HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1911-01-19, Page 7A Romance of Arizona
Novelized Prom Edmund Day's Melodrama
By JOHN MURRAY and MILLS MILLER
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nir was pungent with Oder of pOWder
I smoke. Terrill roiled over on, his tittle,
trembled convnIsiVely and (Ad. Ile
lied paid the penalty for a moment'$
incliseretion with his life
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urprise. "Well, you dld jes' hit It,
shore etiogb. 1 believe ye!' half
gypsy instid ie half tijun, des' like.
yer 1 stotal pat an four o' a
kind when you had aces full au'
thro‘elte down yer eshrils 'fore. 1 eu'd
git even with yea How do you do it,
Buck?"
McKee gave a smile, of cunning, in-
scrutable superiority. "Oh, it's jos' a
power I have, 'Keen Flabby,' as the
greasers say—I'm keen. on the know
how, Why, I kin tell you more about
the money. It's fer Jack Payson"—
"Nov, there's whar yer may off as
cleervoyant, Buck," said Terrill tri-
umphantly. "You guessed. onget too
often. The three thousan' is county
money, consigned to Sheriff Hoover.
Jack Payson has jes' lei' with a pack-
age from' K. C„ but it wasn't money.
It was .a purty gilt chair-ra weddin'
present fer the gal he's goin' to
marry."
At that moment the sounder of the
telegraph began clicking the call of
the station. Terrill whirled about hi
his swivel chair and faced the table.
McKee stood close behind hint. HIS
lips twitched nervously. His eyes nar-
rowed as he watched every movement
of the agent's big shoulders as he op-
erated the key. At the same time the
half breed drew hiS revolver and cov-
eredthe back a Terrill's head.
The agent completed his message
and turned to continue his interrupted
conversation. He 'found himself gaz-
ing into the muzzle of a 44—big„it
seemed, as a thirteen inch gun. "Wily•
—what?" he stammered.
"I'm actin' jes' now as Slim's. dep-
pity," said McKee. "UnIfutton an'
halt' that money over."
Once having his victim in his power,
all the innate cruelty of the' Indian
•• blood of his maternal ancestors flash-
ed to the surface. Terrill was at bis
mercy. For one, desperate moment he
i 7 would play with him, even torture him
as his forefathers' had Once made mis-
erable the last nadments Of a captive.
He knew that unless' he silenced Ter-
rill his life must pay the forfeit.
Death was the penalty of 'detection.
The arm of the express company was
long. • Ultimate capture was certain.
posit vault his inside waistcoat pocket
the lock upon which was a huge safety
pin. For further defense he carried 0
revolver, loosely hung at his hip and
' easily reached. His quickness on tht
draw in the hour of need and his tic.
curacy ef aim made him a fermidablt
antagonist.
Some men are born into the world
to become its watchdogs, others tO
become its wolves, The presence of
,human wolf is, as it were, scented bi
the human watchdog even when ti'
dog lei asleep, hicK.ee was known in
stinctively es a man -wolf to the bora
guardians of society. Slim Hoovet
himself a high type of the man mas
tiff, used to •say of the half breed
"I can smell that b'ar grease he slick
his hair with: Agin the wind, He ma:
be out o' sight an' out o' mind, whet
somethin' tells me 'McKee's around
Then I smell b'ar grease, an the, nes
thing Bucky shows up with his in
• grasheatin' grin. It's alluz 'greas
before meet,' as the sky pilot Wont
•say."
"Ole Man" Terrill was of the watcb
'dog breed: Whether warned by th
instinct of his kind or wakened b,
the scent,of McKee's bear grease, h
•suddenly opened his eyes. Like a;
•men accustomed to emergencies, h
•was instantly in full possession of hi
•
2'wo men in single Lite, each leading •el
harm
wits, yet he pretended to be slightly
, ..confused in order to get a grasp upon
the situation before greeting his vile
itor.
"Howdy, Buck?" he- said, adjusting
,his revolver, as he swung half round
'In his chair that he might reach bit
weapon more readily in an emergency.
"Bustin' or busted?"
"Well, I'm about even with the
game," replied McKee, pulling !tote
his pocket a bag of tobacco and ps
, pers and deftly rolling a butterfly eigtt.
rette. "Goin' to shake it before I lose
my pile. It's me fer the Lazy K.
Dropped in to. say goodby.!
Terrill, who had recently had an
expensive seance with McKee at
poker, remonstrated.
