Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-13

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louinu is the fifth instdIiment OF n
autobiography, Which is appearing IN
daily chapters.
BY TEX RICHARD.
TN Collaboration with Bozeman Bulger.)
Newspaper Alliance.)
r. N relating the incidents Of those
hard boyhood days among the cat
tIeraen and the tragedies that must
have influenced my later life TO a
certain extent, I don't want to give
the impression that we were oeVolo OF
tenderness. Quite the contrary.
Al the age of 16 I was employed 70
90 with a herd of cattle all the way
to Montana. Look at a map, ana you
may realize just hat tnaG neaII.
The cattlemen, always seeking a mar
ket had found that by driving a herd
nj lonphorns to Montana and grazing
them there for a few months they
would gain from so to so pounds a
steer. They could then be shipped 10
Kansas City end sold at real pront.
one night we had camped to let the
herd bed down for the night. I was
sent out to scout around the edge OIL the
herd and see that everything was all
right. On this ride I ran across q
little calf, born during the DAY. ina
had lost its mother. The little IelloW
was SO weak and hungry l knew II
would die If left alone. To n ls
mother in a herd Of 5000 was nmpos-
sible: besides, the calf couldn't v
kent up with the moving herd when
We started out next morning.
Carried Calf to Camp.
r nicked the calf up, threw him over
nv Shoulder and carried him into the
camp. The cowboys all gathered around,
Offering many forms OF advice. we
had no condensed milk.
ssWait a minute" of the cow
bows suggested. Come with mt"
So we went out through the herd at
night until We found a COW. we
her and carried her to the camp. Inere
we tied her, legs, everybody takng q
hand, and made her let the eau nave
his supper. j..
the chuck wagon and carried 1t all DAY.
AZ night we caught another COW and
went through the forcible feeding. BY
this time every r~oughneck cowboy. was
a foster wetnurse for that calf. !
never knew why, but that Calls lame
got to be Sitting Bull"
Never a night came but the cowboys
riding in would inquire about he well
fare of Sitting Bull. They got to be
rivals over who would Superintend his
feeding.
Some days we would let Sitting Bull
walk until tired, and would then take
him in the chuck wagon.
Ran Out Of Milk Cows.
One day. Sitting Bull grew hungry and
z,A 80 vaflIr NnUyc II uyQQ IN
;yle chuck wagon with him. ! had an
idea that that calf would like something
sweet. MY eye caught sight OF q mo-
iasses can. I ran my finger around IN
II and let the calf lick it. Sitting Bull
was Immediately crazy about nlolasses.
He got to where he would lick the cans
iust like q goat.
But I had brought on another prob
lem. It looked as though we cowboys
would have to go short on molaSses TO
keep Sitting Bull satisfied. He would
twist lis little tail and rear and pitcn
ut the mere sight of q molasses can.
we then made another most irnpor-
tant discovery in dieteticS. We knew
Sitting Bull needed some KIND OF starcn:
He couldn't have grass or wheat, OF
course. but bread, n learned cowboy
EXCLAIMED. came from wheat. So why
not feed our charge bread and molasses?
It was SO ordered by the council OF god
fathers, and Sitting Bull not only &C
cepted the idea In the proper spirit, puI
was delighted.
In Two weeks that calf ate so much
~tnolassss and bread that he was all
puffed out. BY this time we tried to
make him go with the herd. But there
was nothing doing. Wherever the chuck
wagon went Sitting Bull followed, ms
hesd right against the tailboard:
When q herds bedded down Tor the
=. you know, h chuck 8 80
fight through and takes up a position
rnaybe five miles ahead to be ready Tor
breakfast as the herd is started again.
Calf Deserts the Herd.
Now YOU might think that Sitting u
would want to associate with his kind:
r,irht reyer. to type. Not so. He would
Uerv calmly walk right through that
Immense herd, no matter how compi-
Gated or lengthy the move, and follow
hat chuck wagon right to the momenI
h stopped. When the camp. IRE was
built he would stand in the edge OF the
light circle until some n had opened a
can of molaSses.
keut Sitting Bull until he was a good
sized little bull. He would never go
with the herd. So with great care
We found a woman who would give q
nolasses eating calf a good home.
Long after we had shipped that herd
10 Kansas City we received reports
that Sitting Bull was a good cali, ex-
cept that he would follow wagons.
When 1 went back to Henrietta 1
gas elected town marshal. That was a
mighty interesting job, but not altogether
pne that brought in great wealth. the
marshals were not paid salaries. b nae
10 depend upon fees for their livelihood
We got $3.50 for each arrest. Business,
naturally, was pretty. good on Saturoay
nights. Don't get the impression, though,
that we arrested men just for the fun
of it.; that we could take advantage
of a man being In his cups just to get
a fee. When you arrested a mar IN
hose DAYS he understood that you meant
1t. We understood it, too.
The greater part Of my fees came
from impounding stray hogs. We had
a law that when a mans hogs were
but in pound he had to pay 81 each
10 have them released. That fine went
TO me.
I had a valued assistant in a lad
named j. Fred Eppler, later a business
man in Philadelphia. At that time he
was a telegraph messenger boy. He hao
4 keen eye for hogs. Every time he To-
Gated a stray one and penned it up
would allow him a 15-cent commission
sometimes a quarter.
Made One Serious Mistake.
We made just n very seriou
"esY. chief" the boy came runninI
10 5e.I me n day. i've just locates
q sow that's loose and I think ! cal
catch her."
sure, get her in," I directed, seeinI
a dollar fee for me. Fred saw a quartz
Tor himself.
when he returned to his job tina
h-Ftarroon tho sow had given birth to i