The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1923-06-21

Spanish hsusA and me moro shs saw
Of It the moss she thought what de-
llshtful homo It could b made. Az
the doors opened into > courtyard, a
Patio. a. Florence called II. The
house was low. In the shape Of . rect
angle, and % Immense In Size that
Madeline wondered II II had bsen .
Spanish barracks. T1orencs led he
way out on q porch and waved hand
at . vast, colored void. That's what
Bill likes" she said.
At frst Madeline co, not tell what
Was sky and what was land. The In
mensity Of the scene stunned her facui
ties Of conception. She sat down In
one Of the old rocking-chairs and
looked and looked. and knew that she
was not grasptns the reality Of what
stretched wondrously before her.
"We're up at the edge Of the foot.
hills" Florence said. zen sure take
you little while to get used to being
up high and seeing % much That's
the secret-we're up high. the air 10
clear. and there's the whole bare
world beneath rs. Here-see that
cloud Of dust down In the valley1 It's
the roundup. The boys are there, and
the cattle. Walt, I'll get the glasses"
"The roundup! want to know all
about ito see It." declared Madeline
"Pleass tell me what It means, Whist
It's for. and then take me down there"
"1t'll sure open your eyes, Miss Ham
mond. I'm glad you care to know.
Your brother would have made Z big
success In this cattle business II II
hadn't been for crooked work BY rival
ranchers. He'll make It yet, In spite
Of them"
"1ndeed he SHALL" replied Madeline.
But tell me. please. all about the
roundup"
"well. In the hrst place. every cat
tleman has to have . brand to identify
his stock. Without 1t no cattleman.
nor half q hundred cowboys, II he had
30 many. could ever recognize all the
cattle In a big herd. There are no
fences on our ranges. They are all
open to everybody. Every year we
have two big round-ups. but the boys
do some branding all the year. A calf
should be branded a. soon ~ its
found. This il 4 safeguard against
cattle-thieves. We don't have the
rustling Of herds and punches Of cat.
tie like We used to.
1--WE have our big roundup in the
fall. when there's plenty Of grass and
water. and all the riding stock a. we'll
40 the cattle are In me shape. The
cattlemen in the valley meet with their
cowboys and drive In all the cattle
they can and. Then they brand and
cut out each mans herd and drive It
toward home. Then they 20 On up or
down the valley. make another camp,
and drive in more cattle. It takes
weeks"
For Madeline the morning hours few
BY. with a goodly part Of the time
spent On the porch gazing ont over that
ever-changing vista. At noon q team.
ster drove up with her trunks. Then
while Florence helped the Mexican
woman get lunch Madeline unpacked
part Of her effects and got out thinss
for which she would have immediate
nssd. After lunch she changed her
dress for . ridins-habit and. going out.
side. found Florence waiting with the
hoeseA
A. Madeline rode along shs made
good use Of her eyeo. The coll WAS
saAdy and porouA and che un6srstood
Why the rain and waeee from the few
springs disappeared % quickly. What
surprised her Wao the fact that,
though she and Flersnce had seemed
to b riding quite awhile. they had
sppassotly not drawn any closer to
the roundup. The slops Of the valley
was noticeable after some miles had
beeo travsssed.
Gradually black dos enlarged and
assumed shape Of cattle and horsss
moving round great dusty patch In
another half.hour Madeline rode b.
hind Florence to the OutskiIto AZ the