Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-12-28
C0YOTE-THAT-BITES.

managed to achieve both those delight
full ends, aud of all the happy sayages ON
tho Colorado desert he was the most
tnmultuously happy. With
what keen delight he had drawn his
sharp blade across the threats Of jose
Sanchez and his wife, after he had stolen |
into their wagon In the gray dawn, aud /
what thrills Of Joy shot through his |
breast when he silenced the yolls Of their |
two little children with the butt end u |
their fnther's own ride. Aud then, when I
he had taken what gold was In the Next /
cams bag. what mescal was in his demi-
John, aud had strapped Joso's rather
loos, fitting cartridge belt about his sun
brown belly, with what fierce pleasure
he stole away from the scene Of bis
bloody work, and with the MoNican's
rifle ON his shoulder had wandered far
down tho dry arroyo. slipping from tho
dcmijohn the Supplying juice Of the
ngaye from time 10 time until no felt
shat hs WIS growing drowsy.
Then he had dragged his uncertain
way along until lac had como 10 the rail-
road track. Ho stared stupidity nj tho
bright stccl rails and looked up NJ tho
hummiug wires In an Hwcd sort Of way.
He would Ike 20 lie thoro hchind tho
rocks, he thought, until some one should
come along the track, aud then try a shot
NJ him with bis newly acquired weapon.
The demijohn was growing Hight AMI
tho ride was growing heavy. Well, it
was getting toward noon and rather
warm, oven Tor an Apache, aud ho would
lie down Ia the shade 81 tho rocks over
there and rest.
The humming Of tho wire Ga q soo,h.
INK sound. and no sooner had his head
touched the earth thas sleep took
mighty hold upon him and wiped out
his roalig,s, sense of Joy, ns sleep has a
way OF doing with everybody that has
anything to bo joyful for. Aud 30 no
las, with tho rifle 10y bis side, aud his
unfpcaliably hideous face turned up to-
ward the blue that archtd the desert.
It was quiet there and rr.lful-no
sound gve the music Of tho wires.
Stay. there were other sounds; bat they
came some time after Coyote-That.Biie3
had thrown himself upon the sand and
gone off 10 thc land OF Nod. They came
family at Grst, and mingled with the
murmurings Of the wiros. Surely they
were the voices Of children.
Iind the rcd beast been awake no
might have imagined that thcy were Tho
hunting voices Of tho wee Mexican
children whose blood ho had 70 ruthless
Is shed that morning, but ho heard them
not. They wore very far from being
ghostly voices anyway-those tones that
now ripcd forth 20 merrily as Dubs and
Cav trudgud down the line. They w,ro
walking 10 tho scoopout along the road
bcd-not on the track, FOR that was for
biddon.
There were other things that were for
hidden, too, and one Of them WIS stray
ing 70 far away from the station, but
Dubs was talking good care Of his
thrce.yearold sister, and In the pride Of
his nix full years ho was equal TO the
care Of half dozen such rs Gay,
To give Duhs all due credit, he did no,
know he was half a mile from home, aud
he really was going to turn back pretty
soon. But the children Ind found many
interesting and beautiful things to claim
their attention. First there had been q
chase after young owl that could mol
fly, and that made it, way along IN IN,
most haphazard manner imaginable
Then horned toad had been captured
aud Dubs had dragged the disguised
prisoner along by string until he hat
tired of the sport and had lot him q,
again. Then, always keeping close L
the railroad, they had entered grca
field of cacti, where Dubs had tried yer!
hard TO pick "toonica" without gettini
tho insidjous, needlclko spines In hi
fingers. He was fairly successful, bu
he would not Ii, the fruit OF the oactu
go iuto his sisters chubby hands unit
1t had been stripped OF It's dangers by hi
ready jackkniie.
"'F on'y had sum matches to build
FIRE wiy," sighed Dubs, "Td burn OF
yeso pricklcs jus like We lnjuns does"
"O,o." came suddenly from undo
gny's sunbonuet. "Wot's daty'
"w'y, its u Jug" and Dubs left IA
"toonics" and started toward the pile q
rocks where lay the Coyotes demijohr
aud where alfo lay the Coyote himself.
The two trudged mp tho little slop'
and Dubs grasped tho handle OF III
demijohn, only TO let 1t drop again an
spring back quickly with Gay IN h
arms. for he had caught sight Of III
Coyote, aud he was mnitten with su'
den desire 10 20 home.
But he saw the Indian did not NOV
and 80 he suddenly became very bray
He was certainly sound asleep and I
more to be feared than papa when he Il
on the lounge In his midday repos
Then, too, Duhs was quite sure he WI
n "worlfy lniun" lik, the Naquis, wi
shoyelod and picked on the railroad, Al
~ his mind became wholly at ease.
The Coyotes cartridge belt whit
bad boon go loosely strapped, had fall,
oil and las hy li8 side, There wcte
hundred very interesting bits OF bra
sticking IN &c, and the children soon hl
these scattered all about In the sand
tho snoring Coyote. In tho scramble Z
her share Of she innocent toys, Gay
one of them drop on the Coyotes il
Rtaaps the mesclla influence was
tho waue, for biz brown knee "
thrust qulc6ly a. nvM tho sand, and
big brown hand clugched the ugly kni
NJ the CJyon's side, but tho hand 4
and ,ho noble red man snored on,
Duua tried on the cartridge belt n
became an Indian, al bnt the uGipgl
NhlO knife, and h. concluded t0 born