The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-11-07


things owe Probably never before In
his life had he deliberately done such
n thing, He had never, as a fact.
thought much ut ali. 1t had been his
comfortable habit to let the day take
care Of itself. Beyond minor prob
lens of f~inance-minor because his in.
come was ~trifing-he had considered
little. In the last border wal he had
distinguished himself only when IL was
IA matter of doing, not of thinking.
But he was young, and the night
was crisp and beautiful. He took u
long breath, and looked up Mt the stars.
After all. things might not be so bad.
liedwig might refuse this marriage.
They were afraid that she would. or
why have asked his help? When he
thought of King Karl. he drew himself
up, and his heels rang hard on the
pavement. Karl! A hard man and a
good kIng-that was Karl. And old.
From the full manhood OF his twenty
three years Milky surveyed Karl's al
most forty, and considered 1t age.
II was typical Of Milky ia decide
that he needed q hard walk. lie
translated most Of his motions into
motion. SO he set of briskly. turn
Ing into the crowded part of the city.
And here 1t was that Milky hap
pened on the thing that was to take
him far that night, and bring about
many curious things. Not far ahead
of him two men were talking. They
went slowly, arm In arm. One was
talking loquaciously, using his free
arm, on which hung n cane, to gestic-
ulate. The other walked with bent
head.
Milky, pausing 10 light q cigarette,
fell behind. But the wind was tricky,
and with his third match he stepped
into n stone archway, lighted his
cigarette, buttoned his tunic high
against the chill, and emerged to a
silent but violent struggle just absad.
The two men had been attacked by
three others, and as he stared, the
%loQuacious one went down. Instantly
n huge figure OF a man outlined against
the light from n street lamp, crouched
over the PROSTATE form Of the fallen
man. Even I'm the imperceptible sec.
ond before he started to run toward
the group. Milky saw that the silent
one, unmolested. was looking on.
A moment later he was In the thick
Of things and fighting gloriously. His
soldierly cap fell of. His fair hair
bristled with excitement. He flung out
arms that were both furious and
strong. and with each blow the group
assumed a new formation. Unluckily,
a great deal Of the fighting was done
over the PROSTATE form Of Peter III
burg.
But disaster, i%nglorious disaster
waited for Milky. Peter Niburg, face
down on the pavement, was grooming
and Milky had felled n man and
was starting on a second with the fight
Ing appetite OF twenty.three, when
something happened. One moment
Milky was smiling, with a cut lip, and
hair In his eyes, and the next he was
dropped like an OK. by a blow from
behind. Landing between his shout
der blades. II jerked his head bach
with n snap, and sent him Keeling. A
second followed, delivered by a huge
fist.
Down went Milky, and lay still.
The town slept on. Street brawli
were not uncommon, especially In the
neighborhood OF the Hungaria. Those
who reused grumbled about quarrel
some students, and slept again.
Perhaps two minutes later, Milky
got up. He was another minute In 10
eating himself. His cap lay In the