The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-06-16
A CHINESE MAZEpPA.

At Brookville. Arizona, Jake Nc
Gray, Billy Folansbee, and Tom Dill
worth, three cowboys, had been Ca
rousing, and were then on their way
back to their rendezvous. Suddenly
Chinaman appeared, laden with
baskets, and with dog trot slow
Iy approached them, and his little pig
like eyes showed that he had an in
stinctive fear OF the horsemen. This
was an opportunity for cruel sport which
Jake McCray said to his companions:
"Boys, let's have China Mazeppa. I'll
lasso the Chinaman, an you ketch a
steer, an we'll tie John on en- run him
through the streets of the town." To
this cool proposition Billy and Tommy
ioyfully nssented. In few seconds Nc.
Oray's RATA was describing circles in the
lir, and All, Sin, dropping his burden,
fhesa faS affsE fs Pqt efteF feg sE bqHnds
of the Mongol, and he was ieiked and
thrown ten feet in the air by the bound
ing horse of the cowboy. In the mean
time Billy Folansbee and Tom Dilworth
had pursued huge Texan steer, and
Bill had thrown his fiata on the ami
mails horns, while Tom, by deft~- ~-un.
lerhand throw Of the rawhide, had en-
oiled the animals hind legs, and
brown him PROSTATE on the earth.
There he lay painting and believing out
iefiance at his captors, although in
heir expert hands he was as powerless
-,s an infant. Billy aud his companion
houted to Jake McC,ay to bring over
he prisoner and added parenthetically.
"Be kerful and don't kill the darn crit.
er, as there won't be any sport in CIV
ing dead Chinaman o ride" Jake
McCiay was careful, but not rs consid-
crate as he might have been, for, when
he arrived where tie steer was strug-
Cling, the ChinRmRn had lost the best
part OF his blouse aud about half tue
cuticle from one side Of his body.
They fastened the RATA to tho horns,
and the trained animals held the steer
II lilly ls IS well as thb b6srs rskXEsn Xss
man made piteous appeals to bis captois,
and even fshed out four twenty dollar
pieces from some rocesses in his
clothing, and offered them rs a bribe
for liberty. The money Was appropri-
ated, but the longed-for freedom was
denied him. They laid the prisoner,
breast down, upon the steer and pulled
his hands well down on the shoulders
and tied them together. Then his legs
were pulled apart and secured firmly on
,ither side of the animals loins, and
the Chinaman was tied so firmly on the
back Of the animal that he looked, as
McCray expressed it, as "though he
growed there" The fastenings were
then removed from the steer. With
blood in his eye, and shaking bis
great breadth Of horn defantly
at his tormentors, he charged
successfully first at one horse
c,an then at another, while All Sin was
yelling alternately, "police |" and
"Murder in broken English and
captors made the air fairly ring with
fendish merriment. Finally the "lery,
untamed" steer was headed for town,
and then began race which beggars
description. Over gully and ditch he
went, making stupendous bounds each
time these distractions We're encoun-
tered, and each bound being accurately
recorded by the Monaghan, for he
fairly rent the air with his screams, and
the length Of the cry was regulated by
the distance covered by the steer in
jump. The cowboys were more than
delighted with the success of their
schame.
The steer would endeavor to turn,
uut lilo ionavieoicss tOrmentUis headed
aim at every point when endeavors
10 make these turns would develop alb.
normal bursts OF speed, long drawn-out
walls would issue from the unhappy
Nongol and when the animal settled
lown to an ordinary run, the cry would
sink down low, and thus like the music
Of an Eolian harp, would the moans
rise and fall. The wild, frenzied bovine
appropched q gully fnlly ei1hteen feet IN
bound, tho steer gathered himself in
one supreme effort and cleared it by q
scratch. Jake McCrary's horse, follow
ing little to the right, and at mar
rover place, also successfully jumped
across the dry chasm. But Bill Folans--
bee and Tom Dilwofth, following i'm
mediately behind the Chinese Mazeppa,
both came to grief and were landed,
Lorse ard foot, in tho bottom Of the
ditch. Tom recovered first and hurried
his horse along the bottom fer Quar-
ter OF mile, and finally clambered out;
but Folalsbee lay stunned in the bot
tom, while his companions continued
the mad chase. The steer was turned
at midday into the main street Of the
town. All the dogs i'll the place chased
the frenzied animal and baiked in cho-
rus horses broke from their fastenings
and behind came McCrary and Dill
worth, shouting like wild Apaches. The
frenzied animal, with his human bur.
1a,, fNIlnxua1 tarn ky ehanfa
barks, and indescribsble din, shot
through street and alley, was headed
into square and plaza, and finally sue
ceeded in going through the Orion
saloon, breaking up two aourishing
poker games. making his entrance
through the front door, and his exit at
the back. His Nemes es, McCrary and
Dilworth, as though playing "follow
my leader" spurred their foaming and
reluctant steeds through the same pas
sage; and, although the proprietor
protested with six-shooter, they, to-.
made their exit with safety.
Up the street, with renewed yigor,
flew the unwilling Mazeppa and the
wild beast, the latter running amuck
now and endeavoring 10 pierce every
living thing he encountered with his
long, sharp horns. Suddenly. when in
front of the Court House, the steer
stumbled and fell. Deputy Sheriff
Charles Smith took advantage of this
and, with few quick cut, Of his bowie
knife. released the MoDgolisn Mszeppa
from his perilous perch. The released
Chinaman threw himself nnder the pro-
lection OF the officer of the Law. The
harried steer, seeing his mounted
Isecutors approaching, struggled to his
feet and darted away, Tom Dilworth,
when he discovered his prisoner free.
loosened his RATA and shouted to
McCrary to catch the steer. and he
would capture the Chinaman. Swinging