"You ought to give me another
chance at you, Buck. Yer goin' away
with too. much o' my money."
"Well, ole man, I'm likely to rob
you uv a lot more ef you haln't keer-
ful," answered McKee.
"You can't jest yit awhile," said Ter -
till, "Dead broke,"
• "kw, come oll1 Everybody knows
yer a welkin' bank. Bet you got three
thousan' in that inside pocket uv
• yonrn this minute."
Terrill started at McKee's naming
•the exact Amount he Was carrying. Ho
• forgot his customary caution In his
McKee u1ekly unfastened the pin
and seized the roll. of bills. Skimming
stlitZ11. the PeeigeP' be mailed with
satisfaction to see that the most of it
was le smell bills and none of thent
Carefully avoiding the fast forming
pool of blood which was oozing from
the hole In the dead man's head, he
hurried to the door. ,
A glance showed him the coast was
clear. Running across the tracks, he
joined Lane, who was waiting or him
behind the freight car with impatience,
• Gazing Dite Uw mitzzli,of
Pursued out of Arizona bYthe sheriff,
he would be trailed through every
camp andtown in the far west.
With an oath, Terrill tried to rise and
face his antagonist, ,reaching for his
revolver as he did so. The butt of his
weapon had caught in the arm of* his
chair, hampering his Movements.
McKee threw him roughly back into
tbe chair.
"Throw up yer han'sl" he cried.
"Don't try that!"
Up went Terrill's hands high over
his head. He faced the open window.
Not a sign of help was in sight
Quickly the agent turned over in his
tnitid various schemes to foil McKee,•
who now stood behind him with the
muzzle of his ,revolver pressing into
the middle of his back.' Each was re-
jected before half conceived.
McKee laughed sneeringly, saying,
"You oughtn't to be so keerless ts
show whar you cache yer roll."
Terrill made no reply. His hope of
escape was slowly fading.
McKee had reached his left hand
over his prisoner's shoulder to disarm
Terrill, who Moved slightly away from
him, drawing in his feet as he did so.
One chance had come t� him. He
knew that if he failed death was cer-
tain, yet he determined to take the
risk in order to retrieve the slip he had
made in admitting that he had money
in his possessiOn to a gambling crony,
and so to keep clean his record for
trustiness, a which he was so proud.
This last desperate resource was an
• old wrestler's trick—one with which he
had conquered others in the rough'
was shattered by the wlld "y py •
a band of cowboys riding up the trail.
Uevolver shots punctuated their shrill
cries.
oug drives or in the corral, be sehooled
tintseif to face emergencies. Aequir-
ng self control, he was Wasted Lute
admired. Men Lyman. the •old fere.
Ilan of the Sweetwater. resigned, iTee4
Payson promoted Sagebrush, although
next to Bud Lane he was at the time
the youngest marl in the outlit. He
made his employer's interests bis owli..e
At the mentiou of PaYSOn's name be al-
ways became attentive. With a shade
of anxiety he awaited Allen's answer.
"No," replied the ranchman, looking
from one of his guests to the other.
"Wjiy, he started three hours ahead
of usi" explained Parenthesis
With a Challenging note in his tones,
as if his word was disputed, the host
answered, "Well, he ain't showed up,"
The little group had become silent.
Arizona was in a period of unrest.
'tumors of another Apache uprising
were growing stronger each day, Then
Payson was successful and therefore
despised by less fortunate. men . ever
eager for a quarrel.
After a moment's thought Sage -
"What's
the news?" she asked se
she slowly straightened out her fin-
gers one by one.
"There's been a Willa' over Fier -
mice way," announced the sheriff, put.
ting on his hat and becoming an offi-
cer of the law with duty to perform.
"Who is the misfortunate?" asked
Sagebrush as they gathered about
Hoover and listened intently.
Murder in Arizona was a serious
matter until punishment was meted
out to the slayer or he was freed by
his fellow citizens. Far from courts
of justice and surrounded by men to
whom death was often merely an in-
cident in a career of crime, the' set-
tlers were forced to depend upon
themselves to keep peace on the bor-
der, They acted quickly, but never
hastily. Judgment followed quickly
on conviction. Their views were
broad, and rarely were their decisions
" 'Ole Man' Terrill," ' replied the
sheriff. "Happened about 10 this
him alono
Allen bouuded front his chair, shalt'
Mg himself like a terrier. This riotous
sound, was the music be longed to hear.
