The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-08-25

tunately. l tel on my head. and thus es- caped serious injgry. Another. and gen. tier one. was caught. and no further mis- haps befeli me We started from the ranch at late hour. ard. after short riie of c; ;ght or ter miles. ca,aped for ihe night. Oar supper was biscuits. fried tat oacer. and dregsy coffee without sugar O. milk. was eaten with grs.o. Saddles uefe converted into pillows. horse blankets into beds. and we soon slept the s.eep of the fa;iyuei Mex; morning. grlal 5.ingly protesting, had Co rise be- fore me lark. All was activity and pain tt, industry The winter had rus, closed. and wilj-eyed. thin-bod.ed. and long horned. the COW of Texas roarned over the bocn6less plains in search of pastures green and succulen;. Gann, and sinewy. fierce of aspect. ard spirit. 100. here to- day. and miles of to-morro~. occasion ally a, feast, of.en al a famine, of re m arkable endurance. and ot wonderful speed. her life an endless warfare agains, the inhospi,able elements and voracious Sir Andrew-Aquecheeks. she led the e>- is:ence of a bovine outlaw the moss trooper of her genus. Half mlddened by the hunger tha, had known 10 sur cease during the long winter months. yet with vitality apparently uniapa.red. ard with spirit certainly und.smAyed, she slurried across the open plans. the lean. lank spectre of the fa, and frlsky COW that she had been in the days when green things grew abundan,ly. She acknowl- edged nc man as master. save one-,he Cen,aer-like cowboy To all others she p;esen,ed bod iron; and lo~ered horns :, D.: when. ~,,a the ai,en, oi spring. hls echons whoop was agaln heard n the land. she pI: he: nims.e legs ir tapsa motion. ard soush. solitude and saie;l 1T. lgaoran,ous f;sh; And the ~lId and he ad .ess ish; ot cow bo.h iu1G and scared. and .ae :aundenns ch .se ot | screaming Texan IF no: pGss1s.. are oi thrilling ,uteies: ever ta .ae .caGes:a9.. Wlp io.toN< tke Gnw0E;e s.sa; ws;E ,.s,a:es eyes. aac N.:h the .r;ease e e ,ieE: ths. l. 1.T- Ays oe 3s.o.e 1N waa.- ever promises 10 jesuit H. A 9.oseI ..s..a or dis.ocated neck for some one else
 Incidentally increased. too. is that tender foot's interest in the scene before him, when. with spring forward too sudden to enable him 10 roll o.. .c the ground withou,
  ing joins in the chase, as mine did. Helpless, holding firmly to saddle and mane, and crying vainly for assistance, l was swept across the prairie with the speed of the winds. .Ovet the hills and far away ~e rushed. Distractions were encountered only to be cona uered. Over or under, through or around them, she scampered. and rght at her heels, turning when she turned. ran my con- founded crazy broncho. Over fallen trees and yawning ravines we leaped. We splashed through brooks. crashed through chapparral thicke,s. and breasted and broke our way through fields oi prickly pears. On, onward, faster and faster we sped. My voice sank to a whisper, my mouth and eyes were filled with dust, my ha, was lost, my strength exhausted. and my brain dizzy. Knowing ci:as,rophe mus: soon occur began to pray Bu; ere my eyacula.ory prayer could ascend ragged. wheeled like lightning and changed on us flrioasly. My pony. ae- customed to similar mareuters. easily evaded her bind rush by an instantaneous reversal Q: hts ends; b.; |, unused to sa h ;ac:.cs, kep. y!gh. or, barely es.aoei her ,.:.ed horns struck or her back, ard cA,omei ot: ln.o ! hos-~al. low hal,..us li;:Ie waer bu. much mad. Wl;h feeling of re.,e: tha, was again or my fee. and :e.ia nrnA. r9se-ba. holI3r oi ho,s9ss there. 10; twenty fee. from me. stood taA; aa:ato- p.ophasols COW. win tai, s:ifenel and elevated, and head ben: low ptep 4,.ag 70 attack, destroy and ievour me Wi:a j deep hoatse roa. sne came. Face d3~n- ware fe.. la,o me mlre. He, ho: breath s;iaed me. her sharp horn :oie ny shoG.- ter he! heavy fee. ,taapied me her huge pod, eclipseo the sGl. one passed Caddo Henry ard others ln;erposel be tween Is. dgasged me from the puddle and. at:cf some tune. restored me - con s:oGsness Two days came and wen; before could asaln take an active par, n the ,ound-ep. ard then only as a ne.det of;he ca::.e gathered ard punched oy inc others,
 oGr sixth nigh, ou. was truly fnshifu,. .ae moon and ,he stars had expired. and d,:sness r-led the universe. The light a.as daried fron, inc heaven to the earth 4n1 played around and about us in fear ;4i proNimi,y. The deep-,oned thunder 9:ose n deafening peals just above OUT nes:s. and inc load , .llowinI ar rest les. rum ),ing mead of ,he alarmed c4;- ,ie served to Elake :. 1Ei-s.o- worse con- :o1adei to, :aiee ho.Ts they seemed sges-I rode slowly rouri ana focud them, au1 :hen, released. te.Gsaei :9 :he camp. The ;estors o. ;ae T. sh 5an.shet ..eep md hudd.ed n o-s | anse., ue smoked and talked. Cheerful topi $ ere ..oonec, md my one feeble a,.empt a; a s.4.e 2ke was properly si.en ei. The conversation, influenced oy o4f situation, was conhne5 . personal re-o..e .oas oi dreadful deA;t. and appalling iden:s Deafness. paralys.s. anu even .nsanly, they affirmed. had IT many we.i-kaoAa 1 1T instances been caused by ,he thunder
 and tha, whole herds and al he aerders =e-e csen stricken hy the elee,rc aa,d ard mingled and mixed 1T aa inels- tluxufshaDle mass i1.YeCfix F1Sfo