The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1893-10-20
"GINGER." /"


me smooth strip Of road which run
under the cut bank down to the crossin,
OF the Cottonos, thinking to herself how
peautlfnl everything was, and how
strange it was that all her friends should
conspire to keep her shut up in thar
gloomy ranch house back under tbs
hill, when such strange and delightful
places were to be found just on the out.
side OF it.
The sun was high in the cloudles.
northern sky, but the soft breeze
which came laden with the spicy breath
OF pines lightly lifted the golden curls
under the brim OF the old sun hut and
tempered its monday heat
The short season OF summer bloom
was at its height, and lilies and wax
flowers were being crowded by golden
rod and the tall spikes of the Yucca,
whiie the sagebrush exhaled, under the
heat OF the sun, that pungent odor that
reminds you Of old New England gar.
dens, shut in by picket palings and
filled with h4da cf sn,,a ,k,,., -
ender and Mi m. aso,,ns'. ~ H'G' L', uu' iav-
grandmother knew md vaIraJ 'i''ps ". oui
withal N wild swsst nsrs,',na a'aye' ~. ,i ~
tinctly its own 41''0 "'''
A little wav out nm tho t.uo, ,,.,.,.
topped the cut bank at the right Law the
foothills of the AntaIo,,e mo,nt,; s sn'
rising apd ronnd;ng a,,,,;nst ua, .ha ai,
blue Of the sky. while on tha othor ho "si ";a. =
they fell as gradually into tha No. ',a' w.
low. Between ran tbe road ala4'A p,@,A w w
of those ledves which for,ai,', ",os ~ ene
of one and base of .nothar 80, 'nv w
hills. wound its UNIV dna.n soup ~
CANYON below and was rlaal, NV aoaa.4 suV
ed as "A highway ..rssds ~ sa.y aSvepV
the dwellera in tbaoo ,ao,,..as'' " a''nu "
rions. and unon ,h,u MIA 'ous ..a:, \, ~
maid. having sl;m,ed ,wav ena,., 't',e ua.
mamma who was hnsv in har 49,, - ..a.a, ne.
writing lettsrs and tha Iea ha,..", v"n room
who waa deanlv ahsorhaa :. aSeaoepei' vac
facture Of bulberrv ;allv IN tha li.aaa'. .
had set out upop her travsls ''oD
"papa Jack pana Jackw sho s.nu :.
the ton of her cIsar l;ttla ra;oo 'e ~ ~ ~
wandered on. "f,oldv's con;n - = - a.
ON big toby along via 90, De- ,a'.,Nr ",us
The prairie aoss came o,,t ad ma 'atn. aat :.
the roofs of their bopses snd N, ahatt".oa ~ "a
back nt her: a big ..rattlar. ro;aad ~
self into a few lazv coils ma So aa..,, ~.
back under the nrotecting shadna, % 's1a o.
greasewood, a lvnx cat s3ra,ahoS ~
creyice Of the ledye aboya onanoa L;@
half shut ewes and hI;nkad alaao;,,. 40 80
her: and tho soft v;nd sorS.L;n, .,i.a'sL ~
the tons Of the biv p,nss thot ..naa g.
erywhere among tbe b;lls .an,,ht ~ W.
the refrain--"papa .Iackw W
And 30 the words came inst in +;,,o
to the ears Of Jim who was ha1ina o
long horned steer ba,.k to Ma hnass
which was being held for tho ,rosL -
the round IN. half n mile aw.v M tha
other side Of ths t,ottonois '''
Jim was a COWBOY az Tho t,rascorto ont
lit and (1oldv's nana,s r;rht hnnd .,n.'
and though he was what .IacL Fordhsn,
sometimes called n ..sulkv hrnts nn
better cowman ever coiIad :, rona -. ho
strobe broncho .im--tha noma hv
which his .lfew and far between" letters
came addressed to the t)reana noatntSes
was Charles Artbnr StaLos bnt y
cowboy must needs be recbristensd into
bis rough calling and ainca e,barlsr % :.
rood name and one well iked a,aon'.
;ho bows. was ruled ont ~ court [ hv he
,act that il belonged u him ~ r;oht ' bo
vas called Jim and tha na,na , snitaS a
he man and tbe man answersa ,,'tt 10 tba
name and no one demprred tbereat
Jim and his horse (+inger ,,,era ,,o,.4,
more on the .round mn than anv % otber y
wo bows Or three nonies on tha e,ottona;a [ /