4 SADDLE AND CAMP 



Here he deposited my suitcase in the middle of 

 a living room with the remark: 

 "Make yourself t' home. Somebody'll show 



up pretty soon." 



I offered him a quarter. "What's that for?" 



he asked. 



"For your services," I replied. 



"Nope. Not me. You don't owe me nothin'. 

 That ain't Arizony way. Just make yourself 

 t' home." 



I thanked the young men and expressed my 

 appreciation of their hospitality. 



Presently Mrs. Zuck, proprietress of the ho- 

 tel, "turned up" and established me in a com- 

 fortable room. She told me she was an Eastern 

 woman and had come West some twenty years 

 before for her health. She was very glad al- 

 ways to meet people from the East, for they 

 seemed like "home folks." 



"What part of the East are you from?" I 

 asked. 



"Kansas City," she replied. 



Few of the hotels in these small Southwestern 

 towns have dining rooms connected with them, 

 but every town has its Chinese, Japanese, or 

 Mexican restaurants. Holbrook has its full 

 quota of them, and at "Chinese Charley's" es- 

 tablishment, reputed the best, I found the serv- 



