Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1875-02-09

Iuptuieu my lei1SIUue ectFNo' 81 Ah1t
; couldn't connect--and away we clattered
Ii was giltin' mighty intcreslin. Tha
steer was fresh aud knowed tho range 70
twenty miles, over foothills and gulches
up grade md down; and Lighlnin froz
10 him, flank and shoulder. step and step
till the pair looked like Two wild demon
of on spree. Turn and turn, over ant
under the ,craggy brush, down bank
and no, this way and that, and quick a
thought. They KEEP time SO true TO eacl
other, lhUt minded afterward sayir Il
myself what heerd in the thenyter once
Two sOul- with bui single thought.
Two heart, Wha beats a. one.
Aud lest then | noticed the steer gain OF
us very sudden. aud see the white enc
o his tail go out o. sight, like meteor
behind the hills. 'Precipice, By -
says | 4; aud then | didn't know nothin :
After awhile. don't know how !ong-
but not long. though ielt mighty com
Portable and sleepy. like. but sort o chilly
and | was dreamin y cOastin' down
hill, With all the old home school boys, on
sleds in the snow. 'Whoop ee Go il,
boys. say, | Keep tho railroad 4 gom .
and lets git warm. LIS . derned cold
night" And then laughed, because !
see big Sandy McClahlan 60 heels over
appetite down the track, :lidin on his lip
and his sled after him and The laughin'
warmed me. and woke up. Wall, ]
stretched my arms. and opened my eyes
then shel 'em agi mighty quick, lor The
big, round, afternoon Nevada sun was
too many lor EN-. Then went back
over the ground to camp, and brought all
the facts up to the last sight l had o that
wild steers tail goin over lhd clih. Then
| begun to feel sick but | heerd snuiin
kind o groaniu somewheres close by
That's old Lishtnip.' says J, and @cnt
TO sleep agin, the purlysst Kind. re-
member sayiu 10 myself, Ii this is dyin,
Il is the downiest sort OF send OIL /
walked up agin. aud opened mY eyes the
sun MAS behind the hiiltups. ani was
cold rs a clam.
rubbed my hands together ike dry
biscuits. aud listened -ai. still, bat he
crickets. moved one leg-all right.
Then tried Lhe other leg-no 20. Then
| looked around. and leaned upon one
elbow; Tor | was down on my side. |
was below lorty OF ilty foot precipice,
in the sand wash, among bSwlders Of
quarlzile as big as mules, and lhick as
punAins on IicA ground IN October. !
was ou one side ol Jig bowlIer, aud 1
could see, Sirelc.iu past the other side,
poor old Lighlnin's head, with his eyes
glazee over, and The LlOol oozin out oi
bis nose about len feet of was the steer.
lyin on his side, with his eyes movin and
his tongue out moAnin about once in
ten minutes. Wal says l. this Trains
of The ir ack and down the bank in o gen.
eral average smash-up. Yerdie- nobody
to blame. But my leg begun 10 ache
ike q whole set Of bad teeth and snowed
! had got to git out OF that somehow, or
somehow else. Down the wash, in the
sand, Id crawl, il was headed that way /;
but I'm not headed that way. Then,
says |, alter had thought and groaned
awhile, There's nobody holdin you-you
are boss Of this contract So l screwed
round in The sand on my elbows, like o
wounded sagpieai, aud started went
about ten ieei-weakened on il, and
passed into another . them sweet little
sleeps. Woke up ag'in and reckoned up
my progress. umph ten feet. about.
Wal, ten feet beats dead man. says l.,
and started up agin, crawlin' in the
1andwash. Il was bully sand 10 crawl
in dry and nice-if III been good on the
crawl. This time | got on lusl rate fer 4
new hand. | must have made as much
AS hundred leet, or over; bat | couldnt I
tell. because o the powders and = bend
in the wash.
Il knowed IL must be about four miles
10 where the PAhranagat road crossed
this wash down in The valley, and 10 that
place / was bound to go, or die wig
glin' Tor it. begun to warm up little.
inside O. my clothes. and moved on. But
hadn't gone far, when l heered, close
by and in front O. me, that 'whzzer-izzer.
izzer.iz.z ~ that means pizen. Down
brakesr says ], because this train can'I
back. Throwed a handful O sand over
the brush ahead o me-'whizzer izzer'
/ izzer!' says the snake. Cit" says |, and
throwed more sand; aud he came ou
into the wash ahead o me-, aud rared
his head up. | rared my head up, and
tried to look as pizen rs he did. 'Whiz'
zer izzer izlern says he, swayin' bis head
} from side 10 side, with his neck bowet
up and his tongue forkin.' You be
hanged says Ii but l missed him with
the rock | lhrowed. Before | could gi
another rock, he moved of out o The
wash. to the right hand side. still airing
in the bell in his back-actiOn. | showeree
sand after him till 1 could hear no mort
o his pizen noise, aud then moved on
didn't feel the pain in my broken lee
any more for 4 long lime after | Ius