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Show HOW A YOUNG GIRL 111 RUNS A RANCH ill "It Isn't ets lo be n successful rnnch-man" rnnch-man" said n pretts flrl to a stranger ono dn In Arizona Perhaps It isn't ensj to be n success, ful nn thing but ranching I. an occupation occu-pation to whose slicnuiius life many men have succumbed And ot ns ranchmen two gcntl-brrd girl, have made a shining success Or, perhaps. It would he mote necurute to sij tint one of them Ills made the success and the other his been eounted worth) to share It and help father the fruits And pcrhnp. this girls success Is tho mou icmiukable In that ten jenrs ago she hod nevei lien on a horse In her life, nnd nil she knew about entile wns relitlve lo the unwlsdoii of venturing In a Held where cows were grazing, enr-rylng enr-rylng n red pirnsol for Institute, or the discretion of nvoldlng su.hn lltld altogether alto-gether If that were Obmp-vtiblo with honor Put now she I. milking what wns Ave Sours ngo a steadllj losing proposition pn a. i . v enue of 10 or li pt l tent on tho Investment Ten seats ngo when Ihi. girl vvus living liv-ing In th. list. she was one of ii. epilet and tonv.ntlonal n, fumllj ns wus to be found In h.r nntlvp State She was buss w Ith htr music nn I her book, and her dear girl frl. mis, like nns oilier well regulated Utile Bthool girl llho had for it fathet n quiet, elderls giuln denier, to whom she wns do-voted do-voted A sounder sister und nn ln-vnlld ln-vnlld brother e onipleted the ramlls. If sou hnd talked lo aus of them nbout canals cnttle beer nn the hoof, loleos an I vnqueios time would hnvc been nied or uu Interpreter, and even then it wnuld have hem dllll. tilt to Insure In-sure nns Intelligent understanding on the p irt or sour listeners Hut In ISPj her falhe i wns stricken with consumption He wns ordertd out to Ari7on.i In live out of doors In lis wonderful mountains And thnt wns tho beginning of hci education ns a rancher Th. helovnl father grew better bet-ter but he could not come home so his ehlldien tnme our to him He bought n cnttle ranch aims, the Snn rranclsco mountains nnd build. d Ihi in a home In u clump or trees there Tins were six miles from Ihelt iicnieet white neighbour neigh-bour nnd eleven from Pies.olt, the lunrest town In other dliecllous thes were ever so mueli further fiom uny other whites As n runtlimin her father was a 1 ill-ine ill-ine Hid markets, cattle-thieves Indians, all plased havoc with the t title sent teiel out over the nnges III. health g-ive nwns under repented misfortune nnd In 1M7 he died a hinkrupt grl. vlng In his Inst hours over the n.. tuned help lcsMiess of his children nn Invnlld son nnd a couple of daughtcis, lhe oldest ouls IS He had sunk not tar fiom $S0 000 on n ranch he e ould not run, und there wns a mnrtgnhc or Sir. 000 on the herd nnd ranch. Hut what he hnd not been nble to do hlmneir he had been able lo leach bin daughter to do ITluougli the ninny months or his ratling heulth she hnd been his right hand ' man " She Ind tldden over the ranges, alio had kept ill. nccounts, she had made many a thoroughly prnctlcal worklrr suggestion, sugges-tion, and lit his death she set herself lo I mining tho ranch nnd retrieving the family fortunes Hho eouldn't hnvo begun be-gun ut n worse time She stilted out lu the hardest of hnrd times that boulhvvestern cattlemen had ever known Successful, w disestablished ranches wero being shoved to the vvnll The re was In addition to her other woes a terrible drought, when the cattle on n hundred hills lay down nnd died Hut sho fought tooth nnd nnll Sho econo. mlzed ns onls women can economize. She got along with few vnqueros Sho learned every detnll of her business, She watched her rights with fiercely igslld i M U Jealous escs, and her herds with un- Wm f Ul vvtiirslng tnre, Lontlnunlly seeking: wMjl r ) ISJ fiesh grnrlng spots for them fj J' ! !H This snung girl Horn tho quiet of nn jlU Xi ! Eastern town spent frequently thirty SHI; V ! j H hoots In the saddle, nt n stretth. Sho fifvH K ' fH M be. nine nn expert with flrenrms, and HKi'Ull IsH SB wns frequent!) culled upon Is show tho t'fSJIi J ji ', l M outlaws nf the frontier what she could ulfi ISt 'fJH do She studied breeding and cross- wM " ill LH breeding and knew the market value of ODi '' iiiBH HI ev 1 ry steer on her r.iugc More, she (KM '(JB knew lhe mark, t value of every