Western field . A SURPRISE PARTY, Vv^ESTERN FIELD VOL. 6. JUNE, 1906. No. 5,. HERMAN WENDLEBORG HANSEN A SKETCH. 50ME six years ago the writer, while rid-ing the cow ranges of Northern Colo-rado chanced to find, nailed up against thewall of a sequestered dugout, a smallcolored print bearing the title The PonyExpress, and signed H. \V. was a particularly spirited bit ofwork, whose fidelity to detail and yet broadfreedom of execution and masterly composi-tion challenged my instant admiration. The feller who drawed that savveys hisbusiness! said my companion, a veterancowboy and frontie
Western field . A SURPRISE PARTY, Vv^ESTERN FIELD VOL. 6. JUNE, 1906. No. 5,. HERMAN WENDLEBORG HANSEN A SKETCH. 50ME six years ago the writer, while rid-ing the cow ranges of Northern Colo-rado chanced to find, nailed up against thewall of a sequestered dugout, a smallcolored print bearing the title The PonyExpress, and signed H. \V. was a particularly spirited bit ofwork, whose fidelity to detail and yet broadfreedom of execution and masterly composi-tion challenged my instant admiration. The feller who drawed that savveys hisbusiness! said my companion, a veterancowboy and frontiersman, whose judgmenton anything equine was worth while, and Iheartily acquiesced in his opinion. ThatInjuns got somethin comin to him, and hesgoin to git it ponco pronto, he added, withhis eyes riveted on the grimy picture, hes•^-buttin in to the wrong meetin an God aint goin to be none too plenty good to wait till that mail carrier clears thatheavy sage and <^its his boss steadied downto a decent shootin gait. Why, he rides like he was scared, I putin insin
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