The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-31

1%enty Straight lit hours of Of kittenishnes,
had suba,"rsed him a-plenty.
Hes some loco all right. re m, iluS,
the roof and handed him down to some Of
us below, but II he hain't a-lookin peart
an purity en- No. 4 climbs long this-a.
way at s o clock, then It won't be because
his bunk mates hain't done no work over
him., and then four of MS toting the all-in
made for the back room OF Orph Magoon's
First, Buddy was stripped and tenderly
stretched out on poncho on the hoor
Of Orph's back room. Then we formed q
bucket. brigade and passed along ioe-coid
from Orph's while Luke doused Buddy with
After Luke had thrown about n dozen
buckets OF the spring water upon him Buddy
began to wriggle on the poncho and sat up.
As he sat up, Luke skunk around behind MN
his nose. Buddy gave a Siwaah whoop
and stood mp straight. but swaying like
Colorado aspen In a cyclone
Then. from behind three or four OF us
with full buckets Of water threw them on
the Yale boy all at once, and he gradually
Of his eyes and to begin to get rubby around
the neckband. This ples sed Luxe and
JEFF 10 much that each picked up long
barrel stave and began to give BUDDY tdy a =
Mexican m,ssage-yon could have heard
those slepsticks a,,working half mile away.
Buddy sterted to cuss thickly and more
or less unintolligibly, but he was impror,,
ing right along and he was able to stand
up straiehter each minute. Then Luxe
back -heeled him, threw him on the poncho'
a powerful dose Of spirit OF ammonia, In
water, that one Of us had got at the drug
store on the advice Of the druggist.
"Then JET sat on Buddy while Luke
tckled the bottoms Of the Yale boys feet
with straw for about ten minutes.that
lot. for from the beginning Of II the Yale
boy started in to cuss connectediv and IN
sequence. Then the external water cure;
barrel-stave massage, ammonia cocktail
and all the rest Of the programme were
gone over three OF four times more. the
Yale boy buckins, side-wheeling and toss
ing his name uselessly all the while, 80 that
a little after the hour of noon, when the
outfit let up on him, the young fellow was
looking out Of eyes that we're quite middhng
sensible.
Of a hazing at the hands OF his bunlmates
he was dead sore all the way through, and
game enough, at that, to give his soreness
You're a bunch Of damned tin-horn
clrmudgeons,' he told us as he sat shlyer-
ing, without any clothes on. on stoo! In
a corner OF Orph's back room. and then
Luke, painting a little efter his two hours OF
hard exertion, stepped forward.
Son. he said In a kindly tone to the
Yale boy, they hain't no onbrey In this
You ought t Know that, w en- We don't
keer none f'r man we can find other ways
O lettin' him know 1t without soin' thirsty
an spendin two or three hours @ good
rum vacation time a-tryin' t evap'rate TIL
juniper Juice out Of his frame. guess
this mornin' W en- you was sleepin' on top
o tn drug store. an not wantin' dis.
turb YOU. took tn liberty O openin' an
readin' Il, and he handed the telegram
over to the Yale boy.
Buddy read It n one swift glance, and
there was just slight lump In his throat
and a kind Of break In his voice as he got
to his feet and held out his hand TO Muir
IAN right, Luke, and the rest Of you
fellows was all he said as he took all hands
in with his gaze, I won't forget this. ]
had It figured out wrong-but I'm not
going to forget this thing you fellows have
'Then ne put on his .oattle-punohing
toys, brushed himself on Al neat ana tidy.
he came out Of the barber shop looking
as trig as a new prairie schooner with
swabbed canvas cover.
when the train got in-No. 4 made a
half, hour stop at Pocatello at that tine
skinned old lady. followed by pair. Of
tall young women OF tho kind that we had
often heard about and seen pictures OF.
but had never actually looked upon out
our way, stepped from the train, and we
for they eli looked like him-so we started
to mosey around to the other side OF the
station SOS to be out OF the way.
.The Yale boy wouldn't stand for that.
though. and he gave us the shout to come
back. Then he was in the arms Of his
Luke Murnane, with sort OF wan and
envious grin, growied In his mustache.
Say, whut I'D you ombreys do Z desarve
hug from seoh specimens o God
women o that kid's' and reckon Luke
echoed the thought that was in the minds
We ali got the next best thing to hug.
at that, and that was handshake, for
Buddy introduced us all to his mother and
dropped his hat t"ice in trying to take 1t
And you are all here on weeks leave
from the ranchy said one OF Buddys swag-
ger sisters to Luke. And you are all so
so--self-oontained' she went on ! had
that you cowboys were such dear, wild,
reckless and-shall l say it?-noisy lot
when you came into the towns.
We have I stand f'r a heap o SLAM
derin', miss, replied Luke. solemnly, while
Buddy, who was standing right behind his
sister and listening. gave an awful wink
that came mighty nigh busting Luke up
'tention T. whut you hear about n-us
coyotes and then Luke had to scuttle for
the far side Of the station to give himself
a chance.
"The Yale boy went on to Portland with
his mother and sisters, and when he got back
he had a swell new saddle and q bang-up
pair OF finged chaps for each Of US. He's
been in the cattle business on big ranch
Of his own In Wyoming for goo many
years now. and has taught lot OF little
Buddics how to rope a steer or stop STAN
cactus filled tin cup to his face since the
day that Luke. Murnane and Jefy, Gerry
and the rest OF his bunkmates called OF
a semi annual toot for the purpose OF fixing
him up to meet, without shame, old No.
Of the U. p. line