Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-07-26

box, whose pine sides he was aimlossly |
hacking with his Arkansas touth-pick, |
a voice young and full Of cheer salut,d |
him
"lltllo, Reb, what 'er yer drcoinin'
about 2"
Old Matt looked up quick. in front of
him stood stelwait young lllinolsnn, in |
h'ue.
"Oh, nuIh'n much, Yank what's the
news -
"well, ther amt no news to speak on,
'cept the wars over"
"fou reckon she's over, done, sure ~
queiicd old Matt, resumiDg his whit
tling.
''she is q fur Is I'm consarned, any
how" rcioinod the lliinoisan. "My
times hin out two weeks, but I've
just bin hangn' on TO see the thing
throngh."
"Mal, mister, reckon you moueht be
keirect lrastways ! amt minded to
diticr with you. ! reckon I've hcam
about enough OF gunpoVdtr racket in my
time to last me the balance OF my daye."
Then the llllnOisan, whose name was
George Adams, and who had just finished
three wears service IN a calvary regiment.
sat down on the hox beside Old Matt aud
they were well acquainted. They talked
u good while. Adams told Matt about
his old mother and his two little sisters
up in Illinois, ard Cd Matt tod him irag-
mtntaiy "reminiscences Of bis wild lie,
AZ Il finally the two sirolled away to camp
to got some coffee, for it was near sun
lowu. Matt'- stories Of Texas hal OK
cited the split of adventure in young
Adams bosom, aud Adams had conceived
a sudden liking for the quiet, pleasant
old man. And so, after a few more days
Of lettering about Shreveport, and long
talks about Texas and the great cattle
range, Adams wrote a letter to his Old
mother telling her that size must got
along without Him for another year or
two, as he was going to see If he couldn't
make some money in Texas. Old Matt
had "surt o TUX to the youugster," as he
said. and they had agreed TO 20 straight
ont on the l.Gmpasas range and try and
start u herd. II didh't take a great deal
oe money TO handle stock with in Texas
in sixty-tiye aud 50 these Two had but
little difficulty in finding man, after
they had got as fur as Austin, who was
willing TO sell out his "hraGd" for the
three hundrd dollars which formed the
joint each capital OF tue finn.
Now the purchase OF cattle brand
may seem to clyiiiztt people Il good deal
like buying II pig in IL bag. Under ordi-
nary circumstances il is rs commonplace
IA transaction ns the purchase Of any
other vested title in property. The laws
Of Texas provide for the right OF brand
as title to stock, rs definitely ms they
do for the title TO real es ate by warranty
deed. This man of whom the firm of
Grigsby ~ Adams bad iurchas,d Il his
brand, had been forced by the war TO
,n., ',.i naJ ,,n, a,,, i,sai. ,f' ,i.. ,ar',.
,',o ~, o,,'',' .,,.,.,J ,,,d brand ~. c,iyne
T,,,, u,a Ga,n.,,,.l,o. .,,,d Kfn..os bod
"" ,,',i..'-,;,''s 't,, ,i,,-.' f,r ,,, nv.
,I,.ao s,,,',,,,,..7 a,,t,, .t ,hair .ssn onJ
The nr,s,.,.cp ut Comnurh.. and Kiowas
ALWAYS affects The value of stock hiands.
prrclsely ns nm rnrthuunke causes real
estate - llucttint,. In piire and 9th. rwise.
