The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-01-20

B4S as to IN old friend, tried
\ and asuc; lIncls aefry, on the other hand,
gave 4nrnlai. fligid greeting, having known
Nr. Wasecncr q; The Pigpen range.
~ lc starts anstain'in in this outfit back he
.pcs quick, I liacle Henry informed the cook.
* ;'' He Won't star. a9tlljn'" returned Dave
9rcassuringb. lie aint biz enough Uncle
RHencrY bet he coulin's step over a corn
,oh without srrapin' his seal"
here was'no s,tiassying he Gourl stray
mans ability as + @5w-kanl. Tic slapdash
way be cut out fractious cat.ie i'll the first
mornings operations ca-r,cd the wagon-boss
lack iiYcnty years 70 tac h<icyoa days Of his
youth and Of free range, ard shcn branding
was ctagtcd in the altcraoon, Uncle Henry set
hn e roping. Al this, Waggoner astride q
big biazcd,iacc bay, drove Tie painting flank
crs fraaisc by the raitii.y with which he
tagged tawlng calves from the herd
The strayman sal on his heels on some
lcGiins rolling pair Of dice which he
whccllcd with cndearmcnts and affectionate
pfaniy twas not yctfour 0 clool1. h.. be
11d been delegated o BRING in Z year,ins y
: kill Ior beef and 50 had reached camp an hour
before the outfit woell arrive for sNpper
Ten yards away Da9c was kilcading bread
whilst he crooued the ballad oi Sam Easis';
tohis cars hoated the tensc ab;urations 6 Nh
Wagner, and his prco' cupicd mind was
eradlally pcrneAted With tie knowledge that
something was going forward.
'Suncle iIencry's shore death on crap
saootin approaching the blanket, w;rng
his hands on 2 towcl-"t's agin the rules,
Waygoncr. No samblin' or drinkn' with
this ontGt"
Conc 'levcn! Craps! Now f.
eight! Here goes for eighty daysl"
II" 1 swan vcu done made it."
Dawes eyes were fastened gisteninsly on
The ivory cubes as the strayman gathered
them up, blew on tncm for luck. and dexter
c,isly whiFlcd them eo,rss the bedding, II
amt shot craps scncc ten years, ] ai-s't M,
sir" he resumed sadly, gazing OF il tlis dis
iS,hce The strayman made room FOR hli,l on
the blanket.
" Nickels?" he inquired.
HTha.p do me. ] only got four dollars" "
The ho-w wrangler rode in ten minutes
later and ,oi,cd the game, Dave borrowing
''ollar and sixty cents from him as a starter
Itlwn III, strayman's theory that the dic=
sholk. never l,c allowed to grow cold, and he
kept W a bcyidcring discourse as h relied.
"Now, Laily .bov-. 10 yorc best (nr. yore
Ites.r .oc Nosv! Now! An there's the
point:n
Wherc w-s ,hc scnse in trying to beat man
rlf t,ni1 Nacloyio retired from thc game
aSo1, NJ. layins anything negotiabl, with
Z v;hiei tc continue il But Dave kept OF,
having wnl a.rk to the amount Of six dollars.
= Maze Il 4 dollar tllrow?" suggested the
cool, WHO was thinking in continents.
Shore. That1l 90 lar lisc,' agre,d the
straymaa heartily
This was, OF course, easy for him, Since he
earned thir'y-livc in'iars re- mcntn by the
mclhoi a,orcmeT:oneJ A.ier he had loss
tic sig iJa.c ro.led once for a ;o-So ;nlc
wif.:,, belonged TO Dick, ans. tl,sn put up a
Ss~s;~ saGd,. h.mket that was Jnc.e Hen
~, :ssst ctc,..'.,c,l possession.
F~"~s. "1at's ,his' .hootin' cra;,s9"
Iswas s''..- i:eafy, and he was unwoniedk'
smra. ".'Me don't allow gamblin' il this
ou.N, Wssgoncr. Dave, is supper .sadyP,
We 70 md mighty hard Day Mo- Then
git basx 10 your pots, yo, Of iool you!"
tJave got to his fer saecpishly, passing q.
s,iaA:nt hand aclnss his eyes as though com
ing out Of trann IN a sort oil stlipor he set
shsr,t prcpslrg supccr and did no. hear a
caart.r r. xl,x; NIX was saying as he hoy-
,r4d .A<-a c1pisaing to The ,ook the Sanctity
4 ,setsd Interests an. the laws gos .rrins
2-Scnai,issyyer'y
n :sc s;:ayf.s-t. body were untiiing
.,r~~s, = 10 sou sssc restless driving force.
c.as ospr p.---,ts relaxation physi.ci or
rsatL. ss-e vs.ev sleep IS repairing the ravs
.x< !, ~ssing .ours Un:lc Henry always
Yrsd hs b.d ar< sank to slumhs- D.fos.
sM. sa-kss. vale thc boys would gather
.sps,-,. sssp -sts or tie otncf side OF camp
NJ yrnag III ~ groend with thciT faces =
~ -e>aE.; :. r. would smoke and listen
= rs>', story - The leIoado he INC, in Fce
v;arth--.'cte could .lways vary the tals--u-
e-.-,5.s sarocb.s.v ssvss!d break into aoess y
Ss- k.<r-m Egrayrnan~ tharhsd ~.
,..:s.,.,si Il .rAx~. oai a esn,lsonent sWssn
Sf' tT =" nv iorctiuh yfpti ms JAIN 81
the ,:ss,< s;me, he abandoned an ntep:.ce.
Of inshtnting wr~tlln. contests and propesrf
footracs ins~ad. Mat, run a td.ndred
yards, It was Ike him to propose some
thing sxuaordinsTs. something impossible; a
hundsedyards was all right for a horse or
rerhatjs as ali endurance test for a man, but
rscc- 4hey laughed vt him. Neither would
t;:ev run dfty. Reh having heard Of fellow