Gunnison news-champion., 1911-10-20

uay old frisua Dcpu
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m ia tymarsaal bscs Co
WI pertoe. ssumhse. wish
n unglsnG ro~ess snso
10 ~ a chair IN the mar
IA' shaIs outer once.
And because the courthouse ~as a.
most deserted q; that hour and be.
cause Buck would somessmss relate
70 me shings thai we're out of print.
] followed him into tals thross h
hne~iedas Of . weakness he had
por cigarettes rolled ~iah s~sss corn
Ausk ~ere as honey TO Bacs palate
osa though he could finger the trisSsr
Of forty -hve with sxiil and sudden
ness he never could learn to rob .
cigarette
II ~as through no fault OF mine
tfor 7 rolled the cigarettes tight and
smoothl. bat the spshot Of some shim
ef his own. that instead of to an
Odyssey Of the cAapsrral. | listened to
"a dissertation upon matrimonyi
TAb fron Buck Capertou, but I
nointsin that the cigarettes we're Inn
psecabas; and crave sbsolutiou tor
Gysslf.
We just brought in Jim and Bud
oraaberry." said Buck Train rob
btes. you know Held up the Arsn-
sae Pass last month. We caught 'em
In the Twenty Mile pear fat south
Of the Neuces"
Have much trouble corraling
them" | asked. for here was the
neat that my hunger for epics
ersved.
Some" said Buck and then. dur
ing a little pause. his thoughts STAN
peded on the trail Its kind Of
queer about women" he went on:
''and the place they're supposed to
occupy IN botany. II ! was asked to
classify them Id say they was hu-
man loco weed. Ever see a bronc that
had been chewing loco? Ride him up
to . puddle of water two feet wide
end he'll give a snort and fall back
on you. 1t looks as big as the Mis-
stssippi river to him. Next trip he'd
walk into q canyon q thousand fest
deep thinking II ives q prairie dog
hole. Same way with . married man.
Il yes thinking Of Perry Rountres.
tAat used to b my sidskicker sefors
- committed natrinoay In tAsa
lays me and Perry hated indisturbt
anose Of any kind We roamed arounl
considerable. stirring up the scAess
end making EN- attend to business.
Why. when me and Perry wanted -
ho finn In
picnic for the census takers They
Just counted the msrshals posse that
II took to subdue US, and there vas
your population. But then there
came along this Mariana Goodnight
girl and looked at Perry sideways.
and he was all bridle-wise and saddle
broke before you could skin q year
ling.
Il wasn't even asked to the we'd
ding. reckon the bride had my
pedigree and the front elevation of nv
habits all mapped out. and she de-
eided that Perry would trot better in
double harness without any uncon-
verted mustang like Buck Caperton
whickering around on the matrimonial
] saw Perry again.
One day ! was passing on the
edge OF town. and I see something
like . man in q little yard BY a little
house with q sprinkling pot squirting
water on a rose bush. Seemed to me
ia seen something like II before, and
stopped at the gate. trying to figure
est It's brands. Twas not Perry
Rountree, but twae the kind of a
curdled jellyfish matrimony had made
cut of him.
Homicide wss what that Mariana
had perpetrated He WAS looking well
enough. but he had on a white collar
asd shoes. and you could tell in a min
ute that he'd speak polite and pay
taxes and stick his little finger out
while drinking. Just like q sheep man
or q citizen. Great skyrochets. but |
hated to see Perry all corrupted ana
willieiEed like that.
He came out to the gate, and shook
hands; and I says. with scorn, and
Beg pardon-Mr Rountree | believe
seems to me ! sasatiated in your a.
socia tions once. II | am not mista
ken
Oh, 20 to the devil. Buck saw
Perry. polite. - l was afraid he'd be
We'll. thea. says A. you poor, con
taminated adjunct OF . sprinkling DO
and degraded household pet. what did
you 20 and Do It for? Look at you. al
decent and unr1etous. and only fit I,
cit on juries and AeaA the woodhous,
Aeor You was . man once. l hav,
hostility for al such acts. Why Con
you go IN the house and count tn
tides or st tie clock. anA not etant
out here in tie atmosphere. A jecl
rabbit might come along and bit
you
Now Buck says Perry. speakfn
mild and some sorrowful. you don
understand. married man has go
to be di6efeat He feels diferen
from a tough oil cloudburs@ like yos
It's sinful to waste tine pulling q
towns Just to I0ok af their roots. a
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