The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-09

press company got every dollar of the .00O back Those boys weren't bad like Foster Crawford. They were just foolish. All three afterward became decent, law-abiding members of so- ciety.
 TEX'S FIRST TRIP TO "CHI'
 Somebody mentioned Chicago and Tex tore off good yarn about his first trip to the Illinois metropolis.
 q escorted a trainload of cattle to Chi cago and was grabbed by two hotel run ners as soon as I jumped off the train near the stock yards" said Rickard The hotel runners took my suitcase from me and started to walk off. I pulled q six shooter and one of the 'cappers' grap- pied with me. While We were wrestling around, the gun went off and I was ar rested and locked up in the Harrison Street station The police justice fined me $40 next morning for shooting up the town. despite my protests that was be- ing strong-armed out of my baggage.
 The next time I chaperoned trainload of cattle to Chicago a couple of dice sharks gigged me for my bank roll as l was departing for home and I rode from Chicago to Texas on 10 cents Passing through Sedalia on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas line, the train stopped and I spied an apple orchard near the depot. A the apples. That afternoon I almost died of the colc I saved my lonely 10 cents to buy a sandwich just before entering Texas
 THRILLING RIDE
 Returning from New York to Texas re- cently Rickard passed through the St. Lcuis tunnel. It revived old memories.
 One trip north l rode through that tunnel on the roof of & stock car" said Tex 'T was going north with bunch of cattle and climbed to the top of the car in St. Louis The train swung into the. tunnel before I knew where we were headed. I laid down at full length. sur missing the trip would be short one.
 'The train stopped in the tunnel and the smoke and gases smothered me. | tainted on the top of the car and was found there by switchman when the train rolled onto the bridge. How I ever missed rolling off the car is a mystery, The swltchman said he never heard of anything like it before. If the switchman had not discovered me in time l might have dropped into the Mississippi river.
 Tex says the funniest experience he ever had was in a gaming house at Nome. He owned this place. One cold night II was packed with several hundred faro bank players and roulette fiends. All ot sudden the door opened and a big St. Bernard dog, With a rope tieu lo HIS ho'Ai entered.
 ''Somebody suggested watering the brute and a pan was set in front of him. As soon as he tasted the water the dog grabbed bystander by the trousers The St Bernard had the rabies. "Its a mad dog,' somebody shouted and in three shakes of lambs tail my gs mbling house was empty. People went out the doors and windows pell mell Money and chips were scattered all oVe' the floor. finally got gun and put the poor dog out of his misery.
 TEEMED WITH GAME Talking about big game, Rickard re called one hunting trip with his father | in the early sos around Wichita Falls. That country fairly teemed with game at that time,'' declared Tex. My fathe' l ard myself killed farm wagon load o1 wild turkeys within a mile of Wichita 1 Falls that Christmas.
 We also shot yearling buffalo heife' on the outskirts of the town Those turt I keys. were distributed among the S~s 1 dents of Henrietta. our home town, tha' Christmas The buffalo furnished tho Rickard family with meat for severa weeks
 /, Across the Red river in Indian ter l ritory now Ol''a loma, the grazing grass was knee high and the entire country wa | full of buffalo. deer. antelope, wild turke! and other big game. It was sportsman ' paradise'