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

SAN ANTONIO, Texas. Jan. 19-The
The goat king ofMexieo has turned out
to be a girl. All along the Rio Grande
the Goat King has been known for a
long time, and now all along the Rio
Grande the strange story of the Goat
Kings life is being told, says a San
Antonio dispatch.
In future the ranchers must train
themselves to speak of the Goat Queen
This is because a disguise which was
worn successfully for seven years, has
been thrown off. and out from the
rough suit of the rancher there has
stepped a pretty young woman, as a
butterfly might come from its crySalis.
The first appearance of Johnnie Rol-
Inns in the was in 1893, when
a Slende n understood tenderfoot
applied at the kenmore ranch on Dew
lis river. west of San Angelo, for
work. The boy rode well, but he ook
ed SO lender and delicate lat the o.
of the ranch was afraid he would not
be able to do the work required OF a
place of the kind. He told the boy
this. but noting the disappointed look
on his face asked him if he could cook.
The youngster answered cheerily that
he could. and SO Johnnie was put in
charge of the grub wagon on a drive
although he said he would rather ride
after the cattle.
Johnnie did not seem to care to
drink and gamble with the men, but by
his kindly he had won them
all as his friends and they forgave him
for his goody-goody ways.
After Johnnie left Nemmere ranch
and his cooking he got a job herding
goats. For this he was paid $40 a
month. So faithful was he that at
the enc of h a his wages were
raised.
During this time Johnnie lived alone
in a cabin in the wild mountain region
about DEVILS river. His nearest neigh
Dor was ten miles away. But Johnnie
with his dog n Winchester was not
afraid.
After a time he came to be known as
one of the most faithful and brave of
herders in that section. This good
reached the ears of a rich
stockman in west Texas. who turned
owe to him evera thousand goats to
manage. paying the young herder in
shares. This was the turning point
in Johnnie's fortune. He secured a
big tract of grazing and across the
Rio Grande in Mexico, and bought all
the goats he could with the money at
his command. The herd proSpered
and grew and the boy found himself
being called the Goat King of Mex
ico."
Johnnie had all sorts of luck. He
bought to good advantage and sold to
better. His anc had improved to
such al extent under his management
that he sold less than half of it for
tract. Finally he no longer herded
but hired a lot of herders.
Not long ago Johnnie went to Del
Rio. There passed him on the streets a
who appeared to be dying of con-
With the invalid there was
styliShly dressed oma
Johnnie gave them one swift glance
and then hurried to his room at the
hotel, to which several large trunks
had preceded him.
No one knows how the TRANSFORMED
ton came about, but at Dime time
a handsome young woman entered the
hotel dining room. Her soft hair was
all I'VE her head and she wore
a becoming tan that comes with out
o exercise. AS the young woman
entered the room she glanced toward
where the invalid and his wife were
There was a cOmmotion be-
cause the sick man at the moment nae
When he was revived he ask
I'd if the woman who had just come
n was not Johnnie Rollins. The at
were surprised at the cues
ion, and that Johnnie was