Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-03-15
THEIR FRIEND JACK.

many kinds of people, and in glNlnB CHI
ployment to some of them the Judsons
ran across new and interesting expert
ences But their home was open to the
stranger as well as to its friends, ana
| If its hospitality was sometimes abused,
| its welcome to the next conner grew an
| the stronger II believe in people as
well as in my religion" said Mr.. Jud-
| son, and on this broad creed the family
| were raised and the house conducted.
Mrs. Judson was even larger in her sym
pathies than her husband, for she not
| only disposed kindness at home, but sent
it in baskets to other places, where there
might be want or sickness.
Naturally the two boys were manly
fellows They gloried in their life, and
| they loved the ranch. 1t was curious
! how this sort of love grew. To the new
| visitor the wide stretches of plain and
| lonesomeness seemed strangely uninvit-
ing, but to the plainsman the love was
| real and lasting. And II included not
! only the plains, but the products of the
| plains; not only the cattlemen, but even
| the cattle.
| Among the cowboys was a young fell
low called Jack, his full name being John
| Deane. He had come to the Judson
| home a mere waif, and had been taken
| care of until he showed his usefulness
| 1t seemed that his father and mother
| had come from England, and after a few
years of hope and striving in the far
! West had succumbed to the struggle
In the course of his drifting Jack finally
! reached the Judson ranch, and there
! he remained. He was several years older
| than the Judson boys. In the free, open
| life they were much together, and they
| naturally became close friends, so that
| when Jack heard that Mr. and Mrs. Jud-
| son and the two Boys were going to
| Europe he was disappointed and dis
| consulate. one morning he made bold
| to 90 to Mr.. Judson's office and asked
l.
| his time.
Mr. Judson," he said the boys tell
| me you are all going abroad
Yes, Jack was the reply; I'VE want
| to see what kind of a cattle ranch they
| have over there. Another thing is, the
| cattle | raise are nearly all shipped to
| London, and / want TO ind out how they
| take care of them on the way. We are
| going over in one Of the cattle ships.
| They have very nice accommodations
| for a few passengers, / believe, so we
| shall try it
| Il don't suppose you could take me
| with you?' asked Jack.
| Mr. Judson laughed heartily and said,
| I'm afraid, Jack, the Judson family will
| give me as much trouble as 1 can attend
| to-"
Two days later Jack came to the Office
again and told MIR. Judson that he was
| going away Mr.. Judson was surprised,
| and asked him his reasons. He replied
| that he did not care to be on the ranch
! while the family was absent, and he
thought he would go East and see what
| he could do there. There was coming
| to him nearly sixty dollars, and this was
| increased by present Of ten dollars eX-
| ira from Mr.. Judson Jacks departure
| was the cause for much regret.
| But the disappointment did not last
| long, as the family were in the midst
of preparations for their journey across
| the ocean. They looked forward TO it
| with great excitement, and joked each
| other continually about seasiCkness. and
how they should get along in foreign
| countries with their Wyoming English.
one fine May morning "a week later
| restless tug had been frettinE at the ship
| side fun hour before the captain gave
| the final order. Then it began to churn
the water and strain, and fume. and be
| have altogether like little dog trying
to drive an elephant, or a fussy minnow
towing "A whale. 1t was the very es
sence of impudence. The ship was one
of the modern leviathans which could
carry the population of an average town,
| and crowd the space OF a city street for
a square or more, and it filed the con-
ditions described by a timid one who
had never seen big ships before: NO
| Stree he said, you don't get me on
that. She is built out OF iron, ana she
is heavier than a house, and that being
| the state of the case, 1t is human MAJ
turc for the thing To sink
The Cdrginian was one of the biggest
! Cattle-ships ahoa,. and she represented
the finest type of her interesting class
When she sailed out of the harbor that
May morning she had over ono hundred
| human beings and over one thousand
cattle on board, and when she reached
the ocean she began her steady plodding
| voyage at her regular rate. not breaking
| any records. but going along Comforta-
bly,. SO that man and beast both enjoyed