Salt Lake Tribune | 1909-11-29 | Page 11 | Crossing the Divide

i CROSSING- TILE DIVIDE. j t?on, I'm a maverick. Just runnln' 1,11 t lr$c nn' gitizln'. Hi aPdlti' wh-e's th' greenest grass an iW i' 'hlnlmi' where I choose. I1 to rustle in my youth an" never had J7T , ra'sfn . IW Hsul never halter broke, an I ain't 19M ft miali to lose. al i&d to tr -pin in ; bng an' UvJn In a f illcki-r iiitf iPurili folks nevi-r bramled me I don't ftf , know as they tried; S fit vou'd say a pniyer for me an' try W f to make a dicker, Qt9 ;or the best they'll give me when J a ft i-rr-is the Big Divide. -1 u- rin ' il'n'1 nf,,11 corralled a night in lZ -ji."?01'0" twenty. "M il" "it I'm rawboned nn rougli an' I ain't much for looks: rg hi ent I don't need much grief becauso k ,1 ., vo Jla(1 u plenty, , i 'Wn I know how bad I am 'cause 1 -k to fflI" 1 kf'r,t "0 hooks. it.f P.' I'm a maverick a-runnln loose stKl unbranded. rff 'Jll 'em I shoot straight an" (itilck an' am J ."'t sot much to hide; tt cm come an' slr.e me up a soon W .a? 1 ' landed. 'AT A '", want my noedln's when I cross m 'lie Clg Divide.' Wl 'cm I rose straight an' srjuure an' a v ,,cver grabbed for lcnth'.-r. .Si 'oped a crippled steer or rode 8 VL in ,rore;oaekcd horse. f11 tm I've hucked wind nn rain an" every sort of weather. t. d H'' t,ll with A I K. Hall an Cap-w1?','! Cap-w1?','! U- I2- Morse, a 1 t hid nothln from 'em whether' It 3 V hf sweet or hitter, i ? V'11,,-'!" I'll stay on the range, but U in 8llHl outside fca n.iblde It like a man, because 1 ain't ? it no quitter. i. In 1 S0'11' to change Just when 1 V r c:ors xhc U'S Divide. -i f.'tm wl'cn th Roundup comes for a)l i2Kh.U5 ,lunnn critters. ' sBSr1 .coiral nie wltb my kind an' run a '4l..ra,1(3 on '; t&mSr1 1 .Wanl t0 he corralled with hypo--'fclillc8 iln" uultters. 1 .me f"i" what I nrn an' I'm 'M!i 1 what you see. jtiwiaj want no stcam-het stall or bran-ill bran-ill i,,."11 r'' lnV ration. Mim- 11 Wnnt 10 "-'"t th L'oss an' face M 2 wLr VV" honest-eyed. V- 'Sms - Im l,st what chips I sot nn" shove rML.S for cnshln'. gts wlint you can tell 'em when I SL"0" the Big Divide. w',,'lt vo can tell 'em when 3 . K' Foley, An Philadelphia Lodger.