The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-10-05
The Daily Bulletin.
STORIES ABOUT A HORSE.
The High Intelligence He Showed on two
Occasions

Thur he stands ~ innocent lookin'
an clipper ~ or yearin' colt, an no
un w'u'd b'lieve that boss WIZ 26 Var
old. Yaas I've owned him SEM he wor
err colt, and I've teached him every
thing that he knows 'ccpt his meanness
lie coined natral by that, pardncr-hit
was horned in him. "
Old Zeke, Of Texas, is vertable
frontier patriarch. His horse is a LARGE
blood-bay animal, who has wicked
fashion Of showing the whites of his
eyes and laying back his thin ears.
"lie looks so much like one NV them
thur Mexican lions explained the old
hunter, that ! named him Cougar"
lie had often spoken to me of that
famous animal, and one day. shall
never forget the circumstance made
cougar acquaintance. was on nv
way through corral when a screaming
neigh, the sound of quickly falling
hoofs and warning cry caused me to
turn my head. A bl0od-bay horse.
with proudly arched neck, flowing
name and tail, and head erect, was
coming toward me at quick gallon.
HIS Thin ears were laid back close to his
mead and his red tongue hung from his
mouth between two rows of vicious
looking teeth, turned aud faced the
rapidly advancing animal. The nearer
he came the more dangerous he looked.
and | was unarmed. would have run
toward the row of stalls on the north
side OF the corral for shelter, but they
were too far away. | could hear the
champ Of his teeth and the sound made
cold chills run down my vertebral col
umn. Fire seemed to flash from his
eyes and great ilecks of foam dropped
from his open mouth. When he was
within ten feet Of me he reared, evil
IDENTIFY intending to crush me between
his forefeet | shuddered most any
man would have done so under the cir
cumstances and braced myself for a
spring The anticipated shock did not
come, however | heard sterny-
spoken "Hyarr' in the well-known
voice Of One-eyed Iekc, and the horse,
but recently so full of vicious fire.
halted, prlcked up his ears and stood
meekly in front Of me. with such an
expression of innocent wonder on bis
face that burst out laughing. He did
not like this and laid back his ears
again
"Hyar, ye rascal shouted his mas.
ter. None NV that
INTRODUCED.
lie walked up to where | was stant.
ing and placed his hand on my shoulder.
This hyar's pardner Nv mine,
Cougar he said. Shake
Cougar who had inclined his head
gravely, as though listening to his
words, lifted one of his fore
feet and extended it toward me in a
very friendly manner. grabbed the
outstretched limb, and since that time
Cougar and | have been very good
friends, although | never cared to pre-
sumo on our acquaintance BY any undue
In 1874 party of soldiers who were
being guided by Zeke followed an Indian
trail which trended across FL Llando
del Marie, which is an arid, sandy,
alkali desert. 1t was about one hun
bred miles wide, and there is very
little water on it. The soldiers had |
reached the middle of the desert when
hey were overtaken by terrible sand
storm, which lasted about twelve hours.
Many Of the men and horses were
'utlocated BY the sand. The packs and
Tater-sacks were blown away and those
II the horses that were not killed stam-
leded. Old Xnke was badly bruised,
md the alkali dust entering his throat
lad so swollen Il that he could hardly
peak. The soldiers were living about
differing ir "a he same difficulty, and
.eHo knew - unless the, could reach
water they would all perish. When he
lme to his SENSE, Cougar was standing
lsar him, aud ar caled the animal to
lis SIDE NHn urea, dlf.utv he man
-ed to riam.or INTO the saddle.
"Watrr. b." whispered huarsely into
bo n"r,o "rr
t""H. ''- u"h, h"ad shifted the
,rr for a moment, and then started of
1t a gallon. He made STRAIGHT for n
water hole, about three miles distant,
md when he reached there Zeke was
'nabled to allay his burnipo thirst He
lied his canioen with wo,er md s,,rt