The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-19
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81 * \ you've got 1t hgursd," rol-
~ nnteered Jack Gordon
a3sk8askR from MS perch on the toD
H.. "a me horse corral. Sometimes
you hunt the bear, and sometimes the
bear huhfis you-and once In while
s 'ex .raneops elrcumst rs the Pro-
; i|lfl<sor calls sdnl hops ill and mikes
things up in good shape
jack deftly twisted paper and tobac-
4 CO intos brown cylinder; the touch OF
: n match sent bihe spirals Of smoke
curling UP above his. head. lie leaned
back iggpinst u posi- and broathed a
Ceep sigh Of content
Across the bottom OF the canon a
$ q coy cabin nestled close under the
brown earth wall that slanted back
toward the hills Snowy lace curtains
and pots or green ieaved, towering
things IN the windows proclaimed a
feminine presence. AT one end OF the
cabin brown bear paced cbaselcssly
to'and fro WITH the stealthy, noiseiess
tread of his kind.
why Is IT." / queried. pIalnuvely.
"that when | ask you anything about
that bear you always appear 10 be
struggling with some strong emotiong
And yesterday, when remarked to
Tony that Cupid was a rather pecn-
liar name for a creature as ungainiy
as hear, be got as rod "a the face as
a turkey gobbler What's the jokew
well, IN tell you" said Jack. and
you can judge for yourself. Last
spring they had q big horse roundup
along the river here. Three or four
outfits thr0wed in together aud ran q
wagon for about a month. There was
lots OF stray horses IN this country
then. aud one Or two outfits in ihe
judith basin sent men down TO ride
with rs. Tony was workln' FOR the
D-cross. and they sent him down be-
cause be was famIllarf Win this eeun-
try. Rs 81
"rharo was quite bunch Of u.s.
fourteen risers. guess The Profess
sor was runnln' the layout. ana the
way We get over the country wasn't
slow. One day we moved down and
camped on the mouth of the Mussel-
shep ;here wasla little bunch of wild
li0iSes running on the river ten miles
or - below thora that the Professor
wanted mighty bad. So next mofning
he tells Tony and me to mount our
ridge ruiipeFs. Tor he wanted us TO
ride Tire river bottom and get ihatI
bunch OF hroom-talls
You never was on n roundup with
the Professor was YOU. 1Nd7 Don't
ever col Life amt worth llyln' then
He fofgets about bugs and beetles and
rock formations long enough TO send
you out on herd or on circle, and then
goes 10 meditatin' about things that
aswonld give Powder River horse
wrausler the lockiaw to talk about.
Peu1aed thines-trees ana fisli and
shells-which is common as dirt In this
country. has a lioRible fascination for
him. Once he sent Bud Wilkes and me
TO hold a herd, and then clean forgot
us tn 1t was time 70 set the night
guard. We como In pretty hostile, but
when the Professor fixed his mild gray
eyes on us kind o. reproachful. we
faded away, and looked around for n
prairie dog hole that we could crawl
into.
'sThat was bis way, so we had to
figure on getting those horses without
my help from him. After starting us /
out. he'd forget we was on the earth.
and if we run our horses down and got
nfoot, We knew we'd have TO walk to
camp-whieh was against our. religious
principles, to say nothing Of the way
the rest of the crowd would roast us.
.'We polsed along slow, keepin' an
eye open for horses. Wed rode along
the ridges TIL We come TO the lower
edge Of Sun-Dance Flat, where this /
particular bunch was supposed to be- I
As we was anlblin down the hill laiuto
the river bottom, sees something
pokin' around among the rsagebrush,
which growed like young trees along (
there. could see it wasn't no horse
and It didn't much resemble a cow |
was tryin' to figure out what It was I
before said anything, when Tony
who's got an eve on him like an eagle I
--hlnits ont, 4 bear bgoshv
And Il was. sure euough, big
brown euss, nosin' around in the \
brush ike he'd lost something Wei
loped down toward him, Tony cussin'
considerable as we went along,
~ might alnowod' be growled,
that il I straycd down into this God 4
forsalsen country without q gun rdl
. meet some varmint that needed kiln, 4
Amt even sot / pislol-and I doA'tl
suppose there's a sheep camp within
ten miles where We could get one
TONY seemed 70 be real distressed /
.G0out Il. lie looked as sorfowfai as
"a cow puncher caught in storm on
day-herd with his slicker in the bed
wagon. tried to cheer him up, but