The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-05
WESTERN sREEzEs.

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where you get the most OF en-. They get
on the sheep and then they get on
you.
Ticks are bloodthirsty things, and will
| give you a lot OF trouble if you don't
get EN- in time remember when /
was cowboy one day l felt pain in
| front here-right on the end of my rib.
didn't pay much attention TO it. and let L
go for about weel--we didn't take our
| clothes OF much in those days. only when
we went 10 town. and sometimes we
didn't hit the town in a couple OF months.
Anyhow. that feeling finally got so bad
that ] looked 10 see what twas. and
there was the biggest, fullest tick you
ever saw. 1 got him out, and it was
weeks fore I got over II. Sure you
haven't got a tick on you now?' he So
licitously insisted.
l still protested. but took the first op-
portunity of disappearing in order TO scan
the location OF the itch.
1t wasn't a tick. l don't know what IL
vast got away before 7 could catch
it. You've got to stand those little things
in an outdoor life.
Although Uncle Charlie was amply able
and cheerfully willing 10 pay a generous
sum for servant in his household. my
aunt usually had to attend to the house
work herself because OF the scarcity Of
servants in Casper.
All the women folks get married here, "
complained my uncle. Take en- is years
old. right out of school. Last year six
of US heads of families put our noses to-
gether and Matched up a scheme We sup
posed if we went cut and imported some
of the original green goods from the
old country which couldn't talk Wyo'
ming, they'd be only too glad TO come to
this free and glorious country and work
for a living We got six German girls
from Germany direct-paid their fare over
and treated them like prineesses. Now,
what do you suppose happened? They
hadn't been here six months when ev-
cry blamed one of en- was married sir.
every blamed onei And has her own
house right here in Casper now There
isn't working woman in Casper TO wash
your aunt's dishes, not q man who'll
clean up my lawn for me. 1 got to do II
myself But 1 guess we got en- fixed
this time all right" he added, signifi-
cantly.
Are you importing some more girls?"
I asked.
You bet.''
But they'll get married. too. won't
they?''
u don't guess" chuckIed Uncle Charlie.
II got six colored ones coming up from
st. Louis next week.
Did you ever get lost, uncle?" I asked
him one day. as we were riding over
what seemed TO me an utterly trackless
prairie.
IF 1 did I got found again." he re-
piled. when we was living on the ranch
your aunt came to town one day with
your Cousin Charlie when he was
baby. Coming back she took the left
road instead of the right. but the boss
that was Belle, finest boss 1 ever own
ed-wouldn't go down the left road
Go on, Belle, says younr aunt.
Belle lays back her ears and plants
her feet solid without budging.
Maybe. says your aunt, in an In
jured tone OF voice, you know more
about this than 1 do. Belle
AT which remark Belle turns around
and makes for the right road. She got
home on time, too. There's more sense
in bosses than some folks like to al
low.
Once when I was cowpuncher out on
the prairie my partner left me in the
morning to so to town for a couple OF
weeks. Around bout the middle Of the
afternoon l saw him coming back.
Hello says l, forgot something?
Who are your says he. taking
squirt at me. I don't know you.
The deuce you don't says /. Then
| don't hher.
He'd Just naturally got lost and been
going round in circle till he got back
where he'd started He hated to own up.
though. like blazes."
A thorough westerner is never so happy
as when he can stretch the truth. l made
a remark one day about the slowness OF
the train that had carried US TO Cas-
per-
Yes. it's some slow" admitted Uncle
Charlie. but I've known it to go ten
miles an hour! It's mighty accommo-
dstin' train, and we couldn't get along
without 1t. But I'm not saying it's a
fast train. Bill Buscombe was on il one
morning when il hit a bunch Of cattle
bout o'clock. I think he said It was
Along bout 3 in the afternoon 1t hit an
other bunch. and when Bill and the
other folks got out to shoe 'em off they
discovered * was the same bunch. I
guess they wasn't going very fast that
day. a man come in one day who want
ed to be sarcastic about it. He said the
telegraph poles looked like fence, they
went so terrible swift.
But, as / said. It's an Accommodate
train. and II you want a rabbit pie for
dinner 1t won't mind waitin' for you to
bag a few cotton-tals. They say il left
the track once and followed a convey OF
sage hens till the boys got en-. SOS not
to make the fellows walk back so far.
1 wasn't there when it happened. And 4
you should have any friends along the
way where you want 10 stop OF for a
little visit OF an hour or two. just speak
TO the conductor about Il and he'll hold
the train TIL you get back.
NO. IL amt the New York flyer. but
it's more accommodstin, and ii meets
our wants. Besdes. one OF them fast
trains would raise a fearful dust in the
country and maybe scare away game.
We're suited. and you can tell that 10
Sam Hin when you see him"
Who is Sam Hill?' 1 innoceatiy In
CURED
"How'n Sam Hill do kHowY' ejacu-
lated my uncle. as he bit of the end OF
another cigar.
whistle which blows promptly FL s o'clock
must keep of the streets
The first night heard Il I asked what
the whistle was blowing for.
That said my aunt oh. that's just
the kid-whistle.
There are no mosquitoes in Casper,
Wye.
But there are plenty Of snakes,
z. X WOOLEY.
A Handy Valet.
7 hear that you are looking FOR good
valet, Baron2
Yes. but have you any recommsuda-
tons from your last employer
No. but / am clever liar ard know
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