Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-02-24

nearly caused tragedy. a guest
picked 1t up and peered into the metal
tube to see how ''the durned thing
worked
AS he gazed and pondered, shaking
the bottle in his effort to solve the
mystery, he pressed the handle. The
stream struck him fairly between the
eyes. Shocked. surprised and half
blinded, he pulled his gun and declared
immediate war On the ''sheep herder
who had put UP the job on him." AL
lens other supplies were of the kind
taken straight in the southwest and
downed with a hasty gulp.
Driven from the house on the day of
the wedding, Allen took refuge on the
piazza. From behind the hacienda
foated dreamily on the sun drenched
air the music of guitars and mandolins
played by Mexicans. practicing for the
dance which would follow the cere-
mony
The colonel doZed and dreamed.
Suddenly the peace Of the afternoon
was shattered by the wild "yipyips" OF
band Of cowboys riding up the trail.
Revolver shots punctuated their shrill
cries
Allea bounded from his chair. shak-
Jig Himself like terrier. This riotous
sound was the music be longed to hear.
When the Staccato beats of the po-
MES hoOfs ceased he shouted: Come
On, boys. Make this your home. Every
thing goes, and the Sweetwater outfit
Is always welcome
The foreman was the first to pull up
III front OF the house. Hello. Uncle
JIM" he cried
Hello. Sdgebrushr' answered the
colonel, a broad smile Illuminating his
face. Holding his pipe in one hand. he
licked his lips at the thought of click
ering up without the invention of an
excuse for his wife. Then he joined in
hearty laugh with the men about the
corral as he heard the grunts and
stamping OF a plunging mustang. A
cow pony had entered into the spirit Of
the occasion and was trying to toss his
rider over his head.
cowpunchers, was the victim Of the
horse's deviltry.
His predicament aroused wild shouts
of mirth and sallies Of the wit of the
corral.
Hunt leather, Fresno, or he'll buck
You clean over the wallr' shouted
Sagebrush,
Grab his tanr' yelled Show Low,
with q whoop.
'All over was the chorus as Fres-
no, with vicious lab of his spurs and
jerk Of the head brought the ami
mai into subjection.
Come right il, boys" called Allen
Let the Greascrs take the horses
With shriII shouts. whuops and much
laughter the guests crowded about
the rancLman.
Each wore his holiday clothes. New
handkerchiefs were knotted about
their necks. Fresno had stuck little
the crown OF which he had removed
Il want head room for the mornin'
after" he had said.
Show Lows chaps were conspic
uously new, and his movements were
heralded by the cracking Of unsoftes
ed leather.
Last Of the band was Parenthesis
, short, bowlegged, with face tanned
! and scanned by exposure. The COW
boys ran stiffiy, toeing slightly inward
Long hours in the saddle made then
apparently awkward and really un
I graceful when on the ground
They greeted Allen with hearty en-
thusiasm, Shaping him on the back
poking him in the ribs and swinging
him from one to the other with cries
OF ''Howdy, Uncle Jim?'
''Howdy, Sagebrush? Hello, Fresno
| Waltz right in, Show Low Glad t.
see you allr' cried Allen as he in turf
brought his hand down with ringin.
slaps upon shoulder and back.
Meantime Parenthesis hoped abou
the outer edge of the ring. seeking al
entrance. Failing to reach his host
he crowed, ''How de doodle Go!' to at
tract his attention.
Allen broke from the ring. Graspin!
Parenthesis by the hand, he said
"Tm tolerable, thankee, Parenthesis
Where's Jack? Didn't he come owe
with your
"What-the boss? Amt he got her
yet?'' asked the foreman. Tall an,
lean, with hardened muscles, Sage
brush Charley was as 1.-THE as pan
ther on horseback. His first toy has
been Il rope with which, as a fodder
he had practiced on the dogs AM
chickens about the ranch yard. Ell