The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1910-01-29
Beyond the Pale
b Gsorss Dsydse. Rodney


plenty Of EN-, In the early days. before
this yere country was . white mans
country past disputin'. I've seen 'sm
ride into \ settlement, an last nat.
chally hold UP the whole bloomin' out.
at. I've seen men what was shot, an
men what died o thirst: an onct.
when / was boy. seen mans
maverick - what the Mescalern
Apaches d staked out over . aAt-hill.
1t was bad-rotten bad. The ways o
rough men il some queer, but they
CANT touch the devils tricks they
teach in civilization. seen one o
them onct that fer clean devilment
would ha' put the everlastin' kiooeh
on even OIL Cochise. an he was some
bad"
asked question.
Eyes, I'll tell you. Wait till ketch
up the burros. or they'll wander Oh
into the brush an II be the Lord only
knows how fur Oh by mornin'."
twenty-five year ago was man
ager Of one over in the Progresso
country good ranch, with two hun.
dred thousand head on the runs II
was owned by New York company
Bar Lazy o, they called It. started
in as herder till 1 near went loco from
loneliness. l was there for ten year.
and when the old company sold out.
young Mr.. Hirton, the treasurer Of the
new outfit. offered me the place as
manager. an jumped At it. cause.
you see. I'd been waitin' fer chance
fer money. an two thousand year
is wuth some waitin'. Mr.. Hfrton
come out every summer fer three or
four months; he was . hunger, you
know. His sister come out an kept
house fer him. She sure was = good
lookin' girl-tali and straight. an
eyes bluer'n ever l seen. an hair like
the bottom Of new copper kittle when
the sun shines on 1t.
Zone day she says to me: Mr.. Con
nor. my brother expects two gentle.
men out here next week. an I'd like
you to 90 to the railroad to meet EN-.
II you can
"'Sure l cam says I.
$50 when the time come lit out
IN blackboard fer the railroad. Twas
. three days trip an rough ridin'. an
I was burned glad when they showed
them two tenderfeet OF n the train
an dumps about four trunks around
'em.
Zone Of EN- was Teller about TWEEN
ty-six, built from the ground Up.
name o White. The other was man
Of about forty or forty-nve. clean
shaved, wearin' specs. an mighty
keefful IN his dressin'. Pesfesser
Crinsle was his name. an I found
out later he was bugologist fer some
museum in Chicago.
Course was maxim bets with my.
self all along that both Of 'em was aft
er Miss May. never yet seen two
men what'd travel three thousand
miles to see q hunger.
TT turned out that was half right,
fer While had knowed Miss May fer
about six year. but the perfesser was
q man Hirton picked up In Chicago.
an got him interested in loco weed.
an he come out to Investigate It. He'd
never met Miss May. But that didn't
make NO difference. there's got to lie
q first time to all things. an pretty
soon things was gay on that ranch
with the two men tryin' all kind o.
ways to git corner on Miss Mays
time. She liked White-anybody
could see that-an" OIL Cringle wasn't
even an also ran
Zone evenin'. while I was a-settin'
by the bunk-house a-smokin' before
turnin' in. heered the front door shet
in the big house, N looks up an
sees Miss May m White standin' on
the porch in the moonlight. The
vines was all about EN-. an by an by
heered the murmur o the voices like
that water yonder. n then sees
White hold out both arms to her. She
kim O. wavered fer = minute. like a
young cottonwood In = breeze. an he
catches her. an then on q. sudden
seen the curtain 90 up about two
inches In the settin' -room winder, an
/ seen the CLEAN o the light on 4 pair
o. specs. an minute later OF Specs
comes out BY the back door. He didn't
So me a-ssttin' by the bunk-house in
the shadder. 70 he passes over an
stands there within ten fest O mo.
his hands In his pock6ts. a-watchin'
the two on the porch. Then be says
soft-like: II b mot good fer man to
live alone. but ys're not goln' to marry
him. No, ye're not. FAts has re.
served fer ~ the consolin: Influences
Of man o science. I'm older 4 him,
n know more. an he shan't have
ye, any way he says, gaxin at 'em
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