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I believe you went East with that two thousand dollars and won a stake at gentleman's poker; and then you come back, with your chest all throwed out, and get mysterious as hell over nothing." "Well, what do you care?" answered Rimrock scornfully. "You don't stand to win or lose, either way!" "Nope! Nope!" pronounced Hassayamp positively, "he's got a company I know that.
A great fortune was at stake, many millions of dollars and the possession of a valuable mine, and yet Rimrock Jones did not move. He walked around the town and held conferences with his friends until word came at last that he was jumped. "All right," he said and with Hassayamp and L. W. he started across the desert to his mine.
He leaned back to untie a sack of ore, but Old Hassayamp was not to be deterred. "Yes sir," he went on opening up his eyes triumphantly, "a widdy woman says you owe her two-bits for some bread!" He laughed uproariously at this pointed jest and clambered back to the plank sidewalk where he sat down convulsed in his chair. "Aw, you make me tired!" said Rimrock shortly.
After twenty-four hours of conflicting emotions Rimrock weakened and took his troubles to Hassayamp; and after a passionate presentation of his side of the misunderstanding he acknowledged that the lady was right. He was nothing but a brute, a despicable barbarian, not worthy to look at her; a presumptuous hound, and so on.
"But you are!" came back Rimrock, "now don't tell me different; because you're bull-headed, once you've put yourself on record. There ain't another living soul that I can trust to take that directorship. Even Old Hassayamp down here and I'd trust him anywhere might get drunk and vote the wrong way. But you " "You don't know me yet," she replied with decision.
So the Tonto Apaches made a raid on the Hassayamp, and carried off nearly all the stock. King Woolsey had come into the country then, and was a prominent man among the settlers, and undoubtedly a very brave one; so he raised a company to go after the Tontos. There were not more than twenty-five men, including some friendly Maricopas.
His first big blow-out was a raid on The Mint, where Ike Bray still ran his games; and when Rimrock rose up from the faro table he owned the place, fixtures and all. It had been quite a brush, but Rimrock was lucky; and he had a check-book this time, for more luck. That turned the scales, for he outheld the bank; and, when he had won The Mint, he presented it to Old Hassayamp Hicks.
A great crowd was present the whole populace of Gunsight was waiting to see their hero come home and as the train rolled in and Rimrock dropped off, in the excitement she found tears in her eyes. But then, that was nothing; Woo Chong, the restaurant Chinaman, was weeping all over the place; and Old Hassayamp Hicks, hobbling off through the crowd, wiped his eyes and sobbed, unashamed.
Rimrock scooped up his despised sand and poured it back into the bag, after which he turned on his heel. As the doors swung to behind him Old Hassayamp looked at his customers and shook his head impressively. From the street outside Rimrock could be heard telling a Mexican in Spanish to take his horse to the corrals.
"Here's the best man in town," he began with great feeling. "An old-time Arizona sport. There never was a time, when I was down and out, that my word wasn't good for the drinks." And Hassayamp Hicks, divining some great piece of good fortune, invited him in for one more. "Here's to Rimrock Jones," he said to the crowd, "the livest boy in this town."
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