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

NUE5zT III ter-hoIeS an Wln0-DredKS.
Principles that'll lay on
lN\N III fat an top the market
w In Boston, II queer the
- hull game in a country
where playin' it il tangled up with In
iuns, gold mines, r range-stuff. In the
short-grass country, doggy principles
are sure a source of loss, until they get
hardened up SOS to git out and rustic
With the push. Now, this Humane-So-
cietyInjun Relief-Corps form OF doin'
good harmless, you'd say, as we set
mere by the grub-wagon; but | swear
to GOdfrey's Gulch, the worst throw
down / ever got in social way grow
I'd out Of combination of them two
highly proper idees with a Oberlin
College gal met up to Chamberlain.
This was the way OF it: The 30. NJ. ;"
Mr.. Elkins, ! mean, OF the J-Up-An-
Down Ranch, was called to Sioux Falls
% a witness in a case of selling con-
geesation-water TO the Injuns. an cas-
ually landed a juicy contract with
r'Icle Sam FIR supplyin' beef-issue cat
tie over on the Rosebud. The Pierre
things framed up pretty good, as they
thought, on the delivery, at once hops
to him with proposition to pay him
dknOw how much money an take It
9ff his hands. Havin pongshOng f'r
doin' business on velvet the o. NJ
snaps EN- up instantaneous, an comes
home to Wolf Nose Crick smilin' like
he'd sWallered the canary, an sends
me to Chamberlain to see that the
contract is carried out as fer as prop
er
Go up. Aconite," he says. IAN re-
member that while the J-Up-An Down
outfit don't feel bound to demand any
reforms, its interests must be protect
ed Any sort of cattle the Pierre crowd
can make. look like prime steers to the
Inspector, goes with us. But" he goes
on, "our names and not theirs are on
the contract. These inspectors" says
he. "bein' picked out on their merits
At Washington, to look after the in
terests OF the government an the noble
red, 1t would be unpatriotic if not
Lees Majesty to cavil at their judg-
ment on steers, especially If it coin
rides with that of Senator Whaley's
men at Pierre. Therefore, far be it
from us to knock. But be leery that
we don't get stuck for nOn-perform-
ance: which we cart afford See?"
1t was purity plain to man who'd
matrickelated as night-wrangler, an
graduated at 1t on the J-Up-An Down
an | went heart-free an conscience
clear, seem my duty perfectly plain.
Now at Chamberlain was this ODER
lin College lady, who had some kind of
an inllamed conscience on the Injun
question, an was dead stuck on dumb
animals an their rights. She was one
Of the kind you don't see out here
blue eyes, you know, yellow hair, the
kind Of complexion that don't outliVe
many hot winds; an she had lots of
pitchers around her, of young folks In
her classes, an people with mortar
board hats an black nighties, + strip
ed sweaters. She was irrupting into
the Injun question via Chamberlain.
Her thought was that the Injuns was
really Twin correct S fur as they had
chance. an that we orto copy their
ways, instid of maxim them tag along
after our'n.
Maybe that's So" says l. but I've
took the Kelley cure twice now. an
please excuse mel"
She looked kinder daZed FIR min
ute, an then LATED, an said somethin'
about the sardonic humor of the from
tier
had been asked to give a exhibit
ton of broncho Dustin at the ranch
where she was stayin' an she was
agitatin' herself about the bronks'
feelins. I told her that it was just
friendly rivalry between the puncher
an the bronx an how, out on the
ranch. the gentle critters d come up
an hang around by the hour, a-nicker-
in FIR some o. the gang to go out an
bust EN-
brothers pointers begging to go hunt
ing"
Same principle says |.
1t seemed to ease her mind. an feel
in as | did toward her, wouldn't have
her worry f'r anything. Then she
found out that | was a graduate of the
high school of Higgsville, Kansas. an
used to know what quadratics was. an
that my way of emitting the English
language was Just an acquired man.
ncrism. like the hock-action of a
string halted boss, an she warmed up
to me right smart both then an after,
never askin' to see my diploma, an
begun interrogatia' me about the beef
issue; an discussin the Injun question
like lifelong friend. Wherat, l jump
ed the game.
But. for all that. about this time I
become subject 20 attacks of blue eyes
an yellow hair. accompanied by YER
tigo. blind-staggers, bots, ringin' in
the ears-like low confabulatin' talk,
kinder interspersed with little bubbles
OF lafture-an' a sense O guilt when
ever ! done anything under the canopy
Of heaven that l was used to doin'.
Can yeh explain that, now? Why this
Oberlin proposition should make me
feel like a criminal jest because the
pony grunted at the cinchin' o the
saddle, r because / damned him FIR
bltin' piece out O. my thigh at the
same time, goes too deep into mind
science f'r Aconite Driscoll. o. course,
g man under them circumstances is
supposed to let up on cussin' an not
to listen TO all kinds O. stories; but
you understand here I was, con-