The brakeman’s words, although mysterious in part, had concluded reassuringly6. My Lady, he said, would prove a valuable friend in Benton. A friend at hand means a great deal to any young man, stranger in a strange land.
The conductor came back—a new conductor; stooped familiarly over the barricade and evidently exchanged pleasantries with her.
There was the general stir. My Lady shot a glance at me, with inviting8 eyes, but arose in response to the proffered9 arm of the conductor, and I was late. The aisle10 filled between us as he ushered11 her on and the train slowed to grinding of brakes and the tremendous clanging of a gong.
Of Sidney there was little to see: merely a station-house and the small Railroad Hotel, with a handful of other buildings forming a single street—all squatting12 here near a rock quarry13 that broke the expanse of uninhabited brown plains. The air, however, was wonderfully invigorating; the meal excellent, as usual; and when I emerged from the dining-room, following closely a black figure crowned with gold, I found her strolling alone upon the platform.
Therefore I caught up with her. She faced me with ready smile.
“You are rather slow in action, sir,” she lightly accused. “We might have breakfasted together; but it was the conductor again, after all.”
“I plead guilty, madam,” I admitted. “The trainmen have an advantage over me, in anticipating events. But the next meal shall be my privilege. We stop again before reaching Benton?”
“For dinner, yes; at Cheyenne.”
“And after that you will be home.”
“Yes. At Benton.”
“Of course.” She laughed shortly. “Benton is now home. We have moved so frequently that I have grown to call almost no place home.”
“I judge then that you are connected, as may happen, with a flexible business,” I hazarded. “If you are in the army I can understand.”38
“No, I’m not an army woman; but there is money in following the railroad, and that is our present life,” she said frankly18. “A town springs up, you know, at each terminus, booms as long as the freight and passengers pile up—and all of a sudden the go-ahead business and professional men pull stakes for the next terminus as soon as located. That has been the custom, all the way from North Platte to Benton.”
“Which accounts for your acquaintance along the line. The trainmen seem to know you.”
“Trainmen and others; oh, yes. It is to be expected. I have no objections to that. I am quite able to take care of myself, sir.”
We were interrupted. A near-drunken rowdy (upon whom I had kept an uneasy corner of an eye) had been careening over the platform, a whiskey bottle protruding19 from the hip20 pocket of his sagging21 jeans, a large revolver dangling22 at his thigh23, his slouch hat cocked rakishly upon his tousled head. His language was extremely offensive—he had an ugly mood on, but nobody interfered24. The crowd stood aside—the natives laughing, the tourists like myself viewing him askance, and several Indians watching only gravely.
He sighted us, and staggered in.
“Howdy?” he uttered, with an oath. “Shay—hello, stranger. Have a smile. Take two, one for lady. Hic!” And he thrust his bottle at me.39
My Lady drew back. I civilly declined the “smile.”
“Thank you. I do not drink.”
“What?” He stared blearily. His tone stiffened25. “The hell you say. Too tony, eh? Too—’ic! Have a smile, I ask you, one gent to ’nother. Have a smile, you (unmentionable) pilgrim; fer if you don’t——”
“Train’s starting, Jim,” she interposed sharply. “If you want to get aboard you’d better hurry.”
The engine tooted, the bell was ringing, the passengers were hurrying, incited26 by the conductor’s shout: “All ’board!”
Without another word she tripped for the car steps. I gave the fellow one firm look as he stood stupidly scratching his thatch27 as if to harrow his ideas; and perforce left him. By the cheers he undoubtedly28 made in the same direction. I was barely in time myself. The train moved as I planted foot upon the steps of the nearest car—the foremost of the two. The train continued; halted again abruptly30, while cheers rang riotous31; and when I crossed the passageway between this car and ours the conductor and brakeman were hauling the tipsy Jim into safety.
My Lady was ensconced.
“Did they get him?” she inquired, when I paused.
“By the scruff of the neck. The drunken fellow, you mean.”
“Yes; Jim.”
“You know him?”