When the staccato beate o the po-
nies' hoofs ceased' he shouted: "Conte
on, boys. Mahe this your home.Every-
thing goes, and tile Sweetwater outfit
is always welcome."
The foreman was the first to pull up
in front of the house. "Hello, 'Uncle
Jim:" be cried.
• "Hello, Sagebrush:" answered the
eelouel, a broad smile illuminating his
face. Holding his pipe in one band, he
lieked his lips at the thought of 'flick.,
eriug up" without the invention of an
excuse for his wife. Then he joined in
a hearty laugh with the men about the
corral as he heard the grunts and
stamping of a plunging mustang. A
cow pony had mitered into the spirit of
the occasion and was trying to toss his
rider over his bead.
Fresno, one of the Sweetwater's
eowpunchers, was the victim of the
horse's deviltry.
His predicament aroused wild shouts
of mirth and sallies of the wit of the
corral. ••
"Hunt leather, Fresno, or he'll buck
you clean over the wall!" shouted
Sagebrush.
"Grab his tail!" yelled Show Love,
with tt whoop.
"All over," was the chorus as Fres-
no, with a vicious jab of his spurs and
a jerk of the head, brought the ani-
mal into subjection.
"Come right in, boys," called Allen.
"Let the greasers take the horses."
With shrill shouts, whoops and much
laughter the guests crowded about
the ranchman.
Each wore his holiday clothes. New
handkerchiefs were knotted about
their necks. Fresno had stuck little
American flags in the band of his hat,
the crown of which be had removed.
"I want head room for the morniu'
after," be had said.
There was a muffled report. Show Low's chaps were conspic-
In silence they mounted their horses. uously new, and his movements were
heralded by the cracking of unsoften-
ed leather.
Last of the band was Parenthesis,
short, bowlegged, with a face tanned
For a short distance McKee led the
way upon the railroad track in order
to leave no hoofprints and then struck
Across the desert toward the hills in
the south. . and seamed bY exposure. The cow -
"Why did you shoot?" gasped Lane. boys ran stiffly, toeing slightly inward.
"He drew on me," snarled McKee. Long hours in the saddle made them
"It.wasn't Dick's money, but you'll get apparently awkward and really un -
half. Shut up." graceful when on the ground.
The burning sun rose higher and They greeted Allen with hearty en -
higher. The buzzard dropped lower in thusiasm, •slapping him on the' hack,
the sky. The silence of death brooded poking him in the ribs and swinging
over the railroad station. him from one to the other 'with cries
, of "Howdy, Uncle Jim?"
CHAPTER V. "Howdy, Sagebrush? Hello, Fresno!
Waltz right in, Show Low. Glad to
uNKNOWN to Bud Lane and
see you all I' cried Allen as be in turn
Buck McKee, who were rioting brought his hand down with ringing
In Florence, Jack Payson had
hurried up the wedding. Colo- slaps upon shoulder and back.
nel Jilli had wheedled Josephine into Meantime Parenthesis hopped about
consenting that it should take place •the outer edge of the -ring, seeking an
two months ahead of the time that had entrance. Failing to reach. his host,
he crowed, "How de doddle dol" to at -
been fixed. "April is the month fer tract bis attention.
flowers, Josie, an' we'll let you weep
- • Allen broke from the ring. Grasping
all you please."
Two weeks' notice, however, gave ,P,...a, renthesis by the hand, he said:
lin-I. m tolerable, thankee, Parenthesis.
scant time for preparation for the i
portant. ceremony •that Mrs. Allen Where's Jack? Didn't he come over
with you?"
deemed necessary. , During thisne-
WSW
— "What—the boss? Aiu't he got here
ried the busiest spot in Arizona
the kitchen of .Allen Hacienda. An yet?" asked the foreman. Tall and
lean, with hardened muscles, Sage -
immense cake, big as a cheese, was ,the crowning effort of JoSephine, who brush Charley was as lithe as a pan -
wept copiously at the thiltught of los- ther on horseback. His first toy had
ibeen a rope with which, as a toddler,
ng her daughter as she measured and
mixed the ingredients. .A. layer of he had practiced on the dogs and
yard. He
frosing an inch in thickness incrusted chickens about the ranch,
OAS- masterpiece of the art Of pastry,
making. Topping the creation were
manikins of a bride and bridegroom.
