The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-07-14

~ Friends Out Wegt
" more than I can ever express to
the west. which of ouree means to the
men and women 1 met In the west.
There we'e a few people OF bad type In
my reignoorhood-that would be true
OF every group of men. even in a theo-
logical seminary-but / could not speak
with too great affection and respect Of
the great majority OF my friends. the
Woodworking men ano women who
d~elt tor a space OF perhaps a hundred
ana NIFTY miles along the Little Mis-
sour. l was always as welcome at
IneII houses as they we're at mine.
ing TO help everybody else. and let no.
oody asked any t%Vors. 1ne same thing
was uus OF the people whom ] got 20
west OF my own range. and OF Ii. men
! net on the r~ound-ups They soon &C
eepted me as a friends and feliow-~ork-
.hem. and believe that most OF them
have kept their feeling for me ever
come at the white House than tho.. 90
friends OF the cattle ranches and the
COW camps--the men with whom l had
tail-bosrd OF a chuck-waEon-whenever
.ney turned up at Washington during
my , p~res,denSy, aIe%smSer one o.
Jay Just oefore lunch. n huge. powerful
maj who, when knew him. had been
H-NutbN a Hknhlnk character. 1t nap
friend. the British ambassador. Mr.
Bryee. was among those coming TO
TO my eow-puncher friend and said to
MN with great Remember.
I'm, I'm thai, " You shoot at the feet OF
dance. ~ would be likely To cause inter
national complications" 90 which Jim
Colonel. I shouldn't think OF iti"
Not only did the men and womsn
whom I met ia the COW country quite
which working and living with them
enabled me 10 get into the min and
night typ but they helpsi m. In an.
other way. I made up my mind that
they were men Of tust the kind whom
~ became necessary to 10 to war Whom
the American war came. I gave
this thouEht practical realization.
fortunately. Wister and Remington.
with pen and pencil. have made these
men live as LONE as our literature lives.
! have sometimes been asked n Wietor's
'virgInisn' is not overdrawn. why. one
or the men haNe mentioned In this
chapter was In all essentials the Vir-
Einian in real life. not only In MS force
but IN his charm. Half 0f the men 1
worked with or played with and half Of
the men who soldi-red with me after
wards In my regiment might have walk
pictures.
There were had characters IN the
western At that time. of course.
and under the conditions ~ Iif- they
were probably more dangerous than
they would have been I
hardly ever had any difficulty. however.
] never went into a saloon. and In the
little hotels ] kept out of the bar-rOOm
unless. n sometimes happened. the bar
room vas the only room on the lower
ho9I except the dining room J always
self-respect forbade my making any
. Nvc.vr ani ] very rarely
had even the semblance 81 trouble
~ay They Toof Bin.
or course amusing incidents occurred
~" tho" suallv these took place
when / was hunting lost horses, for IN
~"-"- cost .vrS"- was ordinarily
alone. and occasionally nal 10 travel a
hundred or n hundred and ffty miles
from my own country. or one
such occasion I reached n little COW town
long after dark. stabbed my horse In an
empty outbuilding and when I reached
The hotel wns Informed Ia Response TO
nay request for a bod that ] could have
the last one l"f'. ~ there was only one
was shown contained tao dOuhl- bells
one containing tVo men fast asleep.
and the other only one man. also asleep.
This man proved to he = friend. one of
the Bll Jon-Ses Wbom { have previously
mentioned. I uudr--set according 10 the
fashion ~ the Jay and place. trat -. ]
down beside the bod. and turned Iu. 4
couple OF our later ! was awakened
by the door being throvn opeu and a
lantern flashed In my face. tho uxht
cleaning on the muGzie - 2 cooked Is.
Another man said to the lantern bearer.
II alnt him the nest moment nv bed
fellow WIS covered with two guns. and
addressed. Sow 1911. don 2 make n fIss.
but come sIong quiet ~ not mink
ms Of making 4 fuss said HII That
right. VAS The answer were your
friends. We don't want 10 hurt YOU. Ne
Just want you 90 come along Won know
Why Ani 1914 pulled On his trousers
and boots and ualked out with them.
~ tn this time There hal not been .
sound from the other ned. Sow 2 match
"a aETaNHhAd "a ~ nNNa NNH AnA nWa Of
the msn IN thu other bNi looked around
ne room At THIS point 7 committed the
breach Of etiquette ~ asking qucsu0us
vOnde WY they took Bll said
There WIS no sn-Ver. ans ] repeated. I
wonder Why they TOOK Bill Well"
sid The man Win no candle fryiy -
reckon they wanted him. and with that
ceas~d. Later . dir~oversi that Rlil 3D.
a ~ - playfuinsss hAd held Ip tire
northern Farihc train o. a uoar-Nv pfs-
fion BY shooting A. the feet 81 no con
fu~tor 90 make him dance This wns
purely r. iuks on RiUs part HUt Tho
Pacific people us-eeFreI a loss
robust sen-~ % hiror. Huf Dr their
WIS sent arfar RN1 IN tr- yrpr ud tha'
hy deiaYing The train he - .nterfered
sitI tho mails
AZ mOrs Range
ne only time 7 ever hal serious frou.
bic vas o. an oven rnsr- primitive
little hotel than fre ono 40 uIsaffsr. %
VS. also on an V~rasIon when I 0as ulf
After lost hors~r Heiovv TIE hotel fad
merely n har-rOonT. o. A ~fuE. room. ard
> fean-t1 A'f~1sn above wa- a loft vIff