The Washington herald., 1920-06-13

FOUND myself In Texas recent
i ly. revisiting old places and
vistas. At a sheep ranch where 1
had sojourned many years ago. l
stopped for a week. And, as all
visitors do, I heartily plunged into
the business at hand, which nap
pened to be that of dipping tne
sheep.
Now, this process is so different
from ordinary human Daptism
that IL deserves a word OF itseil.
A vast iron cauldron with naiI
the fires of Avernus beneath II Is
partly filled with water that soon
boIls furiously. Into that Is cast
concentrated lye, lime' ana SUI
phur. which are allowed 10 stew
and fume until the witches oroth
is strong enough to scorch tne
third arm of Palladino herselt.
Then this concentrated brew Is
mixed in a long, deep vat win
cubic gallons of hot water anu
the sheep are caught by theIr
hind legs and flung into the com
nound. After being Thoroughly
durked by means of a forked pore
in the hands of a gentleman ue
tailed for that purpose tney
auowed to chamber up an incline
into a corral and dry or ole, 40
tba state OF their constltutIon
may decree. II you ever cauehe
an able-bodied. 2-year-old mutton
nv the hind legs and felt the 'ov
yoIts of kicking that he can sehu
through YOUR arm seventeen Tunes
before YOU can hurl him INTO tne
vat YOU will, of course, nope Iha'
he NAV die instead OF dry
Rut this is merely to explain
why Rud Oakley and l glaoly
stretcbed ourselves on the oahh
- tho nearby charco after the
dinpinr. glad for the welcome IN
arition and pure contact with the
aartb after our muscle-racklnS Ia
hors The flock was small one
ond we finished at 3 in the atter-
noon. so Bud brought from Lhe
,,,,,rral on his saddle horn coHee
ard a coffee-pot and a big hunh
of broad and some side bacon. MT;
NuIs the ranch owner and my olu
F,.i.nd rode away to the ranch
.nith his force of Mexican traoa-
jaiores. ,s frizzling
M
civ there was the souno oI
hn,ses' hoofs behind us. Buo ;
- shooter lay in it's scappa[u
81 feet away from his hand. ne
a,i, not the slightest heeo 10
~ annroaching horseman. rms
s,,,,rde of Texan ranchman
was 40 different from the old time
80, y, that marveled. IN
stinc. ivelv turned to inspect the
rossi ,ls foe that menaced US IN
w. rear. 7 saw horseman
I'd in black, who might nave
haon a lawyer or a parson or an
Unde, taker. trotting peaceaoiS
aions the road by the arroyo.
Rn6. noticed my precautionary
aI,ont ard smiled sarcastically
and sorrowfully.
aiir ..xon'ya been away too long,
xsid Ie You don't need 10 looh
AROUND any more when ahSpUus
gallon, up behind you In inns
state, unless something hlts you
in tho back: and even then II
liable 10 be only bunch OIL tracts
or a etition to sign against tne
trusts never looked at that
bon,brl that rode by; but III pet
a qua It of sheep dip that he's
sonne double e-dyed son of a pop
gun O II rounding up prohioitlon
votes
"Times have changed. Bud" said
7 or,cularIy. Law and order is
the ,rle now in the South ana
the Southwest.
caught a cold CLEAN from Buo
pale-blue eyes.
mot that l." / began hastily.
"Of course you don't" said Buo
warmly. you know better. You've
lived here before. Law and ORDER
YOU say? Twenty years ago We
had 'em here. We only had two
or three laws, such as against
murder before witnesses, and be-
ing caught stealing horses, and
voting the Republican ticket. But
how is il now? All we get is or
ders; and tt e laws go out OF the
State. Them legislators set up
there a. Austin and don't do moth
ing but make laws against kero-
sene oil and schoolbooks being
brought into the State. l reckon
they was afraid some man would
20 hcme some evening after work
and light up and get an education
and go to work and make laws to
repeal aforesaid laws. Me, I'm
for the old days, when law and