The Meeker herald., 1892-03-05
THE MAVERICK.

Gale Smelling ayerred that tho crea-
turo WAS at least us tall u, n giraffe
with horns six feet long, and hools
which left footprint, on tho sands OF
time M big n, sonbrero. ''lt' va,
black n, tho interior OF coal mine
a. midnight with great eyes which
| flashed tightening. Doponont further
yet forth that iii charged upon him
with more or less impe'uosliy, STAN
pedlng Ills horse and eausln. him to
Use much celebrity In gaining access TO
the upper story OF slender. swaying
tree where tho creature held him
prisoner occasionally bu,,lng tho
tscc with much cus,o thereby causin:
Gales s,ors.,os,h 10 fall gu, and mal.-
Ing Ills head ache.
The story OF tho other chap who
claimed TO have seen the creature on
the ran, evening fifteen miles away.
jid no, doyo-lail with Mr. snolling's
According TO ihi, ycrac' Gu, gentle.
man. who wa, chief n, lin iiardon's
ranch tho maverick wa, quite wolf
h-Laycd animal. although quito UNI
rou,h and 'r-aklsh la appearance i,
was Sary large. with hoad n, biz rs
n barrel. nnd quite n, long. snId tho
ook. rnd had BIZ. branching horns
! I'D :rry eye, Hut IL wa, not he
sald. black. n, Smelling claimed On
tho contrary. II was rvl. with white
trimming.
Bl, nobody seemed 10 SEQ him by
dayligh. aai circumstance, were
.Ainst ,hosc who DID rcs or claimed
10 hayo seca him n, all
oso afternoon. however no figured
Ia "a Incident which hold consider
able in,crcs, for tho PARTY OF the sec.
uni part. who wat no les, n person
ihaa the veteran Han; Barr Hank.
ncS, day. related Ia muf'od ioHcs.
! through several ihickncs,c5 OF band.
pgcs. tho followlus
''i!ow do icslp sa.ny. son. was
s. vycs kicked by reel promp nuol
r ;oyci with By n buzr.aa~. r hlt by
pilc driver 'Mph' Wy. thcm's
parlor game. 'lon;.ids o TIM, crooked
faced maverick lie ain; no steer.
he. clyiant that's what, Nav. I
aidn', ri, no good luck n: III bru',.
Hos ono o ,hc,. hero Experimentation
Teller. an don't vase no lido mo.
| snon sum lp.Ss up
| Il ~n, rIdia' in,uh camp 'bou,
snoIp' Ia III saddle. and had j-s' como
ou, o. tim, long coulc b',wcon them
low hill, on,uh III crlck bottom. wen.
all OF = .uddcnl rius-uSly snor,s nm
rarrs up nm somc.hin' .-s M.m.m IN =.
mEoo .oor You be, I wake. up an
here. 'bou, two rod ahead. was tn o,o
Harry hIs.olL ! reached fr my gun
an tried 1 make Plug ugly stan s;ilI.
but IA dcrn gun was twisted In my
/ bel. an IN fool hos, was cranky. an
IN fust thing knowcd streak o.
creased ligh,nin'. with full head o
steam. hi, mo In 'bou, for,y.siS places
an when como to was lyin'. Nil
skim up with my dainty llt;lc fec. an
lag, n-soakin' In III cricS. Thoa I
pulls III gun M lots 20 Tow ,lmcS
an you icllcrs comoI oui an picks
INC up. sa.ay! I'm goln' |; Ride In n
Vaughn an kerry Ga,lin' gun. after
ihi, hcrr episode"
Bu; before Hank vas we'll enough TO
n,;cad 10 business, again ,hcro was n
change In tho Affairs OF tho maverick
\ Tow days ait,r Hanks 'cpysodc ="
Fleming and I hoard tremendous
row among a bunch OF tho boss
b,oodrd cattle. which hc always KEEP,
near homo away from tho others
under special supervision. They had
been driven In close to the ranch for
water that ia. for some reason or
other aud ono OF tho Flcmings aud n
Mexican cowboy had started back
into tho hills with them n shor, timo
/ -. at,tt
| away when wc heard tho disturbance
and /, did not take us long to reach
tho spot.
IS wo turned n clump OF willows
| and rode out onto tho littlc level near
tho creek; where Hank had his on
counter with tho monstrosiiy. n thrill.
lag sight me; our cycs In n crowded.
huidlcd. terrified mass bunch OF
cattle. bnwling and snor,ing. were
gathered ut tho upper end Of tho Hat
anu the two boys had their hands full
iryiny to keep them from s,ampcdipg.
In full view and only couple OF hun
drcd yards away. Jerry. the bull in
whose GLOSSY hide there was small
fortune invested was engaged In
deadly combat with tho maverick.
hNs'h hth b'th o'cu ohiy ytsAtiuhs'
nj least. twcnty miles away.
II was magnificent fight Old
Jerry had killed several scrub bulls
and had much celebrity rs n stratc:ist
and powcrful fighter but he cyldcnt-
~ mad all no could take caro- OF on
this occasion. for tho monstrosity
seemed 10 be something OF n fighter
himself As we appeared on tho scene.
the combaiants withdrew from each
other for n breathing spell. ard we
had u good look at tho maverick.
llc certainly WAS nm odd looking
creature. In color he was n curious
notified roam. with largo spots of yell
lovish white. His back carved up
ward at n point back OF the shoulders
for several inches and he had long
SNOWY legs and great hoofs. And
such noso' II was something like
that OF veteran moose, only moro
exaggerated in its curve and less nc.
ccniua,cd by tho lower lip which was
not so prominent ms tho Same feature
ia tho moose. Ho was. sufficiently
homely. howcvor. to Brighten almost
uuy animal but the redoub,able Jcrry.
Presently tho two gladintors began
TO walk In circle which gradually
diminished rs they walked. Both
were bleeding freely from their
woundh hut both looked ready 70 con.
tluue. In our Excitement wo forgot
ali nkn..t Y...us. ,.nt,,~