El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-05
Girl Goat RanCher.

the wealthy Goat King of Mexico
and not a woman.
johnnie Rollins was the girl 1 was
once engaged to marry said the sicI
man. THAT was Johnnie Rollins ]
saw enter the dining room. Johnnie
was the name she was always known
by.
That evening the handsomely dress
ed young woman who had caused the
excitement called a few friends to her
DON and told the story of her life
The man who was dying in another
part of the hotel was the man. she
said. who more than seven years ago
had Tilted her.
Il was a poor girl" said she, land his
parents objected to me on that ac-
count. He loved me but did not have
strength of will enough to defy his
parents. One day he yer to a neigh
boring village in Illinois. and was mar
ried to the girl who is now his
wife. 1 knew nothing of it until after
the wedding. hen stung to despera-
ton, l made up my mind that 1 would
never allow the people of my native
place to witness my shame, disap-
pointment and sorrow. l had a little
money and at midnight I managed to
slip into a car without being noticed
L uOSCi IL Z 81 ldT away anu ma
some way to make an honest living.
Realizing the limited opportunities OPP
en- for a young girl with few accom-
plishmentS, 1 decided to see if l could
not earn a boys wages. 1 came straight
to Texas, where l was lucky enough to
get a job on a ranch. 1 was ever on
guard. and 1 played my part so
well that no one ever suspected my
sex.
Miss Rollins said that her sole ambi-
ton had been to become rich and re-
turn to the north anu shame the man
who had Tilted her because she was a
poor girl and because a girl with mon
ey was willing to accept him.
Many, many times she had been
tempted to abandon her lonely life
and return to civilization, but she
stuck to it until fortune smiled upon
her. And her life was lonely. One
day she opened the cabin door and
found a monster jaguar calmly repos- |
ing on her bed. He had entered through
an open window, and he disappeared |
the same way with at least one bullet |
under his hide.
aroused by her dogs in time to look |
the glaring eyeballs of a panther |
standing at the door. On a lark night
while rain was falling in torrents, her
dogs gave h alarm and with rifle in
hand she went to the corral, where she
that some wild animal was de-
vouring the goats. 1t proved to be a
bear. He was so deeply interest
ed in his feast that he did not move
the girl put her hand on his back
his shaggy form in the dark
ness for a pet goat. His growl answer
ed by a blaze of fire and a stream of
hot lead. which caused him to roll over
dead at the foot of the girl.
When asked about her plans for the
Miss Rollins said: After 1
get used to wearing a dress 1 mean to
take a trip to my old home. 1 do not
believe l would ever be content to live
however, and l mean to continue
goats"
She insists that there is more money
n raising Angora goats than there is
n sheep or cattle. but she says they
more care and attention and
hat the men who have failed hereto
lore ave only themselves to blame,
their failure was due to negli-
She expects to enlarge her
)a~sturage near Calientes and it is her
to visit every section cf the
where goats are raised so that
she can learn what improvements in
and in grading are under i
Louis Republic.