Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-11-14
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| someone running.
"Here you are cried a sweet, hap
py voice. "Dad, the senorita Is per-
rectly lovely. I've been peepins at
her. She sleeps like-like DEATH
She's so white. Oh, hope she won't
be III. Vow strange and sad, that
about her. Tell me more, LaddS.
You promised. I'm dying to know.
Didn't you say the senorita had
sweetheart" -. Co.,.
ashore l did"
"is he the young man who came
with yOu?" s.- %S 81 -,
"Nope. That fellows the one who
saved the girl from Rolas." ., .sg
"Ah!, Where is he, Laddyf"
"He's in, there asleep"
ais he-nice, Laddy% -
"Shore"
"What is he l;ke"
"Well. I'm not long acquainted,
never saw him by day, but ! was some
tolerable took with him. An' Jim
here. Jim says the young man can
have his gun an his hoss."
wonderful! Laddy, what on
earth did this stranger do to win You
cowboys in just one night"
"TIl shore have to tell you. Me an
Jim was watchin game of cards IN
the Del Sol saloon In Casita. That's
across the line. We had acquaint-
ances-four fellows from the Cross
Bar outfit. where we worked a while
back. This Del Sol is a billiard nall,
saloon. restaurant, an the like. An
II was full of Greasers. Some or
Campo's rebels were there drinklR an
playin' games. Then pretty soon IN
come Rojas with some OF his 0uttlt'
They were packin' guns an Kept to
themselves off to one side.
"a little while afterward j seen
fellow standin in the restaurant
door. He was young american
dressed In corduroys an boots, like a
prospector. He looked round the sa-
loon, an when he spotted Ro1as ne
sorta jerked up. Then Ire pulled his
slouch hat lopsided an began to stag.
ger down. down the steps, First on
made shore he was drunk. But re-
membered he didn't seem drunk De-
fore. It was some queer. so 1
watched that young man.
"He reeled around the room like a
fellow who was drunker'n a lord.
Nobody but me seemed to notice him.
Then he began to stumble over pool
players an get his feet tangled up IN
chairs an bump against tables. He
GOT some pretty hard looks. He came
round our way. an all OF sudden he
seen us cowboys. He gave anotaer
start, like the one when he first seen
Roias then he made for us. l tipped
Tim off that somethin' was dom,
Ther, this queer young man shot some
cool. polite words at me an Jim.
"He was only blufin' at bein' drunk
he meant to rush Rojas, to start a
rough house. The bandit was after a
girl. This girl was In the hotel, an
| sic was the sweetheart of a soldier,
the young fellows friend. The hotel
was watched by Rojas' guards, an the
plan was to make fuss an get the
girl away In the excitement. Well,
Jim an me got q hint Of our helm
Americans-that cowboys generally
had a name for loyalty to women.
Then this amazin' chap-you can't
ir,agine how scomful-said for me
an Jim to watch him.
Before could catch my breath an
figger out what he meant by rush an
rough house he had Knocked over a
tqble an crowded some Greaser half
OFF the map. Then, quicker'n l can
fell YOU the young man dove at Ro-
las. Like a mad steer on the ram
mage he charged Rojas an lis men.
The whole outfit went down--smash
I figgered then what rush meant.
The young fellow came up out OF the
| pile with Rojas, an just like I'd sling
an empty sack along the floor he sent
the bandit. But swift as that went
he was on top of ROjas before the
chairs an tables had stopped rollin'.
81 woke up then, an made for the
center of the room, jim with me. l
began to shoot out the lamps. Jim
tllrowed his guns on the crazy rebels,
an l was afraid thered be blood
spilled before could get the room
dark. Bein' shore busy, / lost sight
OF the young fellow for a second or
10, an when l got an eye free for him
| seen Greaser about to knife him.
Think ! was considerate Of the
| Greaser by only ShoOtin' his arm off.
Then / cracked the last lamp, an in
Tie hullabaloo me an jim vamoosed.
1--WE made tracks for our hosses an
packs, an was hlttin' the San Felipe
road when we run right plumb into
the young man. Well, he said his
name was Gale--Dick Gale. The girl
was with him safe an well; but her
sweetheart, tile soldier, bein' away
without leave, had to go back sudden.
There shore was some trouble, for
| Jim an me heard shoOtin'. Gale
said he had no money, no friends, was
stranger in q desert country; an
he was distracted to know how te
help the girl. So me an Jim started
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