By Del Cain
ISBN-10: 1556226772
ISBN-13: 9781556226779
The various famous lawmen of the outdated west have been as crooked because the males they went after. the boys portrayed during this booklet, whereas much less renowned this day, have been reliable and honorable males. they're males that, in state-of-the-art complicated global, should be held up as position types. The ebook is definitely written, in a method crafted to draw the mainstream reader.
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He was just pursuing a Texas cowboy's usual recreational activity of getting drunk and shooting up the town, in this case, Frisco, now Reserve, New Mexico. True, he had taken particular delight in shooting at a few citizens' feet to see them dance, but it was the drover's idea of fun. His friends were shocked. The very idea! Arresting a Texas cowboy for having a good time. When they came to free their companion they were well armed and fueled by large measures of righteous indignation, racial prejudice, and red-eye liquor.
He carefully removed a pistol from its holster and laid it in front of him as he ordered a round for the house. His eyes moved from man to man, making sure that everyone took the offered drink. As they drank, nervously it may be assumed, Elfego talked to them. He joined in the language that they had been using. He, too, was a "wild Texas cowboy" and hated those "damned Mexicans," and he liked to drink with others like himself so they all better have another round. When that was down, he turned his attention to the bartender.
Whenever the shooting died down Elfego raised up enough to pick a target and seldom missed. The accuracy of his return fire was so effective that Page 3 the attackers tied ropes between the adjacent buildings and hung blankets over them so that they could move around without being picked off. They spent some of their ammunition on a plaster statue of a saint on which Baca set his hat. Near sundown, the bullets had weakened part of the jacal to the point that it caved in on him, and it took him a considerable time to dig his way out of the rubble.