, 1883-05-10

Monaghan, for he fairly rent the air
with his screams, and the length OF the
cry was regulated by the distance cov-
cred by the steer IN Jump. The cow
boys were more than delighted with the
success Of their scheme. Tho steer
would eudeavor to turn, but his re-
mor5eless tormentors headed him at
every point; when endeavors to make
these turns would develop abnormal
bursts of speed, long drawn-out walls
would issue from the unhappy Mongol,
and when tho animal settled down to an
ordinary run the cry would sink down
low, and thus, like the music Of an
Eolian harp, would the means rise and
fall. The wild, frenzied bovine ap-
preached gully fully eighteen feet in
width, and, with fierce snort and
bound, the 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 Dilworth following imme-
diately behind the Chinese Mazeppa,
both came to grief and were landed,
horse and foot, in the bottom of the
ditch. Tom recovered first and hurried
his horse along the bottom for a quarter
of a mile, and finally clambered out;
but Folansbee 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 in the place chased the fren2ied
animal and barked in chorus; horses
broke from their fastenings, and behind
came McCrary and Dilworth shouting
like wild Apaches. The frenzied animal,
with his human burden, followed every
where by shouts, barks and indescribable
din, shot through street and alley, was
headed into square and plaza, and final.
ly succeeded in going through the Orion
saloon, breaking up two iourishing poker
games, making his entrance through the
front and his exit at the back. His
Nemeses, McCrary and Dilworth, as
though playing "follow my leader"
spurred their foaming and reluctant
steeds through the same passage; and,
although the proprietor protested with
six shooter, they, too, made their exit
with safety. Up the street, with re-
newed vigor, flew the unwilling Mazep-
pa and the wild beast, the latter
running amuck now and endeavoring to
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 cuts of his bowie
knife, released the Monaghan Mazeppa
from his perilous porch. The released
Chinaman threw himself under the pro-
lection of the officer of the law. The
harried steer, seeing his mounted per
secutors approaching, struggled to his
feet and darted away.
Tom Dilworth, when he discovered
his prisoner free, loosered his RATA and
shouted to McCrary to catch the steer
and he would capture the Chinamau.
Swinging his lasso around, he charged
up ard loudly called on the Deputy
Sheriff to stand aside. The officer of the
law drew his pistol, while the Mongolian
crouched and trembled behind him, and
The Sheriff's Deputy shouted defiantly,
"Touch him at your peril" Without a
seconds hesitation the RATA was thrown,
and encircled the officer and the China
man, but before the line was tightensd
br the Caick- turning horse the crack OK
snith's pistol was heard, and Dilworth
fell dead from his saddle. The horse.
frightened by the falling body, bounded
away, and the two or three turns taken
round the horn held the RATA firmly,
and the brave officer and abused China
man were dragged, bumped and jolted
through the main street. The dogs
made matters worse by their barking,
and the citizens endeayore3 to intercept
the mad career Of the rilerless horse.
Finally, after dragging them mile. the
RATA broke. They were picked up, but
so badly were they bruised aui torn
that it was hard to tell which was Cau-
casian or which Mongolian. McCrary,
seeing from tho outcome of affairs that
there would be trouble, hunted up
Folansbee, informed him of the fatal