Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-06
4 CHINESE MAZEPPA,

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There lived within three or four miles of |
the town three cowboys. Their jingling
spurs, their long-horned and brightly
mounted saddles, on which were coiled,
like long, 1.-THE, timber snakes, rawhide
riatas, the predominance of bright color
displayed in saddle, blanket and cloth
ing, the CLEAN of the highly-polished
pistol and knife, and the rude, active
health and vivacity oF horses and riders.
made them a picture pleasant to look
upon, when such IN inspection could be
made with safety. They we're known to
their associates as Jake McCray, Billy
Folansbee and Tom Dilworth. They
had been carousing in town, and were
then on their way back to their rendez.
vous. Suddenly a Chinaman appeared,
laden with baskets, and with dog trot
slowly approached them, and his little
pig-ike eyes showed that he had an in
stinctive fear of the horsemen. This
was an opportunity for cruel sport which
the cowboys could not let pass, and Jake
McCray said to his companions "Boys,
let's have China Mazeppa. I'll lasso
the Chinaman, and yous ketch steer,
an we'll tie John on an run him through
the streets of the town." 10 this cool
proposition Billy and Tommy ioyfully
assented.
In few seconds McCray's RATA was
describing circles in the air, and All Sin,
dropping bis burden, fed for dear life,
but after few bounds the unerring ria
ia encircled the limbs of the Mongol,
and he was jerked and thrown ten feet
II the air by the bounding horse of the
cowboy. In the meantime Billy Fol
ansbee and Tom Dilworth had pursued
huge Texan steer, and Bill had thrown
his RATA on the animals wide horns,
while Tom, by left underhand throw
of the rawhide, had encircled The aui-
mails hind legs and thrown him pres
trate on the earth. There he lay pant
ing and believing out defiance at his
captors, although in their expert hands
he was as powerless as an infant. Billy
and his companion shouted to Jake Nc
Cray to bring over the prisoner, and
added, parenthetically, "Be kerful and
don't kill the darn critter, as there won't
be any sport in giving dead Chinaman
ride" Jake McCray was careful, but
not as considerate as he might have
been, for when he arrived where the
steer was struggling, the Chinaman had
lost the best part OF his blouse and
about half the cuticle from one side of
his body. They fastened the RATA to
the horns, and the trained animals held
the steer fully as well as though the
riders were in the saddle.
The trembling Chinaman made pite-
GUS appeals to his captors, and even
fshed OUT four 500 gold pieces from
some recesses in his clothing, and offered
them as a bribefo liberty. The money
was appropriated, but the longed-fol
freedom was denied him. They laid the
prisoner breast down upon the steer and
pulled his hands well down upon the
shoulders and tied them together. Ther
his legs we're pulled apart and secured
firmly on either side Of the animals
loins, and the Chinaman was tied 81
firmly upon the back of the animal tina
he looked, as McCrary expressed it, az
"though he growed there" The fasten
ings were then removed from the steer
With blood in his eye, and shaking hi
great breadth of horn defantly at hi
tormentors, he charged successfully frs
at one horseman then at another, Will,
All Sin was yelling alternately
"Police !" and :" Murder p in broker
English and Chinese, at the top of hi
voice. His captors made the air fairl,
ring with devilish merriment.
Finally the fiery, untamed" stee
was headed for town, and then began
race which beggars description. Owe
every gully and ditch he went, maxim!
stupendous bounds each time these oh
structions were encountered, and eacl
bound being accurately recorded by tn
Monaghan, for he fairly rent the al
with his screams, and the length of th
cry was regulated by the distance GOV
cred by the steer in jump. The COW
boys were more than delighted with tn
success of their scheme. The stee
would endeavor to turn, but his re
morseless t5smentors headed him a
every point; when endeavors to max
these turns would develop abnorms
bursts of speed, long-drawn-out wall
would issuefrom the unhappy Mongo
and when the animal settled down to a
ordinary run the cry would sink dow
low. and thus, like the music of a
Eolian harp;-would the means rise an
fall. The wild, frenzied bovine al
preached gully fully eighteen feet
width, and, with a fierce snort an