The Washington times., 1902-03-30
HIS LORDSH.|P.
By HORACE G. SMITH.

llTF fellow has any personal
peculiarities and parades them
i before his fellow men," began
the colonel, the Southwest is
the worst possible division of the herli-
sphere for him to go to.
Il took to herding like a duck to
water" he went on with smile, "and
managed to forget most of my college
studies and get rid of all the tomfoolish-
ness of civilization in a wonderfully short
time. was rather given to Mexican jack
cts. big sombreros, and huge spurs, but
these eccentricities were looked upon with
favor by most of the boys.
But none of us could put up with His
Lordship. That was the nickname he
went by. but whether he had any real
title or was connected with any noble
house. l am not prepared to say. The
part of the name he went by around there
was Chumley. He didn't spell it "Chunl-
ley but in some outlandish way that
would nave broken the jaws of a Pueblo
Indian to pronounce according to its SPELL
ing.
The first occasion upon which IFS
Lordship' dawned upon my vision was
when was taking my first few lessons in
herding from old Bill McGreggor We
were riding slowly round and round the
herd of feeding cattle when His Lord
ship rode by with a groom, bound on a
shooting expedition among the hills.
The get up of the funkey, poor fell
low, was quite as wonderful, and includ-
ed a brilliant crimson ccat. He also car
ried what the cowboy considered the
It-1~
Lordships umbrella.
He was alone, except for several SER
wants. who were kept up in the most
approved English manner, and seemed to
have no friends or acquaintances near
enough 20 visit him. With the other
ranch owners he had very little to do; on
their part they couldn't stand a man who
were a single barreled eyeglass and
dressed like a monkey.
We herders were a wild Set and the
sight of His Lordship was like a red
rag to bull to us. We openly scoffed
at Kim as he rode by, and finally, after a
very hilarious meeting one night on the
range, Terry Braddock and your humble
servant were appointed as committee
to interview the Englishman.
ut was most impudent thing to do,
but Terry and / were about OF an age,
and as rattle-brained pair as you could
find.
I'VE rode over to his ranch the next
day, dismounted at the door and knocked.
Chumley had a doorbell rigged. but we
ignored that and raped loud enough to
raise the dead.
He was dressed in a suit of clothes
that looked as though they had just come
out of a London ship, and the everlast-
ing eyeglass was carefully screwed into
place.
I'VE came I said. determined not to
be put down by his calm stare, although
the steely glare of that eyeglass made
me involuntarily shiver. as a committee
from the boys to place before you sew
eral resolutions which were drawn up in
solemn conclave last night
81 warmed up as | continued. The
resolutions are as follows. | drew a
paper from my pocket and pretended 10
read:
Whereas we, the assembled ranch
men and "punchers' OF the Three X,
Montmorency, and Big Canyon ranches,
in session assembled, believing that His
Lordship," Archibald Chumley, is making
himself a nuisance and menace to the
public peace by certain articles of dress,
il being dangerous to pass him ON the
road with anything but blind army
mule. as a view OF his outfit is sufficient
TO totally ruin the temper of any de-
cent beast; be it therefore.
Resolved, That this aforesaid lord
ship" be and is hereby commanded to