The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-07-17

uOor ul tue buckeye cOIHpHny CuDln.
Their partners had quit work and como up
from the bar. They were getting supper,
but, for time, discontinued the work of
frying bacon and baking slap jacks to come
out and ask ~. p" and companion how
they came by the big donkey.
In as few words as possible Jones made
them acquainted with the character of the
beast. When he had finished his account
of the scene at the livery stable, every man
of the Buckeye company was firmly con.
| WINGED that the big jack could walk the
log " of Old Nick himself but mum was
the word. No hint Of the fighting qualities
Of the animal was to 20 out of the cabin.
Presently Joggles, whose boarding house
was just across the street, espied the jack
ass, and came over to where he was being
unpackcd.
\ smile struggled about the corners of
/ his mouth as he came.
Walking up TO the beast and cycling him
from stem TO stern for a time, Joggles said {:
"Purty good chunk of jackass Been
buyin' him?'
"Well. said Jones, 81 don't know. We
have him on trial. We may buy him. He
is big and strong, and seems nice and quiet
may be triflc lazy"
Joggles, who seemed to be calculating
about how many mouthfuls h, would make
for Old Pizen, at last said
"Well, yes, he seems rather quiet"
Having unpackod the jack, one of the
'boys' gave him slap with strap, as
much as to say "Iou are now Mt liberty.
old fellows 50 oil and enjoy yourself as
! you please"
what" cried Jogglcs, opening his eyes
/ in ama2ement, ''you amt going to turn
| that inclI loose here? The first thing you
know he'll poke off up to the fiat where
/ Old Pizen is. Then he'll be Il dead Jack
as sure as you live! Why, he wouldn't
make u mouthful for Pizcn"
"Well, don't know" said Jones. "thc
jack is a very quiet old fellow, and guess
| Pizen won't think him worth botherng with
Besides, the chances are that he will stay
and pick about camp won't find his way
up to the flat at all
"Well, just as you please said Joegles,
pretending some concern; " but you know
what Old Pzen !"
Eyes, / know" said Jones, "but Pizen
is getting old l guess he don't thirst for
the fray as in his young days. | shouldn't
wonder, now, if the Old jack were to whip
hinl--in case they should get together, y
added Jones, laughing.
What" cried Jogges, turning red,
chat blamed old iackass whip Pzen Not
much! I'll bet you $l00-yes, I'll bet you
S200-he can't whip one side of him
Come now! -
"Thc trouble is" said Jones, that the
Jack is in strange place. He might not
fight. However, he looks as though there
might be some fight in him. If the two
ever do get together, rather think he'll
make it warm for the broncho.'
Won ,ln oh ~ cniI forrloe s.NTo1
don't. Here -here, now-back up your
opinion or take water. "llcre's 5000 I'm
willin TO jist let the animals alone-let
them find their way to each other-and |
bet this $500 that when they do meet, old
Pizen Whips-that he cats your jack up
alive Come, now, PiXley, here, shall
hold the stakes See me. see me come
down. Two hundred goes that Plzen
whips :"
Thus urged, -. p" covered the coin in
PiXley's hand and once it was done, bet
ter pleased man than Joggles was never
seen on the Stanslaus. He thought he had
the deadest thing in the world.
The bet made, away ran Joggles to tell
all the boys in the camp what dead
thing he had on Jones, always winding up
WITHHOLD Pizenll chaw him up-chaw
him up alive" The last thing he said to
his dodgers that night before he went to
bed, was: "Knowin Pizen as he does.
Jones must be gon' crazy. That jack'll be
chaWed up-chawed ND alive !"
Al the evening the jack remained brows-
ing about the camp, and the next morning
was still Understanding with head down
and eyes closed, dreamiy moving his
cars, and lazily switching his scanty tail
Joggles smiled contemptuously every
time he looked at the old jack. Standing
on his porch as the miners of the camI
passed on their way down to their claims
on the river, Joggles facetiously inquired
whether any of them would like to back
That thar ferorious beast against Old
Pizen for another S200?"
At last all the men of the camp were
down on the river at work. About . ocloc,
in the morning one of the men of the
Buckeye Company happened to 90 from
the bar up TO the bank of the river fol-
something. \ moment after, grinninc
gleefully, he called out to those below
The impatient Joggles is goin to bring on
the game. There'll be some fun before
long | see him startin' the old Jack along
up the valley toward the flat Hes on the
sly, and is getting rather keen to see thai
fight :"
Watching Joggles, he was seen in iii,
edge of the timber throwing rocks to urgc
the jack to move up a streak of oper
ground that led to the flat between two
groves of pines. Presently he came bacl
and seated himself on the porch, getting
up once in while and stretching his necl
to see if the jack was going in the right di
rection. He was dying TO have the ami
mails get together.
At last man who had climbed upon til,
bank reported that the jack was not to b
seen, and that he had no doubt gone owe
the ridge into the fiat.
All was now excitement among the men
and two OF three of them were constant,
on the river bank listening for sounds of tn
fray. Presently they cried out that TN
battle had begun All hands fastened I,
the top of the high steep bank, whenc
was to be had fair view of the opel
ground leading up to the ridge, beyon,
which lay the flat where roamed the fight
ing horse. Although half a mile distant
terrible squealing and brayng could be dis
tinctly heard-cries of rage and pain iron
the contending animals. a great cloud o
red dust could be seen rising from the ridge
This cloud, that told of the battle, move,
to and fro; sometimes appearing to ap
proach quite near to the crest of the ridge
then again to recede. All this time ther
was Htdru inc I1Osl Icurlul squeezing ant
braying agnable--sometimes very dis
tinctly again more family, as the varyin
breeze waited the sounds, or as the seen
. of the battle shifted.
Looking toward the camp, Joggles wa
seen jumping up and down and runnin!
| frantically about, evidently intensely eX
| cited Soon he was seen to get a ladde
and mount upon the roof of his porch
, and thence 10 climb to the top of his house
5 yainly stretching his neck to obtain viey
of the fight.
r Now the cloud of dust was seen to rapid
G ly approach the crest of the ridge, an
/ soon it came rolling over it, Then wer
seen two dense clouds of dust. both rollin
' rapidly in the direction Of the camp. vii
2 snOrts and hoarse bays were heard. Swift
4 ly the red clouds rolled on and soon in th
, foremost the form of an animal could b
, seen. A puff of wind showed this TO b
Al. 1.