I leaves it to you-all; be I right ?' "'Why,' says Enright, rubbin' his fore'erd some doobious, 'it would look like the old gent is a leetle set ag'in you.

Still, as the responsible chief of this camp, I would like to hear why you reckons Wolfville is a good place to elope to.

I don't s'ppose it's on account of them drunkards over in Tucson makin' free with our good repoote an' lettin' on we're light an' immoral that a-way ?' "'None whatever!' says the pin-feather party.

'It's on account of you wolves bein' regyarded as peaceful, staid, an' law abidin' that I first considers you.

Then ag'in, thar ain't a multitood of places clost about Tucson to elope to nohow; an' I can't elope far on account of my roll.' "The replies of this pin-feather party soothes Enright an' engages him on that side, so he ups an' tells the 'swain,' as Colonel Sterett calls him later in the Coyote, to grab off his inamorata an' come a-runnin'.
"'Which, givin' my consent,' says Enright when explainin' about it later, 'is needed to protect this tempest-tossed lover in the possession of his skelp.