The Coolidge examiner., 1935-08-02

over in the West Cute He arnrcs
Blll McCord hss been over WORKING
In there. Naturally, hssgas bop
ing for a chance 10 81 Mcr6fd
alone
and I'm supposed 20 Re able TO
30 over and -.plck Gn MP 10 the
wes, Cuts" Kentucky rayed.
swell. te !didn't ask. no one TO
pick him mp
-Neit thing wen be tying him
on pack nEle." Ken,usky,vrowle3.
and went ont like . long Horn bull
oD the prod.
Going through the kitchen Ken
;ucky Jones caught up bis sheep
lined coat with one hand. and
handful of cold french fried potatoes
In the. ctb9L, s9r he was wolf.hun;
Ery yet. md didn't know when he
would .get, Y chance 20 eat again,
out az the corral he picked ou, 4.
blocky zebra dun hqrs- dropped
his rope on II, and swung his sad.
die aboard. Two mInnieS 1ater he
was riding wy1owsd ai 2, iIgh; tro,-
Kentucky Jones was anything but
familiar with the intricacGcs OF the
West Cuts, -But he knew the gen
eral lay OF The land and the typical
tricks II cauyonss and be knew
what men were likely 70 do who
were working stock. lie esiIngted
that he had one chance IN ten OF
coming npon either Lee bishop or
the men Lee Blshcp. sought
tbs one chapse II ten. was. as
Kentucky ssywNit. Lee bishops
change for dIfe lie did noi'helieve,
that Lee Blshap .eould out.gnn Bin
Mccori. nors that McCord's men
you'd nwaEd kisAep an even break.
Vnhurrledlyg hentllcky Jones set
out 10 ind Bishop II he could.
For three hours he followed Blsh.
ops tran. At last n smother Of
cow ,raeks.sle.tsd. egt ssT psA ..f!!r
. quarass n Z uiilss. g3d sqrsss never
found where Il branched on Ht
east cas-, ahead trusting, % the 'gtthetal
Iay OF the county 10 SeInT hlm
pcress II aEsis. AM sfsessoon 7hs.
worked ihrSneh, Tie. .isn= rlsSSs-
nsssss.- coysEtS y-sglFy. r.. sTfaFt,
miIey Twenty ,rSfSs, heSsdss h,Ig
Sc. -nlses eex xyqts9g ,sses s.Es
Cuts for ~ Ksntneky kEsT; the
West Cuts scoIf,h have hIdiinS q
thousand mole. ~rhelfn nfiihl;abh'
.enptinesses Tnade.a :inanifDsss ssnesD
seem to crawl IKE an ant, sesnyd-
ing deep Aour bong lec,iyitEes ,-ppiy,
to climb again etcrnaify.. . - =
He was a song way from home BY
the time ,hatsht NrcseyS sestnssr
have overSh$ afsesae Dad sfen
two riders whom.he recognized, as
ss men. worlSing ss SrgsE; vNeSan
McCord was neither ope, ,os1 them.
Lee Bishop conInfed Eti e.1e shim.
lost In the mare, :
The sun was setting Rboyf Wolf
Beueh the wrinkaed feaks se6f. the
Marleopss seemed TO fioat detached
from the earth. rasa. delicate trac-
cries OF pale blue shadow, SET, OF
with crooked RED gold tracings
where the westeriig sun poured
golden Isht up66 the snow. Across
Wolf Bench. alrasdy In the shadows
dark buter-cold breeze began ~
blow. sureslirg- Of. frost and. blown
snow. Kentucky Jones sat. bis horse
upon n high point. and wondered u
Lee Bishop re,dead; 20. "a
The frozen wind. .foresastfng the
night, always brought to, his. mind
the things to which a Hinge rider
has q right TO- LOOK ,f0rsyafd ktsthat
hour: the gleam 'etsa..hrde yuiden
light at a cook-honse window. far
across the showyS' ,geS dhes. .wtDkihg
and almost los. III he twjlig6t pur.
pie; and the things ibat the. light
seen far of. meant to. the rider
coming in on hfs >dfed horse-the
warmth Of st6vss heat. friendly
yellow lamp light, the' crowding in
OF ared-faced' hungry riderSsNery
merry over being done with work /;
the smell OF frying meat and hot
fresh bread. and the steam Of cof-.
fee; and aftsrward an hour or two.
of drowsy loafing In the. warmth
wise-cracking the days work, spin
ming lles-maybe a game OF seven
up, and somebody making music for
a little while with BanB ,imouth or.
gan, or jews harp.
And at the Bar Hook the cold
long twilight, which always made
the simple realities Of food and