The chronicle=news., 1913-07-28
Ressieiscences Of
Tie Frealier Days

IL Was almost = science bordering on
perfection and the fellows ia il wses
about hi smart a. they made them.
These chaps were 10 proficient in
their clever triekesiss that they
slept in horse blankets aud when
ons Of then felt sick they sent for T,
seterinarisn. Away hack ihsis In
the later seventIes. Il must have been.
:~o itinersnt equine s eaipers-Jin
Scott and bud Spsacer-made a III
tie excursion up through the sand.
hills Of northweslsrn Nebraski. 4.
heading for the bad Lands aud IL Vas
The bad mans country all Sight. Il
was . sandy place where the sand.
hurs grew and = fellow had 10 po.-
A-ess all kinds OF sasd 10 stay th-r.
over night
One hot day on the Dismal they
came nsar meeting up with dismal
failure but crawled out all right for
tcndrrfoots Who did not know the
trail very we'll. Al Grand Island o.,
the way up from Short Greek In Mis-
souri they fell for . pair Of wind.
broken mares whichc they had Ia
work on. for II does not pay hors.
trader TO pack much dead timber
aroand the country whea the swap
ping In GOOD. They ran iaio a COW
camp and proceeded to unload their
good looking windi-s on some punch
srs for six saddle ponies Of the man.
ncr horn. as sound ~ Q dollar aud
full OF Rinxer. The cowboys must
have been either drunk or Intoxicated
TO have fallen for such = raw deal
but the horse merchants got away
with their yiundcr tied on behind
their prairie srhooaer and were
chuckl!nE TO themselves when they
happened to look back and saw .
wild.cycd horseman teariaE i!ckety.
split up the trail after them.
They put on tho lash and tried to
fdiasancc the wild man on horse
back but the going was not very good
and they were coon overhauied.
Spencer In the meanwhile had
crawied down Into the ie: over 10 do
battle and WAS about resly to PUNK
the chaser when he recoAaiHed Three
Fingered Jack. with whom they had
played y friendly game Of poker y
few niGhis back on the I4oup. The
war at once became an amnesty pend
Ing u treaty to wind UP an ugly ness
4, seemed that Three Fingered Jack
vas the toughest old sandbur in the
Sand Hill region and was a friend OF
the punchers who had fallen heir to
the windles. lie did not propose to
stand for such q sandy as a crooked
hoax trade No he hSd come on like
n raging lion to play even by taking
back the six ponies bud Spencer
was something Of Sunrod himself
and bris,ied up like 4 spiked porcu-
pine ready to fight an d willing to
quit. 20 they compromised.
They told the Three Fingered gen,
that for old friendship's sake he
might have the roam pony-the best
one In the bunch--as a little gift to,
himself II he would accept two OF
the other ponies for the return Of the
short winded ladies' and when the
cowboys came up the final exchange
was made In this way. although
Spencer had to growl good de1l
about It and threaten to lick every
body between the two IIoup rivers
The devil of peace built her nest on
spencer's shoulder and the transar-
tion was completed without anybody
being punctured. That night a few
miles farther on Three Fingered Jack
rode into camp and claimed. his roam
pony as his secret commission in the
negotiations while the horse jocks
passed on like Arab shieks in tho
dark with their two windies and
three good saddle ponies. looking for
all the world like Julius Caesar seek.
ing new worlds to conquer up toward
the Black Hills. Field and Farm.
The Majors Hoodoo: When the
Texas club was running as private
summer resort far up In the big hills
of Mineral county near the headwat-
ers OF the Rio Grande life at times
seemed like the unruffled tenure of
a day dream. 1t was certainly :.
great JOY to stick around up there
near timberline basking in the golden
Sunlight and beholding the hues that
live among the clouds and flush the
air where the softest gales are
br reathed and softest heard the plain
ing voice Of streams and pensive
notes of BIRDS but 1t is only the
lrich Win 1losar,.o kaso Acidr,