The Red Cloud chief., 1881-09-29

whes the Black Hills fever Vas Q, 10
height McC. ~as ore Of the yoans .
who wen, from 9, ionis ia the erpecs
ta;son OF becoming y millionaire. After
arduous labor IN Dead Aans 6uich %
scaulrei. no, Q fortune. but The skeles
ton oi 4 horse and . mule with . wen
on its leg. which had been nr; siolea
from the Government; by the Indians
and afterwards recovered frosn the In
dians by the miners. He had got them
in the way Of legitimate horse trading
and Was holding them % trade AsAin-
One evening . long. lsnk stranger drove
through the gulch with \ led horse and
mule behind his wAyoa- The horse sasa
tine looking bar. and Mcp wanted him
The stranger stopped and a crowd OF
miners gathered around him Med
ioined them add bantsrod the stranger
for o trade. The stranger was wiling
to give his bay for the mule with . ven
on its leg and $50 To boot. Med was
yery uneasy for fear he would see the
wen. but the stranger did not appear y"
notice IT, Thea Med. vent around the
big bay. Eel, his legs and found him
sound ss n e dollar. lie had on =
Texas saddle with . very broad girth.
but this did not seem \ matter OF any
importance.
Its = bargain" said McD.. refer
ring 10 the $50 boot. and reaching for
| the horses halter in haste 10 close the
trade before the stranger saw the wen.
The stranger took the boot money
and held il meditatively in his hand
..Youny f~eller." said he. looking sor-
rowfully nj McD.. ..you must have .
mother. and | hate TO do il on her ac-
count. Here. my boy. take back yer
money-you' re beat on this trade-bsd-
ly beat"
..Never mind that" said Med. show
| ing the mules bride into the mans
hand and thinking Of the wen.
We'll, then, | can't help il; but I've
warned YOU. You're beatr' and step
| ping round on the other side of the
| big bsy, the stranger uns,rapped the
saddle. A yell from the crowd showed
| that a discovery had been male. and
| McD., going around that side. saw that
there was a terrible ulcer in the big
bay's side which had been covered by
the girth. His jaw fell. The stranger
looked at him commiseratingly. THAT
horse can't live two hours he said.
1.-The lnjuns shot him thar whar YOU
see that hole. and the best thing you
can do is TO hitch him 10 a tree and lie,
him die"
The crowd yelled again. and Med.
who saw that his reputation was a,
stake. braced up. Never YOU mind.
said he. ..jus, YOU look at tina, mules
leg"
THAT knot thar. I saw it when you
KEN in thirty yards of me. meant t.
teach you a lesson. but In n s~oit-heart'
ed ~critter-allers was; IN now, il you
want to trade. I'll keep the fifty dollars
and give you yer mule forthat crowbal'
thar"
McD. gathered hold of his horse:
halter and led him off towards has cab
in. ..Never mind" he said; 1--we taser
a liking to this horse, and | guess III
keep him."
The stranger followed and kept NJ
his offers until finally he said he'd give
the mule and the $50 boot IL Med
would only give him back his horse.
don { you trade horses agin
nv bow" said the stranger. Is h'
handed back the money and took hi
big bay. ..
?.What does all this can anyhow
asked Med.
"Well. it means just this that
wouldn't take ? 5 1000 for that are hol'
in that animals side. I've traded hin
thirty times this week and got $40
time TO take him back. i was might,
skeered for fear you was goin' to keel
him."
The stranger went his way and Med
learned that he had sold out two-third
of the miners of the gulch on the sam
trick. But the gulch was saddened
week after by news Of the stranger
untimely demise, at the Clear Rive
CANYON camp at the hands of Jim Long
wood, q man who never did have an.
patience when he wa beat in n trade
The stranger LETT his mark on Jim
right eye. which he slashed with hi
bowie, and in half n dozen other cut
on his person. McD. is now a ST. Lopi
ofice-holder, but he never trades horses
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