Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-05-17
BLOCAING A GAME.
BY p. A. yINAL.


Hello, lhurmanl T thoprbt ,o,
were ovur tie mountains old fnjIo:y,;
We'll met, major, Foith NOV u -
well you arc looklrcl"
Ihoy sacok hands with the leurtiuess
OF Old frieuds; these two men, who wer,
both such splendid tvDes of manhood
Major Gustis, tall, with a superb nhv
slque, and the hlue ewes aud vivid dol1,
en- hHIr f VIaiug; Rooert Thnrp1,n
splendid, sinewy. as though everv mno'
Gle was of tougheucd stecl. cleor oro,
eyes, With a 2ltn.n IN them MS of . GosI'
ing scimeter, and ha!r lho color If q
llpeneG chestnut.
''How came YOU over hero IN Sta,
City. Thurmg,p, ,a,: AZ S."i
Eustis. Il though, you werehin Ans,
tin. WHAT'S No o'l .jjiendp Won Iool,
rs haggaId and ghastly as ,bonoh Won
had been troubled by tLp ohoet Of oI,, yU
grardmotherl"
"l am j.. trouble. MAIN, " so;1 +ho
other, in strained voice that told ~,
tense nerves, "an0 It's litter ~ ,,hro
too. For month or So hova Con oor
prospecting up in the Humhalat R,rno
Yesterday, Bill CT ayas-J an h;n5 q
favor once, aud he swore tlot he wonl1
never forget it-drew rein beside mo-
and Ill few hastr words told me thoii
Joe Vance, his plfllrnr and he h,ocIr
est-heai TED gambler IN Austin has his
plans G.l laid to carry off nv little sia.
Ter to-morrow njeh, God ho,n NV III
tie snow hearted gi,j if she Fills into
his clutches |" eronufd Thurman Will
great drops of cold sweat stood on his
forehead. Welt" he went ~,
Cleeves' message caused me 70 rtrik,.
out for Austin IN DO. basic. but a
reds gos after me, chased ma in bero
ana gave my horse bullet of which be
died half an hour ago; and hero um
with hundred miles between me ard
Joe Vance!"
Major Eustis bronoht bis how'd do,,-,,
on Thurman's shoulder heavily, -
" You have come to the right man to
help you, old fellow!" he said firmly
I've owed you one ever since the time
that Judge Lynch mistook me for a
horse thief, and you saved me from n
hempen dance by Your timely words
backed up by q regolute face and re.
volvei; ard um clad of chance to
square up that ola debt. to some extent
Perhaps you have heard of nv stallion
Browne? Z? Well, he's right here in Sta,
City, and he's at your service Nevar
fear but what you'll have the chance to
block that blackleg's little game: for il
/ do say it, Brownie will put more miles
behind him between sun-up and suns ct
than any horse in Nevada. Let's 90
night down to the stables and have the
little brown beauty trotted out"
" God bless"
"Not q word Thurman, u's oil
night" said the major. heartily linking
arms with the man whose white foce
was working STRANGELY at this evidence
of hue friendship. for Thnrmon we'll
knew that the majors famous sta,l,on
was dearer to him than the annie of Ills
eye.
Ont Of tbe great hor.roor, of +bo 10
cidental Hotel whore the meet;no had
taken place, went the two friends and
with quick steps took their wav to The
ouly stable which Star Citv afforded
And Brownie was led out of his stall
An involuntary exclamation burst
from Thurman's jinsi
The magnificent creatnre arcbed his
slender neck, aad touched Thurman's
hand with his velvety nose. as if to add
his own Endorsement to this tribute to
his beauty.
For surely as hapelier creature never
stood as model for Laudseer. The
light of the stable lamp elinted over the
hanks OF shining brown where the great
muscles showed like pillows placed side
by side--oycr thefowing chestnut mane
as soft and silken as any tresses ever
confined with blue ribbon snood. with
great eyes, bright with an intelligence
almost human.
You would like to be off to night,
of course," said the major. strokinr his
favsrite with touch soft and caressins
as mothers when brushing her dar
ling's hair back from his soft, white fore
head.
81 am wild to start now" replied
Thurman. "But 1 suppose the best
policy is to wait until moonrise. So, at
midnight, major, I'll startover the emoun-
tains with more of zest than ever the
blue bonnets went over the Scottish bor-
der.