New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-06

7 WIS still a cowboy. and with the same outfit
no longer tenderfcot. could ride rope and shoot
with any one and was earning my $50 a month, with
grub right along in fact. by reason OF my relation
shin IN one of tie ranch owners never laid Off
even in the duh In all this time had never
gone home. although my people were constantly
begging for a visit. liked the life. the constant
change and adventure: but one day | concluded
was tired of punching COWS, and told the 'Doss
was going to take a vacation and so and see my
family.
..We were driving a big bunch OF cattle 10 the
,arroad and the boss asked me to take charge of
Them 10 Kansas City, where he promised 10 meet
mo NJ the company's office and settle up to ms
back pay This meant good deal to me. as had
let nv wages remain with the firm for nearly two
wears and had quite pot of money coming TO me.
At the station got my cattle aboard and we start
cd II was beasty weather no rain for weeks;
dust simply awful: water. too. mighty scarce ana
what there was had to principally to the cattle
II was walking over the tops OF the cattle-cars the
first night when happened 10 look down. and there.
crouched the little platform between the cars.
was a tramp his teeth chatterng so you could
hear II II was fall weather. and the nights
bitterly cold although the days were mild and
Deasant His rags were scanty, ana. indeed. he
shivered SO wondered how he could hold on |
called down and found he had beaten his way from
San Francisco and was gong-well anywhere
where meals and nights lodgings abound.
He was one of your acknowledgements tramps
the pitiful sort like homeless dog. down you
couldn't give him extra kick: so hauled him up.
told him had the right to helper on my trip. but
had neglected TO bring one. and II he liked TO take
the lob would square ii with the conductor. Jake
for that was his name. agreed. and for makeshift
human being mostly bones and very little In the
way OF flesh and muscle TO get about with. he did
contrive TO be very useful. He seemed TO regard
as sort OF New Jerusalem shed down and round
about him. and fairly crawled in the dust at my
feet-there was enough of 1t have covered him
entirely. any way All the money had about me
was a hve-dollar bill. out OF which squeezed food
and extras for both until reached Kansas City
There placed my bunch of cattle safely In the
stockyard. and then. telling Jake 10 stick 10 me,
for was going to get my stake. started to look
up the boss. who TO meet the Office OF
the people 10 whom We had consigned the cattle
1t occurred to Jake and hustled through the
us In the matter personal appearance. My
brooches almost I'm ribbons from the knees
down. of my sleeves had been nearly
pulled off I'm friendly scufiie my flannel shirt was
yilely dirty. was my sombrero; my mar was Iohs
and unkempt. and | had several days CROWN OF
stubble on ms chin. Still | had so long been ac-
customed think of men as men ana not o. -, men
clothes. that sailed right Into tne once, oo'I L5
brass and. finding the boss hadn arrived; asn ~
for a small advance. sixty cents being exacty me
sum had left in my apology for pocket iou car,
picture my state OF mind when TINS INQUEST request
was CURLY refused. .,,
w ia an Am to d was h maS Sland reply
e. And starve in the mean time? was mad clean
n through See here, my father Is Judge = Can't
You lend me enough to telegraph him? Or you tele-