judg
d smithers turned narrowing and ur
n pleasant eyes after him. but at tn
n point where the ridge separated th
d territory OF the Hollmans from that q
the Souths he saw waiting in the roa
D. a mounted figure, sitting his hors
D. straight, and clad In the rough habil
mentB Of the mountaineer,
Q. As Callomb rode up he saluted an
the mounted figure with perfect graz
- ity and correctness returned tina
salute as one officer TO another. Tn
Il captain was surprised. Where ha
70 this mountaineer with the steady eye
d and the ~clean-cut jaw learned N
nlceties OF military etiquettef
}, Il am Captain callomb Of f CON
n pany." said the ofhcer. I'm ridln
over to spicer south's house Did 20