Show JIN JINNY Y AND err THE WOLVES fi BY C ARTER HAMILTON I I Jinny TInny was a mule Did you jOU read that Jinny TInny was only a mule your mistake then If you ou must have hae only put ut not be before before before fore it and read some such talk as this Jinny was not only a mule but she was a dromedary an ostrich a red In Indian Indian Indian dian a heathen and a snob rolled in one and stuffed Into a black hide which is only another way of or saying that Jinny was the meanest most ill tempered deceitful fractious bump bumptious bumptious bumptious and obstreperous critter that ever went on four legs on three legs or on two If It you know mules you know what I mean by going on three legs and on two If It you dont know mules oud better not try to find out for yourself Sit on the fence and watch the other fellow learn And besides the qualities I have hae men mentioned mentioned mentioned Jinny TInny was haughty You can forgive a mule for being mean ill iII tempered fractious bumptious and obstreperous ob obstreperous obstreperous because it is the birthright of ot mules to be all aU those things cash cashtown town own or by Installments but you cant forgive one tor treating you with cold I scorn Let me tell t U you what she did When Whenever Whenever Whenever ever I offered her a lump of sugar or ora ora ora a carrot Just by way of friendliness on my part she would sniff at it and say turn away awa her head and nd begin eating weeds or any other rub rubbish rubbish rubbish bish that happened happen d to be around And it because she like car or sugar she doted on them it was because she like me If I threw the carrot down she gobbled it the instant I stopped looking at her So that was Jinny Jinn That was the lady we had to associate with and ex exact exact exact act service from for two months for eight and a fraction weeks for sixty two days for sixt two plus twenty four hours No dont subtract one cent for meals or sleep we had to watch her while we ate and dream about her while we slept That was the object we had to care for like a lady when we wanted to kill her dead make bear bait of or her herfor for if wed ed killed Tinny Jinny who would have carried the pack Black Bess Brandts mare Brandt would as soon think of carving it him himself himself himself self My lb Muldoon carry Jinnys pack I think not not while I own her anyway and when Im too poor to keep her any an longer It if I ever am she wont carry packs no matter what happens to my m bank Ive promised her that I dont know where Jinny TInny came from originally I bought her from a trader in Laramie Wyoming and without consulting Brandt wanted to show him himI I could buy a few things for myself besides neckties which Brandt express expressly ly doubted The trader recommended Jinny as the most Please read the list of or her qualities as above set forth by me add any number more you jou happen to think of translate Into their exact opposites mix mL with gentle genUe slaps loving loing pats and dear old gals to together together together gether with a soft oft convincing smile by trader season with a n melancholy ex expression expression expression as per Jinny Tinny and you ou will have the beast as set forth by him you ou buy bu a mule a man could say all ail that about particularly if he offered her so cheap you Dont ever the greatest bargain Inside the state he wound up with and I take any money for her only I got hot to My been sick all win winter winter winter ter Little Johnny broke his arm and my m poor old blind mother needs lots of things I got to hey hev he the ready read and hey hev he It quick and sence Bence you wont take a saddle horse sure you ou wont and lemme keep this dear old gal Well sence you wont he sighed heavily I spose I got to let you hev hey the mule I raised by hand Why a relar member o 0 the tho family I tike take takeno no money for her only for my wife an little Johnny an poor old blind mother stone blind stone blind aint it aw awful awful awful ful to be blind And the trader shed sheda a tear at least lea he wiped his eye Brandts remarks an hour later I do donot donot donot not care to go Into It is enough that my m nice trader was as an orphan bachelor and little Johnny was a pleasant myth But he had my 80 SO and I had Jinny and Brandt had Well Vell I said Id keep Jinny Tinny if she killed me meI I believe Jinny was as strong as an ox Brandt said stronger but the way she acted every time her pack was put on would have ha ye brought the ithe S P C A clattering hie d n on our heads had we been In Boston Bost n Our outfit was light made especially so for a mountain trip seventy pounds lighter than the or ordinary ordinary mule pack but Jinny would heave and sigh and and ang give little moans that fairly wrung your heart until you remembered the sick wife lit little little little tle Johnny and the poor old blind mother and then you laid a jc s I t i J tf r I I 1 1 i i a Y Yr r ti ry r r I v t Jinny lifted up her voice and laughed strap with great suddenness and a loud I loud noise and felt better At night when wo we removed her pack she generally generall lay down at once to die with a cruelty air that was pitiful to see and as long as we stood watching and asking where the pain was she lament lamented ed wronged sad yet willing to for forgive forgive give ghe