The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-07

! self. "And p'raps you Wouldn't mind 4 buy buy;
ing me an outfit, too, as I'm broke SAID
the greene.
sticking plaster is pretty cheap, whispers
he TO US boys who was standing roull0
Here George says North. you go
and help Billy Newman catch Sturgls'
saddle him and bring him round here.
roped him, threw hin. bnnd1Olded MIN,
| no easy matter, saddfed and brought him
round TO the greenhOTn.
w hat a funny saddle, says ne. Dear
me, dent t8nnk can ride on that thing;
Pap's saddle Wasa [ like that, besides
generally rode barebacked when was al
6 6SA9Ss- Won't some Of you sSHS '1A' Il
Sc we took of the saddle.
Then says ne, I ain USED 70 tLls Z: K 3Il5s
of q bride. Pap had one. though II Wes
not that fancy kind, but 1 generally used
a rope around Molly's neck, or q halter
please take on the bride"
So we took on the BRIDE, but II was no
easy job, as OLD SCuTgis was walking
round in fine style, kicking up and s5rlk -
ing out, and snorting all the while 10 De~@
/ the band or four of kind
The Missouri haySeed'S eyes began %
bulge out some, and says he, that seems
guess 1 may have a little trouble, getting
on him; getting on seems to be the tTou-
bla with me-
be the trouble, but some OF the boys WIZ
give you leg up II you ike -
on, no, says ne. my zap us 90 . % - i
that walking was good enough IOE me i
l couldn't set on my horse; guess 1 can
have a try at him il one OF you gentlemen
viii lend me pair of spurs
So we gave him a pair Of spurs ana ne
puts them on and slides up 70 old SIuTsIs;
while US boys was ready TO fan down anu
die a laughing, and the bronco was CaLJ-
ing round them with his ears LAID DecA
and a considerable amount OF WhlIe II LlS
eyes, when all Of sudden InaI CLSzy
tenderfoot rusheS at him, GRABS nm -
his name, scrambles on his back, snalcIeSS
the hac1amore rope from the boys 1--o
turns him loose. -
II and no mistake There were cloOQs U
dust, snortings, ceilings. OLD Sturs-S
64ekiing endways, sl95e%4y s,,,9a III from
Missouri Just dug spurs into ms slCSs Fl.
lambasted him over the mead Win ---1-
Now North Platte school house was
close by in those days, ana WllaL Go(L
that blamed galoOt do but rue A5Is---e- o5
through the door and into the room, 80 ~.
the first thing We knOwed there was -. -
kids just a boiling out OF the Wlnoe-S -
the school marin just yelling DUG AH--
de-. -.
She being q pretty girl, we lost no u LTls
in going TO her relief, but before We So.i-f1
get there out comes mister man. So
while old Sturgis looked rather shy W. W.
a kids slate hitched to his on hl It1 ~ -
and his mouth full OF copy DooAS 0--
Not satisfied with this, Sturgis- Jumps
over fence into the sherihs garden sL. -
in going through the clothes lines ne L.
aged to get enJangled in one OF the . SIiI+
IFS nightsowns, much 10 the aInuSe-ltt ~
of Mr.. and Mrs. Groner and the resi- -
US -. ,,a
But in spite of all his efforts. thousIl ~, "a
put in his very best ticks, he was ~ Lll0 LAT
TO pile that greenhorn- Probaoty - not
paralyZed him, for cew horses a-S IL
used to such trimmin'S. ,,nd
At any rate. after he had cnargeu, y Is
for a good twenty minutes and laIIIS ths
couraged old SturgiS, he RODE up - "a
sidewalk into Bullet Proof Perry -
loon, right up to the bar, arzd' sa!sS ST.
(throwing one leg over the horse an an hat
ting sideways, with the remnant % .arvS|aII
hat perched on old Sturg1s ear MS
boys, guess the drinks are on ~ 5L--s5ed
tmes did you get this muItol-Il TTsrIi-
cayuse from Platte bottom sneep ~
er2't .. -
IT turned out later that he werell the
tenderfoot at all, but went throQssHt srf-
performance over q bet he had wiz NroTTh.
falo Bill that he could fool Cap w
and he did it effectually. - ths
he was the Wyoming Kid, one -
best all round cattlemen in that Iel I- mi
and a bronco buster whose fame We
Vexza1 In all the west. Tia
Needless to say We all enjoyed IAS -
and particularly the captain