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BACK IN TASCOSA'
cial status, and after confessing that his bank balance
would show but three thousand five hundred dollars
was frankly told by the lady's father that before he could
hope to become his son-in-law he must show assets of not
less than twenty-five thousand dollars. He was also ad-
vised that the West was the place to make money.
This advice he took and after investigating several
propositions finally decided on sheep. He had bought his
drove in New Mexico for a dollar a head. Learning that
the Texas Panhandle was a fine grazing country, that
there were no laws, taxes, or expenses of any kind but the
upkeep of two or three Mexican herders, he decided to be-
come a Texan pro tempore, and here he was.
Personally he had the sympathy of all. But his sheep
were decidedly unpopular with the cattle barons. Liking
young Boggs too well to resort to force, they determined
to get rid of him and his sheep by a ruse.
Boggs traded with Rinehart, and when he was in the
store one day four cowboys entered and started a poker
game on the old dry-goods box always there for that pur-
pose. It was a lively game and Boggs was soon an inter-
ested spectator. He was leaning forward in an effort to see
one of the hands when suddenly the player on his right
sprang up filling the air with the most horrible curses and
after accusing poor Boggs of tipping off his hand jerked
out both his guns and opened fire. At the same instant,
another player defended Boggs just as vehemently and
opened up with his own artillery. The other two joined
in and bedlam reigned supreme. Several fell dead (?),
Boggs was carried out in a state of collapse, his life saved
by a miracle, he was told later. This was of course a
blank cartridge battle, the dead disposed of, and blood
washed away long before Boggs was back to normalcy.
The game was well played and I doubt if Boggs ever sus-
pected it was anything but genuine.85
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Hoyt, Henry Franklin. A Frontier Doctor, book, 1929; Boston, Massachusetts. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth143532/m1/115/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting University of Texas Health Science Center Libraries.