The chronicle=news., 1913-03-24
"reminiscences of
The Frontier Days
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Three cowpunchcrs named Ton,
Carroll. Ted Cole and Charlie Mack
worked for Two-Dot Wilson Oh the
Muxx.ishell In Montana when the
working was good. This meant in the
good old summer time whiir they
had TO lay mp all winter with moth.
Ing TO ito hut play poker or poke tn.
player ns the ease might he. As n ma
tural consequence they were gcncr-
ally broke In the spring Ms they sure
ly ought To have becn for iniuiEin.
In 40 much Incidence. Naturally they
had tn fall hack on ingenuity tn help
them out ~ on this particular occa-
sion they Matched up n great scheme
to make good. Just M the wind flow
crs were coming out they decided To
live lonK enough NJ least to pick up
u stake. They would go up Into Can
ada and fetch back enough plumber
to help out their immediate needs.
There jolly buccaneers knew that
the benevolent Canadian govern
mcnt had been good to its rcd wards
by providing them with big Shire
horses and they would therefore
make n little visit to the Assinil,oin-
~ and scc what they could see and
| steal. They went to Ike Orschcll. u
white Jew who kent u wholesale
~hiskcy store nj I.ivinxston. aud told
him their troubles. Can you get
away with II NIL der vilc9" asked
Isaac with true Yiddish perception.
Sure Mike replied Mack ns the
son or Israel rolled out TWO barrels
OF bourbon OF the worst vintage In
the shop. Al the same time he slip
ped over n twenty dollar bill for
good luck. The expedition was made
up OF three saddle ponies and hir
sorrcl ridgelinE hitched to n pretty
good wagon containing the barrel OF
goods and the usual camping outfit.
They hal to smugHic the stuff over
III" line hut they managed to dodge
the mounted police.
After two weeks on the road they
pulled up one morning on the Assin-
iboino reservation and began passing
out free booze 10 the noble reds and
what n picnic II was. py noon the
whole settlement was az full as the
ocean and It. was great day among
the Assiniboines. Meantime the boys
had Saddicd their ponies and Tom
Carroll had located the horse cavvy
Just over hoEback. Tho ridgcling
was moved out toward the big fine
horses ana In an -four cvcrythin;
was ready for the getaway. The boys
had given II out that they were from
Chicken creek and would camp there
that night. The big ridgeling serv-
ing as Judas Tscariot soon had the
horse herd rounded in and headed
for the states.
II was q great race hut they had
to leave thu wagon und what was
left OF the booze as well as the har-
, ness and most of the chuck. In an
hour or SO the Indians discovered
what the trading rats hnd done to
them and then it was a stampede for
Chicken creek. The raiders however
had no idea of lettering around there
more than minute or no and stop
ped only long enough to give III"
herd drink and then on again
through the night. In the morning a
mounted police tried TO intercept the
chase but Carroll rode up alongside
and told him to keep back or there
would be an empty saddle and the
Johnny boy knew what that meant.
Along about noon the Indian adj
vance guard came up aud there was
some fancy shooting. Carroll had his
horse shot from under him but he
raught one from the herd. had ii sad
died in a jiffy and they were off
again. That night .hey crossed the
international line with scventy-tw0
head of the finest nags ever seen In
that country. The riders had been
more than forty hours in the saddle
and were as hungry as wolves but
this did not matter to men who were
accustomed TO long speels between
eats. A friendly rarcher on the Mus
selshcll bought the whole bunch oi
Shire grades at n hundred bones the
head and was glad to get them al
that. The signature on the cehcR
was simply to little dots where the
name ought to he but It was good al
the bank. A few weeks later some
. Canadian officers appeared at Helc'
ma with warrants for the daring
crew but old Two-Dot Wilson went
to the front and the governor refus
ed to honor the reHuisition. Ire Or
schei got double pay for his bad bou,
bon and what shame 1t all was
Field aud Farm