Sketches . Yes, I reckon the Countrys improvin, Theres more people, more courts and more crime. But it seems to me kind a amusin To think about that other time, When the cattle browsed round on the prairie, And theres nothing you wanted to do. But roll in the grass and be happy; When there wasnt a house in view The big tall grass and the cattails Looked purty down in the slough; The blue stem, and the acres of goldenrod, And sumac with blood red hue. Theyr buildin a town on the old ranch place, Where the round ups used to be; Theyve got brick streets and electric lights, And buildens highern a
Sketches . Yes, I reckon the Countrys improvin, Theres more people, more courts and more crime. But it seems to me kind a amusin To think about that other time, When the cattle browsed round on the prairie, And theres nothing you wanted to do. But roll in the grass and be happy; When there wasnt a house in view The big tall grass and the cattails Looked purty down in the slough; The blue stem, and the acres of goldenrod, And sumac with blood red hue. Theyr buildin a town on the old ranch place, Where the round ups used to be; Theyve got brick streets and electric lights, And buildens highern a tree. My wimmen folks want to move down there, In a house with a blue grass yard, Which, countin the walk that divides the same, Aint biggern a postal card. But I like the view of the post oak trees, When the frost in the fall starts to turn the Page Twenty-six ABOUT THREE DOLLARS In the days when this part of the World was young,before the days of Picture Shows, Elks Clubs, AutomobileParties, Golf Links, and Country Clubs, the only methodof passing pleasantly a long rainy evening ,or the long hoursafter the work of a long, long day, was for a party, neces-sarily small at that time, of congenial spirits to meet toget-her in the room,or office of one,and,with the proper amountof that other congenial spirit then and now counterband,relate the personal experience of each other, or tell thetales and stories that so easily come to the surface at atime like this. In the days before many of the participants were re-sponsible to, or for, any one, and their evenings off, were asource of anxiety to none, except, perhaps, the muchabused town marshall. At a time like this there gathered together in therooms of one, who is now a prominent member of a higherCourt of the State, a meeting, with the proper accessories,and no lack of congenial
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