Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-06-20


''Wal, when arrived with the cat
tie was some put to it to make ends
meet. An today wasn't in no angelic
humor. When 1 he'd my business all
done / went around pokin' my nose
heah an there, tryin' to get scent of
tibet money. An I happened in at a
hall we hev tibet does duty fer 1ail
an hospital an election-post an what
not. Wal, just then it was DOM duty
as a hospital. Last night was fiesta
night-these Greasers hev 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. He was goin' to arrest Danny
Mains on sight. Wal, l jest polite-like
told Pat tibet the money was mine an
he needn't get riled about it. An
If l wanted to trail the thief l reckon
1 could do it as well as 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
1t 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 Teller
I'm lookin' fer said Pat. There was
some queer goings-on last night tibet
you know somethin' about. Danny
Mains robbed-Stillwell' money gone
your roam horse gone-an' this
Greaser gone, too. Now, SEEM tibet
you was up late an prowlin' round
the station where this Greaser was
found, it amt unreasonable to think
you might know how he got plugged
lis itY
Stewart laughed kind Of cold, an
he rolled a cigarette, all the time eyein'
Pat, an then he said If he'd plugged
the Greaser it'd never hev been SIGH a
bunglin' job.
can arrest you on suspicion,
Stewart, but before I go tibet far
want some evidence. l want to find
out what's become Of your boss. You've
never lent him since you he'd him, an
fhnrn q fopA ,1erh I,n
border to steal him from you. It's got
queer look-thet boss bein' gone
You was drunk last nightY
Stewart never batted an eye.
You met some woman On Number
Eight, didn't you? shouted Have.
81 met a lady, replied Stewart
quiet 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 If she's as close
mouthed as you are I'll arrest herr
Scene 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 fool idee, an If 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
tryin' to arrest her would be such a
id outrage as won't be stood fer In
Ell Cajon. If you're sore on me send
me to jail. I'll go. If you want to
hurt Al Hammond, go an 60 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.'
at was long talk for Gene, an I
was as surprised as the rest Of the fell
lerS. 1t was plain to me an others
who spoke Of 1t afterward tibet Pat
Have he'd forgotten the law an the
officer in the man an his hate.
Sim a-goin', an I'm a-goin' right
nowP 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 it is! It's Miss Ham
mond! If you seen her, even If you
was locoed or drunk, you-you couldn't
do it.
Couldn't I? Wal, I'll show you
On quick. What do care who she
Is? Them swell eastern women-Tve
heerd Of them. They're not so much.
This Hammond woman
Suddenly Have shut up, an with
his red mug turnin' green he went for
his gun"
! Stillwell paused In his narrative to
get breath, and he wiped his moist
brow. And now his face began to lose
its cragginess. 1t changed, 1t sof1ened,
1t rippled and wrinkled, and all that
| strange mobility focused and shone in