The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-08-25

our talnGfS vas fcsArfGt ut<I<3ke. ana
 that had as length realized ia my o~n
 proper person tha, the name and the
 locality and the deep significance of the
 familiar word displaced hy Hades :" ] were actual, palpable facts, and no,
 merely puxzling parables. aweke and
 sprang to my feet. ~ii6 with terror-to have my frigh, increased to frenzy by
 finding myself deserted bv my comrades , and surrounded by hundreds of frantic. stampeded cattle. Raising my eyes in
 mute appeal to heaven. saw an answer
 10 my prayer in a stun,ed oak tha, grew by me. Another moment and l was
 trembling among iss branchea. The others. mounting ID ho, has1e the instan,
 the alarm was gwen. had darsed to the
 front. With only few yards intervening
 between them and the lamhering heasts,
 with their reins frightened and 0oir spun
 dripping blood. they aew n Ill speed
 across the head of the column nn6 es-
 sayed the perileus task of turning the leaders from their course. Their yells
 and curses sounded clear and high above
 ,he din of all things else and as short in
 tervals the sharp crack of their revolvers
 would be heard and their bright flashes
 would glean amid the darkness.
 Day dawned and revealed 10 sight me
 still up the tree, ard my wearied com
 panions cirolins around but A fraction of
 the many cattle tha, had been in ,hei,
 power the day before.
 Having. in the course of two or three
 days fecollec;ed the scattered stock, we
 drove them 10 roini de Boeuf and de-
 lNered them 10 our employer They
 were sold. and we were pad the te~ dol lats we had so harIly earned. Then.
 with ponies rested. fevolvets oiled. fresh
 ear;fidses inserted. and a ll;;le money in
 o4; pockets. we tarned out i1 e home
 wAiG. In Iaa;e, we eame ta the pfo>-
 porous village c. say;ea.iie Ne dis-
 mounted sni st;alled tAte gs i; X sa-
 .aoE wAs ei..c;ei. .l..aS a;;es dHuk =
 ordered t,1A .icalN E ':l [ ihs
 ies;;.s :ea aat po.4..a,.s ta icE.l a.ie
 Be commanded ne = :sSe tetaN | a.e.si !n = ase L., s3t ;e:ss=.. n.A es-,e
 . ne mset taeaGs .. iea.p ,ts ( lie decline = < e. ]. Aat. waeE i, as ...u tee ;es. he s.As. ae pialefc.. he d.saed }. Ina i;s eaa,ea.s at gsA ia C Then. before cog.s. see .et:.y ,htoa SG ny ;ag.lns eyes. ,he beilH bia,e kiia sea iae down And have ra: the snscst 1oab; iaa. ne wogia have Ai.lea ne hadn't had presence of n.nd enough 10 Paeity him by Al ample apology ant the lasi ten dollars ha3 kefiee ton con- vineed him ,ha, he had taken Al GniAii . advantage of his superior strength. and being JUS; and honorable enough ,e wish , to make amends for the wrong doae me. , he admitted tha, his anger had made him. perhaps, act too hastily. and genef- . ously offered to shoo. II out. Never l before vas 50 tempted. never bet 1re did so strongly teel man depraved. natural [ inclination 10 shed blood. ls, as l VAS or the point oi accepting his plcasan, 7 proposal, my retentive memory reminded ' me, fortunately for hsm, of the serious obligations my venerable sponsors had 2 assumed al the ion, in my narne and be- half. and. for their sake, l de-iinel ,o tread on lis coa, tails.
 The carouse continued. Classes and bottles were thrown crashing to the floor. : Songs were shouted. not sung. passers- ' by were greeted with eers and profanity 4 policeman appeared and attempted 10 make an arrest A ngh, followed and l ie!:. Ba, the policeman remained. and f lie and memory were lef, n his bIulsed : body and broken head, feel sure iha,
 
 future will sho@ th1; the experience he acquired on ,h.s oecls.on has made him wlsei and ! waiief man Leaving tae.r : vie,im pfosifa,e and insen,.1.e they sallieG forth. moGn,ei .heir horses. and proc eeded 10 organize "a hue he. of | :heir own Up and down the prln pa. streets they galloped. bowling devils or horseback. shooting mo houses. riding : mo stores, insulting and ma!,fea.ins all whom they ne;. and began with maud l,n tears. for an in,rod 4caoa ,e one Q, dosen minions of the law. Then reanes, !. vas soon granted 0ttieer, ard the.r posse encountered them. bul.e;, were eN- Changei without d barley. men were killed, horses wounded. and the cow | 3oys ;ha, were still unhur. took 70 ,he woods and lodged their way back to the
 western w.lds. Caido Ecnry sho; re-
 pea,edly. was taes sh;. ,tiel ard hgng. After running val. oi nye os s;x . miles. l came 70 | country pus,-otfi C ari 1, there malIe4 d le;,er - my late em- p!oyer 1T. which .nfori9eG hlfn Ina, inc pony mad been 1s,ng could oc foEnd hitChed 10 the rack n Iron, of ;he Las:
 Chance saloon. Then my conscience d. res;. but my fear of the an gry c.,ikens Of ior,ervllie oc.uy s:ill cf,ye. bade fare well 10 my prospective home or the ooTder-iand. and stopped not III had . ,ramped to ,his ,hrVny town. have written b the old man 'ha; am making enough as assis'an; hos.leI ,o . feed me, and Jasi A soon 4s he thinks ! I've gained experience enough. and re- . rni:s a little of the neelf1.. ! snAl. h4s,en back 10 my de4E o.1 home
 Mrs. vantetb,!,'s Airs