Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-11-07
SIMPSONS RANCH.

ers" that delivered this oracular statement
In private life he was once probably Mr..
Smith or Mr.. Jones, but this must have
been in days which were prehistoric as far
as his fellows in the cattle country were
concerned. To them he was, and had al
ways been, Broncho Sam" and old Bill
Kensett, up on the Divide. whose age was
beyond mortal ken, and who was stall
wart man when he trapped with Ruxton
and traded with St. Vrain, was on record
as saying that he g." allowed that when tibet
thar youngster come from the States he
hedn't no other name than Broncho
sam" That settled it.
Tibet thar youngster was a relative
certainly, not positive characterization :;
for Broncho Sam was a veteran, and he
looked it as he sat on Il rude bench, outside
the ruder log cabin, and facing the west
To an Eastern eye his surroundings were
the abOmination Of desolation. The cabin
stood in a narrow valley, near the bed al
most dry, Of what might be 4 stream. To
the gray banks inclosing it a few stunted
and distorted ccdars were precariously
clinging, and at distance there were some
patches of sagebrush. As unwise, indeed,
were he who should look ut these things
to the exclusion of distant ones, as he who
should curiously inspect the squalid streets
of Naples when by lifting his eyes he could
see across the beautiful bay to the grand
silhouette OF Nesuvius, with Sorrento and
Capri in the distance. Here, above the
barren outlines of canyons, above the
sparsely wooded foothills above the Jagged
the great range. Across the exquisite blue
sky overhead drifted clouds as white as the
riven snow, and as light and fleecy as
those under which once lay the Isles of the
Blest 1t was near sunset after the radi-
ance OF an autumn day, and the air was de-
liciously clear, cool and bracing.
BronchO Sam was not looking at the
mountain or the sky, but at q gun which
he was cleaning. His companion, young
or man, and evidently disciple, had been
watching his skillful manipulation and
listening to the words of wisdom which fell
from his lips, for famed ranch manager
was this same Broncho Sam and fortu-
nate were the employers, far away in " the
States" whose interests were intrusted to
his faithful care.
Then came a voice through the open door
"a fresh, youthful, ringing voice:
Just you wait a minute, Sam, and I'll
come ont and argue the point with you.
l have not an idea what you are talking
about but l say there is some sense in it,
and there was some sense, and there will
be some sense in it and what is it all
about anyway p
Sam uttered an uninteligible grunt. 1t
could not have been one of entire dissatis-
faction, for something like smile showed
itself on his rugged features, and was
plainly visible as he looked up and saw
Jack Reynolds standing in the doorway.
A handsome young fellow was he, and a
general favorite in all the region for fifty
miles round. Ever since he came out
from Chicago whence the doctor sent him
after long illness-he had added as stead
lily to his list of friends as to the hardness
OF his muscles the color in his cheek, and
the figure at which he turned the scale
Blame me if he don't Jest lay over any
tenderfoot ! ever sec" said Broncho Sam
one day, as he stood in an admiring crowd
at the bar of the Arcade saloon in Pueblo.
" Gin me a show and | allow I'll make
him first-class ranch hand in a year or
two
He amt no SLOUGH of ranchman now
according to my idee," said 4 rash new
conner.
Sam looked at him with an undisguised
contempt, clearly shared by the bystand-
ers. Perhaps he is, an perhaps he ain :"
saIu ne l aIlo" you ougnter know pet
tern |. Yes, jim, yer may gimme another
one of the same sort"
jazz II may easily DC pelleVeu, was the
SOU! Oh the ranch lie interested himself
III tne operations, ana maze credltable
showing at the i'Tsl roundup. ne could
horses, and throw a lariat with many an
older man. He was bit of dandy too,
in his way, and did not disdain a gilt cord
WIN peheaht ,assels around me crown OF
an an e@pelisNe MeAieah soinofero' gay neck
Ie looSeiy hh1lleu ana lying snugly under
the rom collar OF MS gray flannel Shlrt,
or a palr OF long riding boots OF exceptional
H|he; All thls iihery, however, was re-
served ior other places IMAM the ranch and
91le' OCCASIONS lil;ln me Gays passed there
me most cEllical OF old-umers found
HothihS 70 crillclse IN ms display thereol
Wheh ne rode INTO PUEBLO Tor day OF
VoilpIiieu piSlhcsS ana pleasure ana, IN
way Ihey Ieil local prlde III one who
Couiu h 10, :, y CeruhcaIe OF competency from
5uCn OF hubert as Droncho sam, and at
the same une be, by the canons of that
longitude, very respectable swell.
More imam one young lady member of
some party OF personally conducted"
tourists mad looked admlringly at him
from the WINDOW OF the Denver Pullman
-. =, - ,HtA''4 P41'-
FORM; ana the landlord OF the Arcade sa-
tooh was understood to have, IN rare in
tsrYal Oh soouety, expressed the opinion
tha1 such an eXhlbluon was good for the
interests OF the region. Why, said he,
thar am no two ways about It. When
mem thar tenderieet an fancy tourists
sees an outllt IKE thet they II Kind o think
IInciiln Is Doss business: an II put EN-
up 20 comm OUT mere an ouyin land, an,
sIa5tih boom IN ranches an heipin
sIade. en- see they II think all ranchmen
- me hlnl' an they II get mighty badly
t teIt' Dut lhet am your iunera! nor mine.
oay, Young ieiler' what IL yer take Moth
II ~, ", w d an, ~ sun yerseh.
.. I1ree miles above the ranch where Jack
IEeu was another OF rather better ch2rac-
ueI as regarded IT'S buildings, which stood
C1ose 70 the Ded OF the creek. 1t belonged
20 man named simpson. Most people