Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-09-26

was all the work o. that thievin' Mex
lean. We should miss the traps o
course, but so far as actooal value was
concerned, the scamp's share OF the
pelts made that good. an we was glad
to be shut o. him. But we didn't
understand what a regular coyote the
Teller was, for snake was fool COM
pared with him in general deviltry.
"Things went on smoothly enuff for
| about three weeks an We was quite
forgettin' the Mexican, when one day
Bill went off to visit a creek sevral
| miles distant whar we had been
tn inkin' of settin' few traps, leavln'
me at home. for l had been quite
seedy for several days with chills,
which never had afore or sence.
wall, after Bill left got a royal
big b ar skin an toted it out on the
grass in front O. the hut, an, spread
in it out. 1 lay down, the hot rays o
the sun feelin' very grateful to my
chilled limbs, an bimeby l went off
sound asleep.
"After awhile I woke up with
start feelin' half smothered. an found
myself on the bare ground with the
big bar skin on top entirely GOVERN
me up. l also heard voices an felt
that l was bein' held down by several
pairs O. hands. struggled as well as
l could to throw off the bar skin. but
found that was really helpless, my
| IN hn q
stout lasso.
every soon, however, the skin was
dragged off, and l saw several lnj uns
who fell upon me an tied my hands
in a jiffy. an l found myself a fast
prisoner in the clutches O. half
dozen redskins. But this wasn't as
discouraging as it was to dis
cover a man holdin' the end OF
, the lariat, in whom l recognized
Yumez, the Mexican, who grinned at
. me in a most diabolical way that
showed 1 need look for no mercy at
, his treacherous hands.
t "'Carambo!' he growled. 1t is my
, turn now. You sot Bill agin' me an
now I'll have my revenge
4 "'What does this mean?' demand
r ed, furious with rage. Loosen me, We
s coward, an I'll
: ".Carajor interrupted Yumez. I'm
not such fool. Ye had your chance
: an We let it slip. Now you'll take
q what you get
p ssAnd with that the brute came UP
; an whippin' out his knife said: I'll
a Jest mark We with cross. so Satanas
: will give you an extra hot roastin'
!, when he gifts We down thar
: "An' then the half-breed gave me
d the mark We see on my cheek, stranger,
Q an laughed long an loud, an the In
!. juns danced lively jig as he did it
y Hurt? Wall. no doubt it did. an bled
h some, too, but l war so mad l didn'1
feel the pain till long afterward.
: .!Then the villains seized me, an
l. dragged me to the edge O. the preci
vt pice on which our hut stood, where i
n was two hundred feet deep, the sid'
!, being perpendicular an as smooth a
a a bald mans pate, an tumbled M
over.
II fell about ten feet, an wa
|, fetched up short by the lasso with I
b jerk that nearly twisted my ankles GU
70 o. iint. Then the brutes began pay
]. in out the rope, finally hitchin' tn
a upper end to the stub O. the saplin'
It till was left hangin' by the heels
D head downwards, danglin' in mid air
l. MY hands had got loose in the mean
a time, but it didn't help me bit, TO
n Icouldn't double up to get hold o tn
rope
n ut was a horrible situation. an
1t think 1 should have died in littl
while from rush O blood to the head
d but before 1 could perfectly realize
le in all its horrors l heard the shar
ID crack of a rife no. far away. an the
q, one O. the Injuns gave the most on
De arthly screech as l ever heard, an
know'd thar was some sort o. a skrim
le nudge goin' on above.
~ 1.-The next minute some heavy OF
'e iect struck me on the feet, an wa
81 lest glidin' past when without know
% ing edzactly what l was dom
ID grabbed on with both hands an he'll
it fast.
Id what dye think it was? Han
, me, if it wasn't the Mexican hisseli
- In foolin' about the end O. the laria
Vi he had slipped an tumbled over tn
edge O. the rock, an l had ketche
- the villain, an was holdin' him by tn
leg, an thar we two was, I hitched t
the lasso an holdin' on to the rascs
~ =, by the leg, an both swingin' hea
:, downwards.
10 yell? You bet he did. neve
- heard sech skreechin' as that skun
~ set up. A pack O. hungry coyote
"a wasn't patchin' to it. What hal
be pened. did We ask? Wall. see hyal
"A my friend. what. under them circuu
be stances, 'ud be likely to happenP
=, oPears sort az if nv fingers all I