The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-18

0-0z Vutnt brought a trainlOad or cal
Tie TO Chicago. The G-52 was about
thirty miles north of Pocatello. My
pardner was young Scotchman with a
Sir tackled in front OF his name. but
ned fo,'got 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 1 hourished around heap
on thatStri2 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 it
any other way. and he made it stick
1T was a case of evening togs and
s0me different swell house to eat din
ner 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 it on that
trip. although after awhile / got so
tired Of the spike-tailed walters clothes
that / came near swerving several
times, and Jim I'D to do everything
but picket me to hold RE 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 inn
PIGMENT manufactures. After the din
ner. when the men folks got together in
the smoking room, Jim and / had to
answer heap of questions about the
ranching business.
The son of the host was particularly
He was a tall. slender kid of about p
or g. with tow hair, a peachy skin,
and little bit Of a light. rat-taiIed
mustache.
Say, what that young man didn't
want TO learn about the cattle business
WAS just nothing at all. Jim and I
asked him if ne was thinking about
going into ranching, but he said no,
but the business interested him, and
that as we were the first people he'd
ever met that We're actually engaged in
1t. he wanted to verify a few things
that he'd heard about the cattle land.
1T came up to US then, of course, to
ask him to come out to our outfit and
take look around, and we did, al
though he was such q juniper-looking
cuss, with his pink hide and his tow
hair and his mild eastern way, thas
neither of us could just figure out how
he'd look on a ranch. But it was plain
that he was trolling for the invitation,
and so Jim and 1 passed it along to
him.
Ell understand said the young
fellow, that the cowboys are disposed
to-ar-haze any tenderfoot that hap
pens to come along out your way?
Jim and l 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 a little scare into him if
they're celebrating Sometimes they
dance him little, but that's only ex-
ercise-all tenderfeet know how to
dance, and it doesn't bother EN- The
boys are all right, only they just get
little mite mischievOus sometimes
when they first see a tenderfOot
1t locked to me as if Jim was try
ing TO switch that youngster from his
determination to come out and visit
US. But he didn't get away with it.
Well said the rich mans son, L
won't dance. and I won't De hazed'
jim and I twiddled our thumbs and
took a 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 five hundred they don't
haze me. even if they don't know I'm
going to be one of your guests the
pinky young chap persisted
You're on, son. said Jim, with a
"'All right said the young fellow.
in business-like way. III arrive in
70 NTr.x~ I
today. Will the cowboys be in Poca-
telio on Nov. 1872
Lots of EN- said Jim. That's
sitter the busy spell. And Wen see
that lot of our hands are there. any
now. busy or no busy, Ell. pard?' ad-
dressing 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 Well said the young fellow
making 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 I
get into Pocatello you're not TO let the
cowboys know that I'm to be your
guest. or anything of the sort All
you've got to do is to look on, and you
won't have to butt in, no matter what
happens. ARG l won't be haZed-and
five hundred goes2
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
It sure goes, he said. But I hate
TO steal your money, son.
So 1t WAS fixed. We smoked for
awhile longer. and then joined the la
dies. and after awhile we came away
That juniper kid ought to go into
training right now said Jim, on our
way back 10 the hotel. The boys II
sure put him through all of the de-
grees. He's got the big head pretty
bad, hasn't hep
I'VE went back to the ranch a few
days later. And on Nov. Is the pony
telegraph boy from Pocatello brought
a dispatch out to the ranch. II was
from the pink Chicago boy He an
nounced that he'd hit Pocatello on
Overland No. 3 at 10 o'clock
1.-THE roundup was over. and things
were pretty slack on the ranch.sanG so
on that night Jim went over to the
clubhouse with advance money for the
boys. and told 'em that those that
wanted 10 Whtz around some in POca-
tello could make the hike for town any
time they wanted 10. They gave jim
a big yelp and sloped for Pocateio aft
err breakfast the next morning. OF
course they were all pretty middIing
drunk in Pocatello by shutdown that
evening
''Jim and I started for town in the
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