The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-04-05


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Jagged hensn
s An be amt far from right neither,
growled Lefty Allen, drive foreman ior the
DBar-O. We did our twelve to fifteen
miles day right along an nothing hap
pened. Now we 60 an lose four days try
ing to push EN- over oneghoss river, an
they're only half over now An us only
three days from III end of III drive, at that
What's that" he shouted in reply to hail
from across the stream "H'hy don't ae
hnvyaH Why, you-' his choice and use
Of personal adjectives bespoke man thor
oughly familiar with the art Of bold retort.
Tex lie Blanc stretched bis grin to the point
approaching catastrophe, but il disappeared
quickly at the drive forcman's next words:
Since yore so ALFRED wise in tn matter Of
moving horned jackasses what have all tn
spryness Of well-fed heas, YOU amble right
over here an shoot yore fireworks, . Lefty or
dered with much satisfaction: Come on.
cali, you pigeon-toed Algernonl" he finished,
as his friend across the stream seemed reluc-
tant 10 obey.
Tn feller what amt doing tn work allus
knows how better'n til feller what is, Of
fered Ball, returning. He Oh, tn
devil There they 90 again"
Hey, TexI" cried the foreman, LEI that
herd AXE care Of itself an bring th' boys all
oyer here, VIC can tend to il later"
AL right, and Tex, wheeling in mid
stream, went back for his companions An
hour later, helped BY sudden mad desire Of
the refractory cattle q Join their fellows, they
drove the last COW out of the water on the far
side u the riger and hesed sighs Of relief.
told you began Tex. trying to be
modes in bis self- praise,
Listen, fellers: here it comes" grunted
Ball in interruption Now Tex. throw
yore boqlets-we're all hstl1i9g. Do it
good
"Ar, 20 to tii' devil, rctortcd Tex, grin.
Ming. But, all th' same. went over there,
an now they're AL over here.
Norc language would a. moved most any
thing rejoined Kid Morris. I'm some
cprious to hear you cllss when yorc pizen
mad"
Vel, don't you worry aonc-" Tcs re-
torted
Grub pilet' Yelled taeseoob, and g5t re-
suits.
Ball weighed biscat rcacctiyely: "Wsh
you fcIlers coul tait. TIL WIGS cookiag,'
he remarked, proudly ~Ih,se here amt
biscuits, nohowp
'Yore lucky cuss, all right Observed
Tez, ignoring Inc oook 5 outblst. ana gazing
al fhc liyid, yiiriicd pellets. .iE4 man in
this country that's got piic i hi,Sy.
YES an their husband soa't dia for i,
loag tinc, neither" suilioqii2ed ihe kii, re-
g,e:t.l'iy, l !.now-tacy'rs all ioa healthy.
WIiea the meal was oY Bali icaaed back
iocajoy short smoke This drivc can't end
any tao s22a for nc, he remarked Jane
;sons slo, wougipg III. .srns 10 again An
| left Ice purity big c,alaet on his hands.
We've got close To SIS b ia '-ed head Oh them
hills, an it ain't no one-inaa iob 10 hold EN-.
Joe's all right, he is; ] was lucky when |
made him tny pardnern
Tex stole 4 glance AZ Lciiy, who stead
fastly regarded the bowi d his pipe, and no
one commented on BAll's list sentence, it
being plainly none Of heir business how he
felt about bis partner; but they had their own
private opinions Of Joe Parker, opinions
which we're the result. OF many opportunities
10 Judge the man and OF much thought Not
one puncher Of any o. the ranches near Balls
hill range would trust his partner with a cent,
or take bis word fol anything. When Ioc
Parker joined their circles, which he had TIE
tact TO do but rarely, he induced a cold atmos-
phrrc and the restraint became marked He
was tolerated and spared only because he was
wise enough not to provoke them to action
No one had anything but good to say Of
Ball, Who had worked for all OF the adjoining
ranches when in need Of ready cash His
straightforward manliness, courage, truthful
ness and good fellowship had made him firm
friends wherever he had gone The outfits
Of The O-Bar-O. Bar-7o, Csc, Double Arrow
and H welcomed him as one of themselves,
for he was man according to their primal
standards Only one man was his master
with the heavy Colt used on the range, and
that was Hopalong Cassidy and Hopalong
syore BY him. Red Connors recognized in
him kis only dangerous rival for rife honors,
andloved him in his own rough way Hewas
man who would throw his life in the balance
% save friend, jolly free and easy cow
hancher, and good one
Waflles, foreman Of the O-Bar-O, stopped
When hall way 10 The bunk house and waited
for the man who rode towards him.
sHulIo. Ball he cried heartily. "Eyery-