River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-09-18

| never had given him a thought.
Senator Whaley an his grafters was
supposed to arrange matters with him
an I'm no corruptionist, anyway. OF
course, the cattle wasn't quite up to
export shippin' quality. The senator's
gang had got together collection Of
| skips an culls an Gamers that was
sure fraud on the Injuns, who most
ly use the cattle issued to 'em the
way some high-up civilized folks does
hand-raised fOxes-as means OF re-
vortin' to predatory savagery, as Miss
Ainsley says. Ainsley was her name
Gladys Ainsley-an' she lived SOM
'eres around Toledo. The pint is, that
they chase 'em, with wild whoops an
yips over the undulatin' reservation
until they can shoot EN-, an | s'pose,
sort Of imagine If Injuns have imagin-
atoms, that time has turned BACKYARD
in her fight, an the buffalo season is
on ag'in. Whereas, these scandalous
runts of steers an old COW stuff was
mostly too weak or too old to put up
any sort of bluff at speed.
But, under my instructions, If they
looked good to the inspector, they
looked good to me; an bein' sort of alb
sent-minded with gal-stroke, | rested
easy, as the Teller said when the
cyclone left him on top O. the church
tower.
The inspector was a new man, an
his queer actions consisted mostly of
his shown up ten days too
soon. an then drivin' r ridin'
around the country lookin' at
the stock before delivery. This looked
suspicious; fer we sposed it was all
off but runnin' 'em through the gap
once, twice r three times to be count
ed. Whaley's man comes to me one
day, an asst me what | thought of it.
I'm paid a princely salary" says l..
"fer keepin' my thoughts to myself.
This here's no case" continued, "cal-
in f'r cerebration on my part. II think
ms the game, it's your move. What's
Senator Whaley in politics fer" says
/, "if a obscure forty-a-month-an found
puncher is to be called on to think on
the doins of U. s.. Inspector? What's
he in this fer at all, if we've got to
think at this end of the lariat?"
"He was talkin' about cavvs," said
the teller, whose name was Reddy-a
most ungrammatical cuss. FHe was a
polzin' round with the contrack, a.
speakin' about cavvs. Wun't you go
an talk to him."
mot mel" says I, FIR the hull bust
ness disguised me, an my guilt come
back over me shameful, with the eyes
an hair an things plenteous Whaley's
man rode off, shakin' his head.
Next day the inspector hunted me
up.
mfr. Driscoll?" says he, FIR I'd been
keepin' out of his way.
Correct" says I.
'You represent the Elkins' interests
in the matter of supplying for the is
sue. do you not?" says he.
''In kind of sort of a way" says
l. FIR l didn't care to admit too much
till | see what he was up to. 'In a
kind of sort Of a way, mebbe l do.
Why?"
did you have anything to do" says
he, unfoldin' stiff piece of paper,
with procuring the cattle now in
readiness for delivery"
"Hell, moi" l yells, an then seem
my mistake. jumped an added: "YOu
see, the top stuff FIR the Injun market
is perduced up around Pierre. So we
sub-contracted with this Pierre outfit
to supply it. It's their funeral, not
ours It's good stock, amt it?"
Il am assured by Senator Whaley's
private secretary" says he, "who is a
classmate of mine, that there would
be great dissatisfaction among the
Indians, owing to certain tribal tradi-
tons and racial peculiarities-"
you bet!" says l, FIR he seemed to
be gettin' wound up an cast in it,
| that's the exact situation"
would be dissatisfaction" he went
on. IF cattle of the type which in the
great markets is considered best, were
furnished here. And have great con-
fidence in his judgment"
"Sove l." says. Hes one of the
judgmentiousest fellers you ever
see''
$50 let that phase of the question
! pass" says he, for the present. But
there's clause in this contract"
Don't let that worry you," says l.
There's claws in all Of 'em if you
look close"
He never cracked a smile, but un-
folded it, and went on
Here's clause" says he, calling
for hundred and fifty COWS with
calves at foot, for the dairy herd, I
presume"
Claws at what?" says l.
AT foot says he, p1ntin' at spot
along toward the bottom Right
there."
It's impossible!" says l. They
| don't wear 'em that way"
He studied over it quite a while, at
! that, an l begun to think I'd won out,
but at last he says: That's the way
/ it reads. an while l shall not insist
upon any particular relation OF juxta-
! position in offspring and dam
''Whope!" says l, back up an come
agin pardner."
1T seems to be my duty to insist
upon the one hundred and fifty COWS
and calves. Now the point is, don't
find any such description of creatures
among the-the punches in seeming
! readiness for delivery"
i OH says I, that's what's eatin'
yeh, is it? WI don't worry any more.
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