Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-26
AND WHAT HAPPENED
ALL RIGHT AFTER HE GOT USED
TO THINGS.
But at First the Outlook Was Not
Promising-Was Cheap at
the Price.

Club and grinned cheerfully at the
scenery
Seeing that stable over there reminds
me-" he remarked to the quiet-looking man
in the next seat You don't happen to
know anybody who wants to buy a nice
saddle horse, do you? know where there's
one for sale, and mighty cheap at that.
Guess couple of ten spots would come
mighty near getting him, and for four OF
them you could lead him right off the
premises halter and ALL
The quiet-looking citizen allowed he didn't
know of any one with designs on an equine,
and the man with the noisy vest folded up
his morning paper, rolled his unlighted
cigar into one corner of his mouth and
grinned off into the ambient some more.
Reason 1 asked you, he remarked after
a pause, lis that the nag in question is at
present boarding with a friend of mine.
He's had him in his stable for as much
as three days now, but he can't find the
time to ride him. Don't think he ever
will either. And as he hates to see fine
and daisy saddle horse standing in a
stable eating his head Off and getting no
exercise the bargain counters ready. Good
bargain for somebody.
why did he buy the horse II he hasn't
time to ride him. inquired the sedate pas
senger with a show of interest.
Here Was His Chance.
WELL" said the joyously-clad commuter,
"as long you don't appear to have the
saddle-horse bug nor look like a prospective
customer. I'll tell you. This friend of mine
guess you'll see him of mornings In the
future, for he's just recently annexed
little place out Kenilworth way-has been
wanting a saddle nag for year or two of
harvest moons. This place he's just caught
up with has got dinky little stable on 1t
with just about enough room In 1t for
solitary equine and the necessary rid
it stand empty. Several times he
drifted over into Old Dominion on
still hunt. but he couldn't pick
up anything that looked good to him
for less than a couple of yellow centuries,
and the long green wasn't as numerous
with him as all that. But when he saw in
the paper that Capt. Seth Bullock and his
band Of half hundred real western cow
gentlemen were coming to Washington and
were going to auction off-their bronchos be-
fore they left for the wild and woolly again
he just fairly went up in the air.
"'That's Just what 1 want he said to
me one morning at the office. 1 can pick up
one Of those cow ponies for little or moth
ing. and they make the best saddle PROPOSE
lions on the face of the earth. Just watch
me get next
A Good Investment.
well, sir, when those fifty untamed
members of the roundup set drifted into
town my little friend was Johnnie on the
spot before they could get wash-up. All
that afternoon he hung around the hotel
with bunch of them listening to some of
the hair-raisingest flights of fancy ever
met with outside Of pink back. and when
he drifted home he figured up that the
evening. counting drinks and cigars and
things had touched him to the tune of
eleven fifty in United States currency. But
as he told me at the shop next day, I'm
going to pick up bronze mighty cheap, and
count this trif1e over ten spot mighty
good investment
$50 the very next day-ne going along
for company-he went down to the stable /
where the fifty broncs were Quartered, and
with the assistance OF several of his pic
turesque friends of the night before, in
spected the stock. The ponies were stand
ing in their stalls after their nine days
gruelling trip on cattle car, just about
able to stay on their feet, and that was
all. There wasn't one of them that had
as much spirit animation as the motive
power of an ash cart, and 1t almost took
a steam winch to move one of them out OF
his place for inspection purposes.
They seem to have nightly little life or
animation for saddle horses remarked my
friend to one of the punchers, who went by
the highly western title of Short-Grass
Charlie.
Are Never Frivolous.
"Short-Grass looked at my chubby friend
for minute and winked solemnly. Don't
you try none of your four-card bluffs
around here he answered playfully. I'm |
sure confident that when you get that there |
eye of yours on a cow-horse, you've got |
him sized to a pound. And you amt got |
nothing to learn about his disposition either. |
If l didn't feel that way about 1t, I'd go |
ahead and explain that a real cow-horse
amt never frivolous. They got their work |
want one of them foolish-looking nags that |
see around here, that steps high and |
Snorts frequent, you amt come to the right |
place. But if you want a sure-enough sad
die horse that can carry you forty miles at |
a gallop and then get sore because you |
don't give him enough exercise to make
him feel good, then this Is your meat, and
no mistake
my friend" continued the noisily-clothed
person. shaking his head sorrowfully, "ad-
mitted that he was right familiar with the
habits of cow horses-in fact had been
brought up with 'em, and then Short Grass |
Charlie went back to stall and came oHt
again leading a long-haired, short coupled, |
big-headed animal with a mild eye and
dropping ears. This here cayuse.' said
Charlie impressively, is sure enough cow
horse. They don't come any better. You
can bring that horse from a gallop to a
dead stop on the breadth Of china spit
tOon, ana you can turn him around four |
times on place the size of your hat. And
as for his disposition-now I ask you fairly |
gentlemen, did you ever milder eye
more content and peaceful eye? Why If
you've got any children you can pile 'em
all on that horse and go away and leave
EN-. And I'll tell you, pardner that that
cow horse never gets tired. He'll carry
you just as long as you can stay on him.
The Sale Consummated.
''Then Mr.. Short Grass threw saddle on
the horse and showed US that all he said
was true. or pretty near 1t. My friend with
the saddIe-horse bug was pretty well i'm
pressed by this time and he began to talk
business. When strolled back from look
ing over the rest of the bunch-and they
surely were a content and peaceful set-I
heard Short Grass Charlie say coniden-
tally to my friend, WELL you see, pardner
there's good reason for my doing this. or
course you've got the pick of the whole
bunch, and IL put him up at the regular
auction he'd bring more than hundred.
But I've got a lot of affection for that COW
horse and want to see him in good hands
So I'm willing to take your seventy-five
and call 1t a trade
my friend hadn't expected to pay that
much for bronco. but he was real Inn