The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-01-30
TWO BROTHERS.

This A",c country, said The old
plainsman. lis beiu' civilized SO fast
that every time | come back to it
scarcely know it Where there was -
trail there's now macadanized road
Where there was few log houses
there's ~ town lighted by electricity
and runnin' t"ollcys Where there was
jcwshArps or perhaps u fiddle there
are now pianos Where there was
three card moute sharks. now there's
the gentlcmauiy swindler And the
punisbments Is MI clnngcd too. IT u
man shot another in them days no
body took much notice Of the fact, but
they hung a boss thief Now. if n man
shoots another. there's murder case
draggiu through the courts for years
aud If u ,llicf gets away with q team
Ike enough, the police is in cahoots
With him. aud the owner is glad
enough to pay for gittin' the boss back
and no questions asked
Singular" remarked ia fIre old
man, how different conditions re
qulre different treatment"
so they do" he rambcd on. The
nearer YOU cit down To- nature the
simpler the forms Of law Iiut il isn't
always so cold bloodcd down near the
bottom rs you'd suppose\ I've known
the most hardened villain to give his
life for woman or child There
WAS lots o misery in them days. Just
as there is now. Families would come
out we're from the east. not KNOWN
what they was comm to. cit stranded
aud if il hadn't been for the help of
some gambler or road agent would
starve TO death
ibid you ever have any such cI-
periepces?" I asked
WAL. yes: So I did. had one that
turned out mighty important To- ne.
Fact is, hain't got over the effects of
II ylt When these we're plains was
covered with herds ~ wild buffalo me
and Jack CunJifr followed the business.
huutin 'cn for tbeir skius. IN them
DAYS buffalo robes was used instead OF
the fuer furs they use now and was n
staple article in the market That's
what killed 'em off 50 fast. We that
was huutin' 'ep used to list slaughter
'cm Tor the money there was in 'em. -
What was goin' TO tell you about
happened near the foothills of the Rock
les west o where Cheyenne now
stands II stood there then. but il was
A.
road aud y tough place It was. too.
with its gambln' aud dance houses and
other SIGH sbebapgs Jack and I was in
camp one day. rs I was tellin' YOU. near
the base Of the mountains. Buffalocs
were getting scarce. aud we allowed
we'd turn To prospectip for gold We
didn't have anything with us that was
wo'th anything except our bosses. so
when we went To sleep nights we list
turned in without worryin' ouless at
the loss of ,he animals Since man
couldn't cit over the ground without
one OF EN- they was mighty valuable
Fact is. they was the most valuable
thing to he had Aud that's why we
strung up the boss thieves aud didn't
string up the lueu shooters. There was
plenty Of men. but only SO many
bosses. and each. boss would bring n
good price NJ any tine ar anywhere
Jack Cundiff and was smokn' our
pipes after our noon meal OF hog fat
and crackers. tslkin' over whether we'd
better give mp the buffalo skin business
and try our luck M prospectiu' when
along comes two young fellers on foot
aud. seem our camp. stopped and look
ed AZ us. They said somep'n To each
other. then was goin' on. when I hailed
en- and asked If they didn't want any
thing They came 10 where we was an
We had y powwow.
They said they was brothers. The
Older one was middle height. but the
younger was small They was both so
young that their boards hadn't sprou,.
ed yit, aud they looked hungry. asked
EN- what they was dom without
bosses. aud they said they didn't own
any bosses We questioned EN- where
they'd come from aud where they was
goin', but they didn't seem to have
home. and I couldn't learn from 'em
that they was goin' anywhere. Fact Is,
they was down on tbeir luck