LIFE OF O. E. HOBACK as told to Edna Greet (Vernon’s grandmother)
Wondering, Oscar asked what it was, and O’Day replied, “Destroy that little book you have in your pocket.”
So Oscar followed him into a bunkhouse behind the livery stable, and O’Day watched as he threw the note book with all its incriminating evidence into the fire in the heating stove, and together they watched it burn.
“Now – where are you heading for?” asked O’Day, as they went out to the waiting horse.
“Back to Colorado,” Oscar replied. O’Day handed him the reins and Oscar rode off into the night.
He was rather badly shaken by the experience, and as he rode he decided that it might be a good idea not to go back to Colorado after all, just in case some of the outfit took a notion to look for him and make away with him. So when he was about twenty miles from Sheridan, in the Prairie Dog country he stopped at Jim Kirkpatrick’s ranch and asked for work. Kirkpatrick gave him a job. This was in 1895, and Oscar stayed with him a year. 1895-1896.
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Oscar was pretty smart! True stories are the best. Thanks for sharing.
He made a good decision! We await more of these stories.
The saga continues. Loving this real life story!