Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-02-22

You promised I'm dying to know.
Didn't you say the senorita had
sweetheart?"
"Shore I did"
rs he the young man who came
with your
''Nope. That fellows the one who
saved the girl from Rojas.'
"Ah! Where is he, Laddy?"
Hes in there asleep"
"Is he-nice, Laddy?"
"Shore"
"What is he likeY
"Well, I'm not long acquainted,
never saw him by day, but I was some
toIerable took with him. An jim
here Jim says the young man can
have his gun an his hoss."
wonderful! Laddy, That on
earth did this stranger do to win you
cowboys in just one nightY'
"I'll shore have to tell you. Me an
Jim was watchin game of cards in
the Del Sol saloon in Casita. Thats
across the line. We had acqualnt-
ances-four fellows from the Cross
Bar outfit. where we worked while
back. This Del Sol is a billiard hall,
saloon, restaurant, an the like. An
it was full Of Greasers. Some OF
Campo's rebels were there drankin' an
playin' games. Then pretty soon In
come Rotas with some of his outfit.
They were packin guns an kept to
themselves off to one side.
"a little while afterward | seen
fellow standin' in the restaurant
door. He was a young American
dressed in corduroys an boots, like a
prospector. He looked round the sa-
loon. an when he spotted Rojas ne
sorta jerked. up, Then h@, ~ssS@ed his
SLOUGH hat @psfde1 f1f. began to stag
ger down, down the steps. First Off |
made shore he was drunk. But | re-
membered he didn't seem drunk be-
fore. 1t was some queer. So
watched that young man.
HE reeled around the room like
fellow who was drunker'n 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 ne
seen us cowboys. He gave another
start. like the one when he first seen
Roias. then he made for us. | tipped
Jim off that somethin' was dom.
Then this queer young man shot some
M
"He was only bluff1n' at bein' drunk
he meant to rush Rojas, to start
rough house. The bandit was after a
girl. This girl was in the hotel, an
she was the sweetheart of 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 hint Of our bein'
Anericans-tha cowboys generally
had a name for loyalty to women.
Then this amazin' chap-you can't
imagine how scornful-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
table an crowded some Greaser half
off the map. Then, quicker'n | can
tell you the young man dove at Ro-
las. Like a mad steer on the ram
page he charged Rojas an his 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.
began to shoot out the lamps. Jim
throwed his guns on the crazy rebels,
an I was afraid there'd be blood
spilled before I could get the room
dark. Bein' shore busy, I lost sight
of the young fellow for a second or
SO. an when / got an eye free for him
aeen q Greaser about to knife him.
Think was considerable of the
Greaser by only shootin' his arm off.
Then I cracked the last lamp, an in
the hullabaloo me an Jim vamoosed.
eWe made tracks for our bosses an
nacgs. an was hittin the San Felipe
road when we ruL 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, the soldier, bein' away
without leave, had to go back sudden.
There shore was some trouble, for
Tim ar me heard shootin'. Gale
said ha had no money, no friends, was
str.ager in a desert country; an
he was distracted to know how to
helE the girl. So me an Jim started
off with them for San Felipe, got
switched. an then we headed for the
Pip Forlorn."
'Oh, [ think he was perfectly SPLEEN
did, 2, exclaimed the girl. But. Laddy,
YOU haven't told me what he looks
Ike"
At this juncture Dick Gale felt it
absolutely impossible to play the
eavesdropper any longer. Quietly he
rolled out of bed Belongs kindly
interest, Laddys blunt and sincere
cowboy eulogy. the girls sweet eager
ness and praise-tnese warmed Gales
heart. He had fallen among simple
people. into whose lives the advent
of an unknown man was welcome.
He was wild to be one of Belongs
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