The Red Cloud chief., 1908-04-17

have noticed, and | believe II you try
the same game twicet you'll get just
us different results as can be the sec
ond time. You heard how | hit II In
the mines, didn't your No? Well.
that's SO. You amt seen many people
out on the fiat. have your Hum! ]
don't know principally where TO be-
gin. You remember Wind River
Smiths pardncr that the boys called
Shadder. because he was so thinf Nice
Teller, always willing to do YOU a IA.
vor or say something comicnl when
you least expected II. Had kind of n
style with him too. Yes, sir. that's the
man. Well. him and me was out In
the BEND day. holding n mess Of
Oregon half breeds that was 10 be
shipped by train shortly. when old
Smithy comes with the mail. Letter
for You, Shaddcr,' says Smith and
passes over n big envelope with wads
OF sealing wax oil over IL. Shadder
reads his letter and folds II UP. Then
he takes u look over the country the
kind Of n look u man gives when he's
thinking hard. Then says he. Red,
take Off your hat | done II. 'Smithy,
take of your hat All right says
Smith, but YOU tell me why or I'll
snake the shirt of YOU 10 square
things
"'Roys,' says Shadder, I'm Lord
Walford.'
lord iIcllford!' hollers Smithy.
You'd better call somebody in to look
40 .tA,,Y ,I,h,Itnv What rnt Imam
drinkiu', ShaddcrT
"'Rcad for YOURSELF says Shadder.
and hc handed him the letter.
"Wish't you could have seen old
Smithy'a face as he read II. lie
thought hlS pnrdncr had been cut out
Of his herd forever.
"'Its the Gods truth. Red says he
slowly. aud he had Il sideways smilc
on his fac" Ms he turned to Shadhcr
We'll, ,ir.' says he. 4 suppose congrat.
u@latiuns are in ordcr?'
"Shaddcr'S hand stopped short on
its way to the cigarette, and he looked
ut Smithy rs If he couldn't believe
what he saw.
"'To he'll with en- says he as say
age ~ Il wildcat, and he iabbcd the
irons IN and whirlcd his cayusc about
on one toe, heading for the ranch.
"'Now you go after him, YOU jealous
old s%orehead,' says I. Go on says
rs lie started TO argue the point, 'or I'll
spread your nose all the way down
your spinal column The only time
to say NO TO me IL when I'm not
meaning what I say, so away goes
Wind River, and they made 1t up
all right In no time. We'll, Shadder
had TO pull for England TO take n
squiHt at the ancestral estates. and all
OF us WAS right here al this station IA
see him of. Lord, It seems ~ IF that
happened last world! Well, It took
q little bit the edge OF any and all
I, DRINKS n ranch as an institution had
D ever Seen before. There was old Smithy
! crying around, wlping his eyes OF hi:
= sleeve and explaining to a lot OF east
ern folks that II wasn't Shadder'!
fault. gad hook II all! He was INT
best, hoOtln', tootln' son of-a.sea cool
! that ever hit a prairie breeze I'm spite
I Of this dun fo0!ishness.
""Thcy can't make no lord OF
, Shadder.' hollerj Smlthy. That IL
not for long. He's a man, Shadder Il
! amt cher. yer ID old ganglt
legged hide rack|
"And Shadder never lost his patience
at all. though II must have been Kin,
2 Of trying to be made into such II hol!
|, show before the Kind of people IN
- used 10 he used to. All he'd say was
Bet your life. old boy Well, II wa
= right enough. too. as Smitliy ha'
I nursed him through smallpox one win
ter M In the S~hoShonce country am
&c mighty near starved himself to deaf
feeding Shaddcr out Of the slim CRU
o stock when the hoy was on the mend
= Still. some people would have forge
Il that.
But did your uncle Red get unde
the influence Of strong drink! Did he
Oh, my. oh, my! | wish | could max
IN il clear to you. The vigilanles pr
j.. after a horse thief once In MOntan;
and they landed on him In II butt On
canyon, and there was all the stoc
,r with the brands on 'em as big as
patent medicine sign, AS he lad hadn
AZ had time 10 stop for alterations.
80 well says they, what have yO
M got 10 say for yourselfT He locke
nj them brands staring him IN II
face. and lie bit off n small hunk
chewing r tt.chay!' Says he, Cent?
Il. men, I'm at loss FOR words! An
they bet him 20. M a good joke
worth its price In any mans countr
ar I'm in that lads fix. I amt got Il
words TO tell YOU how seriously drui
or WAS on thai OCCASION, rcmembl