New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-10-18
AT Double
7 @@ RANCH
By FRANK H. SWEET
Copyright, 1905, by E. c. PARCELS
By FRANK II. SWEET
Copyright, 1905, by E. c. PARCELS


Double Tee ranch, she broke into a
| ringing, scornful laugh. But the men
| felt there had been more than Jest In
her words. Hairy faced Tom Bigelow
l-Wooley Dog Tom-placed his hand
| over his heart
"Them's p'inted sentiments, Miss
Tensie,'' he rebuked suavely, land it
| Implies US boys here considerable, see
| ing four Of us have asked you to marry
since you stood here on the horse.
| Now in justice to the Double Tee out
| fit we'd ask you to name the conditions
! and cards. If it's to round up STAN
| pedlng herd single handed or ride
! locoeG horse orr
81 don't think the mans among you,
Mr. Wooley," interrupted the girl "If
you'll hurry Pete up with that note I'll
be going I could have written dozen
answers in this time. There he comes
now
A cowboy was emerging from the
ranch shack, and following him was
| the new owner, fresh from the east
| and immaculate in tailor made cow
boy costume. He was handsome fell
low and came forward quickly, dofing
his hat
Tell your father 1 am awfully oblig-
ed to him for his nelghborliness, Miss
Neuman," he said, land that he can
depend upon me to be at the ranch
mems meeting. I want to identify
| myself with the country now. That
note will explain about the horses. I'm
sorry to have kept you waiting so long,
but there seemed to be no paper or
pencils in the outfit
Tensie Neuman took the note and
| bowed, then touched her horse lightly.
AS she swept away the curiosity In the
new owners eyes was mingled with
surprised admiration.
"a magnificent girl" he calculated
involuntarily But Robson. the fore
man, was near enough to hear him.
Yes he said quietly; you don't see
such girls In the east. Mr.. Rand, and
even here on the plains Miss Tensie Is
an exception
"She's a goddess!' agreed Mr.. Rand
enthusiastically. Then he swung sud-
denly to the outfit, his face darkening.
Look here, men" he cried hotly. Il
,, don't like the way you talked to that
girl. 1t was positively insulting. Why,
l heard four of you proposing to the
girl right here in the presence Of all
the rest, and you were in earnest"
I'm dead earnest assented Wooley
Dog Tom pathetically "the deadest
| kind of earnest An l have myself
heard the same four propose to her in
dividually an collectively more times
than I've got fingers an toes an gen
orally in the presence of witnesses. An
why not? Everybody knows every
cuss here loves her, an faint nothin
to be ashamed of. Lord. Mr.. Rand,
we've been acquainted with Miss Ten
sic ever since her father brought her to
this ranch two years ago, an we've
been proposing to her on all chances
an occasions through the twenty-four
months. I'd have asked her to marry
me today only these coyotes kept their
everlasting jaws going
What gets me-" said Wild Smith
gently, 'is how she snaps out some
times, just like now Maybe we ought
to draw her off by herself, boys, an
not speak out so in meetin'. Maybe
gals like proposin's to be private re-
| hearsals"
Not Miss Tensie,' declared Wooley
Dog Tom autnoritativelv. Its prac
tice for her to say no in different ways
She's bound to like it. Lord I'd rather
hear her say no than any other gal yes
It's worth proposin' just to have hel
eyes on one and her attention for 6
minute. And that's the way we al
feel. Every cuss in this outfit has beer
proposin' to her, except Robson there
an he don't propose to nobody. He:
too all fired dried up. Now, Mr.
RANDI
Never mind bringing me ill.," sale
Mr.. Rand shortly. mo girl cares to b.
proposed to in that way, much less {
girl like Miss Neuman. You COW
boys
Are as fine a lot of men as there
are in the world" finished the foreman
briskly. I am glad you feel that wa.
about us, Mr. Rand, especially as yo1
are to become cowboy, in a way
yourself. Miss Tensie regards us il
the same manner for she knows tina
any one in the outfit would give hi
life freely to save her from danger
and that is more than many Of tn
, we'll dressed men east would do. Tn
mere fact Of her having to familiariZ
us with the word No detracts nothin,
from the warm feeling between he
and the outfit. And, yes, l will adj
, that, contrary to Mr.. Wooley Do
Toms belief. proposed to her mysel
more than a year ago and was refused
Now"-sharply- of you scatter t
the upper range and relieve the boy
there. Keep an extra keen lookout, 70
the wolves are around again and liabl
to cause another bad stampede Mis-
Tensie rode that way, you know, anc
{ brave and familiar with cattle as sh
l is, I wouldn't like her to get in from
of stampede when wolves were be
hind. I don't think there is any rea
| danger, Of course. or | would hay
warned her. Wolves are not apt