Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-10-10
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ter-holes an wind-breaks.
lW Principles that'l lay on
lm N fat an top the market
HIN in Boston, II queer the
hull game In q 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-
Observation-Disclosures Corps form of dom
good-harmless, you'd say, as we set
here by the grub-wagon; but l swear
to Godfrey's Gulch, the worst throw
down / ever got in social way grow
ed out of combination Of them two
highly proper idees with Oberlin
College gal met up to Chamberlain.
This was the way of It, The 20. M. /"
MIR. 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' beefissue 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 proposition to pay him
d'know how much money an take 1t
on his hands. Havin' a pongshong f'r
dom business on velvet, the o. M.
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 10 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 gover'men an the noble
red, it would be unpatriotic If not
Lees Majesty to cavil at their judg-
ment on steers, especially If it coin
cides 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 can't afford Seer"
1t was purity plain to a 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 infiamed 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, r strip
ed sweaters. She was irrupting into
the Iniun 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 /, "but I've
took the Kelley cure twice now, an
please excuse mel"
She looked kinder dazed FIR a min
ute. an then laffed, an said somethin'
about the sardonic humor of the from
tier.
/ had been asked to give q exhibit
ton Of broncho Dustin at the ranch
where she was stayin' an she was
Agitatin' herself about the bronks'
feelin's. told her that 1t 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 f'r some o. the gang to go out an
bust 'em.
@It reminds me-" she says. "of my
brothers pointers begging to 60 hunt
Ing
"Sanae principle" says 1.
It seemed to ease her mind, an feel
IN as did toward her. l wouldn't have
her worry FIR anything. Then she
found out that / was 3 graduate Of the
high school Of HiggBville, 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 hoek-action of q
ntring-halted boss, an she warmed up
10 me right smart. both then an after,
never askin' to see my diploma, an
legun interrogatin' me about the beef
Issue; an discussin' the Injun question
likera lifelong friend Wherat, jump
cd the game.
But, for all that, about this time 1
become subject to attacks of blue eyes
an yellow hair, accompanied by vef-
tigo. blind-staggers, bots, ringin' In
The ears-like low confabulatin' talk,
kinder interspersed with little bubbles
Of lafture- a sense o. guilt when
ever l done anything under the canopy
of heaven that / was used to dom.
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
bitin' a piece out o. my thigh at the
same time, goes too deep into mind
science FIR Aconite Driscoll. o. course,
a man under them circumstances is
supposed to let up on cussin' an not
to listen to all kinds o. stories; but