Aud be.idse. bts ruttl, were ON lie outer-
most ,n,,,,, and he Ind "A Gu,ilv. and
bachelor, olwnys yet along better IN
Indian uciabborhoods than married men
do. so lint he was clad pnouph to sell
his brand ont for three hundred dollars
hard cash. which he undoubtedly invested
in "tixturrs'' and entered into the great
South -western industry of kecpinr a
saloon. Bat for old Matt the Comanchcs
had no tcrrors. If there was ANYTHING,
in fnct. that he was afraid of. he had
sinriIlnily rllicd TO conc up,n ID, though
he mad been huuting danger for well On
to fnlty wears. And there was "a singular
absence of caution in the composition OF
4, young Adamr, though IL probably Wa,
crowded out by his youthful iccklcssnrs'
rather than Shut out altogether by tn,
hafdihOOd of his mature, as was The cas-,
with hs mild-yuictd, lac'turn Old part
ncr. Thus these two made an ndmir,bl,
,air iu gu uut OH iic verge ol ii.r Conan
u che ranpr 10 tpirs upurcyl, ctrd htm 3. q
8 Aud th,y urnrd lhch horses hri,d'
, toward Tie stiknL Piai", aud Austih saW
a them 10 more
II TLer. Is ohvinisly a poyerty Of no
4 monre and n Incl; of rrbiynirv in The bnsi
. ness of Ii, riding stock. one would unti
rsiiv ,v,,.ct MOI a rac. nr mon Who's
!, tt,,.s or,. mont A. the n,nuntouous rnut,
a Twelve hoi,is con- and Twelve hour
u ssnir' Wntrbint, "A herd of grazing cattle
, varied only by an occagiopnl stampede
g ,vnnid hc ~ ali mon the tn,nest and Ions
= intrrpstip.r NAV he they nre. Bnt tr,
u nmc of ,brn, viii, an Insult or nm indie
e ,itv' and you viii ur,erutly discover tina
van buv,. strurl, ihr nu.t yiyidly in,rr
- Ssling customer Won ever met. Takn,
: ,i,, Ia cr ~. c,tti,. ,,,,,, In ria. n,,
ffr g.
Il s,,,,,in,1 cl,,,,act.ristir maj tL,v amor
= ,,.,yo ,-,., G',hti,,, ,v.i,rbt tn thrs n,unl
''r.,ss n,,J a ,,ro-'trr cn,,.tntive cnn,cii
&c r. IN. sn,erii7i1l ,nunrr II. rh. than ni.'
= ntbrr class nf mpu ON the t,ce of m
10 carth Il makes no difference TO hin
IL ,yi,st may In, lie sinius' rnlor ar circunl
u stanc,s nf thern,mv. soonly he is n,,str,
i. si,o. whether hc bn Cnmo1che Kiown
II In,l,-tbi,.c shar,rr ar claim iumpcr
y ~, ,r,yar,s ,nr,,,s nf redr,ss L. niya,
~ Inn, rnnveuisnilv ON Ills rirbt hi
w ,nI 1ds sensn nf instice is measure
80 L,, ,I'e e,,,ost cve ,be stddcuret uery
IN ayd IN. a,,iclr:t finger The borde.
4 ,hin,, cor civiiiynd nrnnlc IN undorstan
at ,n'h5 -, ,,,,,, c.'n iii yitbont hein,r
" ,,ir,io.,. ',,,d h,,,, hn,,an iIooI c.n, D.
ne G'1 ,t,hont st.i,,,,,, tlr si,vr,,s hand
III t-,.t',.'1 ,,ao,,,,in,s t0 "a. etLirs nj III,
he r.. p,,rtnr H., r,,,,rd far human mn
~ ,,li,l mr'yails in th,. o'dersrctions Of Nh
ny cn,,nirt is a eunersiition II is updonb
cdlv Lett,.r to live where there Is what
v caiiS,d e"S lao ,yi,b oli jts nnnlinnres r,
IT. hani,tu,tin,, iitipanis and protcctiu
"a criminals from the penitentiary and I'll
~ pnllows, than to live where every man
IS. his own jury, and where the sentence G
n the couIt and its execution are simulti
in neous in the savage bark Of dragou
rc pistol. There may he moral subliml!
~ ia the fearfully aud wonderfully cOmpl
- Gated processes whereby sOcitty operall
ia itself. There must be something in Il
~ advantages of SundayschOols and the
IN kind that is superior to the barbarlsm
r.; the plains and the cattlt-ranges. Az a