The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1873-01-25


launching IT upon the horns OF the quarry
for a moment the rope left his hand, and
| lowering over the head Of the buck set
| lied down upon his horns. As soon as the
horse saw the success of the cast, he turn
ed suddenly to the lett, stopped short, and
braeed himself tOr the coming jerk. The
elk, more terrified than ever at feeling the
rope on his horns, was bounding down a
slight decl;vity at terrible pace. bat as
he was in the midst OF one Of his gigantic
leaps, he rope ightened, and he WAS
thrown a complete somersault and was
left sprawling en- the. sward, while the
horse never stirred from his tracks. Be
fore the animal could regain his feet the
4 dogs were uEan hial, but they were conn
manded to keep of, and the PROSTATE buck
| was allowed to get up, and with a pecu
1 liar snort, and with stamp that made all
the joints of bis ponderous leg crack, the
elk lowered has bristliog antlers and went
for" jim. This was just what was want.
ed OF him. Gruwell spurred his horse to
ward the river, and the elk followed in
hot pursuit, thinking, no doubt, thar jim
was trying to escape bis, wrath, and as
! determined he should not On they went
When Jim arrived at the river bank, he
swervei suddenly from his course, and
tnmbled the elk ou the very edge Of the
water. where lie was dispatched by one of
the men. whom Jim called Colonel Casey.
| now received a cordial greeting aud
an invitation to dine. with them. We
turned our horses loose To feed, and made
each tther's Acquaintance over elk steaks,
IN true "497 style My new aequaint-
ance' names We're James Gruwell, Colonel
Casey, and - Blair They had gone out
from Uomocelly Bannho for some sport,
and this was the result. They were sOcia-
BILE, coed hearted fellows. but Casey and
Blair seemed to have Il mutua. ill-wlI !;
they were surly ard cross IN all they had
to FAY to each other, and ! noticed that
each eyed the other with look of distrust
and hatred st length, when the elk
steaks aud all the small talk, as we'll as
well as sporting had been discussed, Blair
got up and strobe out toward the horses,
and presently | saw him stoop down and
pick up something from the ground that
glitiered in the sunlight had noticed It
before, but though it wis broken whis
ky bottle, Of which there were many
scattered yerthe plain, having been left
there by miners and oilers, who, constant
ly passed that way. tie examined it
carefully, and then turned back toward US,
I bearing it in his hand
Il wonder what BLAIR has found ~
queried Gruwen> - @~-s~t O. -
An abalone she'll, reckon ! he Is al
ways gathering and examining such
things / would be satisfied ifhe would
conGne his attentions TO geological re-
searches and let me and nv affairs alone,n
answered Casey
Whatinjury has he done you % asked
Gruwell.
" He has injured me ii a way that
nothing but his foul life can cancel. Be.
fore he came into ihis valley with his pol
Iished manners aud pretty face | bad the
| undivided attention OF Z. [. but-thIngs
are different now, as you Know By this
time Blair had reached US, bearing IN bis
hand a revoIver, heavily gold ana silver
mounted, and ernamented but it bore
traces Having long been exposed TO The
elements its barrel and cylinder were
furnished and filed with sand, which
would have taken a long time to accumu-
late there. As seen as Casey saw it, he
arose to his feet and exclaimed, "uallo,
Blair! where did you coIae across my PTS
tol ! lostit the day before yesterday
while in the chase Of anantelope, and had
intended to 80 and look for it to-day. but
as you have So ved me the trouble, | will
| just thank you and take possession
=" Not quite 50 fast, Colonel. This Is
net your pistol, for you say you lost yours
the day before yesterda Y, and this has
evidently been lying where j stumbled
/ upon it for 3 year; and, here is another
circumstance to contradict your assertion
-another'5e Eame# is engra we'd on the
mounting" answered Blair, turning the
weapon over, and exposing to view, the
name and dale, George Wilson, l84S. >
cut deep In the silver mounting.
" DON'T care Il tinker's dam for the
name. guess ! know my pistol when /
sse it. Again say it is mine, and want
it," answered Casey angrily. ~. .l..I
" It is not yours, and you shall not have
it. 1t is George Wilson's, for | have
heard him speak of losing it, and seemed
to regret its loss very much not merely on
account Of its Intrinsic value, but because
it was made present to him by his Col
onel, during the Mexican war, and for
the many lively memories it revives of the
olden time, within the Dominions of the
I Don. And intend TO have TIE pleasure
of restoring it 10 HIM az soon as conyen-
lent" answered Blair decisiveiy.
" Then you mean to insinuate that | am
a liar, do sou ?" e
81 meant Just what said-notbing
more nor less y y. Il - - Ab&E =
4 "And | wlIlbaye your life for T." hiss
ed Casey, drawing his revolver ~
Jim sprang TO his feet, caught his re
yolyer and forced It's muzzl downward,
at-the same time eKoiaimms "Ny Goo !!
I Casey, what would ven DO You are
letting year amnesty carry YOU entirely
too far. We don't want any shooting
here . Casey struggled desperately to
free his weapon, but all bis efforts were
in vain, for lie was held II the iron grasp
of Orwell. lie then changed his tao
tics, and commenced abusing Blair he
exhausted his catalogue of oaths in Eng
lish, and then drew on his list of oaths
Spanish. This falling in its object, he, as,
a last resource, accused him of being a
coward and scoundrel, which instantly
/ had the desired effect - @ .1 u
4 Il airs fingers twjtched PREVIOUSLY at
the handle of his srevolver, and. at length
he said in voice husky with rage, "Col
Casey, have taken more abuse and in
suit from you since | entered this valley
than any other man IN California would
.