The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-02-05
Pat and the Buffalo


On arriving in this country D..
turned his "attention n" to railrooS
ing, and had scarcely set his foot -
Americas soil ere he accepted a bis
Job of shoveling dirt, and a wae :
after had been rushed off To A..
northwest, and was soon far ont ~
the frontier digging away with Ii,
shovel as only II hearty Irishmass
knows how. aA
At that time there were still 81 e..
buffaloes along the contemplated linz in"
of the Northern Pacific RailroaSa'
and Pat, having learned to rido >
horse and shoot a gun, though botS
very awkwardly, went out one dau y,
with party of travellers to Inv.
some Nimrodc sport. In the conrso
OF a few hours travel the party ran
upon heard of bufi'aloes, and. afta.
considerable maneuvering, eoob
hun5er selected out his GAM
and started for the expectsd
prize. The country was verv
rough in the vicinity where the camo
was sighted, and the chase was NJ
the most exciting character. each
hunter being separated from ths
Others, and, of course, ATTACKING his
game single-handed. However tha
hunters experienced good luck with
the exception of Pat, who had chos.
en- the tough old bull in the herd and
made dashing charge, shootinS
him, but not fatally. AS the animal
was quite fleet-footed and angry #
turned upon it's assaiant, and tina
horse becoming frightened at the nm.
pearance OF the enraged brute, rem.
ed and plunged, and soon had Pat
sprawling on the ground, while the
equine steed escaped as fast az its
legs could carry it. In fact, Pat and
the huh we're lett alone to fight it ont
in whatever way they might choose
Pat had been somewhat shocked
by the sudden tall, and at frat
seemed rather slow to recover, bnt
when he observed the buffalo charu.
ing down upon him, with every part
of the animals anatomy fairly brist
ling with rage, he scrambled paved
the ground in his haste to reach n
small cliff of rocks near by that an
peared to offer him meager but
apparently his only chance to
escape. Fortunately luck was in
Pats favor, for between two GOOD.
sized rocks he found an openingthat
would just barely admit his body
Tar enough TO prevent the bull from
reaching him, and yet quite close
enough to tantalize the monster in
to the most furious rage. In the
fall he received Pat let drop his GUN
and so was entirely without any
weapon of defense, and but for his
companions, might have been i'm.
prlsoned for I'm indefinite period
W hen the rest of the hunters had killed
their game and had gathered togeth.
er for the homeward march, Pat was
found to be missing, and search was
at once instituted for him. The
hunters began making II circuit, and
while riding up behind some bushes,
they heard voice as of some one
talking, apparently engaged in an
animated conversation. They STOP
ped and listened and were soon con.
WINGED that it came from Pat. 1t
was evident, too, that he had got
ten into a predicnment, for just at
that moment he was saying:
"Ah, We ugly lookin' haste, what
are yees tryin' to cum i'm here for?
Have yees no sinse at all. at all?
The divil set fire tor yees, for the
great black heavy crnythur that
yees are. Sure it's the likes o. wees
ought to have been banished from
the sod long ago. Begob, if had
my gun I'd put an end to wees q
foolin' round here and disturbin'
mawn from his rest as yees do. The
ilvil q bit can we hook me, and lisa
great pity for the likes of yees 10 be
THROWN away your strength like We
are dom. Ye'd betther be savin' it
up to pull the tender grass and get
tat on, SO yees had
But the buffalo didn't seem to an
preciate Pats advice, but kept hook.
ing away in an effort to get at its
enemy.
"And it's tryin' to come in. wees
are, agin?" exclaimed Pat. "Whin
yees square through between these
jwo stones veil he mighty thin. so
1ees will, and its the divil of a six
pence I'd be givin' fer yer hide full OF
roles and the hair peeled off"
The bull ceased operations for
minute and backed off u pace. evil
lently hoping to entice Pat to come
nut from his secure retreat, but Pat
iaw the game and expressed himself
husly:
Wees needn't be tain me to cum
ut at all, at all. know the tricks
|, yees too wei, to be taken in afther
hat kind OF 50 lie. Away with wees.
-ees can tackle thin stones to your |
carts contint, but mind and keep
way from doing me any harm. II
only had wees by the tail I'd pay
ees off for bothering man that
ever done yees no harm"
About this time the hunters con
luded that they had had enough
IN at Pats expense, and going up
loser drew n bead OH the buffalo
nm their Winchesters, and the ami
'ai tumbled down dead rs u door
AL. Pat was quite overjoyed at his
eliverance. Globe Democrat.