| Show FIGHT FOR A WIFE T WAS biln oa a trip to the cherokee strip that the writer riter was as particularly ticul arly struck fulti ith the appearance of a couple that were in the same cir car the man was an nn american AD erlean but bill t than t h c rc w 1 banu ao 10 in t doubt as to the na ion lon allt alit of ills hi v wife ife t I 1 u at the couple left the train and I 1 heard that the woman oman m as a de cendana of the noted chief Hush heid and arid the husband in eminent lawyer of the st louls I bar A fin dp de seccle squaw nm remark d the doctor of our part ion ou better carril at word ord young teller you ain aln t likely to need it on this range broke in a tall man with N eather beaten face ind and huge grey itou moustache stache ns he be dropped droppel into the next cat sat adopted citizens la Is what we clr and v hat A e beckins bein called seeing my dl countenance he must into it an on I 1 i I 1 an all I 1 P I 1 don t sou ou be 41 ceery I 1 aint googin tuh full a fight eldes I 1 never pull dull in gun gum on earlan eirl earl ln but when I 1 hearn him blin squaw man so kinder like I 1 jeet dropped a pointer fort he rodo rode up nil ginst i citizen with thinner hide tin in tri our NT D bevely smothered bis his resentment lent sent ment at the term I 1 earlin earl ln and responded ii v ith good grace 1 I iter ater on when our aca acq discovered that we had spent a week on old prick k I 1 on a cattle ranch in idaho he be simply overflowed wh ich delight NN by I 1 rank lyons ft uz the fust man I 1 capr lot fiah it ion lon t much but hes as square a mm man is ever lassoed a astler course he nuz a squaw man but lord that uz z 20 ears ago ind there t nobody but nez Is closter an lewiston later re learned that our new ac was ana bill 1111 halsteid halstead the mil trill leonaire llo lion alre conboy and of high standing stin ding the cherokees we met him later and he insisted thit that our whole r arty isit him hini we never hid had a more delightful time ills i mch anch ft aas is only three ailles from front to town n ind and is as a mag mant 1 tn in the house vc ae tjan his two ONO children tills this Is her paw a honin bald sald bill st roLing the little ones hair with a tender awkward hand but cn i lin over gander gena luly plas hr her tj i it ha ban a alun ru n along honey and tell aunt lady to set the table on the side poarch carrh she kin outplay me I 1 cant can t h wv liar NN hy by one time I 1 be he continued with a frimd halt half worried glince after her ft N hii hin she v A uz no mor n hi P eire ears old she auz cuttin up dedoes and tind her maw do bothin with her so I 1 says say a to hr hl r very iery starn like it if yo uz to die ile tonight bod go to the bad place shor the devils tie ila down a nil nit tie the wicked folks in I 1 big lake ui us flah an tin brimstone an I 1 i blazin up oi er em an achim him a cm em with A ith Ms his pitchfork an them a squirming min and sin sir alln I 1 0 11 be zot ri 0 o ain aln t bin a good pirl when 0 o gits thir DO 3 0 reel on I 1 ak ered her no she jes kep on her meanness an says she he cam cant as a may liar morn n me siy say daddy debbia me little deball too lemme hep 0 o punch up the la fla we ain aln t never hell no discourse on th oil harri sence I 1 aa 4 ABOUT THE CAMPFIRE CAMP FIRE A at ho he arose and led the way to the slipper supper table it it t birbe cup one night that our millionaire acquaintance told us ul the story of his life lots has been put in the paper bout me at aint so said bill halsteid halstead some sonic a told at I 1 come from england somo some said way nay down in al ah ij 0 I 1 nh ill il it fit 1 I it ont inv coot not 11 in t low I 1 auz a called me a cattle kit keitg an cov cowla bm mill 0 01 ire saying I 1 atiz i t dead shot an had laid out nigh iv it dozen men fact Is I 1 nis x is born barn in old missouria ih rah pal n I 1 m proud roud uv ur it im i cobo 11 ll right out but I 1 ain aln t 0 r o id aldeah bah ft hut but id be it if I 1 auz to round up complete cattle king 9 1 name I 1 don t cotton to 0 IP te thing shore they aint no dead men haunting me fuh wh ht vt sho shooting otin tn I 1 ever done capt rustler rustier ll an they dont don t count I 1 done in clar self defense the ul lust little on pleasantness I 1 eier ha n with jim stevens in idaho an it the almed doge ellve alive today it itne my fault axt it why whir I 1 left lyons in itt vat t over to IL ar 0 e gon n sheep ardin tl alivs in lit my whole life bettin hettin dav na up on in the nine blue mountains poul but a dog uny a atchan them sheep a bi atil an a I 1 broi br owain in lard got bo u t 7 coude t thin think bunt bout nothing but how ho still lit bout eter eternity nit an them stars an wurl orl 14 1 coln on an on till I 1 d git an buggy in mv in head et E I 1 auz to call in my dog I 1 d jump alk a it another man uz in ill m mv insides 1 1181 one 11 1 apo 1 go I 1 lit t fu fit n nip lilt bind b ind an meandered ground sill like all a day towards p r glit I 1 een cn a cabin down in a can cindon on an broke fuh it A bean pot alez atin on the he ashes an I 1 dived into it t s co bo and shep harders rules uke tale an all fellers tellers grub when hen vote how alt I 1 tittle lit cleaned cle ined out the tile pot I 1 cast I 1 up IP my 0 acs Is an seen my own coit it li hangin angin on the wall I 1 auz that d 11 1 1 in ool ish at I 1 d been my own on bena