if we brought her sugar on our knees oh yes shed forgive us un unless unless unless less she died and the Instant that we turned our backs up she hopped and ate grass She worked her mood for about three days at a time then the ostrich mood took her and she went wenton on two legs fore tore and aft while we were vere operating on the pack amidships It pleasant and we did our best to show her how we felt about it aft after after er put on her haughty haught air We Ve could have stood It ourselves well enough but she was so hateful to the horses and to our little campfire broth brother er cr our dog Flapjack Him she kicked across the river just for looking at ather athe ather her he Well WeB Jinny Tinn Brandt used to say sa dont forgit we gotta otta use fer yer car kiss if It we wc aint fer you ou make bear bait an nn when you ou quit well go to bears Guess stand us in bout four an were goin where plenty plent So keep your eye peeled an dont it Jinny TInny always assumed her stately melancholy air after Brandts ha harangues harangues harangues on bear bait and he declared she understood every word he said However that may be things were al always always always ways pleasanter for some hours after atter afterward ward At first I said Jinnys going to reform Brandt merely honked Jinny had no more intention of reforming than she had of or making our fire and frying f grouse grou e for us reform n orm was no nomore nomore nomore more in her line than cooking But summer passed and we got our bears without Jinnys involuntary aid and their pelts were added to the pack Her protests on these occasions would have done credit to toa a duchess she and ana she carry those things what right had we to ask it of her how dared we Carry them yourselves if you ou want wa t the dirty things but dont ask me to demean myself As I stood on the platform awaiting the eastbound train that was to sepa separate separate separate rate me from my good friend Brandt I so far humbled myself as to say If you cant sell Jinny for five dollars give her away awa and if you cant give her away turn her loose and let the wolves eat her Ive had my fill iiI of Jinny Jinn I 1 dont know he lie mused meditatively as another ten tenderfoot tende tenderfoot de oot in the state an an I dont know as asI asI asI I got an an enemy I wanta do d bad badas as all that and shed grow fat on wolves its been her diet furs I can cati reckon fur bout years So long and I swung into the Pullman Summer came again as It always does if you wait walt long Jong enough and the Sunset Limited dropped me in the early dawn at a little station west of Lar Laramie Laramie Laramie amie and there stood Brandt beaming welcome He had pitched our tent on the outskirts of the six house town and regaled me with the news as he carried my suitcase and guns thither And what became of Jinny I asked Jinny oh all aU right We got a anew anew anew new member of our party can manage Jinny to a turn Yes sir part with Jinny now Some other chap going with us usI usI usI I exclaimed dismally Why man that for Youve forgotten Chatfield Forgotten Chatfield istah Chat Chatfield Chatfield Chatfield field Well I swan and Brandt let letot off ot one of his guffaws Chatfield was an English sportsman we took with us one summer out of sheer pity for his lonely and unprotected ed state He showed his British appreciation elation of a friend and brother out o t in camp by b using Brandts horses as his own and telling him I expect you to call me Chatfield The rest of or him went with that No this is not another story Chatfield was our guest But I will say for our credit that we wc stuck by him for tor two weeks as we had promised gave him the time of ot his life let him do all the shooting and keep the trophies When we put him in the Pullman at Monida and saw sa w him safely off oft for home and anal mam mamma mamma mamma ma which he nevah should have haie left Brandt and I registered a great stern vow A VOW You see now how I felt feltt at t the prospect of a third man on this trip I was stamping savagely toward the tent You wait till you see fee him hes young oung Brandt soothed me And be besides besides besides sides hes saved us a new mule Jinnys a perfect angel with him Rather buy two mules moles Want to turn In Brandt untied the tent flaps Ill clear out an let you ou sleep all day Waste a day in sleeping I cried Avaunt wretch Saddle me valiant steed and lets away Dawn was breaking over oyer the plains tipping the snow caps of Medicine Bow Bo Mountains with old rose and bringing their bases into dusky purple le relief The flap of the tent canvas in the swift early breeze was music to my ears Sleep Who would sleep with the large air of the plains feeding his city cramped lungs and his horse tethered near in the Lets be off Muldoon my I Bonnie Will WUl she know me m again In I 1 I sa sad her then picketed out on the I plain gave gaye my m call Muldoon Mul oon Mul Muldoon Muldoon doon Come soon come soon She heard me answered with a whinny She knew me of course she did Muldoon Muldoon I hurried to her herand herand herand and as I reached her I saw a little white nose two twinkling eyes e es two perky ears examining me over oyer her herback herback herback back this Why Wh slue s got a colt Sure answered Brandt enthusiastically enthusiastically cally Finest