“He’s from Benton. I suppose he’s been down here on a little pasear, as they say.”
“If you think he’ll annoy you——?” I made bold to suggest, for I greatly coveted32 the half of her seat.
“Oh, I’m not afraid of Jim. But yes, do sit down. You can put these things back in your seat. Then we can talk.”
I had no more than settled triumphantly33, when the brakeman ambled34 through, his face in a broad grin. He also paused, to perch35 upon the seat end, his arm extended friendlily along the back.
“Well, we got him corralled,” he proclaimed needlessly. “That t’rantular juice nigh broke his neck for him.”
“Did you take his bottle away, Jerry?” she asked.
“Sure thing. He’ll be peaceable directly. Soused to the guards. Reckon he’s inclined to be a trifle ugly when he’s on a tear, ain’t he? They’d shipped him out of Benton on a down train. Now he’s going back up.”
“He’s safe, you think?”
“Sewed tight. He’ll sleep it off and be ready for night.” The brakeman winked36 at her. “You needn’t fear. He’ll be on deck, right side up with care.”
“I’ve told this gentleman that I’m not afraid,” she answered quickly.
“Of course. And he knows what’s best for him, himself.” The brakeman slapped me on the shoulder and good-naturedly straightened. “So does this young gentleman, I rather suspicion. I can see his fortune’s made. You bet, if he works it right. I told him if you cottoned to him——”
“Now you’re talking too much, Jerry,” she reproved. “The gentleman and I are only traveling acquaintances.”
“Yes, ma’am. To Benton. Let ’er roar. Cheyenne’s the closest I can get, myself, and Cheyenne’s a dead one—blowed up, busted37 worse’n a galvanized Yank with a pocket full o’ Confed wall-paper.” He yawned. “Guess I’ll take forty winks38. Was up all night, and a man can stand jest so much, Injuns or no Injuns.”
“Did you expect to meet with Indians, sir, along the route?” I asked.
“Hell, yes. Always expect to meet ’em between Kearney and Julesburg. It’s about time they were wrecking39 another train. Well, so long. Be good to each other.” With this parting piece of impertinence he stumped40 out.
“A friendly individual, evidently,” I hazarded, to tide her over her possible embarrassment41.
Her laugh assured me that she was not embarrassed at all, which proved her good sense and elevated her even farther in my esteem42.
“Oh, Jerry’s all right. I don’t mind Jerry, except 42that his tongue is hung in the middle. He probably has been telling you some tall yarns43?”
“He? No, I don’t think so. He may have tried it, but his Western expressions are beyond me as yet. In fact, what he was driving at on the rear platform I haven’t the slightest idea.”
“Driving at? In what way, sir?”
“He referred to the green in his eye and in the moon, as I recall; and to a mysterious ‘system’; and gratuitously44 offered me a ‘steer.’”
Her face hardened remarkably45, so that her chin set as if tautened by iron bands. Those eyes glinted with real menace.
“He did, did he? Along that line of talk! The clapper-jaw! He’s altogether too free.” She surveyed me keenly. “And naturally you couldn’t understand such lingo46.”
“I was not curious enough to try, my dear madam. He talked rather at random47; likely enjoyed bantering48 me. But,” I hastily placated49 in his behalf, “he recommended Benton as a lively place, and you as a friend of value in case that you honored me with your patronage50.”
“My patronage, for you?” she exclaimed. “Indeed? To what extent? Are you going into business, too? As one of—us?”
“If I should become a Bentonite, as I hope,” I gallantly51 replied, “then of course I should look to permanent investment of some nature. And before my traveling funds run out I shall be glad of light employment. The brakeman gave me to understand merely that by your kindly52 interest you might be disposed to assist me.”
“Oh!” Her face lightened. “I dare say Jerry means well. But when you spoke53 of ‘patronage’—— That is a current term of certain import along the railroad.” She leaned to me; a glow emanated54 from her. “Tell me of yourself. You have red blood? Do you ever game? For if you are not afraid to test your luck and back it, there is money to be made very easily at Benton, and in a genteel way.” She smiled bewitchingly. “Or are you a Quaker, to whom life is deadly serious?”
