The Meeker herald., 1898-05-21

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aesd" and away up at the head
& Ah profession. Tho promoter and
- rctasesQue figure In the Uts war.
y bad few schemes that we're nicsly
~ shatlng but did not psn eat during
- Inst term Of once, nd IL term
~ ~ financial success. A second
t6un promised bstter u there was ~.
81 large collections 70 Be made. md
~ sdss Of ever paying the money over
tpAnybody never entered Jim's hsad, it
Ias TIE collection alone that bothered
hn. He was prolific in expedisnh and
~ bfain was In . tumult when every
thlas on the surface was apparently
plseA He wss an artist In adspdna
84eaf 10 his sasoand1nss m the roisa
Astls assuned, hs was shrswd snsnkh
10 b bsyond hfs depth and pAd&fd
viGs casA while in his element, =
wss b bixeSt.pebble On that part 4
the eAeh, snt was careful to not over
stssf ~ rules pf etiquette that Was sup
poss 70 obtaiA in that particular brand
of ,cistY. llls Recommendation pro
trudtd peremItorily from his hip
pocket and his tuavity Of manner and
adrceness Of adaptabflity to his en-
virotnents meta responsive chord that
carribd him along like a whits-cap on
the cgsst Of thelucoming wave that was
1owiA9 while lis element was at nood
tide. land lont before the retrograde
movsnement commenced Kendall bed
snchStsd his sahs In some obscure land
bounl harbor where bench warrant and
hsnddutfs were unknown and the place
of hiSActivity Ast knew him once knsw
him no more for ever: evet'"'
:. In TIE fall q 1888 Jim was superin,
tendsas for theL. OF Cattle outst %
Whit river. In the county, with head
quats at home ranch," about tsu
miles elow Meeker, and was the bosa
COW pgnchsr Of the valley.
!, SoubNhers in bis wsndering1 b
PICKED (sp b ittls French crso's taaa
Mrsd i1ssh him - bis wtfs. She ha1
masy Tbs ssasuaiass q gsapsusps]
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tnap -. sarAsl \, ss'..ssus(
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ahot = vaiuabls, and whsn Jim ran
aw1 she ran away too, In company
wit3 = worthless fellow BY the name Of
Ge&ns Martindale, Ksndall's under
she4f, who abandoned . wife and two
nnaiookieg:baby boys .for. ths. platonic
iov3o uh,s rselscssois adventures.
-lIndalf hid an the elements Of =
thG{ {Dushbrsd an around, blown in the
bod p, Simon pure, old fashioned Dem
ocrSt. with q. fsws souches Of western
DAD and sshs-fpetdsdmbibed from the
ozoee OF tbs Rocky mountain cattle
ranges, 1t u q natural for that kind Of
q nn TO want oAdcS a. it is for . duck
to istm. md Ksndxli was BY no means
an exception: Branding calves was not
suitable, md the solitude Of the cattle
raake beesme monotonous. Kendall
wdhtsd bigger game and an opportunity
to bhow himself, and to use an iron
sohewhat different from 3 branding
irG. The sompanionship Of the saloon,
thb clinking Of glasses and the excite
mSat Of the gambling table, with tho
rafting Of CHIPS, was more congenial,
and in the fan Of 1885 he sought that
in TIE Democratic nomina-
tiap for sheriff, and when the braves
mst, Kendall and Mike Drum, . bibu-
|o.s IrhAlnan from lower White riyer.
wsn st6ngsin the front row loaded.
All Afps vented was more whisky. sod
ai Ksa4alEwanted was the nominstiap
for shaiA and both sot what thev wsce
after. .sSieS7 go 'o,a ,. q
LOwtG to The HERALD's limited
space - conclusion Of the article, wiz
appear IN the next issue.-ED.]
Oh But We are Wicked.
Rspes comes from the philippines
that -. rebels there are useless -