Connecticut western news., 1888-09-05

nave alTeauy SaAd. AAo IAoo n' o'i uSN mo, too, that to run, or even to turn my back upon them, might incito and draw this curious, Twin, avalanche headlong upon me. l therefore stepp d backward as quickly as could, still facing the oncoming multitu le.
 Tho leaders of tho advancing herd werc no more than two or three hundred yards in front of me, and had retreat cd somo fifty yards, stepping quickly back ward, whom tho foremost of my pursuers quickened their pace into slow trot, an example followed by thoso ehind, till, like wave, a moysment had communicated itself to those .turthest in the rear.
 And now tho trot, which had bccn gradually quickening, broke into an awkard gallor, and tho wholo herd charged down upon nc.
 For a moment-as I saw the semi circle of converglng colums, saw the long horns sweeping tho ground, liko march reeds before November gale, saw the plugging shoulders and heav- ing backs surging through the clouds of white dust which rolled up before them-I gave myself up for doomed man. Then, abandoning all further effort at caution, I turned and ran for my life.
 The ground behind me trembled under the tread of their myriad feet; and the untitled thunder of their plung- ing hoofs, mingled with the low, fitful believing which filled tho air, sounded like the roar of an advancing tornado. Gun and gamo were too much to carry in race where so much was at stake. I dropped them both as I sped onward.
 The ground was as level as Q floor; and flew over it, taking the stuntcd sage bushes in my stride, till I reached the arrayo. Then over tho bank, and down, at one flying leap, went; and now, noticing, to my right, detached mass of rocks, piled up in pyramidal form, turned sharply, gained them, and, clambcring upward, stood in a place of safety.
 It was only about three feet across, but dearer to mo, just then, than all the broad acres of my fathers farm at home.
 From this, my 'coign of vantag"," l now marked the surging mob of cattle come crowding to tho brink of the ar- royo and tEep, as the hundreds in the rear pressed forward, I saw the front ranks, by tho dozen, pushed off into tho gully, slipping, sliding, plunging, one after another, till tho ravine seemed half filled with them and the white dust roso like mist from tho pit of a vast cataract.
 All around that little crag upon which half sat, half lay, like an exhausted swimmer ju,t escaped from hungry sea, heaved and billowed tho tempes- tuous bovine maelstrom with IA roar
 Like Ocean on its wintry shore,"
 their white horns fl .shiog like the foam on the breakers. Tho sight of me, perched up there, seemed to madden them. The foremost, impelled Ly tho weight of tho swaying thousands be- hind, were forced closo against tho rocks, while those in tho rear gored viciously with their horns at those in front. Everywhere about me was tu- multuous throng of clashing horns, toss ing heads and writhing bodies, seen fit- fully through clouds of dust.
 I was safe for tho time being, and in no great physical discomfort; yet could but wonder what the outcome of it all would be, or how should ulti- m9tcly escape.
 But suddenly, above the dull roar of the surging, believing throng, heard the sound of yelling voices down the arroyo. The cowboys were coming and in few minutes Little, Bob" "Charlie," and ''Kid' came in sight, riding at full speed, their long cattle whips cracking like pistol shots as they charged upon my besiegers, while they whooped in true cowboy polyglot:
 "Hi! hip 'Vaca! vaca!' 'Who hawp "Gitw 'Vamos pi-a-a-al" ''Br r-r-rw "scc- ah! scc-ah!' "Glane therel' 'Hoop-la-a-a-a"
 At the sound of the voices and the cracking whips, and at tho sight of tho charging vaqucros, thu cattle on thu outskirts of tho crowding herd became panic-str1cken, turned and scamperec up the arrayo, or climbed the shelving banks and dashed away across the val ley.
 The fright soon communicated itsel
 to the rest; and in few moments al this thronging mob of stock had melted away and were coursing off in all direc
 lions across tho plain-forming what i
 known in cattle parlance as "blazins star"
 Tho siege being thus raised, I de
 scended from my little natural citadc
 and looked up my gun, which had bcc1 fairly trampled into the earth and hat both cocks broken short off. My luac] of game had farcd still w-rsc; and rather ingloriously, I mounted hehin' Charlie and rode down to the corrals fully resolved to follow his advice, al
 though, as he put it, it had stronl flavor of an Irish bull.
 Said he: "Tho next time you go ou shooting hero afoot, you'd better hav