Arizona republican., 1891-12-31
THE MAN WHO DRAGGED.

yya boys at the "HA rdncN called nm Billy Brag, for reasons which ten min- rres' conversation with him would make obvious, even to total stranger. To any that he was opiniOnated is drawing it very mild, and Co state that the chief est of his opinions was the particularly excellent one he held of himself is super huous,
 Those were humdrum, monotonous days at the "HN,' and there was scant opportunity for Billy to exhibit the courage. prowess, skill, ability, and so forth. wuica-we had his own oft re- pealed statements for it-he possessed t1a remmEableAegree.
 Once in awhile something would hap pen to relieve the monotony, but Billy, somehow or other, was never on deck to show what he was worth. He always turned up afterward with: Huh! you g.Ioots ies make me ache all over! Wy any bl10miu tcuderfoot cd tor ye bet tern tuat" or. That wuz fool trick. Now. ef I'd been thar I'd a did so an SD" or, Huh! dye call that anythin ter meushuu: Wy, back thar, on tn Keya Pana. We used t let th' kids an wimmen do that kind O work"
 And SD 1t went for nearly year, and though we invented many plan to give Billy au opportunity to show his worth, Ae managed, on one preteXt or another, Co keep Out-of our snares.
 One day Gale Smelling, who was out looking UV some stays, fell in with a Maverick steer feeding in coulee, and thinking at first that it was an "H&' cuter rode toward it. But the beast Was what is known as a "bad un, and horn, down and believing with rage he turned and chalged on the startled c0w00y Gale tried 10 turn his pony and ruD. but the animal was green and only reared and -uoyted. Gale thought he Was about to take place hurding clouds, bat ho yuked his gun and let go, catch iu- the steer right between the eyes, Gua dropping it not more than ten feet away.
 Cs.awas @ bit new in the business, and Lewas rather pale when he rode up to the uEel and related his experience, but there Was triumphant tone in his voice as be told of his successful shot from the back of a bucking pony.
 Billy listened with a superior air Huh. hs remarked disdainfully, "waat wsmter kill i'm fer; Ye cd jes Eweu creased auroped i'm. Some folks never hey BIO rgard fer prop'ty. Waste u0t want uaJhu.'
 Wa.I Tpluei and proceeded to con- TrH. Gale on his luck, but Bill did uo. s..A t. care, He was getting used to auI lrruy.veuce. It may be noted, however, tH.. when we tried next morn ing to g.a Billy ,o take galloping shot at t.4 stripe lu go blanket nailed onto a she'd oaor to Sec how near he could have come .p 'cru iug' naI steer iwa .u. .a..i Of 90 fool pony, our propo- aI.a met H.,A sCCru, There ye go aEn, atli Billy. "What's tn blame Use o wustin CT whole lot O cartridges g.5 ( convince CT mess c gabblin egiots that er thing kin be did? Aw, go off an try hl san lu her -at l ole fer Ser wits De. ya carn't even do that" And Lh rode off, much offended.
 When Joe Fleming, brother of the boss, and Hank Barr had a brush with 1alt a dozen Indians, and just escaped with their lives, leaving a bunch of fat cattle Co be run off by Uncle Sam's dear, sweet prptescs, Billy's opinion was at once forthcoming. Huh! Ye mout Jas z well saved mos O tn critters an got tl..m thieyin red cusses too. Wy ~aht ye, wen ye seed 'em ridin down ya y., jes' kill three or four critters, DIG em Up fer a barricade, an give tn Fsl devils reg'la h--l? That'd ben bet tern iosjn tn hull bunch"
 When Bob Hall, a cowboy from the o BNr' the next ranch-one of the neaaas., ugliest, most Quarrelsome bull "ss who ever hourished a gun-got \ .'"y1 at the hotel in town by an unof. IeAaing teuderfoot, whom he had tried '' compel tO take @ drink, Billy, as .SsaAI, had something to say. Huh mat them tCnderfeet all over. They CT man tries t hey fun with thet they've got t shoot, an ok. Tn galoot oughter've jes' Hall b th' scruif O tn pants L d r throwed i'm out, an Bot l !" 'l!ygized too quick. Bob Hal 1s'. ad no sand"
 N same, there was an old story "'. Feet that once, when Billy had @ Hrcountably absent from the .".. three or four days, he had been
 rdeyoJing considerable attention " I1g out of the belligerent Mir. ~.a lay.
 "a. LIIy.s opportunity came one day.
 lIbeen laid mp a week and was I he as the result of being on the
 sHt the ground when his pony ,..t.ad and fell one day, and was sit d. tho door morning about 11:30 'H stage came along. Several of
 'a. m the ranch house and were
 Ha1t surprised to hear the wheels
 for the stage road was two @ ,@-. rom the ranch. As we crowded
 'a .oor we saw something was up
 P t1n driver, looked excited.
 f Nlu, gutlemen," he said And
 Boss Fleming; "Fleming, ex- t,' o'hn.I up over b Five Mile creek. ''- 1"s O. tn' boys go with me? I'll get
 maa at Parker's, an I reckon '.. !. be 'uough."
 Ga. "g, yes, Of course,' was the reply; rig0u ri0u can have more if you want 'em. :" go myself But why didn't you