Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-08-30

" w, ali. WILL TtluAuc'
Herrlck. Il understand you've ha'
wide experience on ranches?o
Yes, sir. I've been riding the rang
since was a boy" replied Jim.
Hays has suggested making you hi
foreman"
II Is satisfactory to me-"
You are better educated than thes,
other men. 1t will be part of you
duties to keep my books"
I've tackled that job before"
SO was tellin' the boys" Inter
posed Hays.
As | understand ranching," wen,
on Herrick, "a foreman handles ths
riders. Now, as this ranching game l.
strange to me I'm glad to have a fore
mar OF experience. My Idea was Il
nire some gunner along with the COW.
boys. Hays name was given me al
drand junction as the hardest nut In
eastern Utah. It got noised abont.
presume, for other men with reputa.
tons calculated to intimidate thieves
applied to me. | took on Heesemau
and his friends
but you really did not need 20 to
the expense-and risk, | might add-of
hiring Heeseman's outfit"
Expense is nc object. Risk. how
ever-What do you mean by risk7"
Between ourselves, I strongly sus-
pect that Heeseman Is q rustIer."
by Jove! You don't say? This IS
ripping. Heeseman said the identical
thing about Hays
wal, Mr.. Herrick, don't you worry
none,' interposed Hays, suayely.
Shore / don't take kind to what
Heeseman called me to you face, but
| can overlook 1t for the present. You
see, II Heeseman Is workin' for you he
can't rustic as many cattle as II he
wasn't. Anythin' come OF that deal
you had on with the Grand Junction
OUTFIT"
Yes | received their reply the other
day. rejoined Herrick. by Jove,
that reminds me. | had word from
my sister, Helen. 1t came from st.
Louis She is coming through Denver
and will arrive at Grand Junction
about the fifteenth"
Young girl-if / ma ask?' added
Jim.
young woman. Helen is twenty
two"
Comm for a little visit?s asked
Hays.
by Jove, 1t bids fair to be q life
long one" declared Herrick. M If
pleased. "She wants to make Star
ranch her home. We are devoted 10
each other. If she can stick 1t out in
this bush I'll be jolly glad. Can YOU
drive from Grand Junction In d
dayg'
Shore. Easy with a blackboard an,
a good team" replied Hays.
Herrick resumed his walk with
Hays, leaving Jim to his own devices.
Jim strolled around the corrals, the
sheds, down the lane between the pas
lures, out TO the open range.
This E~nglishman's sister-this Helen
Herrick-she would be coming to d re-
mote. wild and beautiful valley. What
would the girl be like7 TWENTY-FIVE
years old, strong, a horsewoman, and
handsome-very likely blond, as was
her brotherl And Jim made d mental
calculation of the ruf1ians In Herrick's
employ. Eighteenl
After supper Hays leaned back and
surveyed the company. "Fellers, we've
a pow-wow on hand. Clear the table.
Fetch another lamp. Wen lay out the
cards an some coin, so we can pre-
G to be settin' In a little game IL
anybody happens along. But the game
we're really settin' In Is the biggest
dealt In Utah.
Talk low. everybody" instructed
Hays An n Of you step out on
the porch now an then. Heeseman
might be slick enough to send a scout
here. Cause we're goin' to do
little thing to him. Happy,
dig up tibet box of cigars I've been
Hank, trot out some champagne
Brad Lincoln. IL
"Nothin' to drink, f%ellers," returned
We're a robber outfit. No ar
gum or fightin'. Any of You who
like tibet can walk out now"
They were impressed BY his cool
"All right. Wal an good. We're
'et,' he went on. To-day | changed
ny mind about goin' slow with this
|ob."
Jim Wall had a flash OF divination
Is to this sudden right-about-face.
"Herrick reckons there are upwards
II ten thousand head OF stock on the
'ange. Some OF these ranchers he
Fought out sold without a count. /
fought half a dozen herds for Herrick.
underestimated say, rough caL-
'ulatin', around two thousand head.
10 there's twelve thousand good.
phet's a herd, fellers- Air there any
4 you who wouldn't care to play a
anne for twelve thousand head Of
attic at forty dollars PERI"
There did not appear to be a single
ne.
"Ahuh. Wal, thet's okay. Now, can
re drive such a big herd7"
boss, listen to this idae snnka nm