Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1885-11-30


times in his frantic efforts to get to it
when we passed a tree by the road
side.
Immediately on leaving home nv
wife began to enjoy herself and add to
the pleasure of the company-which
was myself and the woman who alb
horred snakes-by worrying about the
cream and its chance of getting there
in anything short of sloppy condi-
ton. 1t is popularity of this good
woman to take an interest in every
thing she has anything TO do with.
Her interest IL that cream was con-
tinuous and full of solicitude. The
journey was about six miles, and from
notches cut on the wagon-box by wav
of memoranda-for like to be accu-
rate about such matters for the sake
of argument afterward-I discover
that | was obliged to stop, alIght, and
overhaul the tub in which the freezer
and jug of milk were packed IN the
fragments of an iceberg of no insight
ficant size, fifty-three consecutive
times, in response to the call of that
woman's abnormal zeal toward pro-
noting the pleasure of the party in
the Sizing hours of the day. About
the time l would get back into the
wagon and become comfortably fixed
in my seat, she would begin to
brood on terrible consequences sure
to happen little farther along, and
it wouldn't be q minute until she
would be about ready to break down
with presentiment that the cork had
already come out of the jug. So
would have to climb down again, and
prove by personal observation that she
was wrong, as is generally the case in
the clash of intellect between man
and wife. But it is not until we final
ly drove into camp, and she had salts
fed herself by overhauling the cooling
apparatus in person that my numer-
ously repeated statements were cor.
rect as usual, that anything like tran.
guilty of mind or placidity of demean
or was possible to the woman who had
such an important responsibility rest
ing on her delicate shoulders.
Most of the party were equipped
with poles aud lines, and expected tC
dip hook for the fun of the thing
but two men had come to fish in the
literal meaning of the term, and after
spending an hour in securing the
country in search of bait, they secur
ed limited supply, and, finding s
place where the sun could pour dowr
on them without hindrance, they
spit on their hooks and com
menced business in scientific earn
est.
took a position on my cot in the
thlckest shade / could find, and pre-
pared to enjoy myself without unnec
essary fatigue. In fifteen minutes tn,
camp was thrown into most intens,
excitement. The red-headed man ha(
bite! Every body held his breath
and stood on tIptoe to wait the result
1t weighed three pounds, according t
a rumOr that diffused itself through
the community next day, but if yo,
insist on scriptural accuracy in sucl
matters, divide by three and let 1t g
at that OF course the lucky man wa
not troubled with solitude for som
time afterward. Everybody els
brought his pole and got as close t.
him as possible. His society was il
demand from that moment, but he los
his luck and his jaw dropped until tn
solemn-faced mans cork began to bob
The crowd then went over to him in
body, and his hopes were blasted Th
man with the flaming rlnglets pulled
out another bass, and the crowd STAN
peded back to him. The sad
faced man readjusted his bait, spi
on his hook, tossed it back int
the water, and sat motionless for tw
hours.
just as was beginning to feel my
self borne by angel hands to the LAM
of dreams, a new diversion arouse
me- II was a female shrek of mos
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