Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-23

a lingering respect for their viscera
Kai, Flavio!"
Bare feet battered down the hall from
the interior of the hacienda. An
Castilian blood mingling with the Aztec
to arch the bridge of his nose. ap-
peared in the doorway, looked and dis
appeared Immediately. Presently, he
returned with full bottle, an old silver
bucket filled with ice. a bottle of soda
and another glass, box of cigars. The
visitor laughed pleasantly
"Flavio requires no orders when he
sees me on the premises, Jimmy. Any
time I stop here he knows I've ridden
a hard 90 miles and am tired and
thirsty and need a generous pick up"
He knows the capacity of Ken
Hobart, at any rate" Don Jaime
reused and poured peg for his guest
then helped himself to one. Indeed
Ken" he assured Hobart, you are
doubly welcome, because you spare me
the unspeakable depravity of drinking
alone-No, don't worry about the horse
and your bath will be ready in an hour.
What brings you here?"
"a desire to be neighborly and to
offer a slight return for your many
evidences of princely hospitality-that
and natural desire to enjoy it again
Since when did you go into the sheep
business. Jimmy?"
Don james dark eyes opened widely
and @the hint of an ever-ready smile
faded from his handsome features,
leaving them unbelieably stern.
"Where?" he demanded.
about 10 miles south of here. ]
came across country from San Ysidro
and bumped into them on your range.
About 10000 of them, 1 should say,
although I'm no judge of sheep in
quantity There was camp in a
cottonwood grove in little green valley
some 2 miles farther on. Two men
came out and looked at me as If !
wouldn't be welcome. SO I rode on. l
judged the sheep might not be yours.
The brand is Circle A."
'"Tom Antrim's outfit. Well, II he's
only 10 miles from here he's trespassing
on my range. Thanks for the in
| formation, Ken. Feed is pretty scarce
| to the east of me and I suppose Tom
Antrim got desperate. Yes, you have
uses, gringo."
eff you care to run into Los Algidones
and swear to a warrant charging him
and John Doe and Richard Roe and
James Black and Thomas Green and
say a dozen other off-color gents with
trespassing, I'll pick those boys up and
lodge them in the juzgado; then you
and your boys can run the sheep on
in peace.
4 don't want to run them off In
peace. Ken" Don Jaime replied
ianguidly. 1--WE done that before and
it doesn't work. They always come
back Sure you haven't got some other
work to do tomorrow"
Now. look here, Jimmy" the ranger
protested, you listen to me. Tom
Antrim's there to stay. So I'm going
to hang around the neighbirhood. He's
got 20 herders with him and noticed
they all carried rifles. Well, here's
mud in your eye"
They drank to each other "a mans
house is his CASTLE" said Don Jaime
contemplatively land presume that
principle applies to the lands contiguous
thereto. One has q right to defend his
castle from unwarranted trespass, and
I'm here to tell you, old kneed, am
very weary of this Tom Antrim and
his sheeps-I mean sheep. Will never
get over the habit of slipping on my
plurals, like any Mexican! Three weeks
age. the sheriff of this county arrested
Tom Antrim and held him and his men
long enough TO permit me to drive his
sheep OF my range: and before called
| the sheriff in talked with Tom Antrim
I told him he must not come back
again, because eef-I mean if-he did,
here Don Jaime shrugged eloquent
shoulders-"well, would not bother
the sheriff to fight for my rights for
me. No, by Santa Maria Ia Purisima
| It is in the blood of the Higuenes
family to fight their own fights"
Eyes, and enjoy them, too"
eve fight in the open," Don Jaime
assured him.
st never said you had any Indian
blood in your veins, did -"
Don Jaime laughed. 1T must have