The chronicle=news., 1913-02-17
"reminiscences of
The Frontier Days
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We all remember the terrible ca
iumity that befcll the unfortunate
iiumpiy Dumlity when he sat on the
wall but this tai. mas to do with an
other unhappy fellow who had a
great fall. Colonel Jack iiardesty.
along Ia the .u's ran his Half Circle
: OUTFIT along the Arkansas between
coolide. ana i.ailn. In the summer
Of 1871 Ia. moved his herd down to
the Heavier in No Mans Land wh.r
the cattle fioat.d around until ship
ping tim. ia tn. iall. Then the whole
rankaboO WIS moved up to Dodge
Clty wher" the steers We're cut out
and shipped. The foreman OF tn.
outfi, WIS suffering Jim Baird and
on the occasion under discussion he
took three cowboys ana rode Into
town to chase the boat and disturb
the fltful element which turks In u
.Ong-neCkcd bottle,
He had clromcd around that hot
town about long enough. the boys
thought, aud they succeeded In
rounding up their pificatcd foreman
TO take him back TO camp. II was
getting along toward midnight and
the Ellcnynrd was shining Its bright
est when the passed. struck the trail
which lead through old man An
thongs lane OF barb wire down the
river past Charlie HunHcrfords
slaushterin. pens. The foreman was
riding u big bay outlaw that always
had his ears stuck out In front like
a m.gaphouc as II sc.ntinH some
thing from niar as do the burros In
camp when somebody approaches In
the stiliy night. Jim had his Tower
oilskin rolled up aud tucked away
proper like under the can't. but
was having time OF IL trying to
stick on and engineer the OUTLAW At
the same time and the boys were
watching himc like weasel us they
amblcd along through the wire lane.
Jim skcwcd around off the trail
and got up so close TO tine fencc that
barb caught tho slickcr. There was
an un"Irthly ripping sound as the
rniulackci Was torn Tor. and ait.
Old Hickory with his ears out IN
front when they had better have been
slan'cd-wisc. gaNU II sudden jump ~
fool bronclos ar. IN the habit OF do
Ing and Topped around so suddcn-
Ike that poor old Jim was plumb
dumped with u dull sickcuinH thud
while the old hOss himself plunged
through tho fence and took out u
whole panel of wire. Then he ca
vortcd around the pasture with his
saddle skirts flapping most power.
frl-likc and .tatupcd.d Anthony
whol. carry Of horses so that they
tore through the fence In II most un-
mannsrlv sort OF way. Meantime the
boys had disn,ountcd and picked up
their fallen hero who had struck
heavily on his Uranium and. M the
philosopher remarked. the soiics,
hcads usually receive the har,lcs,
knocks.
''Tatnt no us" trying to bring u
dead man to life again. remarked
George Reynolds. He Is dcaicr tnan
a salt mackcrcl." and II did look
that WAY for sure. Poor old Jim was
is -tfif - u poker and showed no
signs o; life. His breathing busi-
ness had shut down and the bows al
lowed lie was rs cold ~ a rich mans
heart. There was bu, one thing to
90. REYNOLDS and Charlie Bcliord
would ride back to town to notify
Charlie Word and BIZ Cook. the cor
omcr. while Poscy Wciand. the Kid
Ai' Npull StiN Win 'Hf
remains and he chic: mourncr at the
wake. The TWO lett Poscy on watch
and II looked lik. an owiy job FOR
the night-when the corpse chang
ed the program by calling for a new
deaf. Baird reared up suddenly like
lccocd bull and charged the kid
who ran to his gutch pony and
uuickly threw his rope around the
hn.S "a frt.I fO hold hin,
The boss purchcr was plum loco
and bucked like "A pinto with sit
last. Poscy realized that ho had IA
job on his hands with crazy man
at the ether end of the lariat so he
began trolling him along toward
their wigwam out on the plains. lie
jefied his man along ,nsy-likc bu,
the poor fellow broke loose and
struck out for the river. Poscy
chased him to the bank and was jus,
in time to keep his quarry from
drowning by roping him a second
time and then began the big end OF
tho job. but gradually he succeed.
cd in hcrdinS the maniac along un.
til they reached their tcpcc where
the night herd helped hOvtie tho
dcmcntcd man and they stored him
away for the night with a cracked
skull. Posey then struck out for
town again to get Doc and over
took the coroner who was swearing
like the pirates OF Pcnzance because
of having been routed out aud after
riding five miles on Il case he had
missed the corpse and lost n good fat
fee. Nothing makes Il coroner so
sora as to hit up Il dead one like this
aud Bill Cook never got over IT,,
while suffering jim did.--Field
and Farm.
A Feast aud Famine: The III
dians were pretty good sports aud
were always ready for race or Il
swap or both IL the signs were right.
In 1850 band OF Comanchcs under
Big Cow appeared at Fort Learned
near tho mouth of Walnut Creek on
the Arkansas aud went into clmU as