Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-27
GINGER"

a. smooth HIflp on foHu Wlltu runs
,.Jer the cu, bank down to the crossing
~ ,be Cot,onois, thinking 10 herself how
te.nfiful everything was, and how
Grange It was that all her friends should
eonspire to keep her shut up in tina.
sloomy ranch house back under the
KIM when such strange and delightful
.iices were to be found just on the out
Inc sun was high in the cloudlcs
-,rtberu sky; but the soft breeze.
which cama laicn with the spicy breath
ofrines, lightly lifted the golden curl
ynisr the brim of the old sun hat and
tempered its noondny hoat.
Tho short season Of summer bloom
was AZ ila height. and lilies aud waA
eowers were being crowded BY golden
III and the tall spikes Of the yucca.
vhils the sagebrush exhalcd, under the
lea, Of the sun, that pungcnt odor that
,.minds Won Of old New England gar.
5ons. shut In by picket palings and
allied with beds % sage, thyme. rue. Law.
enier and all the aromatic herbs our
graudmo.hers know and valued--yet "a,
wiihal, q wild, sweet perfume quite dis
tnctly rs own.
A little way out ON the level which
,orr,i the cut hanl; az the right lay tic
.hill. Of the Antelope mountains.
rising and rounding against the darl:
Noe Of the sky, while ON the other side
tlry hll rs gradually into the plain be-.
lw. Between ran the road along one
a these hedges which, forming tho top
a one and base Of another group OF
hills, wound It's way down into the
canyon below, and was gladly accept
ell as highway ready 20 hand" by
tha dwcll'rs IN these mountainous r..
guns; and upon this wild trail tao little
uaii, having slipped away fum her
mamina, who was busy In her own room
writing letters, aud the housolocper,
who was deeply absorbed IN the manu-.
PICTURE Of bulborry july IN the kitchen,
bad set out upon her travels.
Papa Jackl Papa Jackl" she sang ut
The top OF her clear little voice, ~ sho
wandered on, "Goldy's comm 10 wide
On big toby along wild you, Papa jack
The prairie dogs came ont and sat on
The roofs u their houses and chartered
back ut hos; big "rattler" raised him.
SELF into u few lazy coils aud then saul;
lack under the protecting shadow Of u
popcwool; lynx cat, stretched In
cioyicc Of tho ledge above. opened his
half shut eyes aud blinkcd slccpily at
har aud the soft wind, soughmg through
the tops OF the big pines that stood ey-
orywhcre among the hills, caught up
the refruin-"Papa Jack"
And 80 the words came just IA time
to the ears Of .liIn, who was hnzing a
long horned steer back TO the bunch
which was being held for the wOrl, Of
the round up, half milo away ON the
other side Of the Cottonois.
Jim was cowboy of the Crescent out
fl and Goldy's papa's right hand man.
and though ho was what Jack Fordhsm
sometimes called "ully brute" no
better cowman over coiled u ropo or be-
strobe broncho. Jim-tho name by
which his "fow and far between lottor
camo addressed IN tho Orcana postoiilcc
--wus "Charlcs Arthur Stakes but a
cowboy must needs be- rechristcnod into
HIS rough calling, and since Charley,
good name, and one well liked among
Tho BOYS, was ruled ont Of court By the
iaci that II belonged 10 him of right. he
was called Jim, and the name suited
the man, and the man answered TO the
name and no ono domurrol thoruat.
jim and his horse Ginger wore worth
more on tho round up" than any other
twoboys or three ponies ON the CU,tonois
or the Bijou, and Jim know It ~ well MS
C,oyh0iy else on tho river. IIo had
more than uuce been offered "big money"
20 take charge Of some rival outfit, but
Forlhlm had picked him up years be.
ilro away south on the Canadian when
hewas dead broke bucking against hi.
luck at faro In Julo Towards "Pluce"
in The Old Adobe Walls, and they had
f'aid together over since that old time.
Ginger was the pride Of Jim's heart.
the very apple Of his eye. No common
broneho, but clean built little mus.
tng with record Us u cow pony
brought from tho wild Texas country
whcreJim found him. What he wouldn't
oori jimH command you might b. Ger.
tain that no horse could do. Rear till
you'd swear he was bound 10 fall back.
ward aud crush his rider; walk at nod
from jim into n saloon and knowingly
wink an eye at the man behind the bar,
aud as for cows--holding, driving, hnz.
mg or cutting ut-ho know II as well
a. his ritsr. and great deal better n
ms rider happened 10 b. green hand.
And now, az l said, horse and rider
Worron top of the cut bank some twenty
i,et above the road. along which trotted
liitlo Cody, lifting her small voice In
Invocation Of Papa Jack, " scouting and
crashing along In hot pursuit Of big
Texas steer that had broken away from
beneath the branding iron, wild and
savage with pnin and wilder and more
savage for the rough ha2ing given him
BY jim and Ginger.
The round up had been working that
morning half mile away across the
Io'lopois bal just made cRlnp, and ut
mat ialeml moment Papa Jack' was
!!-ylng, as no pulled tho saddle from OH
his tired horse:
I'M throw this onto Tobo and lopo
ever TO the ranch for dinner. It's only a
e'aple Of miles; / Il be back before you
ere fairly at work"
Aud so, with his coat thrown over his
ann aud his right leg ourlod around the
l'mmel IT tho saddle, 10 rest the tired
muscles, he galloped his fresh horse
easily up tho slope from the Cottonois,
70 toe-his child, his golden haired baby,
running toward him, with arms out
.lre'ched, crying, "Papa Jack, toned
70 wider. And behind her, only fl