The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1910-08-25

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table were brought down from san
Antoine 10 the wagons she bowed her
smooth. dark head ana shared The fate
Of the Dauae
70 avoid lcsc majesty you have been
presented FIRST to the King and queen
They do not enter the story, which
might he called THE Chronicle Of the
Princess the Happy Thought aud the
Lios That Buugled His Job"
Josefs ofDonnen was the surviving
daughter the princess From her
mother she Inherited warmth Of nature
and a dusky. scmitropic beauty. From
iien ODuunell the royal SHE acquired
store 81 iuirepidily. common sense
aud the faculty Of ruling The com
biuation WAS one worth going miles
20 see J0sefn while riding her pony
st gallop could put Owe out Of six
bullets through tomato can swing
Ing at the end Of string She could
play for hours with a white kitten
she, owned. dressing It in an manner
Of absurd clothes Scornlng pencil,
she could tell you out Of her head what
i.s.l5 twoyoarolds would bring on
the hoof AZ $3.50 per bend Roughly
speaking. the Esplnosa 'yanch Is forty
miles kong and thirty broad. but most.
ly leased land Josefa. Oh her pony,
had prospecicd over every mile Of Il.
Every COW punchcr on the range knew
Der by sight aud was a loyal yassal.
Ripley Gixens. foreman Of one Of the
Esplnosa outfits, saw her one day and
made ~ his mind TO form a royal
matrimonial alliance prcsumptuousi
No Ia those days iu the Nueces
country n man was man And,
after an. the title Of cattle King does
not presuppose blood royal often Il
only signifies that its owner wears
the crown IN token Of bis magnificent
qualities 10 the art Of cattle stealing
one day Ripley Giyens rode over 10
tho Double Elm ranch 20 inquire about
a bunch II strayed yearlings. lie was
late Ia setting out on bis return trip,
aud IL was shutdown when he struck
the White Horse crossing u the Nue.
res, From there 70 hha own camp Il
was sixteen miles To The Esplnosa
ranch house II was twelve Giyens
was tired. lie decided % pass the
night II the crossing
There was a fine water hole In the
river bed The banks were thickly
covered with great trees, undcrgrown
with brush. Rack from the water hole
nfty yards Was a stretch u mesquite
grass supyer Tor bis horse aud hed
faf himself Givens s,nked BIS horse
and spread out bis saddle blankets 10
dry. he sat down with bis hack
seainst d tree and rolled cigarette
from somewhere 10 The dense timber
along the river came . sudden. rage
ful. shivefing wall fhe pony danced
at The end ~ his r5rn and blew .
wbhtling snort u comprchending fear
GNens Fnfcd n his cigarette, but lr
reached leianrely fos bis pistol belt
ahkh lay {. the grass. and twiried
The cylinder ~ bis weapon tentatively
4 great gar plunged with a loud
splash intn The water nole A ufue
brown rabbit ssippcd around bunch
Of caiciaN and sat iRiicling bis
shiskers and hooking humerously at
Glfcus The pony Weut Oh eating
grass
II Il well % br reasonably waiehfu
aben Mexhsn Ion sings soprano
along The arfVos a. sundown The
burden q his snug may be that yonng
ealtes aaA fat l.mis are scArce and
tlat he has 4 earairorous desire Tor
your acqaalaiapee
~ ,he srass lay an emply fruit can.
east ihes hy soalc former sojuurner
1iyens caught SIGHT u Il with = grunt
y satisfaction 10 his coat peekel
tied ttAlna BIS saddle was handful
v two ~ grouad coffee. BLACK coffee
and clgaFelies Khat runehero could
dnssfV gaufw1
ID tna minpies he had D little Gre
seinE nlearly he started. Win Bis
can i0r ibe WaieF hols When Wshln
AftreH yards q ~ saFe Be saw b.
tmAs lie hgshrs sldesaddicd pony
siih daNn drelg,ed reins cropping
grass aitir dlstaoee 10 ne irfl Jus,
rising frpzn bey hands and knees 90
tbr huaE - ihr Nsisf holc VAS lasefa
oiNnuell She Asd hcea driAliag