The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-11
JOE IRISHS EMBRACING.
ADVENTURE OF TENDERFooT ABoUT
TO he TAGGED.

y ulun y eNa DEOkS untll nos DTOko. Also,
all sheep herdcrs are surely crazy"
Tho man who gaYe utterance to these two
gems OF wisdom. or experience. used to run n
newspaper at Buffalo. Wyo. He took two long
draws at his cigar and gazed around him
blandly. The other men at the cafe table re-
Rarded him with interest. They did not per-
ceiye the connection between tho two remarks.
NC. stree" he continued. mo mans ever
broke until he's nat cleaned out and busted
down to the last piece OF metal with the U. 8.
stamp on IL. And although there's not a parti-
Gle OF doubt that Joe Irish was. and probably Is
yet, the craziest sheep herder that ever threw n
rock at a Snake River maybe. that don't say
that all sheep herders aren't moro or less
loony. Now. after the chance Joe Irish had to
quit q big winner that time, OF course. like the
crazy sheep herder he was. he wasn't satisfied,
but he wanted to put all tho layouts out Of
business, and OF course he went broke down to
his last two bits. And II. after getting down to
the last two bits. he hopned in again and fooled
me up by quitting a bigger winner than he had
been before. why, that didn't prove that he
wasn't plumb blind. staggering crazy, not by a
dickens OF a lot. did it2
Joe, you know" went on the returned exile.
couldn't spend his pay on the range. and SO.
when he came into Pocatello (which is in Idaho,
as I suppose l must say for the benefit OF the
Uitlanders by whom l am surrounded. he had
$500 waiting for him. That $500 bundle was
an awful a~liiction to Joe. He knew that he
couldn't hope to blow 1t all in on sage-brush
whiskey within the space OF ten days. which
was to be the period of his knock-ofr after
nine solid months on the range-but he
made the attempt. After three days OF
it he still had $3.50 left. Now. whiskey
and Unborn insanity naturally make toward
melancholia. l was up against 1t at Pocatello.
but l had u front. That is, l had q collar and
nccktie. That's probably why Joe Irish picked
me out for somebody when he saw me stand
ing near the entrance to tho Grand Palace bar
and asked me. We had two or three, and then
Joe unfolded to me his tale OF woe. Only six
and a half days remaining Of his vacation from
the sheep range and about 8 left.
AN tn best l kin do said Joe. 'ist drink
three gallons O. booze a day. an there amt no
one around here to stan me up an take tn
bundle off me. or work tn shells on me. or do
me out o tn, wad. Podner.' wound W, Joe.
fully $i2feft out O. this bunch when tn time
comes fur me Z hit up tn range agin.'
shaE Shaughnessy. You see. when I struck
Pocatello l had gone against Shag shaugh-
PPocate5llo". and. only had, So left. wanted to
go to some old place, either backward or for
TT Ss9',s 3 WSy + w SsS nnth %gsh at f6es fiRs the s.
tho ni m nsa pEEtsst WSisEe to b Ii,f Joe foId On iRt9 RiS sha airsa t9v
on this nsH fourth Tndsnfa Of his rSIT VACATION Sa itm from r1ie1 the
range. although. he hadn't taken more than
eighty-seyen drinks Of it since, he had got out
into Shag's from purely .philanthropic motives.
didn't purpose permitting any poor sheep
could help it., And Shag looked pleased when
I brought. Joe in. Shay was dealing himself.
pilkeeE Esro,. . noor m.n, sa,dI - sno. .that,.
he don't see his way clear to getting rid OF his
pile between now and then unless he has as
self, I'm only waiting here to be vngeed; Fix
him out. Shag, and earn his eternal gratitude
all I rISSt. Ma said o }Ys g me- gratefully you're
"f6en Joe fell into one Of the side seats Just
when shay was starting new 69xful; end an eSS
Of Shag's coin Just by letting his money stand
eight times on the double. because he had no
the whiskoy. Joe plunked his first hunk OF
s si,t; s2pi i6 9a w 4 4 Z and Il tS Ssn oeiS 9Ht; s Ihe ov he
on an, eight It cane out, And SO on. Eight
times he did this. The box, was kind to him
sseessibd{essi % his original AlafF rs $50 ei 81 30 S %oTt6 Of s Saen;
chips were piled up on the pack. the eighth
had been hypnotized., 1t was a burned uncom-
Portable lucid interval for Shag.
".'Podner.' said Joe. addressing me. I'm Jest
u bit dizzy. Wen git out In the air an whirl
aropn' some. Jest cash in this bunch fur me.
"shae looked very much disappointed In
si.s %pR Wo os s of Chips Bsf into %n sold h and fe epPfsne sna'
Are you going to bring him pack2' ShaG
My boy said 1 to shag. I'm waiting to
get vageedhere. but l am not yet a runner for
your institution; From motives Of the purest
philanthropy l brought our sheep herdlng son
grief at the prospect OF being compelled to re;
metal. The task seems to have been too DIM
cult but 1t lets me out; For the future move.
the front door, am not responsible
"Shgughnessey casaedJ the chips; and
J Ta,Fe original 2dS T venture anS q so. and Td.i Mailing the
wandering Joe about a block up the street. |
that he trusted me, a stranger. SO, completely.
but then you are measurably familiar with my
Joe didn't seem to he particularly pleased
with the amount of his winnings.
me- s,I sSIS O he. tn HiEns or / IN 20 0t back P TO tS' ra MISs
eiIin' until Pm broke. 1t looks as IL don't get
broke here; &c. how about a-travellin'. an
nj related unto the crazy man several tales
of quite sensible persons who hadn't ever been
able TO let well enough alone, and l told him
he'd better hang on to his winnings and take q
Brace nothin'.' he, replied. I'm braced.
huddlin' a ornery bunch . sheep ten months
iettin' out. When's tn mex train West comm
~'lhe next Union Pacific train for the West
!" Well. wen jest take it. said Joe.
tell him my observation-disclosures 1 tried to point a
Il, moral in telling him about my circumstances.
but he wasn't up to moralizing Just then. He
dug into the pocket wherein he had deposlted
his winnings. drew out q handful OF gold and
by back deprecatingly he put it all on the rim
FIN stakin' YOU he said. Don't be a
coyote
It,. 1t amounted to SOD,
"'As a loan. then said l. all right, for / re-
hected that II we were to go travelling, a stake
I'VE went over to the Grand Palace four-room
hotel and L paid up and got my grip, Joe had
entered Pocatello unincumbered with luggage,
and my solicitude over mine bored hin. II good
deal. When tho Union Pacific train for the
the length of the division. ! thought that ,'ud
be far enough to sober Joe up, Inc ED Th OF
we got thero-and neither Of us suffered for
Hoprishment, on the wait was ABOUT IL
ton. at a hotel kept by a locomotive engineers