other tKfl. fl'lUH steer 011 nns other 1 inpe nnd tonstnnt- Wft pMB IS Improving her own herds by cross- wJl :l-i?.lilH HI breeding Sim studied bulks voluinen wfpf .!lB 1 on cnttle until she could huve Riven R'fB.FllH L IHilnts to some of the hcstMennwn vcter- COS ilLM 1 Innrs surgeons In tho countrs. Sho SPSI9i',)m'B 1 reillzed that some lnii.l ndjolnlng her raS ifiiillil Bl rnnge wns particularly adapted to muln Iff fcf 5 itUSV H in. piling nnd sunk $"000 In whnt hoaj i&t)ti''jWI HI proved a most profitable Investment In lifif B JffjMI H Texas mules Uf 1 11 ri) (I'H H There Is absolutely nothing connected Jfi'tWi'l Jsm H with cuttle-rnlslng that this girl doesn't fMli ii WM HI know, uc.nrdltig lo some people of wr!l 1 fllH H Plngstaff Sue knows the heef-mnktng &r'ril ' iH 1 vnlue of tho vnrlou. sorts of foragn I4 jlgftftflH H gross She has Imported nnd planted uM"kH H a new sort nf grass from Australia es- w IHH flH petlulls ndapted to regions of great f vi f Hi Hi dr.nlk.hls und huge herd.. She knows raj i( , '.SSI HI the pedigree of every breed ot Texas or f '$ IB H Usomlng steer that 1. worthy nf her ' ViM H consideration, nnd what sho doe. n't ik WVj BjBJ H know about prices und transportation K I'MnflLa tates It Is not worth nny ones whllo gn tj Vl9H H to trs In Hnd nut In tho Hvc jruro C IJ) ' Hi Hi Bln.o her father's death she hn. paid JT r..M sflE H off the illiPOO mortgage, she has nddod JJl M''fOBl HH ,V0 acres to the range, she his trebled j , rfffjBJ H tho size or the herd, she hns laid nrldp Qi ,' i ! 11 H cnntiMi nnd uioie than enough to carry KOI hi! t hH H on htr npcntlon. f. Stnf IHjB BH Go out to Vrlzon-i nt the time nf thn ?"!' tlHB Hi season's brindlng You will llnd a fnlr- Y h XBU H bitted blue-rsed snung vvnmnn nt the ij h I'RjflJ JJ I I Colon sto.lt rnnre, In Ynvnpal conn- W 1 'llsH H IS The chances nio Hint sou will And ii' V 'rlflH H her astride n tlioioughbrr.l horse, riding li . ,uH H restle sly outside the cornl watching, fKH 'fll H Migg. sting giving o.cnslonat orders to WtKl I-e. ilsH H the men whn nro branding this jenr'u ',fty'i'"'liBl H tows und calvts 'Astride?' sou sis- lrv!YlHiHi Whs, of ionise, astride nnd In mens lili'EUruTBBl H clothes lloth she and her slst. r her IwSflHJanH H Utile sister, mils recently n graduate. tEstDglSlsH H from 11 nice snung lielics' seminary in wSKBiH H ht liulswenr mens tlolltes most ot rSnHsVtl 1 th. lime out 011 Hie tanze HtJIsfwHAv; H Tlev prrfer tint costume because It iabilnaVW H Is suit, hi, The sounder sister left her !HIIBahH Hi s. minors a seal ugo and nt once b. t taiilKlgtial M herself In being h.r sisters nssstnnt, fJMllMWil H lier bookkcep. r buser. pnsmisler nnd yKffjMMSJS H linlf n doeu other things WlllllsH 1 Hut nt home vorkovcr, oh hut Hint's iBMWBmM Hal different! I nllnw the bold 5011ns WitLvlfHal Hi ' ranchmen" tii to the house I'einlnlno HulsMMEsW H fripperies come out then nnd tho OTctflnkELfl 1 sweetest, most wciiii inly d. votlon to tho nrClfflllB 1 hailess Invalid who I. their only cMl'fflnH LVH hMilher lie Is nn nrtlst Painting Is tlPin'4jsH H his onls pleasure, and fiom time to time ill'&i? ..nsiflk 1 ennvnses and paints nnd studies come Orris ilaRl 1 out to the lonely rnnch frnm the big P8!J-TTHi 1 ciowded cities to help tho joung mm Sj!B tlH 1 fnrg. t ills pain lu the only pustlmn that HiHffi!!lsVBj Bl ho I ns HeillilMBl HI It is 11 pleasant house, thn ranch tWrlffisHIIBI Bflfl home, n house of refinement and Intel- JBBHJBfJJ M llgent nmhltlon It Is essentially tho BBKhILI Ll home of good Insto nnd good-fellowship. BifKMCH il nnd 11 rensnnnhle supply of this worlds HJ2iJ9ibM Bl goodn It Is a liouso of easy chairs, nf Bk(S?wJH IJ mnbognny tnble.. of cnbincts of puree- BifiwiifttiLl ka lilnn of Orlentnl tapestries and ahnvn HiuHuklisfll M nil of hooks nnd pictures, plenty of SJMMftIM H both nnd well selected HDBHfB M And It pcrchnneo you sny la this fair- HmsnBEiIbI M halretl bluc-eseel girl, 'How did sou HaBHRuBl M do It?" she will answer quite simply, KsIBsmJbB. M "Well, you sea I found Ihnt thero nl- KHBvJnifl M wass vli ti good nnrkct for good llleTBKSI Bl steers, so I set mss.lt lo finding out Mhasairi3 1 how to produce tho best steers In tho HDJHkNBI 1 111 irket And, do sou know. It Is three- IHBHiHl Lh quarters n question ot forage, only half HHBBmH Lb tho ranchers won't believe It" HBOMSB HflB J. II. HIIELTON. WBttS&'lM HI |