The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1905-11-02
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sssnt trouble Tor svsfsl ysafs.
Al -rso-vs rrieh ten line RIDER
vsr~ smplo, ed, and extra men we're COO
stsrtly 90 deity ,okusid The arch build
luss ard horse rrss. The limit of estiI'
range on the nofih ws the boundary.lin'
II the Crou std Cheysnue reservation
gustlers, both red and ~ti's, were 90 tbs
SKIRT, and petty reslirrs of horses ant
cattle occurred nearly every month In th'
year.
Bot The thisyes wtrc rot always conier'
With smsil piekirss In single raid Ia
October Indians ran n liz hundred best
a. cattle, scatter d ihsm smorg the moui'
tAins n the reservation, and slaughtered
them there.
when complaint Vas made at their sgen'
cy, The Grows declared that the Cheyspnei
had done this wicked bosintts, and tbs
Cheytpnes were equally arm In aaeriins
that ,hr Cross were guilty. The Crowi
are sl~sys stesiips, they said."
Nevertheless, Il WAS noted that 4 good
deal Of b,,f was hurs up to dry a. theiI
svsrsl viIlssss The attention OF iheiI
axert ~ss called TO this fact, but that indi.
vidusi proved lelhsraic, and would take nc
action. Theroupon the balf-doren COW
men who had lodged complaint declared
that they would shoot his Indians on sight
whenever they set foot 90 their range.
You'll have to get sight Of them Ant, Wal
the dry rtilinder.
So the Bst-Twt-vs men rode home In
high dudaeon. Some days later two pony
riders drew rim at the door OF their ranch
house, and inquired II more men were want.
Cd there.
A regiment. replied Allen. the foreman
who chsnced to be At the ranch. How do
you oil size up against bunch Of redss
The two we're young men, well armed
and moupted. They laughed. II you mean
the Crows and Cheyennes, said one, speak
ing slowly and with = slight halt In biz
speech. | think that we can keep them Cd
your range.
You can sure brag some, sAId Allen,
"Lieht and set your teeth against bull
beef"
50 the young strangers, boys and broth.
ers of eighteen or twenty years, fell Into
the ways " the ranch. The elder gave his
name OF Hugo ard the other a. RAYMOND,
which, a. well as their carefully spoken
Eogiish, marked them as foreigners The
etiquette Of the range did not require any
show Of antecedenti.
But the dress and armament Of the new.
comers we're Of the range, their ponies Ger.
tainly COW. horses, and their saddles Of IN.
impescbable Cheyenne manufacture. In
fact, as punchers, they proved wholly 6t
save In one matter Of choice precision In
the use Of English.
Get move on you chin I" WAS an In.
junction which each frequently heard, and
which seldom failed to provoke . broad
smile,
They proved valuable iadditions to the
llne.riding force, aud each earned bis good
wages by honest and effective work. Thus
matters ran on through the fall and winter
months, and, as 1t happened, no stock was
stolen from the Bsr-Two-Vs people during
these seasons.
You fellows have sure brought good luck
to this outfit. Allen admitted to them, At
the spring roundup; ard as usual the bro.
thers grinned their appreciation.
About the first Of June, however, the
good opinion they had won Was rudely set
aside. II happened thus. Hugo and two
punchers named Farley and Morgan were
riding the line on Oxus Creek, very close to
the reservation boundary, when q number
Of horsemen were seen upon ridge across
the line.
"Irjunsl' pronounced Farley.
"Sure," assented Morgan.
Cheyennes," said Hugo, casually, and
10 the others rode on be stayed behind, ap-
p,rently busy with his saddle clnches.
II was some time after they had rounded
he next bend that the new cowboy came
Dp with bis fellows, and as the sun had set
and their horses we're tired, the three made
1 night camp on the bank OF the creek.
They made coffee. ate their supper, and
,hstted II old times on the range iu Colo
ado. Hugo listened until 1t was nearly
lime to turn 10.
Fellows, he said, III take stroll down
he creek. II that bunch of creaturs | took
Tor elk back ways should turn out to be
lteers, they'd need looking after to.night.
They II have ,ne down to water by this
lime.
He turned abruptly and WAS soon out Of
light "a the darkness, Something 10 his
% attempt perhaps to seem pa.
,ursl, caught the attention of Morgan, who
vas Of shrewdly Suspicious nature.
Say, Farley, he said. that lads got bee
n bis bonnet. Why. he wasn'ta quarter.
nile behind NJ, an | could see the velvet
~ them bull elks' horns! An how did he
lpow them Indians WAS Cheyenness You
Fstch the hre tpell an III camp on bis
rail.
The suspicious cow.msn tralled along the
,rsek with the stealth Of Sioux Tor mile
" more, and then fis vigilance was re.
sArded. Jast below fringe Of cotton.
~oods and At the foot Of = long rise be
az. dimily OUTLINED, group Of meg stsud.
ng and talking. He ipprosched them,
,resplng through the grass of the creek
bottom.
He hslted withia easy ear.shos, and then
heard ard ssw his late comrsde taking TO
half.doEsn Iodians. The boy vas speak.
ug in Grow or Cheyenne, and 10 . lively
manner.
Moresn watched and listened for min
lte, aud then stole back to his camp.
Well. bowi ho~ greeted Farley. Where
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