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A FRONTIER DOCTOR
fect stranger to him; he knew nothing of my antecedents;
in fact, he did not even know whether or not I was under
an assumed name. In spite of all this, however, he put
me into a position of marked responsibility and trust with-
out requiring bonds or other security. It all seemed a
marvel to me.
Some months later the mystery was explained. It
seems that after I had been behind the bar for a month
or so, Mr. Chapman overheard Landlord Weschle boast-
ing in Jeff Reynolds's bank one day that he had a new
bartender and was getting about four times as much
revenue from his bar as he ever had before. Evidently
Joel Huntoon, when he coached me, overlooked one item
in the usual education of a bartender, the art of 'knocking
down.' It was this that put me in the post office.
One day late in the afternoon Huntoon and I sauntered
up a narrow street leading from a corner of the plaza to-
ward a section known as 'the hill.' We had gone but a
short distance when we met two Mexicans, one of them
dressed in a typical Spanish costume, flare-bottomed
trousers, buttons on the side, a short jacket with gilt
trimmings, all topped off with a very splendid sombrero.
He was a small man, and as he and his companion passed
he gave us a vicious and ugly look, so that I kept my eyes
on him and, partially turning, called Huntoon's atten-
tion to him by remarking, 'That chap is certainly looking
for trouble.' I had seen the muzzle of a gun projecting
below his jacket.
On account of an epidemic of crime that followed the
influx of toughs and criminals arriving daily on the new
railway, a Vigilante Committee had been organized, of
which T. F. Chapman was the leader and to which both
Huntoon and I belonged. At the same time strict regula-
tions had been issued making it a crime for any one but
an officer to carry arms.I22
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Hoyt, Henry Franklin. A Frontier Doctor, book, 1929; Boston, Massachusetts. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth143532/m1/162/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting University of Texas Health Science Center Libraries.