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CHAPTER II
OW did I come to get myself
disliked down at the Chanta
Seechee Well Ill tell you
Bald lleddy the cow ouncber
The piny came up like this First
they made the Chanta Seechee Into a
stock company then the stock com
pany put all their brains in one think
and says they Well make this man
Jones superintendent and the ranch
Is all right at once So out comes
Jones from Boston Mass and what
he didnt know about running a ranch
was common talk In the country but
what he knew about running a ranch
was too much for one man to carry
around He wasnt a bad hearted fel
ler In some ways yet on the whole ho
felt It was an honor to a looking glass
to have the pleasure of reflecting him
Looking glass I should say he had
And a bureau and a bootblackiug jig
ger and a fenther bed and curtains
and truck in his room Strange fellers
used to open their eyes -when they saw
that room theyd say
Whose little birdie have we here
And other reranrks that hurt our feel
ings considerable Jonesy he said the
fellers were a rank lot of barbarians
He said it to old Neighbor Cases face
and he and the old man came together
like a pair of hens for Jonesy had
sand in spite of his faults That was
a fight worth traveling to see They
covered at least an acre of ground
they tore the air with upper swats and
cross swipes they hollered they jump
ed and they pitched and when the dif
ficulty was adjusted we found that
Jonesys coat was painfully ripped up
the back and Neighbor Case had lost
his false teeth One crowd of fellers
patted Jones on the back and said
Never mind your coat old horse
youve licked a man twice your age
andJj other comforted Neighbor say
ing Vever mind Case you can ease
your mind by thinking how you headed
up that rooster and he fifty pounds
lighter than you
Jonesy put on airs after that He
felt he was a hard citizen And then
he had the misfortune to speak harsh
ly to Arizona Jenkins when Old Dry
Belt was in liquor Then he got roped
and dragged through the slough He
cried like a baby while I helped him
scrape the mud off but not because
he was scared No sir That little
runt was full of blood and murder
You mark me now Red says he
the tears making bad land water
courses through the mud on his
cheeks I shall fire upon that man
the first time I see him Will you
lend me your revolver
Lord Jones see here says I
Dont you go making any such billy
goat play as that Keep his wages
until he apologizes Put something
harmful In his grub but as you have
respect for the Almightys handiwork
as represented by your person dont
pull a gun on Arizona Jenkins Thats
the one thing he wont take from no
body
D-d-darn him snivels Jonesy 1
aint afraid him and the
strange fact is that he wasnt Well
I saw he was in such a taking that
he might do something foolish and get
hurt so I goes to Arizona and says I
You ought to apologize to Jones
What Zony replied aint worth repeat
ing And you along with him he
winds up
Now aint that childish I says
A six footer like you that can shoot
straight with either hand and yet aint
got generosity enough to ease the feel
ings of a poor little devil thats fair
busting with shame
Well what did he want to tell me
to shut up my mouth for cried Old
Dry Belt Men have died of less than
that
Aw shucks Zony I says A
great big man like you oughtnt to
come down on a little cuss whos all
thumb hand side and left feet
That be Mowed says he only he
- says it different JLd like to know
f what business such a sawed off has
to come and tell a full grown man
like me to shut up his mouth Hed
ought to stay in a little mans place
and talk sassy to people his own size
rVVhen he comes shooting off his bazoo
a man that could swaller him whole
Without loosening his collar its
ftdence thats what it Is
1 Well as a favor to me V I says
Well if you put it in that way I
Wtwant to be small about it
JSo Arizona goes up to Jones and
jjSlcks out his hand Theres my hand
ones he says Im mighty sorry you
1 me to shut up my mouth says he
J So am V say3 Jones heartily not
vhklng in the sense of the words but
ipellng that it was all in good Inten
sion So that was all rlght and I
iood in with the management In great
sbape for fixing up the fuss so pleas-
t But it didnt last aney say
lasts in this world Theres some
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Red oaunaers
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retty solid rocks in the Coeur
