Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-09-20


UN M they don't know the wa
AH>a III teT-holes an wind-breaks
AZ II Principles thatII lay on
iM fat an top the market
" in Boston, ii queer the
hull game in a country
where playin' it is tangled up with In
juns, 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-
ciety-Injun-Re Corps form of dom
good-harmless, you'd say, as we set
here by the grub-wagon; but | swear
TO Godfrey's Gulch, the worst throw
down / ever got in a social way grow
ed out of a combination of them two
highly proper idees with a Oberlin
College gal met up to Chamberlain.
This was the way of It: The 20. M"
Mr.. Elkins, l mean, OF the J-Up-An'-
Down Ranch. was called to Sioux Falls
as a witness in case of selling con-
versation-water to the Injuns, an cas-
ually landed a juicy contract with
Uncle Sam f'r supplyin' beef-issue cat
tie over on the Rosebud The Pierre
firm of politicians he outbid, havin'
things framed up pretty good, as they
thought, on the delivery, at once hops
to him with a proposition to pay him
d'know how much money an take 1t
of his hands. Havin' pongshong f'r
dom 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
err
go up, Aconite." he says, AN 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 gover'men an the noble
red, 1t would be unpatriotic If not
Lees Majesty to cavil at their judg-
ment on steers, especially If 1t coin
cides with that of Senator Whaley's
men at Pierre. Therefore, far be it
from JUS to knock. But be leery that
We don't get stuck for non-perform-
ance: which we can't afford. See?"
1t was purity plain to man who'd
matrickelated as night-wrangler. an
graduated at II 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 inflamed 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
ats an black nighties, r strip
ed -. She was irrupting into
the Injun question via Chamberlain.
Her thought was that the Injuns was
really Twin correct s fur as they had
a chance, an that we orto copy their
ways, instid of maxim them tag along
after ourn.
Maybe that's So" says l. but I've
took the Kelley cure twice now, an
please excuse met"
She looked kinder dazed FIR a min
ute, an then lated, an said somethin'
about the sardonic humor of the from
tier.
/ had been asked to give a exhibit
tion of broncho Dustin at the ranch
where she was stayin' an she was
agitatin' herself about the bronks'
eelin's. told her that it was just
-iendly rivalry between the puncher
l. the bronx, an how, out on the
nch. the gentle critters d come up
hang around by the hour, a-nicker-
f'r some O. the gang to go out an
ist 'em.
at reminds me-" she says. "of my
Brothers pointers begging to go hunt
ing"
Same principle" says l.
II seemed to ease her mind. an feel
~ as did toward her, wouldn't have
- worry f'r anything. Then she
w ind 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.
nerism. 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 interrogatin' me about the beef
issue; an discussin' the Injun question
like lifelong friend. Wherat, jump
ed the game.
But, for all that, about this time /
become subject to attacks of blue eyes
an yellow hair, accompanied by YER
tigo, blind-staggers, bots. ringin' in
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 / 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