“No Quaker, madam.” How could I respond otherwise to that pair of dancing blue eyes, to that pair of derisive55 lips? “As for gaming—if you mean cards, why, I have played at piquet and romp56, in a social way, for small stakes; and my father brought Old Sledge57 back from the army, to the family table.”
“I am, on this journey,” I asserted.
She blushed.
“Well said, sir. And if you choose to make use of your luck, in Benton, by all means——”
Whether she would have shaped her import clearly I did not know. There was a commotion59 in the forward part of the car. That same drunken wretch60 Jim had appeared; his bottle (somehow restored to him) in hand, his hat pushed back from his flushed greasy61 forehead.
“Have a smile, ladies an’ gents,” he was bellowing62 thickly. “Hooray! Have a smile on me. Great an’ gloryus ’casion—’ic! Ever’body smile. Drink to op’nin’ gloryus Pac’fic—’ic—Railway. Thash it. Hooray!” Thus he came reeling down the aisle, thrusting his bottle right and left, to be denied with shrinkings or with bluff63 excuses.
It seemed inevitable64 that he should reach us. I heard My Lady utter a little gasp65, as she sat more erect66; and here he was, espying67 us readily enough with that uncanny precision of a drunken man, his bottle to the fore14.
“Have a smile, you two. Wouldn’t smile at station; gotto smile now. Yep. ’Ic! ’Ray for Benton! All goin’ to Benton. Lesh be good fellers.”
“You go back to your seat, Jim,” she ordered tensely. “Go back, if you know what’s good for you.”
“Whash that? Who your dog last year? Shay! You can’t come no highty-tighty over me. Who your new friend? Shay!” He reeled and gripped the seat, flooding me with his vile15 breath. “By Gawd, I got the dead-wood on you, you——!” and he had loosed such a torrent68 of low epithets69 that they are inconceivable.
“For that I’d kill you in any other place, Jim,” she said. “You know I’m not afraid of you. Now 45get, you wolf!” Her voice snapped like a whip-lash at the close; she had made sudden movement of hand—it was extended and I saw almost under my nose the smallest pistol imaginable; nickeled, of two barrels, and not above three inches long; projecting from her palm, the twin hammers cocked; and it was as steady as a die.
Assuredly My Lady did know how to take care of herself. Still, that was not necessary now.
“No!” I warned. “No matter. I’ll tend to him.”
The fellow’s face had convulsed with a snarl70 of redder rage, his mouth opened as if for fresh abuse—and half rising I landed upon it with my fist.
“Go where you belong, you drunken whelp!”
I had struck and spoken at the same time, with a rush of wrath71 that surprised me; and the result surprised me more, for while I was not conscious of having exerted much force he toppled backward clear across the aisle, crashed down in a heap under the opposite seat. His bottle shattered against the ceiling. The whiskey spattered in a sickening shower over the alarmed passengers.
“Look out! Look out!” she cried, starting quickly. Up he scrambled72, cursing, and wrenching73 at his revolver. I sprang to smother74 him, but there was a flurry, a chorus of shouts, men leaped between us, the brakeman and conductor both had arrived, in a jiffy he was being hustled75 forward, swearing and 46blubbering. And I sank back, breathless, a degree ashamed, a degree rather satisfied with my action and my barked knuckles76.
Congratulations echoed dully.
“The right spirit!”
“That’ll l’arn him to insult a lady.”
“Shake, Mister.”
“For a pilgrim you’re consider’ble of a hoss.”
“If he’d drawn78 you’d have give him a pill, I reckon, lady. I know yore kind. But he won’t bother you ag’in; not he.”
“Oh, what a terrible scene!”
To all this I paid scant79 attention. I heard her, as she sat composedly, scarcely panting. The little pistol had disappeared.
