The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-06-26

from the house TO the corral, Lola in
sisted in bringing Dutch in off the
range and saddling him for a ride.
Dutch was in an ugly temper; prob
ably he resented the weather, and his
mistress had no sooner mounted than
he proceeded to buck
He bumped his back like an angry
cat and his hind feet flew up IN the
air as he tried, by all the amazing
rnaneuvers he was capable of, to shake
Lola out of the saddle, but she was
not TO be Unseated. however, and as
soon as her pet discovered this he
started to run away with her.
Along the dusty road, across the
saSebrush and over the rocky hill
sides they Clattered until the horse
was tired of 10 himself and wanted to
stop. Then Miss Dix used her spurs
mercilessly, and Dutch, gaining new
energy under the racking rib torture
6 he was receiving, went pitching
through the fog down a stony hill at
wild pace, and he came suddenly
upon a gully when it was too late to
stop. over they Went, horse and rider
and all. Dutch fell on his side but
Lola luckily escaped being caught IN
der him. She picked herself up thank
ing her lucky stars that there were
no bones broken and found to her
Z surprise that the horse was not hurt
either.
Nevertheless he had enough of run
7
and Lola had a sufficient number of
( bruises to keep her home from school
next day.
! At night Miss Dix's school room does
+ not have that half pathetic, deserted,
+ waiting air that an empty school
room ordinarily has. For into it
! comes pitching and tumbhng a crowd
/ of cowboys, half dozen or so,
/ who fry their bacon on the rusty
/ stove in the corner, and who drink, tell
/ 4
/ tired they are glad TO roll up in
/ their blankets and so to sleep. They
/ are careful to stay in their own corner,
7 however and they regard Miss Dix S
arrangements with the greatest re
spect and admiration, never so much
as moving a slate pencil from its pro-
per place, except once. just before
] WaShiugtOn's birthdey, when she had
4 drawn a large picture of the father of
his country on the board, enclosed in
4 drapery Of brilliant red, white and
blue. and had written a beautiful pa
triotic song for the children to sing
In the course Of the evenings hilar-
ity the song. was half erased, and
Bronco Bill had the misfortune to
brush against the portrait effecting
the drawing to an alarming extent
Bill was no artist and couldn't have
redraWn it il he was, because he was
unsteady on his feet Just then; there
fore, the other boys felt obliged to
With the words Of the song they sue
ceeded fairly well, but the rest was toe
much for them.
Boys said Digger Joe at last its
no use talIlin', this here image can't
be reproduced; I'm going to put il
some fancy touches of my own
And he did.
When school opened in the morning
George Washington wore a pair OF
chops" and carried two big revolvers
in his belt, while on his head was q
wide and tapping wild west sOmbrero
Underneath was a humbiy apologize
note in a cowboys clumsy handwriting
Dear miss, we done it, but we didn't
ii go to. We done our best to mark il
over. but we amt gifted that way,
Horse racing inside the city limits
Z of Heppner is not considered good form
but Lola and her oldest pupil, 2 gir
of her own age, have been guilty o.
lit once or twice, On one occasion thel
horses took fright at the village doc
tors new yellow cart and both started
to run away. AS the hatless. breath
less edueStrIenneS swept around
corner they passed one Of the schOO
directors, who called out to know j
they We're racing.
Accidents win happen" they cafle'
back, but didn't stop, for the slmpl
reason that they could not.
, Not long ago the road supervisor
while overseeing the work of a gang o
: men. was. accosted by a friend, VIII
! wanted to know what he was doing.
"Pickin' rocks of the road to max
2 the school ma'am q. race track wa
the reply.
$ Lola used TO have a strong determi
; nation TO take up a homestead clair
/ when she was of age, and stock il wit
I sheep, but although she still saves he
= money she has given Up the sheep ides
. It may be that the money is to bu
4 handsome furniture for a house on an
= other broad, fertile ranch; at any rat
- there looks from the inside of he
i watch case the portrait of a. handsOm
{ young ranchman, with brOnEed faci
clear eyes and the frank. fearless al
S of man who lives under the wild
Y sky Of the plains, and that may or ma
/ not have something TO do with it.
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