The National tribune., 1888-05-17
A WYOMING WEDDING.
The New Way Out West Of Settling
Old Wrongs.
BY T. r. HAXToN.

heavily INTO the DuUk-foUlu. ALG u bliC IluGlo
Of Burtons outfit said, How " and Jim gave
him the same terse greeting.
What's new over Crazy Creek way y asked
Nuthin' much. Is the old man here? Mat
wants him to send over a couple O you bucks
70 help swim them Northern cattle cross the
river. We're short-hauded.
Better see him after supper. Got his two
gal daughters out here now, and they're 1eedin
in the new shanty. Them two dude cow
punchers eats with en-, an they take sight
O tine
don't hold with women and dudes on a
COW ranch much said jim
Who does2 calculated Hairy Mike. Z" I'm
coin' TO Quit Burton. With college chaps
comm out here am swellin' roun', it amt no
place Tor a common waddy. run cows in this
country when the Iniuns was runnin' us, an
got no use fer fancy business. One o the dudes
he stacked up 'louEside o me on circle tother
dav an he SAYS. Fine mornin', Mike!' l says,
Yes it ain't an you'd better not monkey
'roun' me with yer cheap talk I'm a six
shooter man from way back, ] am; eat snakes,
an I'm a wolf-you hear me howl?' That's
hog ] tbrowed it into smaFty"
The danes pretty slick danes, said Pete I;
"0le Burton reckons TO marry the plug-tooth
dude to one Nv EN-. Seems his ole man owns a
railroad East somewheres
Maybe so. Plug-tooth 'ull fool him up q
trip growled Mike. He's a no count sort.
Reckon his people sent him out here TO keep
Waisky out Nv him. Durn him-keepin' some
good man out ~ job"
Kin be ride2 asked jim.
Ride nuthin'. Burton give him a string
O. plumb gentle horses. Sets m soldier-fash-
ion
"Weu," said Pete, the danes think he's
nicer'n a whitehead yearlin. He's sure gittin'
in his fine work with the pretty one-Helen,
or whatever she calls herself There's slush a
hOileriu'. Well. we kin rustic grub if we don
eat with the dudes'
After supper Jim went over to the gaudily-
painted house and discharged his mission.
Did you see the Eals?" asked Nike when
he returned TO the riders cabin.
Got kind o. squiut at EN-. Which one IS
it has the sort o open mouth-short-lpped
like She's slick-lO0kin' as any o them
actresses I come 10 Cheyenne"
Helen. that is. She's the one the jay is
after What is il he answers to? Scranton,
amt 1T, Shorty?"
A man rather over six feet in hight looks up
from the rawhide rope he IS braiding and rolls
a cigaret before he replies.
sounds somethiu' ike that. Coin back in
the moruiu', Jim2'
"Ruther. We gathered a raft O. cattle over
there-rode all our horses poor. ! amt had
my boots Of three nights q week. Pound ny
ear tonight, though, pretty solid"
You mays well crawl into my dog's-nest y
said Shorty. got pretty fat bed, I have
That fellow the freighters hung give me three
pair o. daisy blankets. III roll her out soon's
] get this strand drawed. Outsides best,
reckon
.. You bet You. don't banker after sleepin
in-dO0rs-nOC without il SHOWS. That's why
the city chaps look SO Tocky-don't let The
wind blow through their Whiskers nights"
Wonder who'll git TO 60 over to the rive
frrra rroa1 n ~
bend
Yes"
IS the company givin' pretty good ehHek
this year?"
Way up Mac makes EN-. There ain
any more dried apples on the wag'n, but oil
Greaser Smith is c0okin' fer Us, an his breaS
Is the best roundup bakin' out ] hear then
Horseshoe 3 men is gittin' condensed milk
Now, ] call that ciyilizin' too much. Man can
drink straight coffee ought 70 quit singin' t
the cows"
When the men were all in bed, and Short,
had thrown boot az the candle stuck on TIA
doOrsill, Hairy Mixes raucOus Enore gave TIT
signal for silence a1d rest.
At daylight next morning jim Mason ant
two Of the Burton riders started for the cam
On the North Platte River. A few miles Oh til
way Jim discovered that he had left his cuer
at Burton's and told the other men that h
would lope back for it and overtake them o.
the divide Reaching the ranch, he searche
the bunk-ro0m for the cDert, and then wen
down 10 the barn 10 see If it lay where he ha
left his saddle over night.
Crossing the corral toward the barn-do0r, b
was arrested by the sound Of a woman's vote
within the building. Jim was not a carpet
knight and would have left his cuert nor
willingly than faced one Of Burton's daughter
AS be stood hesitating he heard a little cry
pain, and then a mans voice said sharply
{" DoH't he a fool. Nelly"
Il was not old Burton who spoke Jim W
sure Of tbat-it must be one Of the dudes -
aud be listened. II anyone was talking rOughl
10 one Of those girls
q But you promised. Arthur: you promised !
Precisely. And ] probably told you th;
yOu were an angel. Men viii use figures
speech under certain circumstances. BE sens
bic. Nelly / believe this Is all nonsense; bI
II y0a want 10 make a run for il III pay yol
fare East and see that you're comfortable. III
a. for marrying you, ! can't do it-not yet,
any rate if you sec fl to make a scaud
you'll be biting your nose OF 10 spite your fac
shafts al. I'd be in a mess, certainly: b
where would you beg"
And if ! went East2'
If you let me manage II my own way You
be ETs Scranton year from now and nobody
know the difference. What is the use Of
this cryingy"
Oh Althur-I ara 50 wretched-"
Jim Mason jet the corral, and spurred aft
the men. He could not face the poor girl. al
hc dreaded making more trouble for her. Z
al the way 10 the mouth Of Crazy Creek he "
wondering what he could DO
asay. Mac said Jim Mason to the II:
Circle Cross foreman that ght, " ] got 20
70 town. Wouldn't leave when you re so rusht
On'y can't help it. / kin come out ia a coul
o days
Mac polzed his pipe th5ughtfully. "Wen
a. quick IS you kin. III the river don 20 dor
its g0iu 70 be q job swimming COWS. Ia
one o them extry h0rses-yoUr string Is Xxi
o worked down. II sou see any men, / wa
twu'r three-uo tegdeFieet"
Next night Jim was ia Cheyenne He We
% the house Of the Crazy Creek Cattle 60
pany's general manager, and said " Mr. CIR
/ want 10 git 500 rightOE'
" Why. Jim, this Is a new trick for you, co
ing h. town I'D the middle Of work. and wauti
70 play faro"
q had 10 come in. AIr. Gray-asd It al
faro ] want j. for
I6ayen't co. THAI much, but I'll see If
wife has. Can't you wait till the Office is OF
ih the m0ruingf'
sd ruther not; but ] kin borrow it rou
town e sou amt pot IL"
ME Gray got the money, aud told jim to 81
for is al The c0mpaBy's Office the next day.
"AA right-an' you know ] asked You
Jock after my back wages fur me there's alb
SEQ. I'd like that iu the morniu'"