Evening journal., 1911-03-11
A New Settlement
And How It Came to
Be Made
By CAROLINE A. TRIP
Copyright By American Press Asso-
cistion. 1871.

woolly west-or what was formerly
the Wild and woolly west-for the
silken mantle of civilization Is fast
spreading over the whole land-where
the dividing line between honesty and
dishonesty was not distinctly marked
The privatioDs were great. and many
Of the people found It difficult to make
living. There was no law to keep
the honest separated from the dishon-
est. and this alone tended to obliterate
the dividing line.
One day two plainsmen went TO
land office to enter some land. While
there one Of them told the following
story
Last week." he said. "me and Josh
was movin' toward the mountings on
prospecting trip. We had two good
ridin' hosses and a pack boss. One
day we found a fine campin' ground
beside a stream whar the trout was
list jumpin' outen the water to be
ketched. and we concluded to rest thar
a couple o. days. So we pitched our
tent and got out our cookin' kit and
calc'lated to spend the time like ma
bobs.
"The next afternoon, when we was
layin' of smoldn' our pipes. we saw a
couple o men comm outen the timber
on the crick. Ketchin' sight Of US, they
turned at fust, but we hollered to 'em
TO come on. and they jined US. They
was youngish chaps. neither ov EN-
havin' ylt growed a beard. We Of
fered 'em the demijohn. but they didn't
seem to relish liquor much; mebby
they wasn't old enough to have
learned. We offered 'em pipes, but
they didn't seem inclined to smoke
neither.
''They told as they was in camp In
patch of timber a ways down the
crick, and after stayin' awhile with us
they went away.
"'What dye s'pose them kids is ado
in over yereg says Josh when they
was gone.
They're boss thieves I says.
"'Hoss thieves. They don't look
nuthin' like boss thieves
Like enough they belong to some
family as is mighty hard up. and the
only way for sich in this yere country
to make a haul is TO run Off bosses. sell
'em and stock up. Wen picket the
stock strong tonight. fur It's my opin.
ion these young fellers II try to STAN
pede en-
I'VE made everything as fast as we
could. The moon vas full. and the
country was lit up like day. Me and
Josh smoked till near o o'clock. II
must "a been. then turned I'm. We was
awakened by hearin' the stock rushin'
this way and that way tryin' to break
the ropes, and we heard whoops like
! Indians, only they was mo-e likj
, squaws and papooses than bucks
Then come shots. The hOsses wa
nigh crazy with fright. but we had tiet
'em so strong they couldn't get away.
JOSH says. says l. them youni
fellers is doin' what I said they'd do
Get your gun and let's 90 for EN-
81 don't want to kill a boy fur .
boss said Josh. especially II he'i
starviu''
"'Wen. we can't let 'em do wha
they like with our property. Com'
on
I'VE lit out to whar the sounds com'
from, and the first thing the kid
knowed we was right on 'em. The.
run, and we chased 'em. One Of 'en
tripped aud fell I sat on him whil
Josh chased the other and after
hard run brought him in. We tool
EN- to camp and in order to frightel
'em told 'em we was goin' to hang 'en
to the limb OF tree
They knowed well enough that
what's done to boss thieves. and the.
believed we was in earnest. Wha
dye s'pose they did They begun b
cry. This give us such contempt fu
'em that I says to Josh. says 1:
"'sich snivelin younkers oughtn't I
be lowed to live. They'll never max
men. aud the women wouldn't have 'eT
around. Let's string 'em up shore
Then one of 'em said, wringin' hi
hands: We hain't men; we're gals
Our folks is stRrvin' over thar, an
we tried to git yer stock TO sell 'eI
and git somepin fur the children
"Me and Josh looked at each othel
I be doggoned.' says I. II ever l say
sich boss thieves before. What luc
we didn't shoot at EN-
II told you says Josh, I wouldn'
like to kill one of EN-
I'VE give up the tent to 'em and th
blankets and made EN- as comfort
able as could. and Josh and I buil
a fire and lay down by II for the res
O. the night. Next mOrnin we Civ
'em a fine breakfast ov hard tack an
bacon washed down with coffee. The
we told 'em we'd go and see what "
could do fur their folks We foun
9 list what the gals said we'd find. TheI
u vnr three families in a mighty ba
. way not only fur food. but oths
> things.
\ when the gals got on their ow
n clothes they was good lOokin. and
= offered to marry one II Josh'd MARI
II t'other and settle down and take car
d Of the hull crowd. seem there warn
t. no men among 'em. tho men hBvil
n been killed on either by Indians or II
l. hoss steHlin'. Josh agreed. and "
e fiipped up fur fust choice. Josh VIC
T. q. but | didn't keer, since they Wa
u both fine gals.
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