The Butte inter mountain., 1901-10-10
IS AFTER MUSTANGS
BALDY SOURs WANTS TO JOIN
THE CHASE IN UTAH.
SEES CHANCE TO GET EVEN
Explains to the Bartender How a
Bronco Injured Him and Caused
Him to Quit the
Ranch.

Utah would be me right lay if l was
dere dis niinit.' remarked Badly Sours
to the bartender at the Butte this morn
ing, as he put his glass down on the
wood and called for some more of "de
same"
What are you needed for in Utah?"
quer1ed the bartender, as he set the rye
bottle back before his customer.
We'll, dere ye go ag'in, continued
Badly, "askin questions bout tings dat
ought to be fixed in de head O. all dat
belong to de perfess. Amt We mex 10
de sport dat is comm off down dere n
de sout'? Right dere is where Badly has
ye faded agin on de prints. l has it in
de news from de main city in de state
dat dere is goin' to be JOY in at leas'
two counties o. Utah, an it may be dat
de fun is goin' to run over to Arizona.
Near as l gets it t'ro' me nut here is a
bunch o farmers down dere dat has
few more horses to de good dan dey
needs an dey has appointed a gang
consistln' Of bout Eli o. dem to run out
dis mOrnin' an shoot a few dozen mus
tangs
1t pears dat desc desert ponies show
up IN SO many places dat dey chews up
All de grass an causes trouble bout de
better critters dat is s'posed to get mex
to de feed. Dis is wy dere is a huntin'
committee down dere out on de range
lookin fer chance to load lead into de
mustangs. De hunt is goin' to beat run
min after de buffalo, as dey did fore me
time in dis part.
NOW, l tells ye I is not de great
hunter you might t'ink from de spiel l
am givin' ye. l takes no rear settee fer
de bes' o dem wen it runs round to a
test wild me dukes, but OH de bigges part
o de field ye can count me out Wen dere
Is guns to play wild. I might do if was
a soldier If l was under de orders O. ,1e
captain, but I am not huntin' fer none
o yer private skirmishes. Dere is a lay
IN dis presen war down in Utah dat
makes me want to get out 'mong dose
dat ls dom de KILN. I has a kick
comm on de mustang an right now is
de time has to get even. Wen comes
to dis country I meets a feller on de
train long bout Forsyth, over bout de
central part O de state. He tells me DAT
dere is nothin fer me to do but iump
1ree from de cars an make hot foot fer
a ranch wher' dey hires men to punch
de COWS. l falls in wild de tip and de
mex mornin fms me hoofin'>it up one
O dose long lonesome pixies to ak de
main guy on a ranch fer q sit wild him.
makes me from to de chief squeeze
on de stock farm an he comes back wild
question bout my ridin' ponies. / has
seen a few colts on de farm back cas-
an tells him am glued to de saddle
Wen dere is call fer it.
DE rancher gives me a Job an tells
me 10 go out an rope brDncho an get
him in line 'cordin' ter me way O. trainin'
horses I JUS knows wat rope is an
W at 1t is used fer, but I tries to make
me bluff good an starts fer de broncho.
makes play fer his neck wild de rope.
an We may not tink it is on de square.
put catches de charger. Say, We should
see wat happens after dat. 1 thinks I
am way up in de perfess wen 1 sees
uat me rope is hooked on all right. an
ae mex ting l thinks l am up in de air.
l dont make any long lis O. figures on
now l am to get free from de rome
meself an dere was where I falls down
soon as de mustang fms dat he is due
10 stay where he is, he takes pains to
nx up a getaway. He makes a lunge
INTO de atmosphere an me feet goes o,rk
from under me like dey was goin' to
leave fer good. ] has de rope round me
frame, an de pony has me wen I am
"orRn to get him. He takes me a lively
o|cI ue SOU, an 1 am plOWin' uD
nough sod to feed all de saddle
bronchos on de ranch 1 thinks am
takin me las ride benin a horse. Dere
is dust 'nough round me to smudder n
steer an as I strikes de high places I
am leaVin' me clot'es. Dere is a strea,,
o luck lef' fer me as tings come out
AS l am tellin' ye, I has de rope on de
neck o de pony. Well, Wen he pulls me
Ter time l am gettin' mex to his win
an de weight O me pullin on de troat
o de beas' brings him down to de turf.
He don't come down any too 500,
Ter am bout ready to quit usin' me-
lungs Wen he gives me a chanel to
breat ag'in. L gets de rope off me as
soon as de Lord viii let me an, don
leaves de broncho to tend to his busi
ness widout me help. I goes up to de
main guy an tells him dat 1 am t'ro'
wild me job. He tells me dat 1 am de-
bes' han dat he has hired o. late, an
wants me to stay wild him, but 1 says
not fer all de bronchos ye have on de
ranch. l puts it up to him plain dat
am not waitin' fer any second office from
a pony to get out-dat I am wise 'nough
to be mex Wen I gets into a lay dat
was not waitin' fer me by rights. Dat
was de closin' point O. me life on dat