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Show } /:4 :4 4 / : : CARMENoFTHERANC"O CARMENoFTHERANCO CARMENOFT HE RANCHO RANCHOr " ( , n I R t r By FRANK H SPEARMAN @ Fronk Frank H Spo Spea . m.n mn men . WNU Sorv Serv c ce . 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HeI Het He Hehire I t hire bJre hue me to murder decent decentnabie decentable nabie abe ! boys I ) Ice ke the De HarosL Harosh Haros h dont dint don t talk so loud . you old oldlOg oldog oldat Stay overnight ovcrnight and thmk think thmkfiT thinkrir thinkt lOg og ! fiT rir , You ve p eked cked on thp the > only onlyj onlyi I , j < job Jb be ever put on me Henu6 Hen HenAim No effort effortuas effortpuas on my way u u6 Aim I 110 m uas on vailed availed * Bowie shook shook'lib shookwith shookl ; \ ' n-ifll n ifll \\'lib 'lib lib with - Kit and his rus friends and andlIDIed andgnged anduitd lIDIed gnged ( raillery with them buthis butbis but buthis his bis wayefylhing way waytffthing , tffthing rytillng efylhing at 'utter utter gutter ' ' s s Fortled Fortstd Fort Fortd led std < d b h hm m Captain Sutler Sutter had hadged hadged had.id hadid ged . the " , whole hole atmosphere WIth WIthii1I withRn withm ii1I Rn maenetic magnetIc personality When Whenrrsuaded Whennsuaded rsuaded rrsuaded Bowie to remain remam for forl1e forne fora l1e ne with h m it was to be on one onis ones own terms It if Bowie woulde wouldf would e is s e f , air illY any In the end Sutler Sutter namedis namedus namedii named us ii new recru t so liberal hberaI a per perage perige perite age ige on an bis hIs tur fur bus ness that thatz thathimself z . : ( bunself himself insisted on reducingplain reducing reducmg reducingpUB pUB piaU plain ! Sutler Sutter had at his cornI comd cornd com corn d the ( he services of fornier former mls mis mlslad mislid misbdans lad lid ans ins who on the despoilingt despoilinge despoiling e TO m ss 55 ons ens by the freebootIng freebootmgcan freebootIngcan can polit poilt poht cos had found themi themj thems them j s adrift adrIfI and thrown on theIr theIrresources theirresources theirresources resources Some tell fell back mto into mtogery intogory intoenr gery gory ; and p llage lIage imitating theIr theIrtall theircan theiran tall can despo lers Others Othcrs ot of the ther r itripe stripe sought service where wherecould whereeould wherecould could eould many were m in the em emof emof emd of Sutler Sutter These men were wereable wereable wereitle able and \ ' , were ere expert with the theand theand thead and the he ( gun Even Bowie who whoplaced whoplaced whoplaced placed m In sole charge ot of o1 thesers theser5 these r5 rs , , , was often oiten amazed at theIr theirx theirHo x lo o less a source of o ( amaze amazeto to h b hm m although he had hadtit hadht 111 tit himself bunself tarn fam tam I 1 ar with the theJ1 theJr therj J1 Jr was its limitless hrmtless wealth ill in illand inand inand and fur bearing animals ammals Elk Elktd Elked Elkd td ed ( tallow 1\ 1 \ north 1orth worth orth more com corn comally cornally cornally ally than that of cattle Deera Deerspest Deer a spest pest , , , and bears were hunted huntedelr huntedair huntedilr elr air heavy pelagerIvers pelagerivers pelage pelagerivers rivers and the tule beds bedsmed bedsred bedsned med red w th beavers and land ot of otThe ofThe otThe The quant t t es of skins skIDs brought broughtthe the Ind ans aston shed SuttereJ Sutterof Sutler Sutter eJ , of J , and , mth Vlth with every shIpment shIpmentthe shipmentthe the river he depos led ted wIth withan within wIthn an ! n Spear his bts factor at Yerba Yerbai Yerbaa a a sum ot of money for ( or Bowie s st st sI t For to Bowie Sutler Sutter ascrIbed ascrIbednlooked