little fellow in the state He reached a finger and aId gently tickled the white nose Two months old I told you he was young him young and smart wait till you ou see him manage Jinny hes boss hereSo here hereSo hereSo So youre him I reached out and tickled his nose too Well VeIl youre Captain Jinks of ot the Horse Marines and Captain Jinks he was from then thenon on Muldoon youre a lady youre a darling youre oure a prize Muldoon kissed me over with her soft lips Got any carrots a little lump 1 I of sugar for me Oh Muldoon I forgot Souse me methis methis methis this time Ive been traveling two days an three whole nights carry em deed I r Get you ou a peck first store we come to toNo toNo toNo No carrots Not a little scrap of sugar In your vest est pocket Well its nice to have you anyway anway That was our talk Then I turned to Brandt What about riding her We wont work ork her hard across the plains Got another horse for you at Toltec Shell Sh ll do till tm then easy go goin goIn goin in But aint Jinks a beauty Four years from now be him break him yourself At this point Jinny picketed in the distance lifted up her voice and wailed Off dashed Captain Jinks In a wild run on his little stilts See that laughed Brandt Well Wen its a circus now I tell you ou Jinnys gone clean daffy over him experienced a change of or heart got religion mule religion I guess Why man you wont know herAnd her herAnd herAnd And no more I did She Sho had experienced experienced experienced a change of ot something what it itIs itis Is iR not for me who naught of ot the nature of dromedaries ostriches o red Indians and the heathen alone or orin orin orin in combination com to attempt to elucidate elucidate dud date Jinny was changed let It go at that When it was time to put her pack on she came like a lamb smiling She Shedid ShedId Shedid did Dont tell me a mule cant smile The moment her pack was on and cov coy covered covered ered Brandt with a lariat throw cap captured captured captured little Jinks and tied him to her halter He goes along with wilh her ner a couple of miles he explained reaches Teaches him and its her chromo chrome picture card reward Reward It was her Sunday school picture with pink ice cream She strut strutted strutted strutted ted On ahead of us Captain Jinks mak making makIng making ing his little stilts fly to keep up with her but apparently content while Mul Muldoon Muldoon doon whinnied dud Ind a d called after acter and a d appealed to us with her large soft eyes Why dont you make him come back to his own est Because my Muldoon his Maiden Auntie wants him a little while and flU going to leave leae him all her I property when she dies So be patient I hell hen have to come back soon for forI I Il I l r Our cavalcade got under way vay as the theun sun sum un was lifting his yellow ellow head h all above aboe the plains lains finny jinny kept herself hersel as farr far farin fa fain farrin in advance as 2 she possibly could and tre pace she sh struck considering her pack which was heavier than for formerly formerly formerly merly by ten dozen camera plates a thick tent for or photography work and forty pounds of dried foods and the way war she had lain Iain down to die under it ItIn itin In IP bygone drys cI s was a truly edifying So StI t cle After half an hour Bra Brat Brait t untied Cap stain lain Jinks a nod d he came cam back to his for what an own est m ver alone could give ghe him During this performance Jinnys behavior was the funniest thing I hove have ever ver seen She began by 1 7 calling he nee little littI Jinks to come me back hack Jinks paid no attention he was as too busy bus Then she took the old aunty aunt tone Youve heard people go on that way you Jinks paid no at attention attention attention he was too busy Next he h scolded and harangued dof of course keep keeping keepIn keeping ing In a safe respectful distance from the Rightful Parent and talked about in ingratitude ingratitude gratitude after what ahat done for him and all Jinks paid ald no attention he was is too busy She told tol him hed come como to grief as sure as anything in inthis Inthis inthis this iv world world Grid and then hed be sorry he lIe minded his Aunty and stayed at home Still Jinks paid no attention he le was far too busy bus Jinny stopped topped talking I thought she had given g en up p in despair and was about to take o 0 melancholy iI I know Tinny Jinny She Sho threw her head l ad up wildly wild I sniffed the tl e air and then yelled Bears Bears Bears Be rs She was wa a striving tr ving for Cor effect and got it Th The j jump Muldoon rave cave almost put me I am un am ashamed a to say I grabbed the pommel l and saved paved my dignity di nit But Captain Jinks hain hainan any an dignity to save sae Without With nut waiting to ask his hiR he just stilted off frantically to Jinny who took him under uner her heap hea muzzled muzzle 1 him over told him not to mine mind bears shed take care of him trust your Aunty Au my dear your mama know much about such things always s run to tf try Aunty and youre safe now come com right along before those people catch cate 1 us usAnd u usAnd And Brandt and I nearly tumbled off our saddles saddle laughing Well that Maiden Aunty Aunt mule that Rightful Parent horse and that 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