“The play has been made, ladies and gentlemen,” she said. And to me: “Thank you. Yes,” she continued, with a flash of lucent eyes and a dimpling smile, “Jim has lost his whiskey and has a chance to sober up. He’ll have forgotten all about this before we reach Benton. But I thank you for your promptness.”
“I didn’t want you to shoot him,” I stammered80. “I was quite able to tend to him myself. Your pistol is loaded?”
“To be sure it is.” And she laughed gaily81. Her lips tightened82, her eyes darkened. “And I’d kill him like a dog if he presumed farther. In this country we women protect ourselves from insult. I always carry my derringer, sir.”
The brakeman returned with a broom, to sweep up the chips of broken bottle. He grinned at us.
“There’s no wind in him now,” he communicated. “Peaceful as a baby. We took his gun off him. I’ll pass the word ahead to keep him safe, on from Cheyenne.”
“Please do, Jerry,” she bade. “I’d prefer to have no more trouble with him, for he might not come out so easily next time. He knows that.”
“Surely ought to, by golly,” the brakeman agreed roundly. “And he ought to know you go heeled. But that there tanglefoot went to his head. Looks now as if he’d been kicked in the face by a mule83. Haw haw! No offense84, friend. You got me plumb85 buffaloed with that fivespot o’ yourn.” And finishing his job he retired86 with dust-pan and broom.
“You’re going to do well in Benton,” she said suddenly, to me, with a nod. “I regret this scene—I couldn’t help it, though, of course. When Jim’s sober he has sense, and never tries to be familiar.”
She was amazingly cool under the epithets that he had applied87. I admired her for that as she gazed at me pleadingly.
“A drunken man is not responsible for words or actions, although he should be made so,” I consoled her. “Possibly I should not have struck him. In the Far West you may be more accustomed to these episodes than we are in the East.”
“I don’t know. There is a limit. You did right. I thank you heartily88. Still”—and she mused—“you can’t always depend on your fists alone. You carry no weapon, neither knife nor gun?”
“I never have needed either,” said I. “My teaching has been that a man should be able to rely upon his fists.”
“Then you’d better get ’heeled,’ as we say, when you reach Benton. Fists are a short-range weapon. The men generally wear a gun somewhere. It is the custom.”
“And the women, too, if I may judge,” I smiled.
“Some of us. Yes,” she repeated, “you’re likely to do well, out here, if you’ll permit me to advise you a little.”
“Under your tutelage I am sure I shall do well,” I accepted. “I may call upon you in Benton? If you will favor me with your address——?”
“My address?” She searched my face in manner startled. “You’ll have no difficulty finding me; not in Benton. But I’ll make an appointment with you in event”—and she smiled archly—“you are not afraid of strange women.”
“I have been taught to respect women, madam,” said I. “And my respect is being strengthened.”
“Oh!” I seemed to have pleased her. “You have been carefully brought up, sir.”
“To fear God, respect woman, and act the man as long as I breathe,” I asserted. “My mother is a saint, my father a nobleman, and what I may have learned from them is to their credit.”
“That may go excellently in the East,” she answered. “But we in the West favor the Persian maxim—to ride, to shoot, and to tell the truth. With those three qualities even a tenderfoot can establish himself.”
“Whether I can ride and shoot sufficient for the purpose, time will show,” I retorted. “At least,” and I endeavored to speak with proper emphasis, “you hear the truth when I say that I anticipate much pleasure as well as renewed health, in Benton.”
“Were we by ourselves we would seal the future in another ’smile’ together,” she slyly promised. “Unless that might shock you.”
“I am ready to fall in with the customs of the country,” I assured. “I certainly am not averse89 to smiles, when fittingly proffered.”
So we exchanged fancies while the train rolled over a track remarkable90 for its smoothness and leading ever onward91 across the vast, empty plains bare save for the low shrubs92 called sage-brush, and rising here and there into long swells93 and abrupt29 sandstone pinnacles94.
