The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1899-05-19

OF men. TO receive money. clOlncS.
Joint of N at from friend. | would
taste him in all the beasts OF the field
and through all creation. = Turtsn6cl,
IN Baltimore .Snn.
ATEN TURKEY QUEEN.
While driving slowly along 4 lonely
mountain road in western Texas few
days ago. writes Il correspondent, my
horse suddenly prickcd up his ears,
and rs looked about for the purpose
of discovering the object that had at
tractcd his attention | saw something
that rather a-tnn,<,.rl ne. \ large
flock Of turkeys led 10y II dozen or
more bic black gohbltrS. was coming
slowly over a hill bat short distance
away. \ few Of the birds were pick
inc along the sides of the trail, but the
bulk of the tlork WAS in the main high
way, apparently undiS;urbcd by my
presence.
am perfectly familiar with this par
ticular region of country. and | knew
that the wild birds were not to be found
in such great numbers near public
road. My amazement at the gentle
ness of the turkeys was little less pro
nounced than my astonishment at the
size of the flock. | stopped my horse,
and, while gazing at them with all the
admiration of an old hunter and wish
inc from the bottom of my heart for a
good Winchester, Il very pretty young
girl, mounted on Il spirited little mus
tang, galloped on behind the birds and
began to survey the country in every
direction. | now realized that they
were tame turkeys and drove on to
the banks of little mountain stream
that ran through the valley. The
young girl met me, and after Il cour-
teous salutation she inquired as to the
distance to the next ranch. | an
swered that it WAS several miles, still
wondering what it all meant. for con
siuercu it rather an unusual clrcum-
stance to meet Il young girl and 4 big
flock OF turkeys in that lonely NOUN
tain region. She noticed that | was
evidently puzzled, and smiling, relieved
my mental perturbation 10y informing
me that she was driving Il flock OF tur-
keys to San Antonio, where she eX-
pccted to sell them or ship them to
some larger city.
Now, for the first time, it occurred
to me that | had long ago heard that
farmers in early times in Missouri used
to drive their turkeys to st. Louis as
they did their cattle and mules. |
was now deeply interested and anN Ts
to assist the young lady in any way
that | could, though | was fully aware
Of the fact that the girls Of the Texas
frontier are amply able to take care of
themselves. SO far as this particular
mountain belle was concerned. it re-
quired only cursory glance TO con-
vince one that she WAS neither afraid
of beasts or bandits. \ bright Win
chester swung from her saddle within
easy reach of her hand, and she man
aged the restless mustang after the
manner of Il trained cowboy. After Il
moments 5 reflection she informed me
that she lived up on the head of one Of
the Guadaloupos, and that she was ac-
companiel by her brother and another
young man, and that they were pre-
pared to camp out, bat Away preferred
to stop near some ranch. | told her
that | intended to camp myself. and
that being familiar with the road, |
had selected the spot where We were
stopping at that moment.
"Well," she said, ''if you ITO not ob-
ject to sharing your camping place
with us. we will all camp together
Hardly waiting for Il reply, she was off
like flash, and before got my horse
unhitchcd Young Texan of rather
pleasing appearance came up with an
axe on his shoulder, followed by the
van of the flock of birds. They gath
cred about him, uttering their low calls
as if they knew that he WAS going to
do something for them.
"Our birds" he said, are very fat,
and they are so tired | will have to fix
them Il place to roost.'
While | was wondering what be was
going to do he began to cut the bushes
81 that lie could bend them over almost
horizontally. The birds were 50 thick
about HIS iccI llitI lie couit hifuil
move without stepping on them, and
they seemed to know exactly what he
was doing and were eager for him to
finish the job. They gathered about him,
uttcring their low calls Of distress, and
the moment that he bent Il bush over
they would fly upon it in such great
numbers tha; many would he crowded