Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-30
taure-the said "tenderfoot" is sub
ject of ridicule.
COWBOYS UNDERRATED NEIGH.
Dor.

taur-the said "tenderfoot' Is a sub
ject of rldicue.
COWBOYS UNDERRATED NEIGH.
Dor.
The Frenchman, with plenty OF
money and a handsome young wife,
reckless and daring, was misunderstood
by the cowboys. They called him
dude" and coward. and when he put
a barbed wire fence around township
Of land, keeping their cattle from the
river and causing them trouble In get
ting through the wire fences when
rounding up cattle and driving herds
to new pastures. they threatened ven
geance.
1t may be interesting to explain that
barbed wire, now a vast monopoly Of
trust, has reyolutloniaed western indus
tries. This fence was first used by
farmers to protect their fields from cat
tie on the plains The cattle frequently
stampoded broke down the fence and
destroyed the crops, especially in hard
winters with the mercury at 40 below
zero and and not blade Of grass yisl-
bic under three feet Of marblelzed snow
Marquis de Mores was one OF the first
TO use barbed wire for cattle. This
fence 30 obnoxious to the cattlemen at
the beginning and the cause Of much
litigation and endless quaTels, laterSe.
came worth millions to the cattlemen
OF Wyoming, Montana and Idaho where
vast tracts Of government land were
fenced in, with miles of rivers watering
them. Cattlemen found they could tel
ephone on these wire fences hundreds
Of miles over the plains to their fore
men with herds, or their offices and
homes when they were far away on the
annual round ups.
II was this barbed wire fence busl-
ness, the tailor made clothes and the
dude" style OF riding horseback bob
b.ng UP and down on little ilapiack
English saddles, that made the French
man very unpopular with tho cowboys.
Rut he soon showed the stuff that was
In him and became a favorite
PRETTY WIFE BALKED RAIDERS
one morning Mrs. de Mores was at
prayer in the little Roman Catholic
chapel that her husband had built when
q gang Of cowboys came laundering in
to Medora SWEARING vengeance against
The marQulg The little lads heard their
threats as they rode by, and lea 'Iessly
walked out Of the chapel 10 warn her
husband, who was away on the prairie,
The cowboys saw a Bit OF dainty beau
~, In cambria and lace, leaving the
chapel and crossing the road almost In
front Of them beautiful In her limo.
cnnce and apparently unconcened She
assembled a stretch Of rising Grotnd,
looked over the landscape q moment
and waved her handkerchief Those
cowboys were sure that she was warn
| ine her husband, but the sight of the
| brave. handsome American woman
touched their hearts They considered
the laugh on them" put up their re-
volvers and rode back to camp across
| the river
The marquis had not seen the signal.
When he returned at dusk he found his
wife awaiting him and. kissing her
heard her story. lie was furious and
| declared he would have II out with the
| COWBOYS that very night. Despite her
| entreatles he rode away in the dark
ness. pIcketed his horse at the river and
| crept up to the campfire where the
| cowboys were still telling what they
| would do when they caught the dude
| tenderfoot alone. Suddenly he stood
before them at their mercy.
| II was great scene there In the
glare of the campfire, by the yellow
| waters Of the Little Missouri. Contempt
gave way to admiratiom The cowboys
! called the marquis a brick" grasped
his hand, dranka round OF forty rod,
with a cactus in It, and accepted the
MARQUIS invitation to be his guests in
town for the night
with whoop and a bang they
mounted their horses, forded the river
rode 20 the white cottage where the lit
tie woman was awaiting her husband
gave her three cheers and a tiger, and
then proceeded to enjoy the MARQUIS
refreshments. He threw things wide
open. The cowboys named his wife
queen Of the Cattle Range anc
drank her health through the night as
they painted the town red"
II was admitted that her courage u
leaving the little chapel 70 warn mel
husband In the presence OF rougl
drunken men with pistols drawn savet
his life for they would have hunteC
him down TO his death After this ther'
was nothing good enough for the littl'
wife and her husband
But there were others, the pane 0