Wolfville

ll right. That is, they prospers all bu

was full of an idle interest and disposed to go f

mply barkin' at a knot. But, however that is, Dave don't seem to gain no comfort of it at the time. I can see myse'f she gets Dave plumb treed an' out on a l

with me. But nevertheless, in an onpresoomin', lowly way, I gives it as my meager jedgement, an' I gives it cold, as how a jealous woman is worse than t'rant'le

mp all spraddled out. Tucson Jennie an' Dave's been wedded goin' on six months. The camp, as I relates, attends the nuptials i

olfville an' the social features of the camp, we allers mentions Tutt an'

Rucker that she's done lived with Dave all she aims to, an' has shore pulled her picket pin for good. She puts it up Dave is a base, deceitful sharp that a-wa

ves it to you entire to say how much Tucson Jennie is jestified. I know

thar's an English outfit allowin' they'll go along some, to see where they've been stackin' in heavy on some ranch lands. They was eager for Dave an' me to trail along with 'em, an'

alone that a-way. They would shore miss the way if they does; an' the first we-alls knows, these yere Britons would be runnin' cimmaron in the

out for the hills. They've got ponies, an' wagons, an' camp- outfit to t

huck pendin' the start, Tucson Jennie is thar sayin' 'goodby' to Dave. I notes then

ghter of one of 'em. Which thar's nothin' recent about this yere lady, though; an' I reckons she's mighty likely f

Dave over this yere towerist woman. I'm nacherally slow to go decidin' bets ag'in a lady's looks, but whatever Tucson Jennie sees in the appearan

ds as how Tucson Jennie is cuttin' the kyards with herse'f desp'rate to see whether she declar's war at the very time we ma

ent an' is shorely havin' a high an' lavish time. Dave an' me ain't payin' no attention to 'em speshul, as we

valley from us. They's all serene an' peaceful enough; with squaws, pap

; he's that loaded with cur'osity, an' that gregar'ous an' amiable, he has to go foolin' 'round every stranger lie tracks up with. In their ign'rance they even get

ners is over after 'em; ropin' at em' with questions an' invadin' of 'em, an' examinin' of

ikely; but it ain't a day when one of them Injuns settles it with himse'f he wants to wed her. The t

d ride that day. Which the first thing we lays eyes on at the camp shorely livens us up a

says Dave, for we allows, the first dash oute

long an' delighted story about

hem gen'rous savages leads up these

p the nine ponies all respectful, an' leaves 'em hobbled out, mebby it's a hundred yards from the Britons, an' rides away. The Britons, deem

rist one side, 'I ain't aimin' to discourage you none, bu

anglement is it?'

to him easy, 'nothin', only you've done ma

ld himse'f. But he reorganizes, an' Dave explains that the Injuns, when they trails in with the poni

morrow, now, this yere buck, whoever he is, will come surgin' in with his relations plumb down to third

rist. He allows we must keep it from his daughter; an' then he puts

in the night?'says the tower

the draw, an' we never gets by once in a thousand times. No,' goes on Dave, 'one sho

' which he done goes into so inadvertent; an' if thar's a chance to

buck that a-way, an' tell him the squaw's got a buck now. Tell him he's barred. Which at this p'int in your revelations he's due to

hem Injuns alone-, or even if they disdains the ponies when they was brought up, this yere could be fix

to coyotes an' jack-rabbits. All that's left for me to do is trail out after my savage, as

l about it, an' displays a mighty baleful sperit. Jest as Tutt allows he's out to shoot for the squaw in

we be four days from Wolfville, an' the Injuns-an' I reckons th

't onfold to the towerists the details of the deal, not even to the Injun's father-in-law. The towerist female is that ign'rant of what's going' on, she's pesterin' 'round all onconscious, makin' bakin'-powder biscu

The rest of his trousseau he confines to his Winchester an' belt. He's on his war- pony, an' the bronco's stripped as bare as this Black Dog is; not a strap from muzzle to tai

eps his hoss between him an' this yere Black Dog. It's a play which forces the bridegroom'

sailin' 'round Dave like a hawk. Durin' them exercises he lays over on the sho

njuns can't shoot nohow. They don't savey a hind sight. An', as I remarks, if Dave's hit any, it's

an' the deal comes to a full stop. Dave's shootin' a Sharp's, with a hundred an' twenty grains of powder, an' the way he sends a bullet plumb throu

is the object of the meetin', don't seem informed none of the course of events. The fact is

't makin' a moan or a move. They takes it plenty solemn an' mute, an' goes to layin' out the Black Dog's obsequies without no more notice of us. It's a

'gests to me that it's likely to be a he

in' to have time to eddicate Jennie to a proper view of this ye

ry. Them towerists is plumb weary of Arizona when we trails into Wolfv

of them designs of the Black Dog, 'an' they'll be 'way yonder out of th

some more as her preserver, that brings the news to Jennie. Tucson Jennie gets this missive, an' ups an' rifles an' reads it to herse'f a whole lot

s the story in an ho

of course, no one's

nresponsible, for one

ly to stand any cond

moccasin,' says Dave, while he's recover

ybody looks pensive an' sincere that a-way, so's

p?' asks Dave, appealin' to Enright mighty wretc

Missis Rucker's a female, an' is shorely due to know what kyards to draw. But this oug

Them Injuns has us treed. It's a case of fight o

don't know but she deplores the deal complete. Peets, an' me, an' Boggs, an' all the rest of us is your friends, an' nacherally partial on your side. We-alls figgers you means well. But what I says is this: It ain't no s'prisin' thing when Tucson Jennie

dlong way he goes after this yere Black Dog, settin' of the war-jig the next sun-up, an' all without even sayin' "Let me look at your hand," to this female, jestifies them inferences of yours. Of course I

ted. I But I ain't been wedded long-ain't more'n what you might call an amature husband. What you-alls oughter do now is he'p m

ve gets his chile con carne at the O. K. House, and the party from the States takes to reprovin' of Missis Ruc

us tenderfoot, 'till thar's nothin' left in the box but beans,

'm dead ag'in beans; an' you can gamble I ain't ou

e sorter dictates at the tenderfoot with his gun, an' the tenderfoo

ave's got a good heart

on J

ritish woman,' says Tucson Jennie, grittin' her teet

ove to this yere woma

call makin' love? He never downs no Injuns for me, an' I'm his lawful wife.' An' yere Missis Rucker allows, when she rep

ht. 'Dave,' he goes on, turnin' to Tutt some fier

s, lookin' red an' truculent, 'th

ar' the deal with Dave's wife. We-alls, calls for drinks all 'round, an'

to have a layout. If you-alls cares to go over to the New York Store, I allows I'll pla

about us. Dave gets a shawl an' a dress; nothin' gaudy; it's a plain red an' yaller. Missis Rucker packs

the raiment, an' realizes how Dave loves her, that settles it. Her heart melts right thar. She ain't sayi

ut don't trust himse'f with no remarks. He gives our paws a squeeze like he knows he

pulls his freight, 'but Tutt oughter remember yereafter, before he goes mixin' himse'f