The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-03-24

A Sabbath Calm Lay Upon the
Hacienda of Don Miguel Higuenes.
cartridge belt, with two pistols. and
hung his armament on one of row
of huge spikes driven into the adobe
wall of the house. Quietly he drew
another chair alongside Don Jaime,
and disposed his tired body in it.
Don Jaime murmured. without
troubling to open his eyes. "Who the
devil are you?"
"Wake up. you lazy greaser, and
see," the visitor retorted.
when you speak in your naturally
loud, vulgar and irreverent tone of
voice | recognize you. do not have
| to look" Don jaime spoke perfect
English, but the faintest clipped ac-
| cent denoted it was not his mother
tongue. He added in Spanish: "Wel-
come to my poor house. 1t is yours,
| gringo."
81 don't want your poor house. All
desire is accommodation and food
| for my horse and myself until morn
| ing and"
"Thou graceless one!" Don Jaime
murmured drowsily but without Of
Tense. "But what else can one expect
of Texan-and particularly Texas
ranger2 But what brings you here.
my friend?"
"a desire to be neighborly and TO
offer slight return for your many
evidences of princely hospitality
that and a 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 fea.
| lures, leaving them unbelievably
| stern. "Where?' he demanded.
| 'About ten miles south of here. 1
came across country from San Ysidro
and bumped into them on your range.
| About forty thousand of them, l
should say, although I'm no Judge of
sheep in quantity. The brand is
| Circle A."
"Tom Antrim's outfit. Well, If he's
only ten miles from here he's tres
| passing on my range. Thanks for the
| information. Ken. Feet is pretty
scarce to the east of me and 4 suppose
Tom Antrim got desperate. Yes. you
have your uses, gringo."
I, IF you care to run into Los Algo-
dones and swear to a warrant charg.
ing him and John Doe and Richard
| Roe and James Black and Thomas
Green and say dozen other off color
gents with trespassing, I'll pick those
| boys up and lodge them in the juz-
gado; then you and your boys can
/ run the sheep off In peace"
| 81 don't want to run them off in
| peace. Ken" Don Jaime replied IAN
| guidly. 'I've done that before and
it doesn't work They always come
back. Sure you haven't got some
other work to do tomorrow"
snow, look here, Jimmy" the ran
ger protested. you listen to me- Tom
Antrim's there TO stay. So I'm going
to hang around the neighborhood.
He's got twenty herders with him
and | noticed they all carried rifles
"A mans house is his CASTLE" said
Don Jaime contemplatively, land !
presume that principle applies to the
lands contiguous thereto One has a
right to defend his castle from un-
warranted trespass, and I'm here to
tell you. old keed. | am very weary
of Tom Antrim and his sheeps-I
mean sheep. On it, will never get
over the habit of slipping on my plu.
rails. like any Mexicanl Three weeks
ago the sheriff of this county arrested
Tom Antrim and held him and his
men long enough to permit me to
drive his sheep off my range; and be-
fore l called the sheriff in l talked
with Tom Antrim. told him he must
not come back again, because eef-l
mean ff-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 La Purisima 1t Is In the blood
of the Higuenes family to fight their
own fights"
The ranger protested again. 81
heard all about the famous def OF
yours to old Antrim. and | happen to
know the old skunk don't take orders
worth a cent Yet, he knows you
mean business. That's why bis men