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Many trailside stories are told of rlie great

longhoni drives up from Texas to the rail-

heads at Abilene and Dodge City. One of

the best is the story of young Joe Murehison

and hi* heavy artillery.

Joe was a cowboy on one of the drives

and. right from the -beginning, he packed

two big six-guns with their belts full of

shells, a rifle, a holstered knife, and heavy-

iron spurs. In addition,he wore boots, cow-

hide chaps, and the rest of an all-weather

peeler's gear.

Most of the cowboys on those long, hot

drives pulled off gear like Indians in a

sweat bath. But not Joe. He wore his entire

rig at all times, like his skin — come heat,

cold, or wet.

When the herd hit the Cimarron River,

she was hank-full. Joe was unable to swim

a lick but he refused to take off any of his

heavy artillery. He just plunged his horse

in and headed across. About mid-stream,

the struggling horse sank with Joe.

The hoys milimbered their ropes to pull

Joe out, but Joe's head failed to pop up.

His horse came out alone. Then a hand

reached out to grab an overhanging willow

branch on the near bank. It was Joe: Not

even out of breath, he pulled himself out,

heavy rig and all.

"You know," he said, "I'd have drowned

for sure, if I hadn't had on all this heavy

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The gray-haired banker gestured boastfully

at the busy employees oi the bank.

"You see, sherifl," the banker said, "you've

got to have things well organized, so that

other people do your work. Then you can

sit back and supervise the whole shebang!"

The two men had known each other lor

twenty years. John Martin had risen to beBank President, while Pete Gardner had

been elected sheriff.

Pete nodded approvingly, as he watched

a teller rapidly counting bills behind the

counter. The bank was quite busy. The cattle-

men had brought their herds to the stock-

yards early that morning, and the anxious

buyers for the Eastern packers had bough",

up everything for cash.

"Have to hand it to you, John," the sheriff

said. "You've sure goi things going real nice."

The banker smiled with satisfaction and

said, "Must have been close to fifty thousand

dollars deposited this morning!"

The sheriff whistled in surprise. "Hope

you have a nice, big safe!"

People were hurrying in and out of the

bank. Pete looked around and said, "Yes, sir!

It's a big day for Prairie City!"

As the sheriff left the bank and walkedback to his office, three men rode past him-

Strangers though Ihey were, there was still

something vaguely familiar about their faces.

. When the strangers reined in at the busy

bank, the sheriff started toward them. Then

he was reminded of John Martin's words.

Well, Pete thought, no reason why a sheriff

can't be efficient, too!

A few minutes later, as the sound oi gal-

loping horses faded in the distance, JohnMartin burst into the sheriff's office and cried,

"Pete! We've been held up!"

The sheriff leaned back calmly in his chair

and nodded his head.

John Mai tin was agitated. "Well, do some-

thing!" he demanded. "Form a posse!"

Pete grinned good-naturedly. "Why?"

The -banker was exasperated. "Why not?"

"No need to!" the sherifl replied.

"What kind of sheriff are you?"' John Mar-

tin cried angrily. "Three bandits ride into

town, hold up the bank at gun point, leavewith over fifty -thousand dollars, and you sit

thero! Are you in cahoots with them? Because

if you are, you'll .np>ver get away with it!"

"Now calm down," Pete said, as he leaned

forward. "There's nothing to worry about. I

saw those boys ride into town and I recog-

nised them horn .then pictures on the wall."

The sheriff pointed.

Martin's mouth hung open. 'Til be a mon-

key's uncle!".

"But," the sheriff said,- "I figured if I tried

to stop them, there might be some shooting.

With el] the people around the bank, some

innocent bystander mighi've been hurt. So

while they were stealing all your cash; I was

organizing a posse!"

"Then where's the posse?" the banker de-

manded."

"Waiting out near the creek," the sheriff

replied.

"How did you know they would go that

way?" John Martin asked.

"Figured they would ride downstream in

shallow water,- so they wouldn't leave a trail!"

The banker laughed suddenly "Now that's

what I call real efficient. I sure could use a

man like you at the bank!"

Suddenly, from outside of town, shots rang

out. Pete and John ran outside. A few min-

utes later, the bank robbers, followed closelyby the sheriff's posse, came riding back into

town, their hands tied behind their backs.

"Yes, sir!" the sheriff exclaimed. "There's

nothing like sitting back and supervising!"



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