Show 1 Last C Cowboy Vanishes To Mexico Plains r. r I No More Wild Free Range in The States and He Goes to the Sunny Sultry South St St. t. t Louis Globe Democrat Tim Tho last hist cowboy looked nt at the caravan n c. c of cf prairie schooners waiting fill lor the opening of or the bl big pastures Far awn away the th L of ol C smoke from a n. flouring mill blurred tho thE horIzon Mexico for me mt wa was all ho h said There are no more bl There wan s s till nil of Oklahoma once Then the tile government cut down th the the- range b by th Ih rt great op opening of or l 13 Then tl there r was the Cherokee strip and und this went out In Iii th the great ru rush ruh h of or 1 rh Then n there 2 was No Man land anti and thi this is 15 s now n a ft pp peaceful country In Oklahoma settled I h by th the despised pl tl nestor- nestor Then there r. r wn was ns tho I I. I X I L h. h with Its G t I iS In a n. soH solid hOtl body This ha has baa be ben INn n n out cut It up I It I t in small farms arms and onti AmIllIo t the he old oil L cattle point has become eConie ar n a r- r city of or farmers And AUll la last t t of or nil all was wis the tho big pasture Now ow that I Is going Tho rhu last cowboy was waR too good goot a l loser to whimper It was a great day lIay for forus us tIM while It ln lasted h ho he said All of or orthis this we western country wn was our tur ours V could ride where we pI pleased a aI I I shoot where we e pleased when w we pleased and Inri almost t whoever we Wf pleased and no questions asked V 4 made this country or at nt In least easL l this parr part o of the country v Ve I got here when the Indians were ere here lier 1 tit fit I lie iso Cin 11 1 I a I V We drove out nut the III Indians Then we wo wo'S S 'S drove o out the thi wolves Then n W we wc exterminated exter ml the tho coyotes and tin the prairie dogs dilKS Now Nov we Wi o have 1 i gut got ot to follow rollow th th- long trail No II more mor United States tate CO for II us u. Tho ol old n Hor ha has Ius made U us bar 1 to to catch It Its It's 8 h home ml and kids and the tIu j ll life lie for or us 1111 after r this nut wo O havo 11 done some things besides be II sides shies hoot up lIP ns owns and anil make tenderfeet ten ten- r t danee daro In III booze joints First of or all aU w we tamed the tile We V. I ha hal haJ 1 t n a hard IU tussle with them redskins J lII but bill billt t we w made lians Out nut of or them fore before we Wi got t-Ol through and they lIf y are ale the peace peace- ablest st In III the West St today We Ve a aroll roll gilt Vm tm all aJi tho the wa way from I ho tie t. t arron Irron to t the t. Rio nit Grande Orantle through h the sag sago sage brush nUll and the till tilt they quit hut steal stealing t alin lug pon ponies s li-s nod and quit lulL burning J- J towns t The picture hooks hook dont don't hc give us nn any credit for or thi this They Jut ju t K tell lell about tho thu times when hen we got gOl off the till range on Oil ona a x e hunt Yet w V we were wert I the hit hI IOn long l ng arm o of till the law hass In this western country cOlin coun pV try up to 10 tilt the time th Ih the ne began hgan to 0 get gt thick k some twelve or ir fifteen years nr ago ngo Time was tas when you could coull t go KW 11 miles on nn a 1 stretch and never n i strike a constable ll It II was the Uti cowboy 00 who l kept ept out the cattle thief thier who kt kept pt out the robbers allt and the murderers rs anti the rest of the hunch bunch r who got ot out principally In the nl night ht time Hard han to n 0 lilt Homo Of or course It hurts When a a. a fellow has hns got ot used to p jr water and t the tho ht mirages NI when the thiP shallows shadows of ol the thet t mountains tal take on Hie Ihie gold g and silver cr In Iii the evenings when the tue gray Ia of or th lii sage h gets ts Into the tue blood a fellow fel ci- ci I y low kind hind of hates half's to I lea e nl IL It It ht has hasI I been home to 10 II us from thin the I tin time we could throw our leg legs across a 1 pony's bl ba back l. l k tho great winking stars at night hl c- c antI and the great staring sun slin in lii the day daytime time I- I r They have t burned lJ their way In the lie marrow of our tir bones bonos s We l Im have been en ent t brother to the deserts desert's loneliness to the li gray rny wolf