The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-13

IN fiery eyes tempered by l!aNcn
~ 4 lashes. sat on the station plat
form at Los Pinos swinging his
lszs TO and fro. At his side sat another
man fat. melancholy and seedv, who
seemed TO be his friend They had the
appearance OF men to whom life had ap-
pared as a reversible coat-seamy on
! both sides.
"Ain't seen you in about four years,
Ham," said the seedy man. (which way
you been travelling"
Texas" said the red-faced man ut
was too cold In Alaska for me. And I
found II warm in Texas. I'll tell you
about one hot spell went through there.
"one morning l steps off the Interna-
tional al water tank and let's il go on
Without me. Twas ranch country.
and fuller Of spite houses than New York
+. City ONLY out there they build 'cm
twenty miles away so you can't smell
shat they've got for dinner Instead Of
unning en- UP two inches from their
belgbbors windows
There wasn't any roads in sight, so
|I footed II cross country The grass
Was shoc-top deep and the mesquite
timber looked Just like peach orchard
II was 50 much like eenteman's pri-
yate estate that every minute YOU ex-
+ pected kenneiful Of bulldogs to run out
and bite you. Blu, 7 must have walked
twenty miles before ! came in sight of a
fanch house II was a little one, about
af big as an elevated railroad station,
There was = little man iu q white
snlrt and brown oyeralls and pink
asnakerchsf around his necl; rolling Gig
f'trai.es ta.ses under tree IN front of the door.
Nreeungs. says l. Any refresh
menl welcome. erlolUments. or even
VIZ ~ Tor comparative stranger;
oh: cone ill.,. says he. in a refined
SIdn, Sia down on that stool. please.
''omn.,l ''on near your horse coming
IA ni,,. ne isnt near enough yet, says /
walked. ] don't want To be 2 burden.
ss,i. H wonder If You have three or four
sanons OF water handy
you do lool, pretty dusty saws he
DSt a,e our bathing arrangements-'
ns drink | want saws 7 Never
'',na nM the dust that's on the outside
IA "a ssts me dipper OF water out OF
".Do "a vom mahgins Isa UP. and then goes on:
du,st OF time, says l. This is a rather
'1".el "t. section Of the country, isn't itP'
have s, saws he 'Sometlmes-so /
nsss oeen told-oHe sees no human beinc
pass for weeks al time Ivg ''isl hasr oSIis Snrs
an ID hontn. bought the ranch from
thar "'o a, settler who wanted TO move far
n suits me says ]. Quiet and re-
Ara Sa"eht are good for 2 man sometimes
min uninss need Job can tend bar. salt
ni%sis., lecture, float stock, do a I{ttlc
plano ne.::weight slugging and play the
ma. Can YOU herd sheep?' asks the little
70 you mean have 7 heard sheep7.
aoeS ssan y, you herd em-tase charge Of
mean Uh, says ], now ! understand. You
illh ills nase Cnase 'em around and bark al 'crn
ssine ~. collie dogs. Well, | might says
inr' b,', b.Ner f exactly done ny sheep herd
iows ~. ,e olten seen en- from car win
loole \. d.u.astlcatlnS daisies. and they don
mar 10 short herder.' says the ranch
Icanr lou never can depend on the Mex
may ,ako We only "ity got two flocks You
there .rs IKE 9ut mT bunch Of muttons-
RI yor are re. only 500 Of 'cnl-ln the morning
yonr ,H .he. The pay is Si2 a month and
tent on 1at,Ens ION furnished. You camp in
sro 'Ira brn,n own cooking. but wood and water
Job ,''ousnt 10 your camp. IT'S an easy
even m on says l. I'll take The Job
hold an nave 10 garland my brow and
affsct 10 a crook and wear a loose
herSI. ana play on pipe like the shcp-
sss ss 90 In pictures
man 30 hs, .ne next morning the little ranch
from Tips sbpp nae drive the flock Of muttons
ana In. INC corral 10 about two miles out
-the nrst EN- Craze on a little hillside on
. Hons t lie gives me lot of instruIc-
strav "Ss SDut not letting punches OF them
down ~ = rom the herd. and driving EN-
"TnI 10 waterhole 10 drink at noon
inp ~, rm orine out your tent and camp
bpioro' III ,, and rations In the blackboard
"ors ".r night says he.
BE- s,'ro nor the camping outfit. And
ZoiIi""tree TO bring the tent. Your Names
,,,ne9Her. :, e99Her. amt IT."
. Den. ''iy Name says lie, is Henry og-
Is NJ AN right. Mr Ogden saws 7. Mine
~ Percival Saint Clair
. Rancbo rs'i zee sheep for five days on the
tered ~, cnlqu'to: and then the wool en-
fliro os ny soul. That getting next TO ma
lons.c certainly got next 10 me. | was
lot Of insr n than Crusocs goat I've seen a
Z panion.r ettsohs more entertaining as COM
EN- in INA nan Those sheep We're. I'd drive
y lne ,ne .,e corral and pen 'em every even
.rnf,,tsand ana then cook my cornbrcad and
toni 81, and coffee. and lie down In n
10 fhs 'c e slze OF tabecloth. and listen
ayound ,isoles ~ and wiippoorwilIs singing
my me ans,,Ith nth evening. after had corralled
Walked o, but nncongenlal muttons. !
sieppsd over Sn TO the ranch house and
kot ior' "a Ogden Gays I. 'you and me have
Ven 70 &c; sociable. sheep arc all very
3S cottond cot the landscape and furnish
taJk Ill .ultlng Tor man. but for table
Along snd Nrcslde companions they rank
Eot S MN . O'Clock teazers. II you've
Nj. or u"ck OF cards. or parctcssi out
LET'S %, gs me OF authors. get 'em out. and
DO sen,a,p On a mental bnsis. I've got 10
lrs ord.stning In an intellectual line. IL
'rh,.y ~, 10 Knock somebody's brains out.
" rans, az nerry Ogden wos q peculiar kind
q biz bin'mman rn,a tle wore finger rings and
Ana ,Soid watch and careful nccktlcs.
specta"n,,ss ",s face was calm, and his nose
onee ire were kept very shiny, ] saw
tnuf6n,in III M,iscogee, an outlaw hung for
fof hing Blk men. who was a dead ringer
kapeas But knew Il preacher in Ar
hr br,,,tSnat tSnat you would have taken 10 be
IafS1 j aljapt sars a2!Isn Tor Mn