ascribedchoked ascribedolooked nlooked choked for increase IDcrease in m the re refrom refrom refrom from his Ind Iud hid an contingent . , . t 1 ' lively hve1y bvlly frontier atmosphere at attthe attitthe atri-the atri the t\-the t the tit-the tit ) \ - daily excitement owingt oWlDge owinge oWlDg owing e constant succession of stran stranwanderers stranwanderers stranwanderers wanderers and travelers ar arCo arG art Co G , imgly amgly smgly and in ID groups in ID large largelDlaU large'mall largeMall lDlaU 'mall mall ' companies Compames with amazIngj amazingC amazing j C ! ot of hardsh p adventure can con candJscovery condiscovery condiscovery dJscovery discovery treachery starva starvanarkttagedy starvastark starvaslark narkttagedy stark tragedy and even cannia cannin canni n a : - served to keep Bowie sI sI s I ! busy w wth th interest in ID m the thee thege theK ge : e tront front er characters be he en entered entared en"ed ened tered tared " andin and in m their strange taleslerts taleseserts tales arts lerts eserts ! mountains mountams valleys flV riv flVI3aW riveaw nvfflw I3aW eaw and IcethelI icetheir ice icetheir their thelI stories atorles had a common commonIethe commonu commonthe commonFt-ther commonFt ther Ie-the Ie the u - -the the - - r deserts were vast vastmouotams vastmountams vast"tiuntaiin vasttiuntaiin mouotams mountams " towering their vallJke vallike val lJke like paradises paradJses their rIvers rivers1 4 . treacherous andmad and mad to deSome deSome de deSome greatwl Some told ot of trees so great greatrib rib riband listenerd > and so tall that no lIstener listener1 d ! believe his ears others of oflerious ofr1ous ofWQU lerious r1ous ! \ % valleys alleys 1\ 1 \ where 1here here bOltmg boiling boilingT bOltmgt boilingf t f Pished rushed 6vshed hundreds of teet feet into mto mtoaIr intoin aIr in edges"pools edgcsI edgese if and andIce nd ice froze on tly tlje edges edgcs I e "pools pools " r POOls poolsd d " "en en even eves " marvels lo lo"e loe lose " < e their thelI ' thrillI thrillr thrill thrill'the I r 'the the ' the adventure of the chase beI beII be /I I II / " commonplace when at lastea last lastBt k Bowiek = Bt- Bt ea BtFor 1 . - For nearly two years BowIean Bowie entertM entertof an active aclive part of the enter tof IttCaPtainSutter enterIttCaPtainSutter Captain Sutler Sutter Still some some"Ppressed somePpressed I [ someI IUppressed suppressed " but gnawing gnawmg at atUlngi IngS ling atIngS atling lingurged urged him to seek newnew newnew new . new excitement , , to deadene deaden e tense sense lease of loneliness lonehness When When1 Captain Captam WhenCaptam WhenCaptain Sutler Sutter he was lea leav leavthere leav"n leavn v " vthere there was an explosion Buta But ' theailed a lood good natured one and the thefrIends the"M theM " ailed " friends Bowie promised promIsede couldHI couldIt couldn " It n . e lack back backsometIme sometime if t ! he be could couldbIog " 'ling ling bIog ' t the valley w th one pony Worked ponyWorked * rlted South along the SI Siskep Si'Wipng SiWipng , .leep leep skep ' . andsuch SI.leep ng under the stars and and"ch andch " such suchSmall " small necdt needf game as he need necd t f food fooduntil 1 < M Tepi TeDl intil until pass passng ng the Te Tey pi Dl pirange Dltangs ranee range tangs he theSan stopped at the s . learns learnstate San GabrIelonly Gabriel only to learn learn"ate learnate state " betweenn of o1 o ( war existed between between'actions betweenactions " n ' factions ' and that the southde southof south southo of o [ forde the department was for foror torue de deof or the other under arms - ClAPTElt CIAPTEt [ [ [ XU XII XIIe lhad e ( had hadno "o o no " intent mtent