at let me out I 1 shook job wun the picker packer cam round in made a bee line foh texas 1 I auz ridin four veir fob foh benson he lie ii uster tr rent range from od old chief bushhead Bush heid ind and drive the cattle off in the dry ni esquite up tip to the nation an get em rolla fit it we allers stayed st ayed over regular at antelope will jest after we based the dh ide they auz the blam dest deat lot ov os springs vo 0 ever seen equi rtin up tip all round in 1 malan the rankest kind ui us green feed one time at we auz uz thir to anjum fambles i bout i 1 ml nit t c pit us tig it U the ned ne d les throe thru sharp rocks settin on a little mound at humpel up ill uv u a sudden on the pearah and doggoned it if they look like the auz i uz needles a pint in up tip a green pincushion pin cushin auz a mighty little squaw in the bunch pit pipkin pitkin kin dewber rice alongside her grand mim an pip pap she auz is ig a speckled pup an I 1 took a notion to go over thir evenin a 9 after round up tip and set round drinkin conna hany an joshin the little matuska she d be a beaden moccasins in ud lift liff a help heap it me cherokee I 1 never neier meint meant a mite uv hirm reckon I 1 done it more to devil a oung buck at ud be hanging roun l an very feroci ferocious ou well it auz lowering an the night afore we ie uz to pull stakes an 06 cattle uz contrad ar is mules it plumb dusk fore we e got cm em bunched I 1 hev hei ken ket nn on movin in cony coni tint tant ind and 1 lol l lowin it ft aas is a quare sight to see them thou thousands sandi uv ui horns bossin an kayin I 1 nuz clean tuckered out an some lookin clouds itz comin up in the west but I 1 lowed to si adelos to the matuska an m mv saddle on a freeh fresh boss an lit out bout halt half way I 1 herr a gustlin lin in a little thicket uv an some thin jumped out sudden m akl l dandy jump an squat the aqua N go back says she a pantin like a lizard go bick b ick heron F leather father ather hap mad kill ou oil thir come a streak uv chain light nin rippin down don the sky an big drops it div nin rain spattered ered on cpr sleeved fice she site auz in a via 1 NI dander fic iv right up 1 I reck reek op or no ro iq I 1 I 1 lo 10 lovs ks to 0 o voine in an call the re I 1 gentleman a hand put mit A t e 11 I 1 I 1 ol 01 it uv dandys I 1 I 1 idia die in enung to it beggin and bryin it auz uz thundering thun derin and strom iu in ll kety split an ve ie stood pala birli till il ill at once I 1 hebin i 1 buirl ae boarin a beatin an pounding po at vuin t thunder an rain min mv alv horse aar cd ed an snorted an bust loose from the girl an stood tr emblin ln mv god I 1 holowc lio lowered red the cattles stampeded I 1 give one look bick bik foh a minute it auz uz light as day an I 1 seen the v hole herd comin like i i i hirl ind an sinkin the earth we git out n their way i ay they auz uz too doit wed got ter leid lead the I 1 reached down clown an swung the squaw up behin me the needles sa sis a she very cry low and bilm is as she caught mo roun the middle the auz nigh hilt halt a mile ott off but th thir ir wu 1117 a chance f tuh uh us if dandy kep the lead if id I 1 never th ived my leg ivr 0 4 r a gimer g imer boss he ile lore tore over the gratin like a racer it uz thundering thun derin ind and light lightning nin like the judgment day an hall hailstones stones aa as big ai lien c fags p biltl our biad in an shoulders an drove ahm wild steers so plumb crazy it at they plin don the thIc thickets Lets like grase grass last the double lond auz too much for the pony in it ein rin to slack u his ds a uz hell I 1 n an he auz uz lungin along in a heasy tri incerti certain ln gilt he lie auz wu played out they kept gilain geared like we e could feel their hot breith blow blohn in on us we civo up to die tile under them hoofs the little squaw was gimo game clar through aul an never made a whimper bul it ip cone come in lit ni mv tl if when wilen I 1 thought i v m mv poor old man in mis sou lourah rah jest then the light lightning nin glared agin we e aiu ut right in tl e injun camp an the needles wiz loot looman nin up before us I 1 give glie one veil ell an bearin my weight on his neck jammed my spurs clean through my hide he lie give two to 0 three long jumps an staggered in lit 4 lie got to the rocks I 1 arb hr be I 1 I 1 erl ari nn shoved her chr up tip a it ito n the hill then I 1 auz uz knocked over an art dt dallat tnt know bothin more hen I 1 come to the tile stirs allvin an ehe she war batala a gash in my lie held it with water w from the spring old hand dand W la tini that dead on it ud bena belm a cloae call fuh nip tile my riba ribs auz stove eto in an my right arm broken it if it haa nt been tub fuh them st the hosa boss fuat and then the hill splitting sp littin em into two binds hands I 1 d chorel passed in my check checka 11 at settled it them steer steers pled the life out n the old oj folks fore y knowel what hat auz com in an the poor little thing didn dian t have no one to aw sa ing to but me I 1 I 1 fenced up tip all the range at my wife auz loed lowed a whole lot in them day days I 1 an in a ear or two I 1 auz darivin my mr ann steere up tip from the brazos I 1 in 46 my TO next birthday but I 1 feel as limber an saisy as a ho bo conclude conc lud ed bill rising and stretching his good 1 ligure to IN tt full nil hel height hellit lit in the firo light ligh t |
