Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1889-06-07
ONE GOOD TURN EARHED ANOTHER

FROM tho Kansas City Times.
"l'd sooner eleep all night with q vet
dog, said the old cattlemeu as he reached
in his glass for tho lemon. "tban to have
some Of these Rawks from the east come
peatering 'roand giVin' opinions about
cowboys
There's B0tbing 60 wild and woody
about 4 cow. puuohet. Generally speakin'
they're as nild "a Clark Frost. and no
more harm 10 them than a phambermaid,
bas thsy'vs somehow got a hard name.
The fact ip. they're rough. The cattle
business is a hcslsh Ri9in' iuvgoratin
partoos, aud its followers. as q rule, feel
like bowiiu aud cbsreiu' round as a mat
ter Of fuu 90 exercise, and when add to
,bis about eight Of fss .egraTat'n' drinks
Of the county yoaNe got combine that
runs everything tinid up tree. or into a
hoie. Their life oblterstss many Of
what's called the Euer feelin's an without
meanin' nothing they'll do things es
shocks eastern people. Il brings to
me encs when ] was coming up from
psscosa to Springer. bad an eight-mGi-
team and goin' along for company
was Jack Booth, who belonged on the Fry
~ Pan ranoh We ca mped one night AZ
\ Antelope Springs. Back up the sidebill
an lniun was buried who'd petered out
with small.ocx or some other tifectooal
disease. Injuus don't waste valuable
time in unmeanin' ceremonies, and their
obsrquie> don't come high. Fer instance,
they d just laid this old long horn in lit
tie plaza the rains bad euttered out and
stamped little dirt over him an there he
. was lie had hsen there some time an
some OF the Srrt had washed away and
left has laiEs stuckin' out. While we were
eAtln supper Booth allows the water don I
taste right
"'t'll bet a saddle ia tastes OF that To-
iian, says Jack; thar he is, ce,4ed upon
that hill, an every time it rains the taste
ot him gifts washed down Iuto the spring.
After supper III move him whole lot. In
ldn lie All right en- smallpox is all right in
their place, Gut don t need em billed in
ary coffee
after feed Jack eaddlea bis pony an
vent up to the lnjun.
We'll, ole slu-in.your,tyes. how is
thines2' be inquiries Of tht remainder
comm pretty easy, eh.' It's been 4eeideS
oy some Texas friends of yours, this her,
place no eligible nook for man at all, t.
move your camp, an if hear no objection
the minutes of.that thar meetin' will stan,
approved.
with that be drops the loop Of his rop'
over the Iujuns shanks, bein' as aforesai,
SLickiu ont into landscape and starts hi
pony down the bill with him. Did h
adry him? No; how could he bury hin
whsn be didn have nethin 10 bury with
I de soyt o galloped around with him an,
tistrbutea hira unbl he wasn't nohcabl,
Is On lnjnn, which Nss just as we'll.
! Nov, some people would think tina
il3oth vas rough, but be was az kind a
kitten ~ lad a heart in him bigger
I, race boss, Those boys are always read,
TO do man a good turn. remembe
one night when vas Ia Springer. I'd jus
come up from Texaa. an for two are thre'
lays Ia ba7sn circustiu round aud indoT5
in the different brands of whiskey preti,
steady. | didn't know any one in town
nut SO far from bein' handicap, it jus
seemed TO smooth the way for broad
shoulderad, deep chisted drunk, for a
fast as I'd make a new acquaintance
which WAS abost four times sn hour,
large half pint Of NAiskey was known t
perish from the earth right thar. On IN
'econd or third evening, while was per
ysGin the town and forum friendly tie
With Bob Stepp, Hank Hawins, Jack vii
liams and other local gentlemen, iher
came time when my pocket. giving wa
to the Ylcissitudes Of frontier life let all m
money down into my boot. I'd gone oul
side and sat down on some bags of cemen
by Steps saloon n4endin to fish som
wealth, when saak under my labors AM
fell hard and fast asleep. The night
along in Jannary are plenty cold i
Springer. and there was solid drunk
sound Esleep freezin to death and no
KNOWN thing about it myself. HOY
long, as they cay in books. 4 rename
thus do mol know, but I've a dim an
smoky recollection of bein picked up an
carried into the O. X. resteraunt Their
| was bewhisked aud befed nader the di
rectioa and at the expense Of the gentle
man who captured me. but feelin haught
and indifferent never said word. Th
banquet over, the organizer Of the pieni
IlugRed me upstairs an laid me on a bed
> Wbar went pro@Ptiy to sleep. Alon
about in the morniu' I'd somewhat re
covered. an about tha. time the part
who brought me thar showed up.
"'When you get up in the mornin', b
says. here's dollar, an you 90 an get
couple ef drinks an then come back an
get breakfast I've told 'em about it an
you tell EN- 10 charge it to Sell LanRston
, you remember that. to Sell Langston.
won't be up myseE I'm dealin' mont
, down to the Mexicans and get IN 30 late
don4 turn out till 1s