on of mix ng Iqu WOAbble w bble 't t ' between 14 la , Mexican Cal CalvWers 14gr gr . . . . fters oni -i i .1-- .1 .1In and on - - - - - - thebaltle thebate bate to avo d the baltle e I 1 In . nes he kept Pt well m in inK,0 inK0 order " to reach San D lant hint ebOlant , to efco ebO elo efcoIh , the stnkethe strikethe Ih " outft outrt ulre there ( ! and stnke strike t1"1'j t11j " " ' . desert " ' ' tor for Texas which which'Sol 1101 'Sol Sol ' n1'501'1 n15011 seen M " tor for years leached beached hed San Diego late at Ite Re atIte atRe C had nart > . _ j-.i j.i j .i i - . . * the 'lie lie ' town Intlnded intended to sleep out ! overn ght nut But to I1gftt fight ad id fall tall fallra ra n had begun to adwhen idwhen there dlere when "en en " he reached the pre jj Ode OdeII odeto Was a u heavy uuavy downpour downpour II ' 0 to the presidio gate I where he w \ was as challenged challcnged by a sen sentry sentry sentry try whom "hom hom " he answered in m good goodSpan Span sh and asked for ( or shelterThe shelterThe shelter shelterThe The sentry called the captain captam of ofthe ofthe ofthe the guard out into mto the rain ram trom from a agame agame agame game of o1 seven upWhether upWhether up upWhether Whether this was unpleasant unplcasant for forthe forthe torthe the captain captam whether the call spolled spoiled spoileda spolleda a v w \ . nnmg nnang streak strcak or whether the thecapta thecapta thecapta capta n had had too much pulque pulqueBow pulqueBow pulqueBow Bow e a never could figure out . . . But Buthe Buthe Buthe he was very brusque He ordered orderedBowie orderedBowie orderedBowie Bowie to dismount , , , ordered ordcred hm hsearched hsearched h m msearched searched and disarmed No answer answerthat answerthat answerthat I that the Texan could make to hIs hIsI hIsmsolent hisinsolent hisinsolent I msolent insolent quest onmg oning , " would ould satisfy satisfyhIm satisfyhim satisfyhim hIm He pronounced Bowie Bov.le Bovle . a spy spyI spyput spyput spyput I put h m under arrest and sent hIm hImto himto himto to the guardhouseThe guardhouseThe guardhouse guardhouseThe The Texan s surprisewas surpnsetwas surprise was equaled equaledby equaledby equaledby by hs h s annoyance and his contempt contemptfor contemptfor contempttor for his captors However he reflect reflected reflected reflected ed that a night rught in the dry guard guardhouse guardhouse guardhouse house would be better than a nightin nightm night m in the rain ram But to find h mself for forthe forthe torthe the first time tune in his California Cahfomia ltfe life ltfewithout lifewithout lifewithout without h s knife knte ! his rus bus revolver or orhIs orhis orhis hIs r rifle le and his rus ammunition was wassomethIng wassomething wassomething somethIng to disturb him He tossed tossedall tossedall tossedall all night mght and could console hImself hImselfonly himselfonly himselfonly only by thinking that in the morn mornmg morning moming mg ing he would easily sat sfy sly the com corn comandante cornandante cornandante andante that h s arrest was ov.mg ovmg owing ov.mgto owingto owingto . to the drunken stupidity of the theguard theguard theguard theguardAfter guard guardAfter After much palaver paJaver the ne'it neit next ne'itmornmg nextmorning nextmorning ' : mornmg morning he 1\ 1 \ was 1as as brought before an anunderlmg anunderling anunderling underlmg underling of the governor and sub subJected subjetted subjected Jected jetted to a grilling gnllmg that astomshed astonished astomshedhIm astonishedhim astonishedhim hIm H sown s own simple sunple tale of o1 who whohe whohe whohe he was and what he was doing domg in inSan inSan inSan San D ego was brushed aside as of ofno ofno