Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-05-05

/ young man anu Iue girl VIII DC
starved. I'll go in now. If Nell hap.
pens around don't-dont fatter her
Laddy, like you did at dinner. Don't
make her think of her looks"
Dick heard Mrs. Beldlng walk
away.
"Shore she's powerful particular
about that girl" observed Laddy.
"Say, Tom, Nell knows she's pretty,
doesn't she"
"She's liable to find 1t out unless
you shut up, Laddy. When you Wis
tied us out here some weeks ago, you
/ kept paying cowboy compliments to
! her"
SAN it's your idea that cowboy
compliments are plumb bad for girlsT
Downright bad, Laddy, so my wife
says"
'Tll be darned If l believe any girl
can be hurt by a little sweet talk.
I 1t pleases 'em. :"
"Chop it," interrupted Bedding.
"Here comes Nell now"
Dicks tingling ears took in the pat
tering of light footsteps, the rush of
someone running.
Here you are" cried a sweet, hap
py voice. dad, the senorita is per
rectly lovely. I've been peeping at
her. She sleeps llke-like 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 1 did"
as he the young man who came
with your
"Nope. That fellows the one who
saved the girl from Rojas."
"Ahl Where is he, Laddy2"
Hes in there asleep"
as he-nice, LaddyT
"Shore."
"What is he likeT
"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 boss"
wonderful Laddy, what on
earth did this stranger do to win you
cowboys in just one nightY
"Tll 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 while
back. This Del Sol is billiard hall,
saloon, restaurant, an the like. An
It was full Of Greasers. Some of
Campos 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 l seen a
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 he pulled his
SLOUGH hat lopsided an began to stag
ger down. down the steps First of
made shore he was drunk. But re-
membered he didn't seem drunk be-
fore. It was some queer SO
watched that young man.
'He reeled around the room like
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. DE
got some pretty hard looks. He came
round our way, an all of a sudden he
seen us cowboys. lie gave another
start. like the one when he first seen
Roias. then he made for us. tipped
Tim off that somethin' was dom.
Then this queer young man shot some
cool. polite words at me an Jim.
ale was only blufin' 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 a soldier,
the Young fellows friend. The hotel
was watched by Rojas' guards, an the
nlan was to make a fuss an get the
girl away in the excitement. Well,
Tim an me got a hint Of our bein
Americans 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
agper out what he meant by rush an
rough house he had knocked over a
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 J
I figgered then what rush meant.
The young fellow came up out of the
bile with Rojss, 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 rollln'.