Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-08

powder horns, and curls like city gal
| right down between them horns. And
was high-steppin as a preacher OF a
railroad conductor.
| AS he was driving this male by
Mart's pasture, Mart's heifers had
loped out and mixed with his cattle.
He had called for Mart, but he could
not make Mart hear He himself had
driven the heifers out of the cattle four
times at least, but they just would
come back. The attractions of that
male were simply terrible, no preacher
was more powerful among the sisters.
1T looked like witchcraft or hoodoo or
something to him what warn't natural.
Finally he tired out driving such con-
! trary-minded brutes. "a man can't be
expected even by the law to spend his
whole time fooling with a passed. of
cows when he's got an honest living
to make. SO he was forced to let
Mart's old heifers go to thunder; but,
would they believe it they had actually
| followed him plumb to New Orleans.
| What was he to do with them? Leave
| them in the streets to be taken up and
appropriated by the city folks? Not
much! They already got a plenty of
country folks stuff any way by closing
out mortgages and deeds Of trust with
out just making them a present of the
finest cattle in Marion county. So he
had been compelled to sell those heifers
| along with his own. Moreover he was
| tender of heart and could not bear to
part them from that likely male. 1t
was true he had never offered Mart
| the money, but he had not had time
! to dO So With his wife sick, and
Lodelia puning around all the time and
| grass just a whoopinG in his cotton, he
| had not been able to go over to Mart'S
! and take the money. He was going to
Go so, on the very next day, when the
sheriff had come and Jailed him." ITO
show you gentlemen" he concluded,
that l amt got no hard feeling agin
Mart, though l amt saying he isn't
treated me wrongful, l will give him
the vally of them heifers here and now"
With that he flung the money on the
table in the court room. The jury re-
tired and soon brought in a verdict of
not guilty.
AS the crowd was pouring out Of the
court room ST nudged Dune on the arm
and said:
$50, you swore agin me, did you,
Dunc?"
II had to, ST; war on oath to tell the
truth"
THAT'S all right about the truth,
said ST carcastcally. 1--WE all knows
you just loves the truth. Just fattens
on it. And l amt denying that the
truth is a good thing in it's place. but
1 want to leave with you that the truth
don't stop no lead"
AS he walked homeward Dune con-
cluded that change of air would be
good for his wife's lungs. So he sold
out his little property at a sacrifice and
moved to Louisiana.
One night after family prayers Sis
Oldest boy said: Pap, when are you
goin' to kill that hound of DUNE
Swarrington?"
when the crop is laid by, Sonnie.
I am too busy now to indulge in pleas
ure. Business fust, my boy
One morning when the last furrow
had been plowed, and there was no
blacksmith work to be done, ST said to
his wife: "Mammy hand me my gun,
l guess I've got time to kill Dune now
A two days ride brought him to
Dunes place. He slipped through the
pine brush to the edge of the field where
Dune was blowing. He slowly trudged
bafe-fOOted behind a steer that dragged
a worn out plow. His white wool hat,
full of holes tapped over his face,
bronzed and drawn, hunger and over
work written all over it. Not far off
Dunes largest boys We're hoeing, fol-
lowed by their sister, all bare footed
and ragged. Further and near the
woods was a six-year old yOungster,
Dunes baby chap, with long slender
pole minding the gap in the fence Dune
had not yet had time to mend.
ST suddenly confronted him with his
gun. Taken by surprise Dune started
and trembled little at first, but soon
recovering faced his enemy without
| blanching.
Don't shoot the kids ST. was all
he said.
But ST replied: Don't be nowise on
| easy, Dune. l have rode hundred
miles to kill you, but guess you are
worse off here than you'd be in hell.
ST 1 forgives you. Fully and freely
fergives YOU
ST then started Off but wheeling sud-
denly pitched a silver dollar over in
the field to the amazed Dune, saying:
Here, buy that air peaked ia ced
younk UNI a square meal. He looks
hongry."