visitedhershehadamannamedCrowJoeworkingforher，aslab-

　　sided，shifty-eyedpersonwholater，asIheardmyforemanexplain，“skippedthecountrywithabunchofhorses。”Themistressoftheranchmadefirst-classbuckskinshirtsofgreatdurability。Theoneshemadeforme，andwhichIusedforyears，wasusedbyoneofmysonsinArizonaacoupleofwintersago。Ihadriddendownintothecountryaftersomelosthorses，andvisitedtheranchtogethertomakemethebuckskinshirtinquestion。Therewere，atthemoment，threeIndiansthere，Sioux，wellbehavedandself-respecting，andsheexplainedtomethattheyhadbeenrestingtherewaitingfordinner，andthatawhitemanhadcomealongandtriedtorunofftheirhorses。

　　TheIndianswereonthelookout，however，and，runningout，theycaughttheman；but，afterretakingtheirhorsesanddeprivinghimofhisgun，theylethimgo。“Idon’tseewhytheylethimgo。”exclaimedmyhostess。“Idon’tbelieveinstealingIndians’horsesanymorethanwhitefolks’；soItold’emtheycouldgoalongandhanghim——I’dnevercheep。Anyhow，Iwon’tchargethemanythingfortheirdinner。”

　　concludedmyhostess。Shewasinadvanceoftheusualmoralityofthetimeandplace，whichdrewasharplinebetweenstealingcitizens’

　　horsesandstealinghorsesfromtheGovernmentortheIndians。

......

购买会员看全站小说，或者下载APP免费观看所有作品 点击立即下载，搜索"Theodore Roosevelt",免费读到尾