An' as they lines out for their camp
upholdin' an' he'pin' of each other, an' both that dead soaked in
nose-paint they long before abandons tryin' to he'p themse'fs, I
tells you, son, their love is a picture an' a lesson.
"'Which the way them pore, locoed sots,' says Old Man Enright one
night, as 'Doby an' Billy falls outen the Red Light together, an'
then turns in an' assists each other to rise,--'which the way them
pore darkened drunkards rides herd on each other, an' is onse'fish
an' generous that a-way, an' backs each other's play, is as good as
sermons. You-all young men,' says Enright, turnin' on Jack Moore an'
Boggs an' Tutt, 'you-all imatoor bucks whose character ain't really
formed none yet, oughter profit plenty by their example.'
"As I remarks, 'Doby an' Billy's been inhabitin' Wolfville for
mighty hard on six months when the trouble between 'em first shows
its teeth. As Billy walks out one mornin' to sniff the climate some,
he remarks a Mexican--which his name is Jose Salazar, but don't cut
no figger nohow--sorter 'propriatin' of a mule.
"'The same,' as Billy says, in relatin' the casooalty later, 'bein'
our star mule.'
"Nacherally, on notin' the misdeeds of this yere Greaser, Billy
reaches inside the cabin, an' sorts out a Winchester an' plugs said
culprit in among his thoughts, an tharby brings his mule-rustlin'
an' his reflections to a pause some.
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