The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1906-01-19
TACKLED A BRONCHo.
Experience Related by Johnny Dunn.
per-Amusing incident.

Experience Related by Johnny Dunn.
per-Amusing Incident.
Editor News: Our hired mans
folks lives six miles from us and he
wanted to bye "A pony to ride home
Sundys on. Pa told him he'd better
stick to the old mair since he want
no CRATE of n rider. But the hired man
scd the old mair wasn't swift enuf for
him and he waZ goin' to hev one
o them buckskin bronkos like the
other fellers waz "A rdin', a little boss
that waZ tut an wiry an you cudn't
ware out. Besides, he told pa, the so
dollars he'd saved up from hiz las
summers wages wud bye a bronko an
a bronko Dustin saddle an pare of
spurs an a bride. an If he bot a nativ
lars jest to bye the hoss alone Pa
says "All right, its your own money
an you ken do AZ you pleas with it,"
CPa he knows that good hired mems Il
sliars artillc an he let's IN do lots
moro'n he wud mcD
so our hired man he goes down
town an he gets the harness man to
order him a forty pound saddle fer a
dollar pound, an the harness man
sed he'd throw in a bride an a pare
of spurs; an that same evenin' me an
the hired man went out to look at
bunch of bronkos travclin' feller
had herdin' along the rode jest out o.
town. He told our hired man he cud
hev the pick of the herd fer thurty-flv
dollars eXceptin' the two him an his
pardner waz a ridin', an that Texas
Jack, the best bronko buster in the
country wud be in town in n cuple of
days an would brake any boss or
bronko to ride fer fv dollars. So
our hired man he picks him out
bucksldn looliin' bronlo with three
big brands on his hide an a KNOWN
look in hi2 eyes an asked the man
how old that bronko waz. The man
winked an eye to his partner an told
him that bronko was jest three years
old las spring Our hired man seys
he believed that waZ about the sized
hoss he wanted an if he'd Iced he'd
take him home. The man said he waz
broke to the lasso, so he lassos the
bronko an ties the rope we'd fetched
around his neck, an the hired man
paid him the thurty-fve dollars and
we started home. The bronko led fine
an didn't seem bit skeery but our
hired man didn't take no chances an
KEEP him on the picket-rope till Texas
Jack got to town. BY the time Texas
Jack arrived our hired man had his
new saddle and he aXed Jack if that
was enuff of a saddle to bust the bron-
lio with, an Jack says. "Yas, kin
ride anything you've got bareback"
SO he snubbed the bronko up to a
tree an clapped the saddle an bride
on, the bronko lookin' at i'm mean
time kind o skeerful An he waZ
tut locker to a hoss. He wore a
big hat, blue shirt, pare Of lether
snaps with fringes on, big six-popper
hangin' from his belt, an pare of
spurs on his boots like the pictur on
mas risin' sun stove polish. He un.
tied the bronko, grabbed the bride,
an saddle horn, an says, "Now my
beut, I'll ride ye or kill ye. dam yet"
an jumped into the saddle. The
bronx just tuck i'm at his word and
never did nothin'. jest went wherever
he pulled him an he cudn't make i'm
buck even by jabbin the spurs into
him Purity soon Texas Jack hoped
off an says, Here take yer bronx,
he's busted SOS any kid ken ride i'm"
The hired man got on an rode him
round an then | got on an the bronko
went right along fine, all the while a
keepn' his eye on Texas Jack skeered
like. When got OFF Texas Jack says,
There are ye satisfied?" Our hired
man says he seemed to be busted all
right enuf, but fiv dollars seemed a
lot to pay when he never bucked none.
Jack sed he wudn't insult himself by
ridin' such tame hoss fer less'n a
V. So our hired man paid him as
agreed, an Texas Jack went down
town and got on a booze.
But Sunday mornin' the reel surcus
begun. Our hired man got his Sun.
day close on to so home, an led out
the bronko, but he hadn't more'n
touched the saddle afore the brute lit
out around the barn a humpin' his
back an when he got in front of the
manewer pile he shot the hired man
OFF he'd first into it, an stood lookin'
at i'm. The hired man got up lookin'
mad and grabbin' the bride an sad
die horn he yells like Texas Jack said,
Now my beut, I'll either ride ye or
kill ye, dam ye!" But he didn't do
neether. That bronko knowed it was
a blum an he whurled round, went up
in the air, came down with his feet
punched an went up agen's quick as
skat, an the hired man went over