The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-09-13


concerned. the scamp's share OF tho
pclts made that good. an we was glad
TO be shut O. him. BIT we didn't
understand what regular coyote the
Teller was. for snake was a fool com
pared with him In general dcyiltry.
Things went on smoothly enun for
about three weeks an we was quite
forgcttin' the Mexican. when one day |
Bill went on TO visit creek sev'ral !
miles distant whar we had been !
thinkin' 81 scttin' few traps, lcavin'
me at home. for ! had been quito
seedy for several days with chiils.
which ! never had afore or sence.
AVAIL. after Bill left got royal
big TAR skin an totcd II out on the
grass in front o the HIT, an. spread
IN II out. | lay down. the hot rays o
the sun fcelin' very grateful 70 my
chilled limbs. an bimcby 1 went OIL
sound asleep.
after awhile | woke up with a
start. fcclin' half smothcrcd, an found
myself on the bare ground with the
big bar skin on top entirely coverin'
me up. also heard voices an felt
that was bein' held down by several
pairs o hands. struggled as well as
| could tothrow oil the bar skin. but
found that was really helpless. my
feet bein' caught in the moose o
stout lasso
Very soon. however, the skin was
| dragged or. aud saw several lnjuns
who fell upon me an tied my hands
IN IA jiffy. an / found myself fast
prisoner in the clutches o half
dozen redskins. Bat this wasn't as
discouracing as II was TO dis
cover a man holdin' the end OF
the lariat in whom l recognized
Yumcz. the Mexican. who grlnned at
mo in most diabolical way that
showed need look for no mercy at
his trcachcrous hands.
'Carambo. he growled. iii my
turn now. You sot Bill agin' me an
now I'll have my revenge
".What does this mcan?' demand
ed. furious with rage. Loosen me, We
coward. an I'll
...Carajor interrupted Ynmcz. I'm
not such fool. Ye had your chance
an ye lc, it slip. Now you'll take
! what you get
"And with that the brute came NJ
an whippin' out his knife said; III
/ lest mark We with cross. so Satana'
will give you an extra hot roastin
when he gifts We down thar
AN then the half-breed gave m'
tho mark W SEQ on my cheek. stranger
. an laughed long an loud. an The In
juns danced lively jig as he did it
! Hurt? Wall. no doubt It did, an ble'
D some. too. but ! war so mad didn'
feel the pain till long aftcrward.
Then the villains seized me, an
: dragged me 10 the euge o the precl
= pice on which our hat stood, where
2 was two hundred feet deep, the sid
! being perpendicular an as smooth a
. bald mans pate. an tumblcd m
over.
II fell about ten feet, an wa
, fetched up short BY the lasso with l
, jerk that nearly twisted my ankles on
. o jint Then the brutes began pay
+. in out the rope. finally hitchin' thu
a upper end TO the stub O. the saplin'
I till l was left hangin' by the heels
\ head downwards. dnnglin' in mid air.
I Nv hands had got loose in the mean
a time. but II didn't help me bit, fol
y Icouldn't double up to get hold O. thu
ropc.
ut was a horrible situation. an
7 think should have died in a little
/ while from rush o blood to the head
q but before / could perfectly realize !
2 in all its horrors heard the sharI
q crack OF rifle no. far away. an ther
y one O the Injuns gave the most on
9 arthly scrccch as ! ever heard. an
know d thar was some sort o. a skrim
9 nudge goin on above.
. The next minute some heavy OBJ
2 ject struck me on the feet. an was
y Jest glidin' past when without know
Z ing edzactly what ! was dom
q grabbed on with both hands an hels
il fast
"What dye think IL was? Hanl
me, ii II wasn't the Mexican hisself
In foolin' about the end o the laria
" he had slipped an tumbled over III
edge o. the rock. an | had ketchet
. the villain. an was holdin' him BY thu
leg. an thar we two was. ] hitched 4
the lasso an holdin' on to the rasca
!, By the leg. an both swingin' hcas
!, downwards.
yell? You bet he did. / nevcl
heard sech skrccchin' as that skunI
Z set up. A pack o hungry coyotes
] wasn't a patchin' to It. What hap
! pencd. did We ask? Wall. see hyar
I my friend. what, under them circum
! stances. nd be likely to happen?
! Pears sort as II my fingers all 4
i oncest got kind o. cramp in EN-. an
4 was powerful weak. though sech
j thing never happened afore or since
and they doesn't look like women
. fingers. do thcyy and the spcake
: held up before me a pair OF muscula
i hands. which he opened and shut II
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