and tho thin slinking Blinking coyote companions com corn or of the dumb brutes g who vho feed feedon on the lIl roiling rolling prairies And I Its It's hard Ii to quit quit- Its It's ts t's hard lo to think we Wf haVe l' reached rached lands land end that th the old fr free life lIC hn has gone on Cor forever vcr and that from roin this tills time on we must t adopt domestic habits habit or go to where there there- therean are an ri nO no wire fences no railroads and no nes tors Think of Jf me ne with a a. bunch bUllch of or kid And nil he lie IBn laughed hlll wa way vay down In iii the ra cavernous rc recesses of or hl Ills his sun browned chest h I make malte i n pretty father Wh Why the first time I 1 tried to tn hold I o hollY baby I J would lei IN him him drop arid ahil break ale his hia head Its It's Mexico o or fir the Philippines or dinky old Argentina for me The pinto to POll pony gazed around at hl his feet and hi he IH pulled at tho ho pipe for 1 t In minute tC Ami I then lien lien- now n- n Now ow v it jar you OU to tn think that hint the Indian has outlived cd th the cowboy cow cow- boy oy 0 after all nil We must po go o alone Warr We Wear W I arr arr- the last of ot what hia t the literary tellers fellers call tah JI a typo cyp p But lh the lie old painted faced Indians remain and the tho government feeds em m That's what makes aleto me ale want to tu go out and turn 1000 loose this old gun of or mine six si ix tunes times more for luck Still Its It's nil all In the game r. and 1111 when a n man tall calls the turn wrong hrs he's got no ho right I tl to I holler holier when t I the lie hI dealer takes take In th th thi chips It Its It's just a ea ease e of b betting on onlie the lh lie wrong card We Ve thought ht It ft was vas going ti to lust last forever j r We S' S thought hl there was room enough noll h In other parts of ul th thC tho C country for tor thi lh the fool farmers r without th their r trying to cut U up lh the lii big ranches That's where herf wo ve got JOl off ocr wrong And the lie Indian who didn't think is her hr find and w we are the till ones to go f And AntI the tho first son un of oC a a gun of an Indian who laughs at ot me inc i is going to get I It so o th the tho s wont won't t be l' l much mitch u use to 10 him I dm un n S si liP II Pott nO n n. n Sonic Some fellers fehler have hf been n telling mo me moto meto to gi give it up tip and settle ii- ii down to 10 acquire nc- nc quire a n t section of Ian land II and raise a i fatally family Now that sounds good to n a aman man mall who ho has always had a 3 policeman to s see that fiat he lie has lias gone home holO all nil right t cr every night every night and who ho l slippers when he hI goes out cult on 00 the porch pardi to 10 get gt his morning rooming p paper Ir hat hut but I none o of it for viI Willie This rids old ohl saddle for or a phi pillow the ground for or a n lied and anil the lie l long ng tail of the coyote II to sing me mf to sie sleep p. p Pu Ill Id just a iz Ir soon h he In jail 11 as cooped up tip n na na na a cott cottage gt The TIll stampede th the long lOllS long days R on the fla Montana i trail the tho night rides the thirst and the lie hunger and anti the good old wind windy ranges ar are what call to me mf A man mati who has haM had his fe feet Et frozen IO en to his stirrups who has hail had sno snow blindness s and sand blindness s. s who has haq thrown v ild steers tf erA with hl isis his naked hands and aril snapped rl rattlesnakes rattlesnakes' s' s head off oft o a. a a child chili would pop a whip would look like a fool h beside n fireside with witha a bab baby on hl his knee There 1 was a n long iong I rause lII P a ni d lie tho pipe s sent nt l long ng streamers I into tho hazy blue of the sky k J lie h. h kicked with his heels heel I I In the th sand santi and watched th the sun oln going down Well Wt we well we'll go up Into British Columbia Co I lumbia maybe Th They y tell lell me th there r s Ii big bit I up tip there Anyway n wa were we're not wanted here Its It's Co Go away awny I old air peoples cro go o away n If H It a wasn't nt that th the he Indian has haM got he the laugh on u us I at nt the la last t. t That's the rite rub That s the pinching shot shoe Still It all com 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