THE INDIAN SUMMER OF DRY VALLEY
JOHNSONDry Valley Johnson shook the bottle. You have to shake the
bottle before using; for sulphur will not dissolve. Then Dry Valley
saturated a small sponge with the liquid and rubbed it carefully
into the roots of his hair. Besides sulphur there was sugar of lead
in it and tincture of nux vomica and bay rum. Dry Valley found the
recipe in a Sunday newspaper. You must next be told why a strong
man came to fall a victim to a Beauty Hint.
Dry Valley had been a sheepman. His real name was Hector, but he
had been rechristened after his range to distinguish him from "Elm
Creek" Johnson, who ran sheep further down the Frio.
Many years of living face to face with sheep on their own terms
wearied Dry Valley Johnson. So, he sold his ranch for eighteen
