The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-11

upon the parchment Of a COW, who
should be so quick to note and trace
them as he who has in his time been
Mede and Persian? Dick Wilson is
now an inspector because he once was
a horse thief. He is also one because he
IS perfectly honest. Your Kentucky
Asingle-foOter would be quite safe with
1htun, and so would your wife and fam
fly, your gold, your. Jewels. He would
not steal, and every one knows that he
would not. That is one Of the facts
which give additional interest TO his
own story regarding certain incidents
Of his earlier life.
The only way TO do when you are
running off q bunch of horses" said
he, as he sat upon his fence one morn
ing, us to start 'em good an fast an
keep 'em a-goin'. You ride just as far
as you can. all that day an all that
night; ride till you can't go any fur
Their. Then git up an ride twenty miles
further yet. The feIler's that follerin'
you will stop short Of that last twenty
miles, an that's where you git your
start OF course, they've got good
deal of interest in them horses an in
you. but they amt got near as much as
you have
The time me an Jim Mutually run
off the bunch I was telin' about we
was broke an had to make a raise. We
fggered around quite a while before we
decided where TO start in. OF course,
you've got 10 know where to start and
where You allow to come out. In them
days there wasn't much wire fences.
an you could ride most anywheres.
The grangers hadn't come in much yet
Now, nobody but a horse thief
would take the first bunch of horses he
came acrOst. OF course. Jim an me
we didn't want to take no horses from
anybody that needed them. But we
finally located 2 new horse ranch up
in Montany. run by a couple of ten
CeTfeet from Boston. Them fellers had
a heap more horses than thy needed
an money that was scandalOus. They
was bTeedin hackneyS. or rOadsters,
or something of that sort, out in Mon
fanny, allowin' they could sell EN-
plenty down east. I reckon some of
them horses was Toadsters, too. before
We got through with EN-
There was really four of US that
started on this trip. me an Jim an
Bill Waters an Willie Anderson. OF
course we didn't act like fools, an just
go in there for a few days an then
disappear. through a act of Providence
about the same time some felieT'S
horses was ~disappearin', too. We
vas in that little town several weeks,
an Jim got hisself put up 10 be elected
county assessor. We never did wait
Tor the election. nut we SnOfe was
leadin' citizens while we stayed there.
Il don't know how IT is, but some
way cit seems like a Teller may be
square, an all right. an look like he
has plenty Of sense. yet every once in
a while he'll turn loose an do some
fool thing or other thatlT spoil every
single chance he's got. II was a good
deal that way with US. Just along
about the time we allowed we'd make
our start on our trip. why. We fellers.
all four of US. one day. we got to fool
in round down at the saloon, an we
wound up by gettin' some elevated.
right when we'd orter to been sober as
judges. every one of US.
They was a sort Of theayter Just
started there in that town. an people
was mighty proud of this here theay-
ter. an had just got in a right strong
actor outfit for to open I'D the place
These here folks. they had lust come
into town. an they was a-goin' to start
up that very night. It was US four
leadin' citizens that KEEP the openin'
from comm off, an I don't think we
done it right Really, il was mostly
the fault Of Jim. He allowed he was
assessor. or was due TO be right soon.
an so he had some privileges. He al
lowed II would be about right for us
to go up back of the stage an git the
clothes of them actor folks. they not
kavin' come down to the theayter vet
that night for TO begin actin. We
done SO.