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A Cowboy Toast
They pass with him to history and naught their place
can fill;
While he, bold broncho rider, ne'er conned a lesson page-
But cattle, cattle, cattle, and sun and sand and sage. And oh! the long night watches, with terror in the
skies!
When lightning played and mocked him till blinded were his eyes;
When raged the storm around him, and fear was in his heart
Lest panic-stricken leaders might make the whole herd start.
That meant a death for many, perhaps a wild stam- pede, When none could stem the fury of the cattle in the lead;
Ah, then life seemed so little and death so very near,—
With cattle, cattle, cattle, and darkness everywhere. Then quaff with me a bumper of water, clear and
pure,
To the memory of the cowboy whose fame must e'er endure
From the Llano Estacado to Dakota's distant sands, Where were herded countless thousands in the days of fenceless lands.
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