Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-06-09
CHAPTER Vl-continued.

CHAPTER Vi-Continued.
or rpntured to remark that none
n RIoza's enemies had grown fat in
nrsscuting their feuds, but this was
subject which the elder man inva-
a. found embarrassing, and now
4 he said:
ppsbawl I never was the blood
letter people think. I'm as gentle as
sbeeD" Then to escape further Gu
rosiry On that point, he suggested that
thfy round out their riotous evening
viii a game Of pool.
The next morning at breakfast Pa
lona announced, Father, you must
heD Dave hunt down these cattle
fhieges.'
FAINT that sort of n big orderT"
Bl Quaried.
Perhaps. hut you're the very man
ID doit Ricardo Guzman is the only
person who knows the Lewis gang as
va SIS You DO"
Jones shook his head doubtfully.
Ton Ricardo has been working up his
ON private feud with that outfit. If !
WI the kind that went looking for a
IL I wouldn't have paid freight on
nj self from the Panhandle down here.
7 could have got one right at home,
az morning before breakfast"
"Rcardo Guzman is something of a
bacs sheep HIMSELF Law spoke up.
'Pshow. He's all right. I reckon
" has changed a few brands in his
D. but so has everybody else. Why.
"a how old Ed Austin got his
narr # cowman tells you he never
ao,s anything, hes either a good liar
q bad roper. But Ricardos going
q .sht enough now"
Tie has lost his share Of stock" Pa
k1a explained, and he'll work with
IT i father asks him. You go along
VI Dave"
Tn too busy" Blaze demurred,
sal | amt feeling good. I had bad
Gams all night"
I don't want you around me here
II Is morning. Thst new dressmaker
y coming"
Jones rose abruptly from the table.
. reckon my business can welt.
4 ls.ie Up, Dave" a few moments
r. as they were saddling their
-, he lamented: "What did I tell
~. Here ! 90, on the dodge from n
s-haAer l s'pose I've got to live
T. q road-agent now, till something
appeas,"
''0 q ricardo Guzman was an Ameri-
q 'di spoke no English. An ac-
7.l OF birth had made him a citizen
Y Tie United States-his father hay
owned ranch which lay north
>.eal Of south of the Rio Grande
la1.aueh as the property had fallen
l''.7roo' his sons, too, were Yam
ss IN the eyes of the law. But in
o'ef respects Don Ricardo and
-s 'a'ol'y differed not at all from the
a.5 ny humans who lived across the
.1eT. The Guzman ranch COMPRISED
S''''y number Of acres. and. since
H. A multiply rapidly, its owner
ID some sort prospered. On the
l 'A y resaca-a former bed of fha
VT Fie--stood the house an a.oha
\ -ls1fe' square, white and unprotect-
-. rum the sun ~ shrub or tree. Be
IL were some brush corraIs and
- scattered mud jacals, in which
h'oarao had just risen from a sios,a
.-s -ls TWO visitors rode I'D. and he
~ mem welcome with the best he
49, ~ me cool of the afternoon Ri
o.+ ''-e with his visitors, and then.
I. relations being now es+ab-
! --7 oeEan to dlvulge information
value 10 Law. = - -
-e% ae had endured MANY denreda.
:. ION rom thieves. It was shameful
- -111aess God wiled that a certoin
= INT Of stealing should 20 on n
"ofid. The evildoers were cor
= 'e'oFed by nature, in this local
an,.-- 'Ae great expanse Of brush
- - 10 the north and east offered
~. pgFIect security, and the river
n. u5h' gave immunity from mr..
~ prosecution. The beeves were
= "a north into the wilderness bn+
- t "ent to Mexico. where the
~ @ -.,' Created market for them
az ,. -sfa.s had plenty Of money 70
r- 4 aia Don Ricardo suspect?
GA man was noncommltrsl.
"as enc thing, proos was
,+ ieF and conviction was djfa-
--''s ih lest Of Circumstance.