The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-03
A WEDDING IN WYOMING

greeting.
whats new over Crazy Creek way?'
asked Long Pete,
'Nuthin' much. IS the old man here
Mat wants him to send over a couple O
you bucks to help swim them northern
cattle cross the river. We're short
handed"
Better see him after supper Got his
two gal daughters out here now, and
they're feedin' in the new shanty Them
two dude cow punchers eats with 'em, an
they take sight O. time"
II don't hold with women and dudes on
a cow ranch much" said jim.
"Who does3" calculated Hairy Mike.
''I'm goin' to quit Burton. With college
chaps comm out here and swellin' roun'
it amt no place for common waddy.
run COWS in this country when the Injuns
was runnin' US, an got no use fer fancy
business. One O the dudes he stacked up
'longside o. me on circle t'other day, an be
says, Fine mornin', Mixer says, yes, it
amt, an you'd better not monkey 'roun'
me with yer cheap talk. Pm a six-shooter
from way back, am; eat snakes, an Pm
a wolf-you hear me howl? That's how |
throwed it into smarty."
''The danes is pretty slick danes, " said
Pete. cole Burton reckons to marry the
plug tooth dude to one Nv 'em. Seems his
ole man owns a railroad east somewheres. "
Maybe so. Plug tooth 'ull fool him up
a trip" growled Mike. He's a no count
sort. Reckon his people sent him out here
to keep whisky out Nv him. Durn him
keepin' some good man out Nv job"
kin he rider" asked Jim.
ride nuthin' Burton gave him a string
o. plumb gentle horses. Sets 'em soldier
fashion. Well,o said Pete, 1.-The danes
think he's nicer'n white faced yearlin
He's sure gittin' in his fine work with the
pretty one-Helen, or whatever she calls
herself There's siush hollerin' Well,
we kin rustic grub if we don't eat with the
dudes"
After supper Jim went over to the gaudi-
" painted house and discharged his mis-
sion.
Did you see the gals?'' asked Mike
when he returned to the riders cabin.
Got a kind o. squirt at 'em. Which one
is it has the sort o. open mouth-short
Tipped like? She's as slick loollin' as any
O. them actresses It come to Cheyenne"
"Helen that is. She's the one the jay is
after What is it he answers to? Scran-
ton, amt it, Shortly"
\ man rather over six feet in height
looks up from the rawhide rope he is braid
ing and rolls a cigarette before he replies.
Sounds somethin' like that. Coin back
In the mornin', Jim?'
'Ruther. We gathered raft O. cattle
over there-rode all our horses poor. l
amt had my boots off three nights week
Pound my ear tonight, though, pretty
solid"
you mays we'll crawl into my dogs
nest" said Shorty. Il got a pretty fat
bed, l have. That fellow the freighters
hung give me three pair o daisy blankets.
I'll roll her ont soon'& l get the strand
drawed. Outside's best, l reckon"
''You bet you. don't banker after
sleepin' indoors-not without it SHOWS
That's why the city chaps look SO rocky
don't let the wind blow through their
whiskers nights"
wonder who'll git to go over the river
with YOU" said Mike. "Camped down by
the bend?"
Yes"
''Is the company givin' pretty good chuck
this year,"
Way up. Mac makes 'em. There amt
any more dried apples on the wag'n, but ole
Greaser Smith is cookin' fer us, an his
bread is the best round up bakin out. |
hear them Horseshoe Y 3 men is gittin'
condensed milk. Now, call that civilian
too much. Man who can't drink straight
coffee ought to quit singin' to the cows"
When the men We're all in bed, and
Shorty had thrown boot at the candle
stuck on the doorsill, Hairy Mixes loud
snoTe gave the signal for silence and rest.
At daylight next morning jim Mason
and two of the Burton riders started for
the camp on the North Platte river. A few
miles on The way Jim discovered that he
had left his cuert at Burton's, and told the
other men that he would lope back for it
and overtake them on the divide. Reach
ing the ranch be searched the bunk room
for the cuert. and then went down to the
barn to see if it lay where he had left his
saddle overnight.
Crossing the corral toward the barn
door he was arrested by the sound of a
voice within the building. jim
was not a carpet knight, and would have
left his cuert more willingly than faced
one of Burton's daughters. As he stood
nesitating he heard little cry of pain, and
then mans voice said sharply:
Don't be fool, Nelly"
1t was not old Burton who spoke, jim
was sure of that-it must be one of the
dudes and he listened. If any one was
talking roughly to one of those girls
But you promised, Arthur, you prom
sedp
Precisely. And l probably told you
that you were an angel. Men will use fig
Ires of speech under certain circumstances.
Be sensible, Nelly. believe this is all
but if you want to make a run
FOR it I'll pay your fare cas- and see that
you're comfortable. But as for marrying
you, can't do it-not yet, at any rate If
you see fit to make 4 scandal you'll be bit
ng your nose of to spite your face, that's
I'll. I'd be in a mess, certainIy-but where
would you be-"
And if ! went casts"
"If you let me manage it liz ny own way
you'll be Mrs. Scranton year from now
and nobody viii know the difference.
What is the use of all this crying?"
"Oh, Arthur am so wretched''-
Jim Mason left the corral and spurred
after the men. He could not face the poor
girl, and he dreaded making more trouble
for her. But all the way TO the mouth of
Crazy creek he was wondering what he
could do
Say, Mac" said Jim Mason to the Half
Circle Cross foreman that night. Il got to
90 TO town. Wouldn't leave when you're
SO rushed, On'y can't help ii. kin come
put in a couple o. days"
Mac poked his pipe thoughtfully. 'Well.
be rs quick as you kin II the river don't
90 down it's goin' TO be job swimming
COWS. Take one O. them extrv horses