The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-08-08

fxk9@.eae@sAg raised = welcoming howl
as TO an old friend. tried
and true; Uncle Henry, on the other hand,
gave formal, frigid greeting. having know1
Mr. Waggoner on the Pigpen range.
FL ne starts anythin' in this outfit, back BE
Sors quick, Uncle Henry informed the oook
He won't start nothin'," returned D1ve
reassuringly He amt big. enough. Uncle
Hsney. bet he couldn't step over a corn
! rob without srapin' his seat
There was no gainsaying the Gourd stray
mans ability as : oow-hsnd The slapdash
way he cut out fractious cattle in the first
morning operations carried the wzgon-bo
back twenty yearS to the halcyon DAYS OF his
youth and OF free range, and when branding
was started in the afternoon, Uncle Henry set
him to roping At this, Waggoaer, astride q
big bl2zed-face bay, drove the painting flank
ers frantic by the rapidity with which he
dragged bawling calves from the herd.
Ihe strayman sat on his heels on some
bcdding, rolling pair Of dice which he
swheedled with endearments and affechonate
Prnfanity. II was not yet four o'clock. but he
Dad been delegated to bring in a yearling to
Kill for beef and 50 had reached camp an hour
before the outfit would arrive for supper
Ten yards away Dave was kneading bread,
whilst he crooned the ballad Of Sam Bass .;
10 his ears fioated the tense abjurations Of Mr..
Waggoner, and his preoccupied mind was
gradually perHeated with the knowledge that
something was going forward.
Uncle Henery's shore death on crap
shootfn approaching the blanket, wiping
his hands on towel-~it's agin the rules,
Waggoner No gamblin' or drinkin' with
this outfit
Come, 1eyenl Craps Now for ne
eight Here goes for eighty days"
Z | swan you done made it,
Dawes eyes were fastened glisteningly on
The ivory cubes as the stravman gathered
them up, blew on them for lurk and dexter
ously whirled them across the bedding II
amt shot craps sence ten years, | amt No,
sir" he resumed sadly. gazing of il the dis
tance The strayrnan made room fLl him on
the blanket
Nickels2" he inquired.
That'n do me only got four dollars"
The horse wrangler rode in ten minutes
later and joined the game, Dave borrowing
dollar and sixty cents from hin as d starter.
1t was the straynan's theory that the dice
should never be allowed to grow cold. and be
kept up q bewildering discourse as he rolled.
Now, bully boys! Do yore best for yore
Uncle Joe. Now. Now. An there's the
point"
Where was the sense in irving to beat man
like him2 MacloYio retired from the game
anon, not having anything negotiable with
which to continue it. But Dave kept on,
having won back 10 The amount Of six dollars
Make ii dollar a throw ?" suggested the
cbok. who vas thinking in continents.
Shore That'l do me fine" agreed the
strarnan heartily.
This was, Of course, easy for him, since ne
c1rned thirty-6ve dollars per month by the
nsthod aforementioned After he had lost
t.ic SIX, Dave rolled once for a $500 rife
slca belonged to Dick, and then put up
Navalo saddle blanket that vas Uncle Hen
y's most cherished possession.
HYari What's this Shootin' craps
Il vas Uncle Henry, and he was unwontedly
stern. We don't allow gambln' in this
outfit. Waggoner. Dave, is supper ready;
We've had mighty hard day No2 Then
ct back % your pots. YOU ol' fool, you.
Dave got to MS feet sheepishlv. passing a
shaking hand across his eyes as though com
ing out Of z trance. In 2 sort of stupor he set
about preparing supper and did not hear a
quarter of wnat Dick was saying as he how
sred about. explaining u ~ cook the Sanctity
d vested interests and the laws governing
personal property
gsIn the strsynaa's body were ur.;--;;-as
siaews. n his s91l the restless driving force
that never permits relaxation, physical Or
r1ental. save 1nen sleep is repairing the rav-
ages 0f waxing hours. Uncle Henry always
sgwezd his bed and sank 70 slumber before
nine o'clock. while the boYs would gather
ar1Ind tarpa1lin On the other side Of camp
and, Iolling on t1e ground with their faces 20
tie sDangled vauit. would smoke and listen
10 Pete's story 0f tle blonde he met in Fo1
Wiorth-Pete could always vary the tale-o7
perhaps sozebody wo8ld break into song
Now, howevrr. the strzyman changed this
pro6tiess schene of amusement When
Dick had laid him forcefully on his back for
lie second time, he abandoned an intention
Df instifuting wrestling contests and proposed
. foofrace instead What. run q hundred
rarls9 II was Ike him to propose some
hing extraordinary, something impossible;
hundred wards was al right for Z horse OF
,erkaDs as an endurance test FOR man, but
Irace--t1ey laughed at him. Neither would
l,ev mo City, Reb having heard Of fellow Z
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