The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-06-05

the wild aud Woolly west for The
sii.;en mantle OF civ ,!izatlon is fast
spreading over The whole land where
tie dividing line between honesty and
dishonesty was not distinctly marked.
/ The rriFations were great, and many
Of the people found ii difficult TO make
Il living There was no law TO keep
| the honest separated from the dlshon.
est and this alone tended to obliterute
the dividing line
4 one day two plainsmen went TO a
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
a prospecting trip. We had two good
! rldn' bosses and pack boss One
day we found a fine campn' ground
beside 4 stream whar the trout was
jist inmpin' outen the water to he
ketched. and we concluded to rest thar
\ couple o days. So we pitched our
| tent ana got out our cookin kit and
calc'lated to spend the time like ma
! hobs.
The next afternoon, when we was
layin' off smokin' our pipes, we saw 4
couple o men comm outcn the timber
| on the crick. Ketchin' sight Of us. they
turned at fust, but we hollered to en-
TO come on. and they iined us. They
was younaish chaps, neither ov EN-
hayin' yit growed a beard We OF
fered EN- The demijohn but they didn't
seem to relish liquor much; mebby
they wasn't old enough to have
learned. We offered ON pipcs, but
they didn't seem inclined to smoke
neij her
''They told lis they was in camp in
patch of timber ways down the
crick, and after stayin' awhile with us
they went away
What dye spose them kids is ado
in over we're? says Josh when they
was gone
They're boss thieves l 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 we're country
to make haul is TO run off bosses. sell
EN- AND stock up. Wen picket the
stock strong tonight. fur lis my opin,
Ion these Young fclcrS n try to STAN
pede EN-
We made everything as fast as we
could The moon was fun. and the
country was lit up like day. Me and
Josh smoked till near 8 o'clock. il
must n been, then turned in. 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 more like
souaws and papooses than bucks.
Then come shots. The bosses was
niSh cr12y aith fright, hut we had tied
'em so strong they couldn't get away
josh | says, says |, them young
fellerS is dom what / said they'd do.
Get your gun and let's 90 for EN-
Il don't want to kill, boy fur
boss, said Josh, especially If he's
Well we can't let EN- do what
they like with our property. Come
on.
we III out to whar the sounds come
from. and the first thing The kids
knowed we was right on EN- They
run, aud we chased EN- SOnc of 'em
ripped and fell, I sat on him while
Josh chased the other and after
hard run brought him in. We took
en- 70 camp and in order to frighten
EN- told EN- we was goin' to hang 'em
to the limb of tree
They kn0wed well enough that's ,
what's done TO boss thieves, and they
believed we was in earnest What
I've s'pose they did. They begun to
ny This give us such contempt fur
EN- that | says to Josh, says [:
Sich sniYein' younkers oughn't to
De lowed to live They'll never make
men, and the women wouldn't have em
Iround. Let's string 'em up shore
Then one of 'em said. wringin' his
lands: We hain't men. we're gals. ;
)ur folks is starvin' over thar, and
We tried to git yer stock to sell EN-
nd git somepin fur the children.
Me and Josh looked at each other.
be doggoned, says !, If ever | saw
ich boss thieves before. What luck
'e didn't shoot at en-
I" i told you, says Josh ] wouldn't T,
Ike to kill one Of EN-
I'VE give up the tent. to 'em and the
lankets and made ,em as comfort.
bic as could and Josh and / built
fire and lay down by IL for the rest
the night. Next mornin' we give 9
IN a fine breakfast ov hard tack ard "
aeon washed down with coffee. Then '
re told EN- we'd go and see what we !.
ould do fur their folks. We found =
st what the gals said we'd find. There
'or three families In mighty bad :,
ay not only fur food, but other
llngs.
when the gals got on their own
othes they was good lookin'. and
Tered to marry one IL Joshd marry y
other and settle down and take cnre y
the hull crowd, seen there warn't .
, men among cm, the men bnvjn' :"
sen killed off either by Indians or fur y
>ss stealth. Josh agreed and we :,
pped UP fur fust choice. Josh won u
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