St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-09-22
and terror. Twas q powerless As II Q
lion had seized upon me.

"For hundred yards. I think, I was
dragged resistlessly along. the stallion
going at full speed One moment ]
was swung clear Of tho ground; the
next l was thrashed over logs and
briars. Suddenly my deer-skin jacket
gave way and fell into little arroyo
or gully. as the animal bounded over
it. fell among some reeds and vines.
and had the sense to crawl little out
of sight into them and lie still, though
was half-stunned and dreadfully
shaken up.
1T was we'll got to cover. for the
infuriated stallion came rushing back,
as if in search of me, and leaped the
arroyo again close by where l lay. He
galloped away toward where l now
heard my own hoss whining; and
after a moment or two. . frightful
squealingand the dull thud OF hosses'
hoofs kicking. plainly indicated that .
battle was In progress between them.
For some time I lay still there.
feeling quite unable to stir. but the
outcry which the two hosses made
reused me at length to 60 to the as
sistance Of my own good steed. In
great pain and half-fainting at times
crawled along on the ground to the tree
where had left my rife and secured
it. The hosses were still fighting. or
rather my own had got the worst of the
battle and was trying to escape from
the wild stallion. They were coursing
along at distance Of half a mile on
the plain. But still loyal to his master.
my own hOss circled around and came
racing back t. the timber. The halter
rope had been pulled OF his nose in the
fracas, but swung from his left foreles
where had tied it, and as he ran. it at
length coiled round his other leg and
throw him heavily. Completely
worsted the poor fellow made not IN
effort to rise, but lay outstretched on
the ground. ut the feet OF his cOnqueror.
who paved at him in triumph. but
was himself painting and Aecked with
foam all along his glossy sides.
My momeat for vengeance had
come. had strength to rest my rife
across log at the edge Of the timber.
and at distance of about twenty rods
put q bullet into the body OF the dam
gerous animal. As I fired he gave
utterance to q wild cry and dashed
away. but fell after running three o.
four hundred yards and lay writhing.
1T was, ut least, m hour more be-
fore could muster sufficient strength
to get to wherc my own hOss lay. !
feared that he was fatally injured.
But to my great delight, he got up at
an encouraging word from me-having
lain there all that time, in a kind of
feint, think. He was badly bitten.
and had more than a score of great
welts and puffcd-up Jumps upon his
sides and nanks-the marks Of his i'd
hoofs.
''As for myself, my jacket was torn
badly and my shoulder was painfully
and pinched by the stations
teeth. Next day l was SO stiff and
sore rs to be unable to travel, and
think my hOss was in much the same
We rested there till tho
following day. to nurse our bruises
and recover from the effects of the
THAT night l heard the wolves
and quarreing out on the
prairie where the stallion had fallen;
Il he was not dead already. they no
doubt made an end of him.
That was my first and last ex-
perience with q rogue. = Youth's Conn.,
pani0n.