The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-04-29
A Chinese Mazeppa.

Billy Folansbee, and Tom Dllworth, three
COWBOYS, had been carousing, and were
then on their way back to their rendezvous
Suddenly Chinaman appeared, laden with
baskets, and with dog trot slowly APP
preached them, and his little pig-like eyes
showed that he had an instructive fear of
the horsemen This was an opportunity
for cruel sport which the cowboys could not
let pass, and Jake McCray said to his COM
panions :-"Boys, let's have China Ma
zeppa I'll lasso the Chinaman, an you
ketch steer, an well tie John on an run
him through the streets of the town. To
this cool proposition Billy and Tommy joy
fully assented. In few seconds McCray's
RATA was describing circles in the air, and
All Sin. dropping his burden, fled for dear
life; but after few bounds the unerring
RATA cncircled the limbs of the Mongol, and
he was jerked and thrown ten feet in the
air by the bounding horse Of the cowboy
In the mean time Billy Folansbee and Tom
Dilworth had pursued huge Texan steer,
and Bin had thrown his Rata, ON the ami
mails horns, while Tom, by deft under
hand throw of the rawhide, had encoiled
the animals hind legs. and thrown him
PROSTATE on the earth There he lay pant
ing and believing out defiance at his cap
tors. although In their expert hands he was
a. powerleSs as an infant Billy and his
companion shouted to Jake MeCray to
bring over the prisoner and added paren-
thetically. BE kerful and don't kill the
darn critter. az there won't be any sport in
given dead Chinaman a ride. Jake
McCray was careful, but not as considerable
a. he might have been, for, when he arriv-
ed where the steer was struggling, the
Chinaman had lost the best part Of his
blouse and about half the cutiele from one
side Of his body.
They fastened the RATA to the horns, and
the trained animals held the steer fully as
vel. as though the riders were in the sad
die The trembling ChiRaman made pit
eous appeals TO his captors, and even Eshed
cut four twenty-dollar pieces from some re-
eessts in his clothing, and offered them as
a bribe for liberty. The money was APP
propriatcd, but the longcd-for freedom was
denied him. They laid the prisoner. breast
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well down on the shoulders and tied them
together. Then his legs were pulled apart
and secured firmly ON either side of the
animals loins. and the Chinaman was tied
80 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 his great breadth Of
horn de6anily at his torInentors, he charged
successively first at ono horseuan then At
another, while Al Sin was yelling alter
naiely. Police r and Murder in hrok-
en- English and Chinese. at the top Of his
voice, His eap,ors made the air fairly ring
with tiendish merriment FinAlly,the fiery.
antamed steer was headed for town, and
then began race whiSh bcggars descrip-
tion. Over gully and ditch he went, max
ing stupendous bounds each time these OBJ
ssruetions we're encountered, and each bound
being accurately recorded BY the MongO-
han, for he fairly rent the air with his
scFeams. and the length of the cry was
regulated hy the distance covered BY the
SER il ], jump. The cowboys Sere more
than delighted with the -aeeess IT their
scheme.
The steer would endeavor 20 turn, but
hfs rcmorscls-s tormentors headed him at
every point. when endeavors 10 make these
turns would develop abnormal bursts Of
sped, long drawn-oat walls would issue
from the unhappy MoBgok and when the
animal settled down to an ordinary run, the
CIV would sink down low, and thus, ike
the music Of an E.olian harp, would the
means rise and fall The Wild, frenEied
bovine approached gully fully eighteen
fsct in width, and. with fierce snort and
bound. the steer gathered himself in one
supreme effort and cleared il by scratch
Jake McCrary horse, following little 20
the right, and at 3 narrower place, also sue
ecssfully jumped aerOSs the dry chaSm.
But Bill Felansbee and Tom Dilworth, fol
lowing Immediately behind the Chinese
Maxeppa, both came to grief and were
landed horse and foot, in the bottom of
the ditch. Tom recovered hrsl and hur
ried his horse along the bottom for aquaF
ter Of mile, and finally eianlbered out;
but Folansbee lay stunned in the bottom,
while his companions continued the mad
chase, The steer sas turned at midday
into the main street Of the town. Al the
dogs in the place chased the frenzied ami
NAL and barked in chorus horses broke
from their fastenings and behind came Me
caTy and DilwoFth, shouting like wild
Apaehes. The frenzied animal, with his
human burden. followed everywhere BY
shouts, barks, and Undesirable din; shot
through street and alley, was headed into
square and plaza, and finally succeeded IN
going through the Orion saloon, breaking
up two Furnishing poker games, making
his entrance through the front door, and
his exit at the back, His Nemeses, Me
CTary and Dilworth, as though playing
follow my leader, spurred their foaming
and reluctant steeds through the same pas
sage; and, although the proprietorprotested
with six-shooter, they, too, made their
exit with safety
Up the street, with renewed yigur, flew
the unwilling Mazzeppa and the wild beast,
the latter running amuck now and endeay-
oring TO pierce every living thing he en-
countered with his long, sharp horns.
Suddenly, when in front of the court house,
the steer stumbled and fell Deputy sher-
III Charles Smith took advantage of this
and, with few quick cuts of his bowie
knife, released the Monaghan Mazeppa from
his perilous perch The released Chinaman
threw himself under the protection Of the
officer of the law The harried steer, see
ing his mounted prosecutors approaching,
struggled to his feet and darted away.
Tom Dilworth, when he discovered his
prisoner free, loosened his RATA and shouted
to McCary to catch the steer, and he would
capture the Chinaman. Swinging his lasso
around, he charged up and loudly called on
the deputy sheriff to stand aside. The
officer of the law drew HIS pistol, while the
Monaghan crouched and trembled behind
him, and the deputy sheriff shouted def
antly, Touch him at your peril Without
a seconds hesitation the RATA was thrown,
and eneircled the officer and chinaman, but
before the line was frightened by the quick
turning horse, the crack of Smiths pistol
was heard, and Dilworth fell dead from his
saddle The horse, frightened BY the fall
ing body, bounded away, and the two or