This climax,of the bridal cake had
been brought up by wagon from Tuc-
son with more caution than if it
were a month's cleanup of it paying
mine. Mrs. Allen permitted no one to
go near the artistic achievement. Oth-
ers might look at it from afar, but at
the slightest movement to get close to
it she would push the observerback
with the warning: "Keep yer dirty
ringers off o' it. 'Taint common icing;
that's 'confectionary."
• Enough chickens to teed a darky
car.tp meeting were killed for the feast.
'Fried, roatted, told or minced as ta-
males, the dishes filled °vette and ta-
bles and overflowed into the spring -
house. Favorite recipes carried across
the plains by the wives of the argo-
nauts 4met in rivalry with the dishes
of the cooks of old Mexico.
'Colonel Allen -wandered aimlessly
tibcelt the ranch 'While the prepara-
tiontt ' for the teast were in progress.
he Women folk drove him froth one
favorlte loafing place to another. His
Advice was Mort:led and his *Wishes
.ade a subject for lest&
• Defiantly he had taken full charge
games of the corral. of the liquid refreshm nts. • A friend-
-. d Eczema
Again Te
erill moved to the right and ly barkeeper in Tucson, acting under
• Mfarther under McKee, who had to ex -
his orders, had shipped to him cast*
of champagne, it barrel of beer And
Ira Both s upright position. Holding his revolver .
tend his arm and body far beytnd an -
• •g • against Terrill handicapped the half., 'ilevie.l.eoniff explain. ''Llter 'the un -
breed in his movements.
With it quick turn Terrill grasped
,Slehee's left arm, jerking it down
sharply on his shoulder.. With his
tight hand he gtasped the back of his
aittagoeist'S neck, pulling his head
tleenitehM and inward, Using , his
shotilder for a fulcrum with a mighty
heave of his legs, and,!haCk he sought
to toss McKee Oer .14 head. , , ;eyes. Shocked, kerprised and 'half
'� surfeited ker ihstaht Wa.4 the bneileer.he pelied"his'ghlt and declared
- eetebby by the ettddeatiess of the at. Immediate war on the "sheep herder
triek that he Mede nO effort t�' eticalie who had put up the job on him." Alo
the clutches or the desperate etpress 'other .stippliel were 6 the kind
agent. taken straight in the keritliWest and,
•
His feet beth lett the doll and h. downed With it hatity gulp.
la the elf Were hie Trivet from the bouse on the dey o.t'
finger Dreeeed the ttiggef' the 'wedding, Ailed took refuge. oh. the
ere wII10,k muffled fil)61t. , piazza, rroni behind, the haeiendel
-4-mezt lat intiaalli at ticiated dreamily oh the Min drenched'
deur, fie 't01) eft
04E4 Pfsedeing for that
:flemarkabite cure of Chronic Eczema
by use of DR. CHASE'S
OINTMENT.
ton could scarcely itnagine a more
•re:vere test of this ointment than the
cure of Mrs. Clark recorded here. Por
tw.mty years she suffered all the tor -
ares of this terrible disease and tried
.8 Nralit the prescriptions of doctor!)
' tad the toires, Commonly reeotnmended.
liticfl Clark, l'etivorth,-(let„
enfitoe,—"My mother lutd .Zet in
',nth logA for about '40 years Paul suf-
area front the drefidfal itching, sting.
ia 8117; ('1'i -Which enti 'lever he
-,teril.ed,„ ;Ate doetored and triva
,.‘eryriiing For It but got po ,'lief
oath i,ht used Er, ClIfOe )8 Ointment
i"lifels wog roi•nrammoird ber
feb..,ol, Elle Jetted that this brought
vend -11.1,1 contteulae, ittt Jinn
ct do not Oink
4 9 4.40 • .111141.. I": horriiile• Ate-
• ease •;vos-,,e ilam she did and nn
r6001 To. lir. (1. 's Ointment as
thorow.l. onte for Enzentft.'''
dmav's Oittfoient, (10 eentti a hex,
t all dealers or Ed roatisoti, Butes & CO
'Tore/Ito. Dr. Chase Recipes sent fit&
Mph?* Of; deltser, Why. 6 Seltzer he
lucky bottle' marred the supper and
nearly_ caused a tragedy. A guest
tube to bee how "the durned thing" Aar, Furs and
picked it Unix& peered ink) the metal. Delta
The strum, strurlz hint fairlu between
the eyes.
could not remember when he could not
(To he Continued),
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Infants and Cliildren-rrxperience against Experiments
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In Use For Over 30 Years.
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