Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-09-19

some OF this was straight goods an
SOME stall. but that firSt winter was a
special providence IL they ever was
une. SO mild and barmy from Sep
TENDER TO March that the prairie-dogs
forgot to hole up, an Mrs Elkins
served Thanksgivih' dinner In the
open air on the pizziazzy at the
Ranch An she rode the range with
Jim consecutively. an said she'd found
her 'hnity in this cattle biz AS for
him. the main thing the matter was
that failure @ his a-millin' through his
mental facilities. But this was their
honeymoon, we found. an that, an no
losses on the range helped his case.
an by spring he begun to shoot the
persifage into the gang. an set up
an reach for things to beat fours AS
for the dogies. none of 'em had the
faintest show fer a heller. The grass
was like new-mown hay: every little
snow was follered by chinook; the
water-holes was brimmin': an all
went merry as a marriage bell.
THE fact is, Aconite." says MT. Ell
kins, addressin' me. Il knew when
heard that burst OF phonetic lava
from your lips at Belle Fourche. that
there'd be no fear OF low temperatures
| II you could be induced to stay by the
cows. and blow of once i'm "a while"
He had the hot air under wonderful
control, hlsself. an felt good at the
way the stock was comm on March.
April, May. an fresh feed. ponds run
o. ducks. cute little young wolves
about the dens. an every one o. the
ten thousand dogies stretching TO see
hisself grow, But the faIl-the fall
was sure bad one fer both feed an
water. The dogies, however, couldn't
fairly be called such any longer. hav-
! In recovered from what Jim called
their acute nostalgia. an bein' pref
near's good THstlers as natives. An
WE'LL IL was fer m. far grass wSs
sea &c, IA, q, sonsofasg0n of a while
between drinks After You got aw3s
fFpnr tho ,cFick- ran you dist mad to III
away fr grass-it was good days
tlride no water. east, fWeBt. north, south.
up'r down. On the hay-slews we had
\ to prfths the rake with old hay fore
we. could make a windrow Lam II you
want to. but they was whole outfits
with less hay than some folks has
government bonds. We had about
enough to wad a shotgun, an was
| merchant princes In the fodder line
The steers. Iookin' like contaminated
hat-racks, as the Old Man said. come
/ through the cold weather In a shrink
/ in an sylph-like way. so thin that You
could throw a bull by the tan dunn
4 NfChf FrFrdavfv. -
that's no dreami
BY this time Mr. Elkins was a sure
enough eowman. president Of the as
ISOLATION and the biggest man from
Spearfish to Jackson's Hole. He knew
some COMPOUNDED joke on every man
in the COW country. an not only called
/ 'em all by their fust name. but had
one Of his own FIR most OF EN-. Mrs.
| Elkins. havin' pulled him through his
own doggy stage. dropped out or the
COW business. an devoted herself to
kids. knew that his doggy PROPOSE
| ton was a sort of a straw that Jim
Elkins grabbed at as he went under,
an It done me an all the fellers good
to see the percentage of loss so small,
even II the brutes wasn't putin on
weight as they orto, an the price was
away down. an We knew we shouldn't
be ready to sell when the mawgitch
got ripe. Old Macdonald was Jim'n
friend, though. an would sure extend
the note when IL come OF age; an
fur's we could see. these dry seasons
was only delayin' the cleanup.
So thought, an SO thought the Il
fwx~ %
summer morn. an as happy as skunks
But along In June Of the third year,
just in the last of the roundup. out
comes what Elkins called our Nemmy.
SIS in the form of a jackleg lawyer
with news OF Macdonaid's death. and
papers to prove II. an him appointed
executioner of the estate OF A. Mae
donald, diseased. He wanted to see
the cattle the estate had o mawgitch
on. was app'inted as his chaperon
to show him the stock, an It bein'
hurryin' time o, year, I exhibited to
him ten r 'leven thousand head OF
mixed pickles. and called II square.
He didn't know a cow.brand from one
plucked from the burnin', an credited
us with a township or two OF OZARK
COW stun run him into the first day
out. didn't feel that he was with
payin' much notice to. II he hadn't
had the say about the Old Mans NAV
glitch.
I gathered from him that. he W.T.
goin' to realize on the outfit in til
fall went so fur as to pint out
what a grave-robbin' scheme this was.
an how this doggy stun had been KEEP
IN the liviE' SKELETON department fr
two years by drouth an a hell-alew OF
other troubles, an couldn't possibly do
more than pay of the mawgltch, an
leave us holdin' the bag In the wust
country f'r snipe outside Of the MO
tave desert
They'll pay out says he. ian
that's all I'm required to look out fer"
swear. / was prospectin' fr a
good hole to plant him in all the rest
o. the trip. ! goes right to the ranch
when we pulled in. The Old Man an
Josie was a-sittin' in the freight. an
she had the baby, a yearIin' on her
lap, and the boy. long two-year-old.
in the crib. Outside OF a nest O.
young Wild ducks, never seen any
thing softer and cutter reports an
asks instructions as to the best way