The Glasgow courier., 1916-11-10

"a vegetable garden Collie was
| IA put to work repairing fence.
| There were many miles of it,
lnclOsing some 10000 acres OF grazing
land and the cross fencing of the oat.
alfalfa. fruit and vegetable acreage.
| The MOonstone rancho was well or
dered under the direct supervision OF
Walter Stones foreman. Brand VIII
| liams. Williams was Il Wyoming cow
| man of the old school. tHciturn. lean
sinewy
Collie stood awaiting the foremans
instructions.
Nope"
Good. Then you can learn right
| Go rope Il c;iyuse. get some staples and
that leete ax in my office and go to it,
There's plenty fence
The "GO rope Il cayuse" mOmentu.
rily staggered the boy. but he went
silently to the corral, secured Il riata
and by puzzIng the playful ponies by
his amateur tactics he finally entangled
Badly" white faced COW pony Of
peaceful mien but uncertain DISPOSE
ton.
| Williams, watching the performance.
laziy rolled IL straw paper cigarette.
Snubbed to the post, bridled and sad
died awkwardly Badly gave no out
ward sign Of his malignant inward in
tent of getting rid Of the lad the min
| ute he mounted
Williams slowly drew Il match across
his sleeve from elbow to wrist. ending
with a flame that was extremely con-
venient to his cigarette He wasted
no effort at anything. He was Il man
VIII" never met yawn halfway, but
only gave in to it when actually obliged
to. Collie climbed into the saddle and
started for the corral gate. He arrived
there far ahead of the horse He got
to his feet and brushed his knees. The
pony was humping round the corral
with marvellous agility for so old a
| horse
He never did like left handed
man," said Williams gravely. "Next
! time get on him from the other side
and see If he don't behave. Hold on;
don't be in a hurry. Let him throw a
few more jumps. then he'll quit for to-
day most likely. And. say. sou. if he
does take to buckin' with you again.
don't choke that saddle to death hang
in on to the horn. Set up straight.
lean =. little back and clinch your
kneeN You'll get piled anyhow, but
you might rs we'll start right"
Tho hny .,nnrnu ..lo.l tb., h,rx,,> H.,
secured the dangling reins and again
mounted. Raldy was as demure as u
spinster in church. He actually looked
piouS.
Collie urged the pony toward the
gate. Badly reared.
"A spade bit ain't made to pull teeth
with. although you can" said VIII
liams. "Raldy's old, but his teeth are
all good yet Just easy now Ride in
your saddle. not on your reins That's
it, And say. kid. | would "a got them
staples and that AK before crawlin
the hoss. eh:"
Collie flushed. He diSmounted and
walked to the foremans office When
he returned to the corral the horse was
gone. Williams still sat on the corral
bars smoking and gazing earnestly ut
nothing.
Round the corner of the stable Col
lie saw the pony. his nose peacefully
submerged in the water trough. but
his eye wide and vigilant. The boy
ran toward him. Raldy snorted and.
wheeling. ran back into the corral, cir.
cling it with an expression which said
plainly Let us play IL little game of
tag. in which. my young friend. you
shall always be it"
Again Collie tried to rope the pony
Want any help" asked Williams
as he slid from the corral bars to the
ground.
Nope And Collie diseniangled his
legs from an amazing contortion of the
RATA and tried to whirl the loop as he
had seen the cowmen whri it.
Hold on. son" said Williams "You
mean right, but don't go to rope him
with the saddle on. II you looped that
horn he like as not would yank you
clean to CalabaSas before you got your
feet out OF that mess Of rope you're
standin' IN, Anyway, you amt goin
to CalabasaS; you're due up the other
way"
Collie was learning things rapidly,
aud. better still, he was learning In a