We stopped near noon at the town of Cheyenne, in Wyoming Territory. Cheyenne, once boasting the title (I was told) “The Magic City of the Plains,” was located upon a dreary95 flatness, although from it one might see, far southwest, the actual Rocky Mountains in Colorado Territory, looking, at this distance of one hundred miles, like low dark clouds. The up grade in the west promised that we should soon cross over their northern flanks, of the Black Hills.
Last winter, Cheyenne, I was given to understand, had ten thousand inhabitants; but the majority had followed the railroad west, so that now there remained only some fifteen hundred. After dinner we, too, went west.
We overcame the Black Hills Mountains about two o’clock, having climbed to the top with considerable puffing96 of the engine but otherwise almost imperceptibly to the passengers. When we were halted, upon the crown, at Sherman Station, to permit us to alight and see for ourselves, I scarcely might believe that we were more than eight thousand feet in air. There was nothing to indicate, except some little difficulty of breath; not so much as I had feared when in Cheyenne, whose six thousand feet gave me a slightly giddy sensation.
My Lady moved freely, being accustomed to the rarity; and she assured me that although Benton was seven thousand feet I would soon grow wonted to the atmosphere. The habitués of this country made light of the spot; the strangers on tour picked flowers and gathered rocks as mementoes of the “Crest97 of the Continent”—which was not a crest but rather a level 51plateau, wind-swept and chilly98 while sunny. Then from this Sherman Summit of the Black Hills of Wyoming the train swept down by its own momentum99 from gravity, for the farther side.
The fellow Jim had not emerged, as yet, much to my relief. The scenery was increasing in grandeur100 and interest, and the play of my charming companion would have transformed the most prosaic101 of journeys into a trip through Paradise.
I hardly noted102 the town named Laramie City, at the western base of the Black Hills; and was indeed annoyed by the vendors103 hawking104 what they termed “mountain gems” through the train. Laramie, according to My Lady, also once had been, as she styled it, “a live town,” but had deceased in favor of Benton. From Laramie we whirled northwest, through a broad valley enlivened by countless105 antelope106 scouring107 over the grasses; thence we issued into a wilder, rougher country, skirting more mountains very gloomy in aspect.
However, of the panorama108 outside I took but casual glances; the phenomenon of blue and gold so close at hand was all engrossing109, and my heart beat high with youth and romance. Our passage was astonishingly short, but the sun was near to setting beyond distant peaks when by the landmarks110 that she knew we were approaching Benton at last.
We crossed a river—the Platte, again, even away in here; briefly111 paused at a military post, and entered 52upon a stretch of sun-baked, reddish-white, dusty desert utterly112 devoid113 of vegetation.
There was a significant bustle114 in the car, among the travel-worn occupants. The air was choking with the dust swirled115 through every crevice116 by the stir of the wheels—already mobile as it was from the efforts of the teams that we passed, of six and eight horses tugging117 heavy wagons118. Plainly we were within striking distance of some focus of human energies.
“Benton! Benton in five minutes. End o’ track,” the brakeman shouted.
“My valise, please.”
I brought it. The conductor, who like the other officials knew My Lady, pushed through to us and laid hand upon it.
“I’ll see you out,” he announced. “Come ahead.”
“Pardon. That shall be my privilege,” I interposed. But she quickly denied.
“No, please. The conductor is an old friend. I shall need no other help—I’m perfectly119 at home. You can look out for yourself.”
“But I shall see you again—and where? I don’t know your address; fact is, I’m even ignorant of your name,” I pleaded desperately120.
“How stupid of me.” And she spoke fast and low, over her shoulder. “To-night, then, at the Big Tent. Remember.”
I pressed after.
“The Big Tent! Shall I inquire there? And for whom?”
“You’ll not fail to see me. Everybody knows the Big Tent, everybody goes there. So au revoir.”
She was swallowed in the wake of the conductor, and I fain must gather my own belongings121 before following. The Big Tent, she said? I had not misunderstood; and I puzzled over the address, which impinged as rather bizarre, whether in West or East.
We stopped with a jerk, amidst a babel of cries.
“Benton! All out!” Out we stumbled. Here I was, at rainbow’s end.
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