ho wever and I should luce to
ait around and see if tbfey dont hold
5ttit but 111 never make it Ive been
W too much excitement
Well the next thiae after Jonesy
get established was that his niece
roast come out durlnnr vacation -and
pay him a visit Jeerusalem thlnk
I Jonesys niece I had visions of a
thin yaller sour little ploce with
mouse colored hair plastered down on
her head and an unkind word for ev
erybody Jonesy told me about her be-
Ing In college and then I stuck a pair
of them nose grabber specks on the
picture I can stand most any kind
of a man but if theres anything that
makes tho tears come to my eyes ifs
a botch of a woman I know they
may have good qualities and all that
but I dont like em and thats the
whole of It We gave three loud
groans when we got the news In tho
bull pen And I cussed for ten min
utes straight without repeating my-
self once when it so fell out that the
members of the board rolled out our
way the day the girl had to be sent
for and Jonesy couldnt break loose
i and your uncle was elected to take
the buckboard and drive twenty miles
to the railroad I didnt mind the go
ing out but that twenty miles back
with Jonesys niece Say I foamed
like a soda water bottle when I got
into the bull pen and told the boys
my luck
Well says Kyle Lambert thats
what you might expect your sins have
found you out
No they aint theyve caught me
at home as usual says I Well Ill
give that eastern blossom an Idea of
the quality of this country anyhow
So I togs myself up in the awfullest
rig I could find strapped two catridge
belts to me every hole filled and a
gun in every holster put candle grease
on my mustache and twisted the ends
up to my eye winkers stuck a knife
in my hatband and another In my boot
threw a shotgun and a rifle In the
buckboard and pulled out quick
through the colt pens before Jonesy
could get his peeps on to me
Well sir I was jarred witless when
I laid my eyes on that young woman
Id had my mind made up so thorough
as to what she must be that the facts
knocked me cold She was the sweet
est handsomest healthiest female I
ever see It would make you believe in
fairy stories again just to look at her
She was all the things a man ever
wanted In this world rolled up in a
prize package Tall round and soople
limber and springy in her action as a
thoroughbred and with something mod
est yet kind of daring In heriqiee that
would remind you of a goov honest
boy Red white and black were the
colors she flew Hair and eyes black
cheeks and lips red and the rest of
her white Now theres a pile of dif
ference In them colors when you say
red for Instance you aint cleaned
up the subject by a sight My top
knots red but that wasnt the color
of her cheeks No that was a color
I never saw before nor since A rose
would look like a tomater alongside of
em Then too Ive seen black eyes
so hard and shiny you could cut glass
with em And again that wasnt her
style The only way you could get a
notion of what them eyes were like
would be to look at em youd remem
ber em all right if you did Seems
like the good Lord was kind of care
less when ne built Jonesy but when
he turned that girl out he played
square with the fambly
I aint what you might call a man
thats easily disturbed In his mind but
I know I says to myself that first day
If I was ten- year younger young
lady theyd never lug you back east
again Gee man There was a time
when Id have pulled the country up
by the roots but Id have had that girl
I notice I dont fall in love so violent
as the years roll on I can squint my
eye over the cards now and say Yes
thats a beautiful hand but I reckon
Id better stay out and lay em down
without a sigh whereas when I was
a young feller if I had three aces in
Bight Id raise the rest of the gathering
right out of their foot leather or get
caught at It Usually I got caught at
It for a man couldnt ran the mint
long with the kind of luck I have
Well I was plumb disgusted with
the fool way Id rigged myself up but
fortunately for me Darragh the sta
tion man came out with the girl
Theres Jteddy from your ranch now
maam says he and when he caught
Bight of me Whats the matter Red
Are the Injuns up
Darragh was a serious Irishman
nnd thats the mournfulest thing on
top of the srlobe and besides he be
lieved anything youd tell him There
aint any George Washington strain in
my stock so I proceeded to get out of
trouble
They aint up exactly says I but
It looked as if they were a leetle on the
