The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1923-06-21

mebbe they knew about the money
comm.
"Wal, when I arrived with the cat
tie was some put to II to make ends
meet. An today I wasn't In no angelic
huEos. When I he'd my business all
done I vent around pokin' my nose
heah an there. tryin' to get scent Of
tibet mos'ey. An happened In At 4
hall We hev tibet does duty fer Jail
an hospital an election-post an what
not. Wal. Just then II was dom duty
a. . hospital. Last night was fiesta
nIEht-these Grease1 hev a fiesta ev.
cry week or so-an' one Greaser who
had been bad hurt was layin' In the
hall. where he he'd been fetched from
the station.
the hall was full Of cowboys. ranch
ers. Greasers. miners, an town folks,
along with some strangers I was
about to get started up this way when
Pat Have come in.
Pat. he's the sheriff. He come into
the hail. an he was roarin' about
thinga He was goin' to arrest Danny
Mains on sight. Wal. I Jest polite-iike
told Pat thet the money was mine an
he needn't get ri:ed about 1t. An
II I wanted to trail the thief I reckon
I could do It a. well a. anybody.
Then he cooled down a bit an was
askin' questions about the wounded
Greaser when Gene Stewart comes In.
Whenever Pat an Gene come together
II reminds me Of the early days back
In the seventies. Jest naturally ev.
erybody shut up. Fer Pat hates Gene.
an I reckon Gene amt very sweet on
Pat.
"'Hello Stewart You're the Teller
I'm lookin' fer said Pat. There was
some queer goinKs-on last night tibet
you know sOmethin' about. Danny
Mains robbed-Stlllwell's money gone
your roam horss gone-an' this
Greaser gone. too. Now. seeln' tibet
you was up late an prowlin' roand
the station where this Greaser was
found. It amt unreasonable to think
you might know how he got plugged
ia itr
Stewart laughed kind Of cold. an
he rolled q cigarette. all the time eyeln'
Pat. an then he said II he'd plugged
the Grsaser it'd never hsv been SIGH q
bunglin' job.
II can arrest 200 % suspicion,
Stewart. hut before I 20 tibet far I
want some evidence. ! want to tind
out what's become Of your hOss. You've
never lent him since you he'd him. an
there aln't enough raiders across the
border to steal him from you. It's got
. queer look-thet boss bsln' gone.
You was drunk last nightr
stewart never battsd an 80
lyon met some woman on Number
Eight. didn't your shouted Hawa
~ met q lady, replied Stewart,
quiet an meoacin' like.
"'You met Al Hammonds sister. an
you took hsf up to Kingsiey'A An
cinch this, my cowboy cavalier. I'm
gOin' up there an ask this grand dame
some questions, an " she's - close.
nouthed ~ you are III arrest barr
Gene Stewart turned white. l fer
one expected - see him Jump like
llghtnIa.' a. he does when he's nleti
sudden. But he was calm an he was
thlnkin' hard. Presently he said:
Pat. thet's q fool idee. an II you
do the trick It'll hurt you all the rest
OF your life. There's absolutely no rea.
son TO Brighten Miss Hammond. An
iryln' to arrest her would be such q
ID outrage us won't be stood fer In
III caJon. II you're sore on ME send
me to jail. III so. II you want to
hurt Al Hammond, go an do II some
man kind OF way. Don't take your
spite out on us by insultln' q lady who
has come hyar TO hev little visit.
We're bad enough without bein' low.
down As Grcascrs.'
IL: was u long talk for Gene, an l
was ax surprised ns the rest OF the Eel.
lcrs, II was plain to me an others
who spoke OF It afterwurd tibet Pat
HAVE he'd forgotten the law an the
officer In the man an his hate.
"Tm a-goin', nm I'm a.goin' right
now he shouted.
stewart seemed kind of chokin'.
an he seemed TO hev been bewtldered
by the ldee Of Hawc'x confron,in' you.
AN finally he burst out: But.
man. think who II la It's Miss Ham.
mond II you seen her. even II you
WAS loco..d or drunk. you--you couldn't
do IT,
"Couldn't ~ Wal. I'll show you
d-n quick. What do care who she
is7 Them swell eastern wom-n-lve
hcerd Of them. They're not so much.
This Hammond woman
suddenly Have shut up. an with
his RID mug turnin' green he wen, for
his gun"
Sull~ell paused In his narrative TO
get breath. and he wip"i his nols,
brow, And now his face began to lose
ita crxgginess. II changed Il softene,i.
Il ripple'i and wrtnklcd. und all tina,