An Early Letter From Chino, California: The Horse Hostler Was Taking Them From The Stalls Near Where Henry Was Asleep. He Aroused Up & Hollowed Out In That Your Woods. I Have Got You Now & Fired His Revolver

(CHINO, CALIFORNIA). ALS. 4pg. 6 x 9. August 9, 1882. Chino [California]. An autograph letter signed E.H. Gates to F.M. Fowler about Western life in Chino: As I come from town last night I found a letter from youall your kind letters & tokens of remembrances for between work on Ranch & Equalizing with Board in town. I have had very little time for anything in townI saw C. Ferguson just to speak with him & say howdyHenry Clive was up town last week got tight was a raving about woods & others. They got him to lie down in his corral where theClives horses were being fed about 12 oclock that night. Mrs. Woods having sent one of her boys up after woods to come home immediately as she was very sick & Woods called for his own team for start for home. The horse hostler was taking them from the stalls near where Henry was asleep. He aroused up & hollowed out in that your woods. I have got you now & fired his revolver. The hostler caught him, took his pistol away. The watchman nabbed him. Henrys friend Elir to front heard the hostler to run away. Woods went after him & caught him at Healy beach, brought him back & Henry is bound over for $1,500 they had better send him up long enough for Henryfor Henry will kill himself if he ever gets loose. Woods has a solitaire connection with his home place. The letter is in very good condition.