The sun., 1902-12-21
LIE WAS ONLY AN
/ ! AMATEUR COWBOY.
A Tenderfoot Bet and = Celebfa-
ton That Made a Town in
Idaho Whoop.

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The G-52 was about thirty miles north Of
Pocatello. Mypardner was a young Scotch
man with a Sir tackled in front Of his name
but he'd forgot all about that foolishness
when he hit the beef country. and he was
just Jim to his equals and Mr., Hamilton
TO the hands
Jim and fourished around a heap on
that trip to Chicago. but we stayed as sober
as we could. We put up at the old Hotel
Richelieu. and We hadn't been there very
long before most OF the important society
folks in Chicago began to dig Jim up and
extend him the courtesies. OF course. |
trailed along with Jim. He wouldn't have
any other way. and he made it stick.
1T was case OF evening togs and some
different swell house to eat dinner at every
night. That Sir of Jim's, you see, got
them going out there, and he had a gripful
OF letters to Chicago people that he'd never
presented. So we had pretty hot time of
1t on that trip, although after a while got
no tired OF the spike-tailed walters clothes
that ] came near swerving several times
and Jim had to do everything but picke,
me to hold me down.
-One night--it was in the last week Of our
stay in Chicago-we took dinner at an
establishment over on the North Side
The home belonged to a rich implement
manufacturer, After the dinner. when
the men folks got together in the smoking
room. Jim and had to answer a heap Of
questions about the ranching business.
THE son Of the host was particularly
anxious to know a lot about the game. He
was a tall. slender kid of about % or %.
with tow hair, a peachy skin and little bit
of light, rat-tailed mustache.
Say, what that young man didn't want
TO learn about the cattle business WAS just
nothing at all. Jim and asked him IL he
was thinking about going into ranching
but he said no, but the business interested
him, and that az We were the first people
he'd ever met that were actually engaged
in II he wanted to verify few things that
he'd heard about the cattle land.
1T was up 10 us then, OF course, 10 ask
him to come out to our outfit and take a
look around, and We did, although he was
such a juniper-looking cuss. with his pink
hide and his tow hair and his mild Eastern
way, that neither of us could just figure
out how he'd look on ranch. But it was
plain that he was trolling for the invitation
and 20 Jim and passed it along to him.
Eli uftieistduti, sdlu tIle young
fellow, that the Gov boys are disposed
to---er--haze any tenderfoot that hap
pens to come along out your way?'
Jim and had to grin. We could just
see the hands looking over and sizing up that
pinky boy. and We could hear the cracks
they'd make when he appeared
-'Oh. WE'LL said Jim. the boys don't
ever hurt a tenderfoot. up much. They
just throw little scare into him II they re
celebrating. Sometimes they dance him
a little, but that's only exercse-all tender
feet know how 10 dance, and it doesn't
bother EN-. The boys are all right, only
they just get a little mite mschevous
sometimes when they first see a tender
foot
1T looked TO me as II Jim was trying to
switch that youngster from his determina-
tion to come out and visit us. But he didn't
get away with It.
4'Well,' said the rich mans son, won't
dance, and ! won't be hazed.'
Jim and twiddled our thumbs and took
. long look at the ceiling
Bet you five hundred they don't bother
me at ALL the kid went on.
Sure they won't said Jim. The boys
never monkey with the guests of the boss
It's only the rank outsiders they get after.
When You drift along out our way we'll
be there to take care OF you
Bet you Ave hundred they don't haze
me even IL they don't know I'm going to be
one OF your guests the pinky young chap
Persisted.
-'Youre on. son. said Jim. with grin.
''All right said the young fellow in a
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tello on Nov. is, two months from to-day.
Will the cowboys be In Pocatello on Nov. 1872
Lots of en- said Jim. That's after
the busy spell. And we'll see that lot Of
our hands are there, anyhow. busy or no
busy, eh, pard? addressing me. And
strung along with the remark that there d
likely be a whole lot Of the boys in and
around Pocatello on the date mentioned
Very wel,' said the young fellow,
making a note in his little book just as if
he was registering the date of a pink tea
And you two gentlemen II happen to be in
Pocatello. too''
"We sure would. we told him
Good said the kid. And when
get into Pocatello you're not to let the
cowboys know that m to be your guest,
or anything Of the sort. All you've got 10
do IL TO look on, and you won't have TO butt
in. M matter what happens And won't
be hazed-and five hundred goesH
Jim took another good look at the kids
peachblow hide and his tallowy hair and
that little bit OF a rat-tailed mustache,
and then he grinned.
1T sure goes, he said But I hate TO
steal your money, SON.
$50 it was fixed. We smoked for a while
longer, and then joined the ladies'. and
after a while We came away.
THAT juniper kid ought to 60 into
training right now said Jim, on our way
back TO the hotel. The boys'll sure put him
through all Of the degrees. He's got the
big head pretty bad, hasn't he?
we went back to the ranch few days
later. And on Nov. l3 the pony telegraph
boy from Pocatello brought a despatch out
TO the ranch. 1t was from the pink Chicago
boy. He announced that he'd hit Pocatello
on Overland No. 5 at 10 o'clock.
'The roundup was over and things were
pretty slack on the ranch, and so on that
night Jim went over to the bunkhouse
with advance money for the boys and told
'sm that those that wanted to whiz around
some In Pocatello could make the hike for
town any time they wanted to. They gave