Evening star., 1912-09-08

Little Dogs brother, so mortal ugly
the boys always called him Dogface, and
when this young and didn't
show any sg gns of improvement they got
to calm him Little Dog, and that's been
his since. And he lived up to
that face of hisn, too He could do
things and git away with 'em that any
body else would be sent to Jail for. He
81 wasn't no outlaw; but he ought to been,
cause he'd been easy to CATCH He
81 shore looked the part.
He as good a rider and bronco
buster ever forked horse; but some
times when he broke folks horses they
died of the consequences and then Little Dog would
tell 'em them that didn't have horses couldn't lose
em; or maybe so he'd say broncs was like eggs-they
wasn't no good till you broke em. But just the
which was the pay he demanded whether the ones
he busted was dead or alive when he got through
with 'em.
Nov these two rivals for the hand of little Trxe
~ Tyler which, if she wasn't the belle of Square Deal
they minus that most essential of all institutions in
a Western town. Trxie wouldn't have been great
catch back East. You see, Square Deal is built a
alkali fiat, and this hard water amt good skin and
hair, and no is the alkali dust durn the spring
sandstorms Trxies complexion had hard boiled look
to it. and she mostly covered up her hair with big bows
of ribbon to hide the stiffness of it. But she young
and full of life and fun and she handy around the
house. Why she could do more domestic stunts than
a whole bolt of Fruit of the Loom"
She must have been awful hand to fool the boys
too; for it looked like of em knew where they
stood with her Course, always take to that kind
of treatment They didn't have to stand for it, neither,
for there girls in Square Deal but of
these was in love past all redemption with Dago Hale,
and the other newcomer and so quiet and dgnlfed
the boys all afraid of her.
But while many others and went IN this contest
for Trixie's heart and hand, Little Dog and Frosty
come and stayed Sometimes it looked like the bronco
buster had the cook beat to froth then again Trixe
would go to roundup and never leave the chuck
wagon, but help around while Frosty got the dinner
ready On these occasions Little Dog always managed
to git mount that would pitch for who laid the rails,
and put on big show ridin like drunk Indian and
ropn everything in sight.
The game kept up that way for eight months,
gvin' Square Deal fruitful subject of conversation
whenever they got tired of takin about who ship
PIN the price of cattle, who had got throwed by
pitchin' horse, and why the ground won't produce.
Course when the wind stopped BLOWN there al
WAYS some discussion to who'd the engine when
the tanks got low and such; but Trxies manipulation
of them two buttons that was lovin her desperate
ourun all them other subjects interest for Square
Deaans and surrounding ranchers
VIELL, there had been drouth in the fall that year
" and the spring was late; but when the weeds got
good enough for the to quit feedn the cattle
that had been such heavy drain their bank accounts
all winter it was decided that we ought celebrate by
some function other and Square Deal picked out
for the place of debauchery Some favored barbecue
others thought ropn and ridn contest would be more
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