ofno no value and he was questIOned questIOnedclosely questionedclosely questionedclosely closely as to what his relations were werewIth werewith werewith wIth the faction that Governor PICO PICOof Picoof Picoof of the department eared feared ( was plan plannmg planning plannmg nmg ning an attack on him personallyAfter personallyAfter personally personallyAfter After hours of examination exammatIon whlrh which whlrhnaturally whichnaturally whichnaturally naturally developed nothing notrung BowIe BowIewas Bowiewas Bowiewas was remanded to the guardhouse guardhouseThere guardhouseThere guardhouseThere There he fretted and fumed day dayafter dayafter dayafter after day unt 1 I I his resentment wore woreItself woreitself woreitself Itself dumb He was summoned at atlast atlast atlast last before the governor rumself himself rumselfThIs himselfThis himselfThis ThIs the prisoner felt sure would wouldbe wouldbe wouldbe be the end of it it 1t itSuch . . Such was not the case Pico bore borea a name that inspired mspIred all who sought soughtJustIce soughtjustice soughtjustice JustIce at h s hands with forebod forebodmg foreboding toreboding mg ing But the Texan knew nothing nothmg of ofthe ofthe ofthe the mentality that characterized thIS thISleader thisleader thisleader leader of o1 the mission spOIlersAgaIn spoilersAgain spoilers spoilersAgain Again Bowie told his story it fell fellon fellon fellon on deaf ears The strange revolver revolvertaken revolvertaken revolvertaken taken from him was not merely eVI eVIdence evidente evidence dence dente but proof conclusive m ill in Pico s sJudgment sjudgment sjudgment Judgment that Bowie was a spy spyH spyH spyH H s protestat ons ens availed him noth nothmg nothing nothing nothingAt mg ing mgAt ingAt At three o 0 clock he was notIfied notIfiedthat notifiedthat notifiedthat that he would be shot as a spy next nextmornmg nextmorning nextmorning mornmg morning Bowie took the message messages messagesilent messagesilent s silent ent and hard featured from the theguard theguard theguard guard who brought it it . . But with hIS hISWIts hiswits hiswits WIts keyed high by the amazmg amazing amazmgnews amazingnews amazingnews news he studied closely through the thebars thebars thebars bars of the peephole in the cell door doorthe doorthe doorthe the features of the Indian soldIer soldIerwho soldierwho soldierwho who bore the message It flasbed flashed flasbedsuddenly flashedsuddenly flashedsuddenly suddenly on Bowie that he had seen seenthat seenthat seenthat that man before . . Sancbez Sanchez he hesa hesa hesa sa d calmly I thank you for tell tellIng tellmg telling Ing mg me thlsThe thusThe this thls thus thisThe The Indian started at the utter utterance utterante utterance ance ante of o1 his name I thank you youSanchez youSanchez youSanchez Sanchez continued Bowie un tin unmoved tinmoved unmoved moved by the stohd stolId guard s amaze amazement amazemeet amazement ment meet , , , because you and I are old oldfnends oldfriends oldfriends fnends friends You do not recognize recogmze me meI meam meI meam meI I am covered with half a beard and andunwashed andunwashed andunwashed unwashed and eaten by vermm vermin vermin.Look verminLook . . Look closer SanchezBowIe Sanchez -BowIe BowIe - Bowie low lowered lowered lowered ered his voice- voice voicelook voice - - look closer I am amBowIe amBowie amBowie BowIe whom you knew at Guada Guadalupe Guadalupe Guadalupe lupe We fought together m In the can canyon canyon canyon yon of the Santa Marla-dld Marla dld Maria-did Maria did Maria - - did we wepot wepot wepot pot ' ? Sanchez stared hard at him Bow BowIe Bowie Bowie Ie s very quiet qwet pierced the sluggish sluggishness sluggishness |