The sun., 1900-08-19

Sc sold his stock % he told me to reserve them
40 may have Intended TO take them East
but never did. aud they are now out on The
'"tko skoossvet O Was Interested IN TWO ranches.
continued Mr.. Ferris tie was a partner
one pS of his :" own sTe With about 1000 cattle
ne 1 don't 'GnS" Set iired ie las as much eTdur-
mssbsr sHSs e. a eSs fTst % time ss We Went buffalo hunt
easy homo as could And and reckGnped that
as he was lust out from the city, but, BY Jimmy.
he tired ple all out, and toward night begun
70 feel IKE asking him to We iI,ge easy ' ON me me
We couldn't find the trail anywhere. but we
unsaddled and lay down, in the brush and made
SSGksg SSG SgV dTs Ef s's he S: s5 our r. @ broke
away and stsmpeded. We heard 'em go,
and the only, thing TO do was 70 follow them
they might get before, morning, AZ luck
would have Il. We stumbled on TO them after
short ap sqS S. SrOSSh. IN them n 6S SSeE %as
SPeaks.tsd a SRt @ on the o rest Of those Biscuits and
toward night We found the camping outit
What tSE dc BOYS mostly with Roosevelt
was the easy way be had Of getting in with
or o''ie Tesistance @ or cooiSe,s whatever You call
II. among all kinds Of men when stranger
comes among them. md cattlepe1 are about
somehow or other Roosevelt could adapt hiIp-
sen e al kinds Of ciIcSmstances and nado 9Si
h' him s sSoas G ns s.ns OF IHy H' Sny or
rg'sSi ,t nstara 70 asd IN aG viii sTeyS0S sSTF6S ne
a roand-up or dance, lie was always vel
no, Mr.. Roosevelt never killet his man that
the other day about the cowboys iooling him
ta Of the pony, Nobody ever fooled 1heo-
cd some thieves here one. lie followed
them down ths river ant campei for three
or four GAYS before he caught them. and an then
four days more until he landed them In tho
tail at Dickinson, and lie Inay have drawn ms
gun whsn IL was nece'sary', but he never shot
Ia . barroom here, but Roosevelt took no notice
OF IL, aud ootei as " the shot was meant for
in ge ting along with such critters.
Yes" continuet Mr.. Ferris, there was
little INCIDENT, as YOU suggest. One OF those
drunken oesperadoes that Disgrace every new
cattle grouur a had man from Bitter Creek.
did try IL on him one night but cont rernem-
Der TIE croumstances. | wasn't present az
the time ana hears two or three versions OF II
afterweri. As near as | can remember, this
tough thought he would make some trouble
t3r koo5sye't 6y tHSiil,inf ~ upon hls s ,ax'ng :
Roosevelt di1n't like whlskey anu never drank
in such places. ans conclufei to mako lin do
H. But no cion't know his man. 80 when he
or ere1 the barkeeper % set out drinks for the
crow AMI invite, everybody in the room TO
Join him Roosevelt was the first person 10 step
forward, and took the tough so by surprise
that tho fellow was actually rnttlel. Roose-
Welt offered 30 shnko hanGs with him and sai1:
I cont know you stranger, but you seem TO be
q good follow. and think We might bo irtenCs.
never rink AZ bar, and cont like whiSfey,
but will Join in this time sQlely out OF respect
and admiration for you The bvstanCerS
saw the sarcasm ang got the laugh on tho tough
but lie was one OF the best friends Roosevelt
had here afterward.
When the war with SIain broke out con-
iinued Mr.. Ferris, "Sylvanus undertook 10
raise q company for The Rough Riders and
avery cowboy in this part Of the country en-
istel."
"Yes,- said Sylvanus, u got letters and tel
.grRWs from peorle 500 miles away, who used
o live here and knew Roosevelt. and wanted
no 10 put their names down. but when they
ound that they could not go WITH Roosevelt
hey wouldn't 60 with any one else. and lie
disbanded. Yes, they would follow
i'm anywhere. Ior hey knew the man"
How about the election nm here?"
"Noll, every cowboy In this Tart Of the coun-
ry will voto for Roosevelt, and SO VIII every
nan dat knows him. Ii any votes are cast
gau~t Theodore Roosevelt in tli' section ui
dakota or acro-, the line in Montana" -ald
oe Ferris, they will be cast by strangers,
" men who lave come into the country since
10 left"