Carbon County news., 1937-10-08

and take a look, and mess around,
and make q fool of myself" Old
Man Coffee groWled. First thing,
I'll get it all right-if Cayetano
hasn't got it already. After that I'll
find out where the killers horse
come out Of the crick. That ought
to be enough for one day; when I've
done that I'll come home to sup
per-"
when you going? Now"
"Sure I'm going now. When did
you suppose?"
''We'n go with you as soon as
you're ready to start. l."
1.-THE hell you WILL" said Coffee.
81 only got one dog that won't call
me a fool if I tell him to trail a
horse. That's old Rock, and he's
funny. If he thinks people is watch
ing him he fourishes around trying
to look smart, and don't get any
thing done. Give me one cowboy
that's seen the ground-one that'll
come home when I send him. And
you stay here"
''Oh, WELL" Horse Dunn grum-.
bled, "suit yourself. I'm only the.
victim in this case" :
well, give me horse, give me a.
horse-we going to sit here all
day?" :@
For once Horse Dunn did as he
was told. Glumly he watched Old
Man Coffee 60 jogging out Of the
layout, the black hound dogging it
at the pony's heels.
''Will he find the saddle?" Wheeler
asked.
II suppose so," said Horse Dunn
gloonily. But damnation! Much
as it means to me, I pretty near
hope he won't. The cocky old
snort!"
II guess I'll saddle a pony and
take a look around here myself"
Wheeler said. =,
''Wait a minute" Horse Dunn
said. There's something different
I want you to do.' -
Billy Wheeler waited, but Horse
Dunn seemed to hesitate. IT wish, :"
he said at last, slowly, II wish you'd
talk to that girl"
Wheeler was startled. Talk to
her? About what, Horse?"
"Well, I'll tell you" Horse Dunn
groped. TITS this way" He hesi-
tated; out among the barns could
be heard the grief-stricken hullaba-
loo of the hounds Coffee had left
behind.
''You two had some kind Of fall
out didn't your" Wheeler asked.
you might call It that" Horse
Dunn shrugged. ''She doesn't un.
derstand the way you have to han
die things on this range. And now
she's down on me for blasting Link
Bender free Of his gum
Marian Dunn had been born in
this house in which they now sat;
she was the daughter of Horse
Dunn's brother who had once run
the 94. But her father had died
when Marian was five years old,
and, so far as Wheeler knew, Mar /
ian Dunn had since visited the "a
but once in her lifetWo years ago,
when she was eighteen.
''Why, she can't hardly even be-
ieve that this country is here"
Dunn continued. They've taught
her that the country is all settled
up-and they're right Only, they
don't understand this dry country,
where a steer walks a rod for a
blade Of grass, and a hundred
square miles supports one outfit.
When they think Of the West they
think of some place like Montana,
where you can fence d whole herd
on five sections Of grass and watch
'em thrive. She can't see her "a as
part and parcel Of half a million
miles Of range" z* X:
''fTer 94?" Wheeler questioned.
Horse Dunn did not hear him.
1--WE fought this country since time
out of mind. When you got enc.
mics in this country you've got to
rough 'em and force EN-. II man
tries to smash you. you got to smash |
him first. She tells me we got law
here to take care Of that, nowadays. |
1 tell you the law we got hasn't
the teeth in it that It had in the old
days, event" |
RIO BE CONTINUED