rise and being as I had a lady to look
out for I thought Id play safe
The color kind of went out of the
girls cheeks Eastern folks are scan
flalous afraid of Injuns
Perhaps Id better not start says
Bhe
Dont you be scart miss says
Darragh Youre all right as long asJ
youre with Red hes the toughest
proposition weve got In this part of I
the country
Tm obliged to you Darragh saysi
L He meant well but hells full of
them people Id have given a months -wages
for one lick at him
I stepped uptp ierwjthmy hat
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or TnyTOTrra toisa snaree says r
alio was Jonesys sisters child If
you come along with mo Ill guarantee
you a safe Journey If any harm
reaches you It will be after one of the
liveliest times In the history of tho
territory
At this she laughed Very well
says she Ill chance It Mr Red
His name aint Red puts In Dar
ragh solemn Hls names Saunders
I We call him Red because uf his hair
j Im sure I beg your pardon sayB
Miss Loys all of a fluster
I Thats all right maam No dam
age done at all says I Its useless
i for mo to try to conceal the fact that
my hair Is a little on the auburn You
mustnt mind what Darragh says
Weve had a good deal of hot weath
er lately and his brains have gone
wrong Now hop in and well touch
the breeze So I piled her trunk in
and away we flew
Bud and Dandy were a corking lit
tle team Theyd run the whole dis
tance from the railway to the ranch
if youd let em and I never Inter-
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i stepped up to her with my hat in my
hand
fered A straight line and the keen
jump hits me all right when Im going
some place although I can loaf with
the next man on occasion So we
missed most of the gulleys
The ponies were snorting and pull
ing grass the buckboard bouncing
behind emike a rubber ball and we
were crowding Into the teeth of the
northwest wind which made it seem
as if we were traveling 100 per cent
better than a Dutch clock would
show v
Goodnass gracious says the girl
do you always go like this in this
country And arent there any roads
Why no says I Hike and I
snapped the blacksnake over the po
nies ears and they strung themselves
out like a brace of coyotes nearly
pulling the buckboard out from under
us Sometimes we travel like this I
says And as for roads I despise em
Youre not afraid are you
Indeed Im not I think ifs glo
rious Might I drive
If I can smoke says I then you
can drive Id heard about young wo
men whod been brought up so tender
that tobacker smoke would ruin their
morals or something and I kind of
wondered if she was that sort
Thats a bargain says she prompt
But how youre going to light a cigar
in this wind I dont see
Cigarette says I And if you
would kindly hold my hat until I get
one rolled Ill take it kind of you
But what about the horses says
she
Put your foot on the lines and
theyll make Thats the main and
only art of driving on the prairie not
to let the lines get under the horses
feet All the rest Is just sit still and
look at the scenery
She held my hat for a windbreak
and I got my paper pipe together
And then not a match I searched
every pocket Not a lucifer That is
more of what I got for being funny
and changing my clothes And then
she happened to think of a box she
had for traveling and fished it out of
her grip
Young lady I says until it comes
to be your bad luck which I hope
wont ever happen to be very much in
love with a man who wont play back
youll never properly know the pangs
of a man thats got all the materials
to smoke with except the fire Now if
I have a chance to do as much for you
some time Im there
She laughed and crinkled up her
eyes at me All right Mr Saunders
When that obdurate man disdains me
Ill call for your help
The place for the man that would
disdain you is an asylum says I
And the only help Id give you would
be to put him there She blushed real
nice I like to see a woman blush
Its a trick they cant learn
But I see she was put out by my
easy talk so r gave her a pat on the
back and says Dont mind me little
girl We fellers see an eighteen carat
woman so ssldom that it goes to our
heads There wasnt no offense meant
and youll be foolish if you put it
there Lets sliake hands
So she laughed again and shook I
mean shook It wasnt like handing
you so much cold fish the way some
women shake hands And Loys and-me-
we wera full nards fxom data
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