El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-07-23
BY G. A. MARTIN.
IGHTs were blazing,

= IGHTS were blazing, a badly
tuned piano was rafting undei
the nimble fingers Of mer,
boy, pair Of drums were pounding
hard TO make themselves heard above
the squeaky voice Of a blond, blue
eyed girl, with rather a weak face.
men and women were slipping drinks
about a bunch OF tables, a bit the
worse for wear. swaying their bodies
with the ragtime song and the rag
ged music.
Two automobiles stopped IN tho
darkness outside, where half a dozen
others were waiting. Four men 81
lelrlv leaped from the cars and sur
rounded the adobe house, with Its
blinking electric globes outlining its
WeatherU Orn exterior, and two men
q small one and big One-leaped
through the front door and into the
midst Of the crowd The smaller OF
the Two men held up his hand, the
music ceased. the blond girl stopped
in the middle Of a stanza and in
sheer surprise, held her hands alOft
iu the pose she had assumed at a
particular point In the song requir-
ing q gesture
A startled Crowd.
Everybody keep your seats the
place Is 'pinched.' officers are at
every door you are all under arrest q"
said the small man calmly
sickly smile spread over the
faces Of the so or more men and
women In the place-an improvised
dance hail in the court OF a onetime
country farm house; the singing girl
dropped her hands and the smile dis
appeared from the painted lips. sew
eral of the females snuggled closer
10 their male escorts. one or two eX-
a.HTrH
half arose in fright and surprise
Untouched OF half consumed glasses
OF amber fluid that tasted like beer
and smelled like beer were pushed
back and stiffness settled upon the
place White aprOned men stopped
where they we're, some with full
trays some with empty ones The
clock struck q squeaky II times
above the silence In another hOur
il would be sunday.
Mexican Dick" Armenda-iZ's place
had been pulled" the Bohemian
club" was in the hands OF the law II
had been done so quietly that not
soul had received warning OF the
impending visit Of the officers. Ev-
ervboGv was taken uuaWares at the
height Of the Saturday night hilarlty.
Sheriff Seth Orndorft was the small
man who had held up his hand and
stopped the music. Henry Blum vas
the larger man who stood with him IN
the center OF the nall DllLl - q
special deputy sheriff in charge Of
the prosecution OF liquor violations
in the county
Liuucr Evidence Removed.
A hasty glance about the place re-
vealed the presence Of Gus and Faus-
tho Armendariz. but Dick" was not
present. 'I saw him dart out into
the bushes" said the sheriff; hes
around somewhere" In a few sec
onds Dick" was marched in, deputy
sheriff Ivy Finley by his side. he
was hiding something, sheriff. said
the deputy. but can't find It
Dick smiled. but IL was not the happy
smile that had greeted visitors ear
lier in the evening go
Later. in the office OF the sherlLL
IN the city. after he was under arrest, .
when what he said could not De usea b.
IS evidence against him, sneriII .
O-udorff asked What were you =
bf5i0r Diczg" "I had a bottle Of
v-hislZev I didn't want you TO get l
said the proprietor OF the road house /
rather defiantly- SO,
Honestly. Mr.. OTndOrft- II you II F.
dismiss these charges against me,
he continued. the ice once broken,
"Tu close the place and move al
nv stuff out I know you can ger
me finally you can break ne II
QUIT II you'll make the others quit
I'm not tie only man who runs