The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1909-11-30

Apache reservation, where he ate
good cooked food, and drew good
gun-ammunition, all of which our
Government supplies to it's pets.
the Apaches. The other three
months would find him, accompanied
by string of speedy racing cayuses
and string of favorite squaws, ma
King the rounds of various fiestas.
where he invariably happened by
nook or crook. principally by crook,
to pull off something in the way of
racing-money and poker winnings.
Wet Dog, in brief, was a consum-
mate sport, and not square sport
at that This fact one regrets to di-
vulge, for this noble red man had
twice been converted by missionaries.
who wrote home, joyfully, that the
famous, bloody Apache chief had con-
fessed his sins and been gathered into
the fold But the truth must out.
ana Wet Dog had certainly acted
shamefully at the Gold Gulch "roos-
teT-pulling" in the doping of Limp
Ing Jimmy's cowpony racer.
AS a result. many dollars had
passed into the dishonest hands of
Wet Dog. who, with ponies and
squaws, fastened to fee before his
trickery could be discovered. There
was naturally much lamentation and
profanity among the cowmen. who
had backed Limping Jimmy and his
Paloma with their very last red bit
ter were their reproaches as they
struck their homeward trails. and the
0RgOlafa Iir,1t,1xr ICft
poor Paioma, felt the matter keenly
An autopsy soon performed showed
exactly what had been wrong. and
the Limping One swore to himself
a mighty cowboy oath, "I'H fix that
sneaklng lnjun, so help me Moses. if
1t takes me twenty years TO do it,
For many months following the
Gold Gulch episode Wet Dog. rich in
his ill-gotten gains, and fattening on
government rations, lived peacefully
on the reservation. Meanwhile. his
newly bought pony Blue-Jay was be-
Ing carefully trained for the WoIni
races, at snake-dance time and the
horse's owner practiced stealthiIv in
MS tepee various new combinations
on poker hands, for the ultimate nm
doing of Lo, the poor and unsuspect-
Ing Indian. to whom card-stacking
was an unknown dodge. but poker
a thing of everlasting JOY.
AT this time Limping Jimmy was
lying low, and formulating some
tricks of his own, aided and abetted
therein by his bunky, one Shorty
Smith.
These tricks necessitated tho
swearing-off of the two cowboys. so
far as whisky and poker were con
cerned, and the saving of their every
cent. they also necessitated, grieve
TO say, a midnight journey of thirty
miles to the Bark range; the round
lng-up thereon of a wild and nm
tanned outlaw pony. the stealthy es-
corting by night of that same wild
though promising pony. and his stalk
ing In certain secret pasture. al
ready prepared by the two men
where the outlaws busting was taken
In charge.
On the Bark ranch there was
some hunting and chasing after the
missing horse, which ceased unon
SHORTY OF the Circles. stating to the
BARK foreman that he had the dav,
before spied bunch of Apaches driv-
Ing some ponies northward from BAR
x, and that. "By ructions. there was
a gray bronco. with one white leo
roped-in with them there Iniun cav
uses!"
Shorty's perjury saved the dav
me Bark foreman. vowing death
ana destruction TO all Apaches. re-
tired disappearing to his ranch.
meanwhile Limping Jimmy and his
colleague continued to labor with
ana educate IN secret, that same gray
outIawed bronco with one white leg
Weeks of hard labor were re-
CURED, for surely never was there n
wickeder bronco than Outlaw AS
MS training progressed. Shorty had
an arm broken, and Jimmy n leg
Doth were constantly mass of bruises
and It is wonder that their necks
were not broken. But they never
gave IN and. as patience and dog
gedness will work wonders with even
an outlawed bronco the gray horse
was finally subdued. and broken to y
hnish. As. his delighted trainers
NN w VIC tfuOtUfI. IUorc WASH [
n horse in the two Territories able TO
even keep within sight OF his heels.
much less run with him
And now Shorty disappeared ON o
brief leave OF absence. meanwhile
Limping Jimmy used an old side-sad-
die and a Tapping blanket fin the
further education OF Outlaw. who ala
not take in the least kindly to this
particular branch of his training
After a weeks absence. Shorty re-
appeared well laden with divers hun
dies, and full of mysterious informa-
tion' over which he and his bunkv
chuckled and rejoiced nightly.
It was slack time, with little do
| Ing on the ranch. so the two had little
difficulty In securing permission for
a tortnlghts absence "to attend fo
some business over in Arizona. thew
| said. So away they loped one morn
ing, followed by the boots and ieera
OF their less fortunate comrades. who
had spent their wages I'm riotous Iiv.
ing, and no vacations could come
their way
Now, while Jimmy thus babe adieu
70 the Circles. I'm company with
Shorty Smith, It was I'm very different
company that he turned up few