Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-04-06

most skillful lariater there was il
Texas, said:
boys, suppose we saddle ouI
horses ana go out on the prairi,
and rope a wolf"
Inc suggestion was agreed TO
and the horses, having had "A good
rest OF several days. were soon ac
contred, and the party started out
After we had ridden mile or so. n
coyote Jumped up from his bed in
the long grass and, gnlloping of a
Few hundred yards, Squatted himself
on mound and watched our move.
ments. The party divided and rode
on IN opposite directions, and be.
fore his wulfship was aware of the
fact he was entirely surrounded.
NOW, boys said Bill. zone OF
YOU run hlm for a couple OF hundred
wards, and then let another cut in,
head his course and drive him back
In this way we can tire Inn ont,
ana then I'll come in and drop my
lariat around his neck"
"' ''i'''IoHN Nfie carried OUT,
and Tor sometime the race was as
pretty as ever thrilled hints
mans heart. The coyote could with
ease ontStrip the fastest horse. but
when he Imagined that his course
was clear he would suddenly see
the enemy bearing down ahead of
him. He would then turn. hut
again his path would be blocked
by IA swift footed pony. Time aud
time again did he pnleavar 10 ee,
on the outside of the narrowing cir
clc OF horScncn. but the COW bows
had no lIca of allowing him To do
anything ut the kind, and holding
hlcN then ponies until he headed
Tor the" they dashed forward and
turned him from one point to
another until he became hcuildercd
and iatlgucd hy his efforts 10 cs
cape. Bill Ecn>un. seeing that the
r"Not" WAS tired out. bore down on
hIm' and with a neat throw placed
tn" moose OF larlat around his
meek, but the wolf with n 0nick
turn OF his head and snap of his
teeth severed the thongs of plated
raW-hide rs smoothly as if they had
been cut with u knife. and then
daShlng t. a mound near by disap.
pcared in hole.
boys said Bill, as We rode
around the mound, I'm going into
that VOLTS den and pull him out.
lie has ruined my lariat. and if |
don't slice his hide I'm u liar" and,
diNmoun'inG, without further par.
ley he drew Il bowie knife from his
Dr,t ANA began crawling int o the
hole. When all OF his body had
disappeared, and hlc the crowd
were SurnlSlnG aS 10 what the RI.
suit would be We suddenly heard a
NollcY of SmOthprcd OathS and wells.
ana the next minute Il pair Of nun.
Der nine boots were kicking franti
calIy ont of the hole. Fearing that
Eli had been bitten BY the COYOTE,
we clntchrd his legs and yanked
HIM ont of the hole, and as we did
so he began rolling in the grass and .
curSlnG like mailman, while we
stepped back and held our noses.
He S'nclled SO bad that we forgot
his name, and the more he rolled
the worse he smellcd, until the
horses snOrted at the dreadful odor
which asSailed their nostrils. I
"N hats the matter, Bill, did he
bite you!" inquired one of the BOYS.
"Blte me, HI. no." he yelled, as
he tore of his clothing and flung it
from him, "durn my fool soul.
Phew' Jerusalem! what Il stink"
Odd you see the wolf Billf-
asked another.
'Doh't talk to me about the
WOLF he howlcd. don't talk TO me.
That d-n hole is full of ploecats
gol dnrn their nasty hides" Such
was the case. 4 number of pole.
cats which are usually found in the
same den with n wolf had voted
against Bills intrusion, and. judg.
ing from the way he smelled, they
must have voted number OF times
without even stopping to show
their registration papers. Ii was a
long time before Bill Benson sniff
GENTLY recovered from the effects
of his adventure to allow him to at.
tend any of the balls given at the
ranches. The adventure also cured
him of all desire he had to crawl
into wolf holes.
My brethren said a western