The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-03-23

Here comes Nell now"
Dicks tingling ears took in the pat
tering Of light footsteps, the rush Of
someone running.
"Hera you are" cried q sweet. hap
py voice. dad, the senorita is per-
rectiy lovely. I've been peeping at
her. She sleeps like-llke death.
She's so white. Oh, hope she won't
be Ill. How strange and sad, that
about her! Tell me more, Laddy.
You promised. I'm dying to- know.
Didn't you say the senorita had
sweetheart"
ashore / did"
els he the young man who came
with your"
"Nope. That fellows the one who
saved the girl from Rojas."
"Ahi Where is he, Laddyr
Hes In there asleep"
"Is he-nice, LaddyT
"Shore."
"What Is he liker'
"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 nightf
'Tll shore have to tell you. Me an
Jim was watehin' 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 billiard hall,
saloon, restaurant, an the like. An
Il was full Of Greasers. Some OF
Campo's rebels were there drinkin' an
playin' games. Then pretty soon In
come Rojas with some Of his outfit.
They were packin' guns an kept to
themselves Off to one side.
"a little while afterward I seen a
fellow standin' In the restaurant
door He was young American
dressed in corduroys an boets, like a
prospector. He looked round the sa-
loon, an when he spotted Rojas ne
sorta jerked up. Then he pulled his
slouch hat lopsided an began to stag
ger down, down the steps. First on i
made shore he was drunk. But l re
membered he. didn't seem drunk be-
fore. II was some queer. SO
watched that young man.
sHe 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. BE came
round our way, an all Of sudden he
seen us cowboys. He gave another
start like the one when he first seen
Rojas. then he made for US. tipped
Jim off that somethin' was doin'.
Then this queer young man shot some
cool, polite words at me an Jir1. :.
"He was only bluffln' at bsin' drunk
he meant to rush RoJas, to start a
rough house. The bandit was after a
girl. This girl was in the hotel, an
she 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 a hint Of our bein'
Americans-that 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
6geer out what he meant BY rush an
rough house he had knocked over q
table an crowded some Greaser halt
of the map. Then, Quicker'n I 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
fipgered 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'
"I 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 could get the room
dark. Bein' shore busy, I lost sigh
of the young fellow for second OF
go, an when / got an eye free for hin
seen Greaser about to knife him
Think was considerate Of thu
Greaser by only shootin' his arm of
Then cracked the last lamp, an II
| the hullabaloo me an Jim vamoosed
.we made tracks for oup hosses an
packs, an was hittin' the San Felipe
road when we run right plumb int
the young man. WELL, he said hii
name was Gale--Dick Gale. The CIR
was with him safe an well; but bel
sweetheart. the soldier. bein' ava,
without leave. had to 20 back sudden
| There shore was some trouble, fol
| Jim an me heard shootin'. Gall
said he had no money, no friends wal
Ia stranger in desert country; an
| he va distracted 70 know how \