Tell him if he's visible to the naked eye in the
scenery yere-abouts to-morrow when this lady jumps into camp, he's
shore asked the price of soap the last time he ever will in this
vale of tears.'
"'What's the matter of lynchin' this yere Chink?' says Dan Boggs.
'The camp's deadly dull, an' it would cheer up things a whole lot,
besides bein' compliments to this young female Old Monte's bringin'
in on the stage.'
"'Oh no,' says Enright, 'no need of stringin him none. On second
thought, Jack, I don't reckon I'd run him out neither. It dignifies
him too much. S'pose you canter up to his tub-camp an' bring him
over, an' we'll reveal this upheaval in his shirt-burnin' destinies
by word of mouth. If he grows reluctant jest rope him 'round the
neck with his queue, an' yank him. It impresses 'em an' shows 'em
they're up ag'in the law. I s'pose, Peets, I voices your sentiments
in this?'
"'Shore,'" says Doc Peets--which this Peets is the finest-eddicated
man I ever meets. 'This Chinaman must pull his freight. We-alls owes
it not only to this Tucson lady, but to the lovely sex she
represents. Woman, woman, what has she not done for man! As Johanna
of Arc she frees the sensuous vine-clad hills of far-off
Switzerland.
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