Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1892-07-03
A bay at tho Roundup.


, happy dreams, my chum and were
uwaKenci by knocking ut the door,
and n pleasant voice called to us,
Girls. it's tIme for the rodco." We
! Jumped up, and began preparing for
the guod timo which followed. We
| atc II hearty breakfast, az I'll vaqucTos
! should, then donucd ur riding habits.
aud, after waliS:ng to tho stable. and
fcw mumunt's patient whiting there
/ Tor our escorts, so mounted our
I steeds and stIrtcu for the scene OF
excitement at o'clock, all in high
! spirits and on high horses. Mesars.
B. and ). took the lead aud kindly
! ASKED us tU pnrtalic OF their dust,
which We did most freely for a short
( d!s,.nce only, for presently they
strurk off al right angles from us and
disappeared tru4a .Icw. leaving Ills at
tended by \. and j. After time
Misses 6. and l.. ha, ny mis.ei ,n"IIi,
and thinking tO pursue them, started
towards II pclHhbOriug meadow. which
they raced through like mad IN
search II long ears Nc think. They
would have ruined the meadow a4d
torn down all the fences, had 40 not
dispatched :. after them To- tell them
ot the danger tho country WAS in.
After long race, ne succeeded IN
capturing the ruuaways, aud per
suaded ihcm to return viii. him.
In the mcantIm" Miss B. aud my
self arrived nj the roundup. aud uyou
cnquIr!gS uf Mr. -. s. whcrc tho rest
o! the boys were, We were Informed
they were coming ~ the distance; and
furthermore, none werc allowed on
tho grounds, unless meaning - make
themselves useful We wIshod t.
a:..y b. "a aSEyl what U#Ss5 they
paid extra good hands, and being
satisfied with the reply. headed our
horses towards sunc cattle which
we're peacefully fcod!nG near bv.
driving them 20 the main herd. which
paving tie dust, Ike 30 many in
fur,Ited buiTaI0s.
After the cattle had all been gath
cred into one immense bunch, the
Todco boss called out in tones Of
thunder, "iitlt!" at which command
each vaqurrO took his place in the
circle, read! for action. But few
minutes hni eldp"cl when tho stock
uwncrs rode boldly into tho midst OF
th" band, and began the dangerous
work OF parting out animals bearing
their brands. and occasionally taking
out IL lcppir. which they drove off /,
thrir respective curnoIs, leaving one
or two men to keep thom from going
back to th" roundup.
Tho rext thing which attracted my
attention, wns tho fearless riding
Every horse seemed to Understand
whnt pleased his .nas,or most, aud
plunged, suOricd. and va w".c told
hy one OF the boys, wore themselves
0Ht cutting cr.ra scallnps, greatly t.
tho G'rust OF rho foreman. Will.
wc were standing near ;ho paradn. dis
cn.sing the ccntiomCn's rour q, We
we're startled Oy the sound Of horse:
coming rapidly toward us: and IN
looking IL the direction of the noise.
VI behcid II sight never la DO Tor
gotten. \ fierce looking nuima!
buRdcd straight towards Us, lts eyee
gIaring, and believing and tossing it,
hOad frnniicnlly. Taking in our situa
ton ut once, and realizing our durger.
wo turned our torscs and giving them
tho whip, ran for our lives, the uuim,l
IN hot pursuit. Had il not boon
for tho gnllantry OF Mcssrs G.. und S
wo would have, undoubtedly, boon
lost. They fcarlessly kept pace with
the mnd creature, ono on cuch side of
IT, driving IL straight towards us
Had they rracticcd many weeks thcy
could not have 'donc better. aud wc
kindly thanked thcm for their prof.
fcrcd sorvcos on this our first day at
tho rodoo.
Each man, having now tnkcn nll
tho cattle belonging TO him, tho un
claimed allowed 10 remain on the
ground, they proceeded 10 drive thom
IN separate bunchcs 10 tho ncighbur-
ing licld, whore tho cattle feeding
thcrc wcro takon through tho samo
process. This being accomplished,
thcy were driven To thoir respective
homes and branded, af,or Witch they
vote ngain sct at liberty 10 gra2e on
tho range. until ncxt Frll whom thcy
again roceivo tho Ruuo nttontiOn from
thoir owners. Thus chdcd tho most
exciting day OF my visit III RUBY