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Larry James Interview

 

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             The trail was Larry's home for several years (he is not for sure how many). The cattle drive was his chosen profession, leaving home at the age of thirteen for his first trail drive. The days were all work, riding from dawn to dusk. What drew all the young men to the trail? Larry answered, "Why, the excitement of seeing the west." Larry was no exception; he enjoyed the people he met on the trail and the new country he was seeing. "Why, I had more friends across the west then Earp himself, but I imagine they are all dead and gone. I recall on one trip I got threw from this ornery horse and got laid up with this leg broken," as he pointed to his left leg. "The trail boss would stop for me on the way back." At this point, Larry got this far away look in his eyes with a smile on his face and said, "This is where I met Mary Lou, the women later to be my wife.".
             May Lou was too young for me, or so her family though. They did not want her to become involved with a trail drifter. She was twelve, almost thirteen, at this time. Her sister was our best friend, going for walks with Mary Lou, and bringing her to meet me where we spent hours talking. The trail bass returned to town, and we were ready to head back to Texas. Larry said goodbye to May Lou, and as we parted Mary Lou told me her parents were moving to Indiana. "My mind was set, then and there, to return to Texas and then on to Indiana to find Mary Lou," said Larry. .
             Mr. James was exhausted and expressed a desire to take a nap and to continue with the interview at a later date. He did say, "Promise me you will come back now. I got a bunch to tell about Mary Lou.".
             The interview resumed on January 30, 2003. Mr. James was upset because we did not start the day before. He said, "Missy, I was worried you weren't coming" back. No one has spent so much time with me for many years.".
             Mary Lou was the topic of the conversation this morning. She was born in Kansas City, Kansas, on a little farm, which was called a dirt farm.


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