The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1911-05-05


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~ Perhaps you remsmher enough
aboni the huainrra 70 know that an
unbranded geaflinE calf without IT'S
mother ~ chiied maverick"
Yes. remember that II belongs
10 the man who finds him and brands
him"
"preciseiy Now. that Inv worked
very nicely 70 long ns The poor COW.
boy was willing. 10 catch and brand
him for biz employer, but II proved
Joker when he woke up and said 10
his fellows, why brand these may.
ericks at 81 per head for this or taat
outnt WHEN the law says they belong
TO the innu yho finds theinY
Lee virginia looked up brightly.
"Tnl seenls right to me-"
"Ah yes. but wait We cattlemen
had large birds. and the probabilities
were thu the calf belonged TO some
one Of us. whereas the cowboy, having
} no herd ut all. knew the maverick be-
| longed TO some ones herd True, the
law said It was his. but the law did
, not mean 10 reward the freebooter
Yet that IS exactly what it did. At
first only a few outlaws took advan-
tage of II. but hard years came on. the
cattle business becntne less and less
profitable. we were forced to lay off
our men ana so nj last the range
swarmed with idle cowpnnehers. Then
, came the breakdown In our scheme.
: The cowboys took TO 'mavericking' on
!, their own account. Some Of them had
the grace to 20 into partnership with
' some farmer and so claim a small
(. bunch Of cows, but others suddenly
4 and mraculously acquired herds OIL
their own From keeping within the
/, law they passed to violent methods
They silt the Tongues Of calves for thu
purpose Of separating them from theil
mothers Finding he could not suck
= bosst would at last wanderaway from
= his dam and so become maverick. Ii
n short. anarchy reigned on the range"
(. s"But surely my father had nothing
t, TO do with this;'
i mo; your father up to this time had
X been ON good terms with everybody
n He had small herd Of cattle dowr
n the river. which he owned in common
= with man named Hart"
II remember him.
"IIe was well thought Of by all thu
big outfits. gmd when the situation be
= came intolerable and we got togethel
:, to weed out the rustlers.' as these cat
tie thieves We're called. your fathe
was approached and converted to -;
r. belief in drastic measures. He hat
$. suffered less than the rest of us be
+. cause of his small herd and the fac
D. that he was very popular among tn,
ia cowboys. So far MS ! was concerned
10 the use of violent methods revoltet
me My training In the east had mad
me respecter of the law Chang
the law said. The law is all right
90 they replied; the trouble is with thes
rustlers. Wen hang few of 'em, ant
50 that will break up the business"
No Parts of this story came back to TIL
girls mind producing momentar.
90 flashes Of perfect recollection. Sh
On heard again the voices of excited mel
arguing over and over the question o
10 "mayerlcking." and she saw her ia
W ther as he rode up to the house tina
M last day before he went south.
SO Redfield went on. THE whole plal
W. as developed was silly. and wonde
40 still that Ed Wetherford. who kney
30 the hester and the cowboy so well
w should have lent his aid to It, TIL
ne cattlemen. some from Cheyenne, som
IS from Denver and few from New
% York and Chicago, agreed to finance
AZ a sort Of vigilante corps composed 0
. men from the outside ON the under
9 standing that this policing body shoul'
~ be commanded by one Of their owl
90 number. Your father was chosen sec
90 ond in command and was to guide tn
~ party, for he knew almost every one 0
the rustlers and could ride directly t
their doors.'
81 81 wish he hadn't done that" mur
- INJURED the girl.
10 Il must be frank with you, Virginia
"a ! can't excuse that in him. 1t was
y kind Of treachery. He must have bee
I warped by his associates. They con
WINGED him by some means that it wa
his duty, and one fine day the Torl
90 was startled by messenger who rod
" in to say that the cattle barons wer