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Show Page 60 man was also in the picture. Bernard spent the winter of 1910 in Denver. Ann chose to remain at the Smelter Ranch instead of returning to the Bassett house. Soon after Bernard left, a handsome, unemployed, young cowpuncher named Tom Yarberry arrived and decided to spend the winter with Ann. Another woman and two or three other men also were making Ann's ranch their headquarters that winter. When Bernard returned in the spring, Yarberry and the others were still there. This was the final insult to the aging cowman. Unhappy about his wife's new lifestyle, Bernard marshalled his tattered pride and refused to join Ann's tribe. Pitching a tent in the yard, he spent his first night home listening to the crew in the cabin giggle, and imagining he was the object of their insults. Whether he was or not, it would seem Ann had forgotten Joe Martin's long-ago advice. Hi Bernard was down and Ann was landing on him with both boots. Ann and Bernard were divorced a few months later. Tom Yarberry stayed around a while longer-until the water around Ann Bassett got a little too hot. |
