He grabbed Lovely, took the gun away from…
source date: 1889
availability: public-domain

and danced. They finally had a misunderstand- ing over one of the Gila belles, and went out to talk it over. John Lovely, who was in any- thing but a lovely humor, drew his gun and shot Dud through the left thigh. When Dud saw the blood spurt he became very angry. ( 21 ) He grabbed Lovely, took the gun away from him, and when he finished pummeling him with the pistol, he was not quite so lovely. Dud was badly hurt, and was taken to the White House for repairs, and Dr. Slough sent for. The wound was dressed, and Dud is now able to hobble around a little. The bullet came within a quarter of an inch of cutting a main artery, which would have caused death in a few minutes. Next morning after the shooting, Lovely called and said he was sorry, but was not well received, and pulled out for Socorro county. He is now working on the SU ranch. When the boys meet again there is apt to be trouble, as Dud did not like Lovely’s method of breaking up the ball.