The Meeker herald., 1892-03-05

OF tho animals dRhtlhs qualitiea oIae-
ulated, Serbia I'll bel len that Jerry
wins"
took tho bot The stranger was
no, so heavy nor 20 formidable. looking
NJ Jerry. but no seemed to have plenty
Of .,sand" and agility. and was GER
tainly u tactlcian OF high merit
had hardly accepted the bet when
the lighters In response TO II mighty
roar OF defiance from Jerry. came to-
ge,her What u crash. There was
not much TO DO seen but II cloud OF
dust and couple OF grea. shadowy
forms struggling. bu,,ing aud thrust
Ing for several minutes Then. sud
denly, they emerged The maverick
had evidently found Jerry's weak spot
for the titled foreigner was retrsating.
tail to tho foe. with much more haste
than dignity. while Ito conqueror. al.
most exhausted. stood on tho field no
had won and gave roar OF saiisiuc-
tion.
by Jove?" said Fleming; 'ie,'s
rope tia, chap VIA, Il aghter he Is"
This Was not much trouble. for the
maverick wa, almost ready to drop
and. after our horses had been induced
To behave thomselyes flemin. and !
.surroundad' him and led him tri-
umphnntly homo sending couple Of
tho boys after Jerry who was sadly in
need Of rorairs.
Strange to relate. Juliut ~ no wa,
ehristsncd. WINS An entlrciy different
creature in captivity from tho savage
no had shown himself to 10 when
roaming around according TO his own
srra,lc notions In tho little pasture
where no was kept no hard working
OK could have been mllder Given
hi, fr.edoa-or. rather taking IL
once Ia u ~hlls-he WAS tho same TO.
roclou. terrifying steer hs Of yorc.
! do no. know how 10 account for this
Nobody tried to ba, II wa, nm nc
ccp,ei fac, that when Julius made
hi, .,calc. there NOR. lively times
getting him back ngala, although lao
seldom went far from home.
Down tho fivc-Mlle. several miles
from tho stage crossing lived Two
mon Brynn and Moria BY nam.
1hoy had small ranch md ~ ios
hundred head OF ca;;lo. aud seemed Ia
,xlsi very comfortably. Jhl, later
fac, was hard 10 explain for SON,
time
OH, night iais In tho summer.
Shorty Fleming. ridsng slc-pl!y
around small bunch @! cattle which
had becomo separated from tho main
hcri aud woro too far di.,an, from
tho latter TO 10 rounded up tina, night
was sudd.niy roussi by having hi,
horse shot under him sud finding
hlm,,l! pinned 10 tho ground BY tho
aaimal', body. Shorty wa, full OF
pluck md cad.nvorod to tho b,,, OF
h. ability. To mae tho shot, In HI
revolver count: b.. tho rg,ilcrs-
ihoro w-rs two OF tham--sicccoiod In
driving OF tho cattle leaving tho un.
fortunate youn:st-r TO cEt-lea'o him.
.olf md walk homo. a matter o! seven
or cIsh; mileA
Near Bryan aad Mo-so's crossing. .
fo~ hodrs later. tso men 10y beside n
campfire. Ono ef them seemed to DO
In pain. j, IL not ono Of tho mos,
plcnsan, things In tho world to hnyo a
li.bullc, In ones shoulder. A shor,
distance away n Mexican boy. OF
about .iS,con. sDod guard over Q
bunch o! cattle
Presently hc sisnc-i toward tho
east and. seeing 'ha; daylight was
very nsaE rod. over 10 tho Gro nnd
spo<n to tho men. They granted and
tho ono who had bon asleep 81, up
aud rubbed his cyo> There wa. a
sudden connection. Something hugo
AMI terrible with Gaming rcd eyes
crashed through tho undcrbrush
directly toward ihcin. Tho Mexican.
terrified. gave shr!ck. turned hi,
pony. aud fed Ito may tu running
yct for no was nc.cr soon In iho,,
parts n',crward. There wcro plenty
OF tree. n; hand md tho two mon
los. no timo In getting Into tho
branches OF tho mares, one. II was
really astonishing how tho wounded
chap could climb.
They were mono 700 soon. for they
were hardly out o! reach when Julius.
for h. II was. was snorting and paw
Ing n, tho foo: o! heir perch. Tho
wounded man was partly undrc..cd.
and had left his nrus by tho frc. The
other had his revolver bu, had lai,
hi. bel; behind In tho hurry. Custom
had mndr him careless. lie must havo
boon nervous or clso Il was tho dark.
ness thai spoiled his aim. for on, OF
tho six shots only one touched Julius
and that was nero scratch on tho
flank. For several long hours tho
two mon remained in that ircc Julius
standing guard vory near. Then.
abou, nine o'clock q party Of dozen
or fifteen men happened tina, way. in
tent on businoss They saw tho bunch
OF jim" caitlc and bcarl Julius
muttcring In tho ,imbo-. They fol.
lowed the sound. and saw Julius md
tho bosicgcd Bryan and Morse. Tho
Inter was almost dclirious with pain
from his wound.
Having captured tho bclligcrcnt
Julius. and assisted Bryan and Morse
from tho tree the ustu,c discovcrcrS
held council and discussed mattcrs'
They put two and two togc,hcr--twc
cattle. thicvc, ADD two lariats--nnd.
with much satisfaction but little ccro-
mony. ,hcy ho.sici Mcssr.. bryan and
Morse back into tho trcc with nothing
but their nccks to hang on by. after
which they rounded up tho I'M
animals md went homo 4
Two thourand dollars will not buy
julius. -Argonau'. 4
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