Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-26
A TEXAS L0CHINyAR

ell, cat manned little beggar, with
blood ia his eye aud ~ many devils IN
his disposition As there are cookie burrs
IL ais tail
wish some Of the people who imagine
fl1at drOves II such little beasts are the
hOFsea generally raised On Texas ranches
could see Jim McQnees4's Cinco. His
sire was four mile horse whose anees-
Try ran vaguely back toward Kentucky,
and he unites with the beauty. speed,
smooth coat. good temper and larger
sizs u this stock the indOInitabls pluck
and harlilooa and the inexhausnble
bottom. Of bis native Texas blood.
jim traded iye ponies for him when
he was a raw. slim legged yearling, and
called him Cinco Ia comIpemOratiOn.
Tie Is 6 years old now aud has never
Known the feeling of a collar. Il is true
that II some uninstruetsd outsider should
insist ou putting him into harness Cinco
woald probably end by kickiug tho We
hiclo into kin'lhng wood and himself
clean OF every scrap Of harness, but
this would be simply conternPtnous
protest. foFcible explanation Of the
fact that he wasn't built 70 haul loads.
Cineo Is the b.st horse ia this, d coun-
try OF good horses. His qualifications
and accomplishments are varied. He Is
ga inapproachable cow horse; finished
expert IN All tho horse maneuvers Incl
dent 20 rounding Up. roping and cutting
out; . perfect mias Of endurance and
good spirits on the trail. aud always
wins. all the long distance and handicap
xaees at the county fair. he won his
last handicap about a month ago under
circumstances OF thrilling interest TO
romance loving frontier society.
Jun Is tho junior partner at the
bachelor Gillespie & Mcqueen sheep
and cattle ranch on BOggy run. Their
nearest neighboT, five miles above. is
the Aastll ranch, at Crockett's well.
Miss Chamnie Austeil, when she came
out 70 tho ranch year ago from some
east Texas school, had as easy walk
over Of the GEehsputed belleship of tho
whole county as Cinco would have had
IN an open race against field OF COW
ponies ard without an ounce Of handi-
cap. II was Jim. with his good looks,
boyish spirits, aud what Wade Keener
bitterly styled This blame winnin ways, =
who first gained her maiden preference
and held it 80 long ia the face Of SO
much and such spirited, not 10 say des-
'perate. rivalry that it looked as though
the cOglrse OF true love might be going
10 run smooth once. Just To show its
west Texas originality.
Bnt now came upon the scene the
caGsc Of discord. Notwithstanding,
jealousy AMI reproaches. spirited retorts
aud secret tears and finally angry sepa-
ration in the person of a sheepman' 3
"dr!fter," from somewhere up in the
Panhandle. Spur was a most unro-
mantle figure, about five or six feet in
height aud three across. with sort of
air Of good fellowship about him, and
giving q vague impression somehow of
great and abouDiins wealth.
Now a drifting" sheeQInan IL. gen.
orally spessking. not very kindly taken
% BY cattlsgneni or even by sheep ranch
ers. lie is . man who may have 10000.
$1,000 or 20.0Oo sheep. and grow rich of
the wool and nmtton without ever own
ing a foot OF land. Bat old man Austell
and Mrs Austell were urieniably i'm
pressed b. the atmosphere Of wealth
that went about with Spur, and when
hs laid violent siege TO dummies alice
lions ho got moro OK less support from
the family the boys. who were
.Jim's special friends. standing Of nett
trial. Jim. hurt aud angry. rode over
% sea Caummie and demanded that
she give that chump bis vamos right
straight
It's bard for q pretty girl who knows
her power 70 sccede gracefully and
promptly % an order ike that, even
FROM the man she loves, aad tho result
WIS sn angry rupture.
For some weeks they never met, and
ali this time Spur WAS staying at the
Austeil ranch OF camping close 70 it,
pushing his suit with ChumFnie. aud
ChgnInie. with tho indiscretion of the
weaker sex. thinking to scare Jim into
repentance. allowed herself 81 ~ drawn
into a sort of promise. which Spur i'm
raedistely fastened upon, sent - san
Antonio Ser al immense diamond soil
faire. and with the support Of the old
people hurried on the marriage. 50 that
before she realized where she stood the
frightened aud unhappy girl was acta-
ally puttirg On her wedding dress.
And Emf
The season was bad. there had beer
no rain fer kong. Bozry run was ruu
ont tlp grass was dry a. tinder and the
stock was beginning 60 sufer. The
sheep could do where they were-a vel
regulated Texas sheep can come As neal
dispensing with drinking water rs d
Karu4cky colonel but the cattle wers
rounded up and started ont ga the trail
for the territory Jim. who usually
xiaid with The Sheep took charge - the
eaktie shis wear There wa q most m
ccsnfortsb'e soraness n the rsEisn Il
bis hsart. winch BE- seemed somewhat =
hisr might D. nl-ra or less worked IT in
tho m - aanas5ng herd "a trail eat
tls. AR ming recaici trslt sresrs. fohfiaz
~ s~ep Re bunch 90 -'se srsil 10 the face
Ct nsTsier. or ur'segling - prevent a.
a. s.eE1 a. ircinieus stampede
10y bal 81 5'st ni ths tral near'r
~--k- enf uere 81 frv weI ne ff--eaf
lie state Inns. when Bfb EoaG*s rnda
hifo tasir esmp ane evening After emp
To-. when 4inis teo eeV oovs were onf
slmg arerra ihe tsr3 stnH fheu
tsi.iea down rsr the aeht nah re-
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