The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-04-03

A bright uprush OF clean, white
pigeon wings followed on the instant
the bang of the barnyard gate.
What do l think O. women ranch
bosses?" was the wrathful fash OF
Zeke Stubbs, addressed to the fur
rying birds Il think they ought TO
keep to the kitchen an not go to
snoopin aroun' telin' growed.up men
how to take the shoes offn horses.
An she n 19.year.old gal! Did she
larn about horses feet at that Salt
Lake seminary? Id like TO know!
If her nav and paw only was alive!'
oh don't take on, Zeke," said Uri
Wiggin, coming around corner OF the
barn. May Window got few extra
frills at the seminary, hut she amt
spilled, not by jug-full. An she
knows all about horses
Uri was the hired man on the Win.
dom ranch and zeke was his helper.
An she amt so dreadful stuck'up
as you think" added uri, "lf she was
she wouldn't be a.goin out with the
sheep"
Coin out with the sheep! Great
snakes OF all the ram.butted idees'
An all alone among them men?
Guess you can count me out this time.
l don't want no woman boss on the
range. The idee A woman sheep
herder,"
She amt a.goln' alone" said uri.
How them"
wal, you know Sandy Bafiln's
Gertie, that married Russ Bricker?
She's a.goin' along, too. Mays got
Russ 10 look out fer things fer her,
an Gertie's a.gom' to do the cooain'.
An I'm a.goin' an 80 are you-you
can't git out OF IT,"
What does Russ Bricker know
about Sheep" asked Zeke contemptu'
ously. Been n freightin all his life
"Oh, Russ won't have much ter say.
Miss WINDOWS goin to run the hull
shootin' match herself"
Great guns They'll git sick 'nough
o. women bosses!" snorted Zeke.
when does this here fool expedition
start out?"
Week from mex Thursday. Snowll
be pooty we'll offn the range by that
time Wen hit sky.Medder about the
fifth day out, II we have good luck.
Trouble Is the's so DANCED many out.
fits thatll be headed that way, an they
may git in ahead. We don't dast start
any sooner for that's the earliest any
body ever goes; but well be In luck
II some range sneaks don't git in
ahead Of US"
Precisely this It was that worried
Miss May Window. Russ had told
her that It would be race for the
SkyMeadow country--the best range
in the Wasatch mountains--and she
was intensely eager to get in first
with her band She had been out on
the range several times before her
father died-once as long rs a month.
This time she wanted 10 stay the
whole season. The seminary. with its
stilted diction and its stiff rule Of
things generally, had irked her. She
had gone there because 1t was her
dead fathers wish. Even now that II
was all behind her, the seminary
seemed 70 be clinging to her skirts
She wanted to get away to the NOM
tains. She loved the wild life aud she
loved the sheep Above all THINGS she
was eager to get to the range ahead
Of Lew Madden, who drove q large
herd Of his own shearIng up that way
every spring rs soon as the season
opened. Lew was Objectionable TO her
in no other way than that he Lad tried
to make himself particularly agreeable
TO her, with the result that she had
sent him about his business. She
could hardly have told why she had
done this, for Lew was big anil atrong
and looked finer in his saddle than
any other man In Juab county Prob.
ably she had refused him because he
had taken her for granted. Icing ia.
ken for granted was very odious to
her.