The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-06
SHE RODE FOR FUN.

Jim, said |, breaking in upon his
ditty, what was the yarn you were GO
ing to tell about the time you engineer
eel that English hunting party through
the Bear Paw mountains
Wewere riding along the trail which
stretches its seTpentine length at the
feet If the eteInally grand old Rockies
between Forts Mcleod and Calgary On
a bright, warm afternoon in January
When they have IA chinook out there,
sporting in its rude, bOisterous. yet
withal genial fashion, through the deep
defiles Of the mountains from over the
Pacific, with rumble like Niagara at
distance and Il fOIce which makes YOU
button your coat up tightly 10 keep it
from blowing or, the snow soon vnn-
ishes even in midwintcr, and the Their
mometer Jumps from $40 below" 10
temperate so suddenly that you won
der if the sun has not wheeled himself
several degrees out Of his normal course
at such Il season or the breath Of an APP
preaching prairie lire is not tanning
your cheek.
The singer gave the wad Of tobacco
in his jaw "a twist with his tongue and
aimed an amber Jet at bulldog" on
his hclse's ear before turning upon me
n pair # glisteling eyes, with black
points set in saucers # milk. short,
impudent nose and rather weak
mouth, round the corners Of which
lurlsed musing sIlile. Then, after
pause. he said:
"Oh, yes Wei, I.ittlcfleld was the
chief # the outfit, an lac he'd his wife
along-fine. spankin woman, good To
lock at. There was another Englishman
IA great shot--called Wells, an II mig
ger cock. big, slashin buck, but with
no mo sand in him than pusillani-
nous jack rabbit Lord, how we did
scare that peer critier! His teeth used to
chitter like n squirrels; it's "A wonder
he didn't shake 'cm cut If his big wool
~ head " Fraid of his own slladder after
night, an he'd make one any time, even
il it was pitch dark, Inc was 50 infunal
black. You might as socn git this here
buzzard head I'm a-ridin 20 stand ON
one leg as coax that niggcr 20 mosy
outside the flare @ the campfire after
SHUTDOWN fer pail a. water CT fer any
other pu'pcs'. fer the matter O that.
You see, he was II pilgrim never been
ON layout # this sort afarc. IN he was
that blamed tender goat would nibble
him.
but. / b'lccvc, to.talll Christian, l
was partly responsible fer his bcin SO
extray-crtinurv skttisl. lie stated
oncet cr tS,icct fer water cftcr night to
crick quite handy, sho v after we
went into canp. jest stepped of -
PAGES into the Iincs an let Il 'yee-Cw'
or two Cut Il me, an Juabo, he throw
ed back his ears an yellcG-lce-riffic,
tell you-an come praucin up To the
cmnpiilc-jcst teclin high spots, ycu
understaud-witl,h his two sighicrs stick
i'll ont like the knobs cn the hcliis # n
orpery freight Cx, shGkin like sick
COW in a north wind, an dcIn pail in
sight.
"Aftcr that Quaker mcc,m ner u
cyclone wouldn't nudge him, al il ycu
asked HIM 10 pat Il tree between HIM
an the llaze after dark he'd weep like
wolf. An that woman! No-she
Didn't laugh nene-C-rh, Iic-ol'' And
Jim lay back i'll his sat tie and sent a
peal echoing up amcng the focthills
which shock tie fcw lingering traces II
soft snow from the branches II the
spruces.
That jim was q ''l3l.le skinner d g.
not imply that Ec was expert at fe1nrv-
ing hides-in tCtc SIMPLY that he be-
longod To that select h.lnch Il frt rticls-
men whose supcrlatiye beast is that
they can drive or ride "aryihiug That
wears hair that he was pass, Il Ilastcr
in the craft # teamsterism.
He adjusted the pistols in his belt.
gave forward tilt 10 his bread trimmed
buckskin hat and hitch to his fringed
leather CHAPS, and kicked his big,
juggling Mexican spurs against his cay
uses fianks Def re rcsuming;
but L was a-gcin to tell you 'baut
Mis- Li'l'feld She was mighty fine
woman, rs i said before, au we'll put up
fond If out { door sport al Of ri,lin
in partic lar. Well, one bright, warm
mosnin hl'fcid an Wells went off
huntin. AN ! 4 orders IL was tcamster
an guide to the outfit, You know 10
move camp acrcsst the divide
90 mile--in the meantime 80. after
breakfast an the dishes he'd been wiped,
we packed up tho outfit an struck camp,
but il was well On in the day before we
pulled cut.
"Now, Mis- Lifted he'd spankin
bay hoss specially fer her own use. 1
hedn't no objections to her ridin, Of
co'se, not commonly. But YOU know il
amt jest nice to be rollin down a
blamed co'kscrew mount in trail after
dark an gettin into camp late an hevin
to plant yer tents an square things out,
cut yer kindlin an git yer water by cat
light an wait till . O'clock. mebbe, fer
yer supper This was what he'd happen
ed different times through Mis- Lii
field. She alters wanted to ride when
we shifted camp an follered the wagon
ON her bay hoss. IL was undc'sto that
when l was goin too fast or he'd got too
fur in the lead she would wave her
Handkerchief, an was to slack up IT