The Lamar register., 1923-04-25

done | went around pOkin my nose
heah an there, tryin' to get scent of
thet money An | happened in at n
hall we hev thet does duty fer Jail
an hospital an election-pOst an what
not Wal just then 1t was doin' duty
rs hospital. Last night was fiesta
nlght-these Greasers 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 was
about to get started up this way when
Pat Have come in.
Pat he's the sheriff. He come into
the hall an he was roarin' about
things lie was goin' to arrest Danny
Mains on sight. Wal, / Jest polite-like
told Pat tibet the money was mine an
he needn't get riled about IT, An
II wanted to trail the thief reckon
I could do 1t as well as anybody
"Then he cooled down bit an was
askin' questions about the wounded
Greaser when Gene Stewart comes in.
Whenever Pat an Gene come together
il reminds me Of the early days back
in the seventies. Jest naturally ev-
erybody shut up. Fer Pat hates Gene,
an | reckon Gene amt very sweet on
Pat.
"'Hello Stewart You're the feller
I'm look;n fer said Pat. There was
some queer goings-nn last night thet
you know somethin' about. Danny
Mains robbed-Stlllwelrs money gone
your roam horse gone-an this
Greaser gone. too. Now, seeIn' thet
YOU was up late an prowlin' round
the station where this Greaser was
found. It aln't unreasonable to think
you might know how he got plugged
is itr
Stewart laughed kind Of cold, an
he rolled cigarette. all the time eyein'
Pat, an then he said If he'd plugged
bunglin' job.
81 can arrest you on suspicion,
Stewart, but before I go thet far
want some evidence. l want to find
out what's become OF your hoss. You've
never lent him since you he'd him, an
there ain't enough raiders across the
border to steal him from you. It's got
queer loOk-thet hoss beln' gone.
You was drunk last nightr
Stewart never batted an eye.
"'You met some woman on Number
Eight, didn't your shouted Have.
81 met lady, replied Stewart,
luiet an menacin' like.
''You met Al Hammond's sister. an
you took her up to kingsley's. An
cinch this, my cowboy cavalier. I'm
gOin' up there an ask this grand dame
some questions, an II she's as close
nouthed as you are I'll arrest herr
Gene Stewart turned white. | fer
one expected to see him jump like
lightnin.' as he does when he's riled
sudden. But he was calm an he was
thinkin' hard. Presently he said:
"'Pat, thet's u fool ldee. an II you
do the trick it'll hurt you all the rest
of your life. There's absolutely no rea-
son to frighten Miss Hammond. An
tryln' to arrest her would be such Il
id outrage as won't be stood fer In
FL CajOn. If you're sore on me send
me to jail. I'll go. II you want to
hurt AL Hammond, go an do 1t some
man kind of way. Don't take your
spite out on US by insultin' lady who
has come hyar to hev little visit.
We're bad enough without bein' low
down as Greasers.'
II: waJ long talk for Gene. an
was as surprised as the rest of the fel-
lers. 1t was plain to me an others
who spoke of II afterward thet Pat
Have he'd forgotten the law an the
officer In the man an his hate.
I'm a-goin', an I'm a-goin' right
nowr he shouted.
Stewart seemed kind of chokin',
an he seemed to hev been bewildered
by the idee of Hawe's confrontin' you.
An finally he burst out: But,
man, think who 1t is! It's Miss Ham
mond! If you seen her. even II you
was lOcoed or drunk, you-you couldn't
do it
"'Couldn't II Wal, I'll show you
d-n quick. What do I care who she
Is? Them swell eastern women-Tve
4.