Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 187, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1911 — The Cowboy Sonneteer. [ARTICLE]

The Cowboy Sonneteer.

I never knowed how queer these wimmen are, But you kin bet I’m learnln’ nftghty fast; The other day when I was ridin’ past I took her home f*m school—lt wasn’t far; And on the way we seen the old Two Bar—’Twas roundup-Qhey was brandin’ of the last. And say! but she was made to see ’em cast And throw each critter fer its brandin’ scar. ■ She’d talked a lot ’bout likin’ cowboy life, But now she froze up, and I seen a ' tear Come stealin’ down her cheek—’twas like a knife ( Had stuck me in the heart, I felt so queer; And now she’s fired me, and done it jest as cool— She’ll never wed a man whose work la crool!