The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-01
/ LITERARY FIELD.

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N grasps the picturesque whole
Silence. presenting 1t as 1t one
be presented to those who look
History of the type when the
has disappeared forever. The
the story is the hard-swearing.
ia buster of bronchos and
battle; he Is the square man
=. wind-swept pains; he Is the
|rted. choking giant in time of
Iirsing himself that the lump
lstently in his throat and will
he Is the exponent of a rude
chivalry which will be recog-
n 1t has given way before the
biviliza ton. And when 1t is rec
q. Hongh's story may have had
part In making way for the
kh plain. unassnming chapters
Cowboys Horse" Marks and
f'1ihe Driver" and "the Cow
II" should yield such riches of
ouch unexpected glimpses of ro-
1.-THE prosaic, is one of the de-
The book. And yet, unmdstak-
book Is merely this every day
cowboy as he is. There are
the authors in the work; there
De of the vulgar caricatnring
made so much OF cowboy 1T
ensfve. 1t is direct. simple,
Educating beyond a doubt that
had seen as he wrote. Here
glimpse of winter closing in on
3 early snow settles and hard
added to by other SHOWS. The
the little spring creek have
" swimming place now lett 70
ng the bank OF the river APP
lrious drag of a travelling OF
down by the too sold closing
am above. The great, round
& mountain lion has been seen
two places on the range, and
big gray wolf, the latter as
lie hootmarks of a horse. The
er at one of the out camps who
e door at midnight and looks
pc white plain, whom the moon
bright and the stars are large
ful, hears waited upon the air
a dreary, sobbing wall of the
4 sweeping In Its tireless gallop
|searo,h of food. He Will find
n
\ some delightful speculation In
PINT of the cowboys horse:
rse OF the Moor became the
he Span.ard, and the horse of
rd became the horse of the
hian. or Mexican, which in turn
horse Of the cattle trade which
ID down with X. The animal
ound an environment to its
indeed, similar to that which
ed its type in Northern Africa.
Spanish pony had no more
would keep it alive, and soon
Arn how to do without 1t in
lire. For generation after gen.
: lost flesh and gained angles,
and gained wind and stomach
and speed, until at the time
American cowboys meeting
@as small, hardy, wiry, an
e. as wild as hawk. as fleet
as strong as an OK. II had
n line of beauty. Its outline of
Hgone forever, merged into a
I've neck, which looked weak.
Eas not. It's head was devoid
Iii outline. often Roman nosed,
lowing fineness and quality in
Ind the muzzle.. Its head was
I let on. Its ribs seemed a bit
Is hips weak. Its back was
forward of the Coupling in a
~, as though the arch We're in
with a stomach perpetually
FROM hunger and cold. Its eye
od to look upon, and Its fore
lays what one would ask of his
hdIer. But suppose the strip
lre had been followed out until
framework of this plains horse
I'D quite bare and the skeleton
ID evidence, this skeleton would
&study. The quality of the bone
arm would be found dense and
n not spongy. as the bone of a
Drse. The hoofs and feet would
|0uralble and sound. The cat
Ups wound be found to supple
EHespised roach in the back, and
have offered that's greyhound
pm which lis seen in all the
mals where the arch of the
rked and the hind legs are set
fo' ward easily IN running"
Il little simple pathos where
nity offers. For instance, when
PORN has estampeded the cattle
pext moe'ning the cowboys fol-
dl to count losses of both cat
boy ride along on the torn and
All LEFT BY the cattle in their
night before, they all see the
IN. every, one of them, before
them d9res to say word.
what is this dark mass lying
md ahead, Something strange
y threat, and each man adds
he heap of pity as they draw
ody. The boys face. washed
clean by the drenching rain
faken away the CRIME of the
lgned in The morning sunlight,
It gently. His hair. sodden
pod. trails off into the miry
hich he was a part and into
H. now to return. His pony,
elegs broken, lifts it's head as
IN and whinnies.
M horse, Bud says Jim at last.
I'D about the Strengthened fig
10y. A shot Is given the pony,
Idle stripped from its back.
L. his horse and reaches down
EN- which Springiime hands
ft4rom the ground. He takes
in his arms. riding with the
" he hern of his saddle, holding
cl carefully across his lap. He
(( TIL he gets near Camp, NUT
|9sonly: It's too did badp
ndred miles TO ranch, two
|f3AA town. There is no church
Not one hypocrite is to be
4s Knot of rude men, and as
Messed any religion before, so
)up now. There Is no
M Ice. He is buried In his blank
|Ms hat over his face and his
ours in place as he slept when
|lMk of the Broncos and Other
Mexica," by Charles T..
|Xharles Scribner's Sons. pub
| York
10 a dozen excellent stories OF
Mexico in this PRETTY bound
inches AMI sheep runs bear
nakes ana horse thieves are
material. so that there is
WI the melotir.nfatic hangar