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MAYS 1937
nrs. e1i il..)fo
718 q11 0e troot
Capv14,1V5t 'exico
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BY
Zack Loll
450 Words
If I -ore 0 llel e to roc° t from t' it. I.e loi-
dent wIlt0h et nds out r-ost vividly ir rienoer 1 't t re-
rj,,,n, It Id 'D rove ve to n Tee t
leo fr w,en, *10; t." r clA, —iveri on my
1 vey -e rflo t'e u, nod soJt. it.
jot o4'1 e t in bo midni it t o_ leo. s
1i jr t3 nd I itc..i d.rk. pe 3.d ni .t
clerk of t_e lit le )J.d -A-Anson ilotol f:.et me nd c ried my
f,r1 to liJ pl. 0o TY-, 11 fror tho sirelo
qurner of n old 0o.1 oil 10.-a. It w dist', 1 ail.( tjor for
/Ad just twenty -for nou,-s -o. ovod LI° r.lhor tinvollod
life of o1s.
More or f sci 'ed uy tam wide-o,-er aspect o. t e
tow with it e:1 or, d're- .11s, _rd rolirp .1-19.os 1 strol-
lod Ao-n the ho d sidow .k r.. ioped irLe ore of the sf.lons.
roi lor ni w.v jr Jtvink in t o es. en e:,.mbiod
1Js, i1A:nce wt -roir.opc. it t .t:e Rnd
rd th bt r stid booted r- 'Thyx-ed 30W ..a erg ovirily in
tQT--(t to etr to ,fter ler re_k rt -e.
,1
Na, I StOrpCdjut1,side 1:fo :Icor nd t -tr- Ar t -e t
(1) v n bi-! cow: nd lked over to t 1, r n., -1th c rrt-oe;ine
Lie -='M,
Zee It
wre 2
"lie d:ipIrs re or me. ome Ofli tp.
Len 1 ft the nd .;„.led bAr ..or
t.e ocurtesz,
,f:Ler me nt.
Unace ste ed to t.e etiquette of t,..o wt, I rem,ire,
of tho drirs
wn re stood no f t.o door, Fria the ,.ost si.otted me.
"Say, ain't you 6oL„ drink on me?" he _oked, with his
tL e in f; scoyl.
"1‹), tnks," I replied, I don't c re for nythIng,
and itri t t I thount the hAter vrc l'ut it y sn't.
"So you won't drink or re?" te askoe. st rteri to-P-rds
me.
thing
beg n to re lie tii t s;, -e wrs bo.t te en when the
b:rtended came to my rescue. e tepped fr,. behind the bar and
t king t'ne iced cownd by the arm ho
"Th t's just q kid. You don't 7. "ht 3 m..ke v. kid 1.rink on
you."
The irrit'ted cownq lked i lit le cl.or to me for a
better appris 1 ff my e, I cup ose, ten he tArned back to
the b r vdt va of I arm ta,A ap-l_rantly dismissed tae in-
cident.
It is needless to s-.y.tit i left with m irst les-
son in frontier etiquette well learned and a wholesome respect
for a gentlemen of the r n e when they turn host at the b'r.
)Jack Hull, 2ditor of Lvening liews.Journal)
Monday, June 3, l935n