The Forrest City times., 1892-02-26

ofthc animals fighting quais.ies elac- ulated: Scribe I'll bet ten that Jerry wins~
 took the bet The stranger was not SO heavy nor SO formidable looking as Jerry. but he seemed to have plenty of sand" and agility. and was cer- tainly a tactician of high merit
 had hardly accepted the bet when the fighters. in response to a mighty roar of defiance from Jerry. came to- gether What crash. There was not much to be seen but cloud of dust and a couple Of great shadowy forms struggling. putting. and thrust ing for several minutes Then, sud- denly, they emerged. The maverick had evidently found Jerry's weak spot for the titled foreigner was retreating. tail to the foe, with much more haste than dignity while the conqueror. all most exhausted. stood on the field he had won and gave roar of satisfac- tion.
 By Jove?" said Fleming; 'iet's rope that chap. What fighter he is''
 This was not much trouble. for the maverick was almost ready to drop. and. after our horses had been induced to behave themselves. Fleming and I surrounded" him and led him tri- umphantly home. sending a couple of the boys after Jerry. who was sadly in need of repairs.
 Strange to relate, Julius as he was christened. was an entirely different creature in captivity from the savage he had shown himself to be when roaming around according to his own cratic notions In tho little pasture. where he was kept. no hard working OK could have been milder. Given his frcedom-or. rather taking 1t once in while-he was the same fe- rocious terrifying steer as of yore. I do not know how to account for this. Nobody tried to- but it was an ac- cepted fact that when Julius made bis escape. there were lively times getting him back again. although he seldom went far from home.
 Down the Five-Mile several miles from the stage crossing, lived two men. Bryan and Morse by name. They had small ranch and few hundred head of cattle and seemed to exist very comfortably. This latter fact was hard to explain for somo time.
 One night late in the summer. Shorty Fleming. riding sleepily around small bunch of cattle which had become separated from the main herd and were too far distant from the latter to be rounded up that night. was suddenly reused by having his horse shot under him and finding himself pinned to tho ground by the animals body. Shorty was full of pluck and endeavored to tho best of his ability. to make the shots in his revolver count; but the rustlers there were two of fthem--sdcceeded in driving off the cattle leaving the un- fortunate youngster to extricate him. self and walk home. a matter of seven or eight miles.
 Near Bryan and Morse's crossing. . few hours later two men lay beside a campfire. One of them seemed to be in pain. It is not one of the most pleasant things in the world to have a 44-bullet in ones shoulder. A shor t distance away Mexican boy. of about sixteen, stood guard over a bunch of cattle
 Presently he glanced toward the east and. seeing that daylight was very near rode over to the fire and spoke to the men. They grunted. and the one who had been asleep sat up and rubbed his eyes. There was a sudden commotion. Something huge and terrible with flaming red eyes crashed through the underbrush directly toward them. The Mexican, terrified. gave a shriek. turned his pony. and fed. He may be running yet, for he was never seen in those parts afterward. There were plenty of trees at hand. and the two men lost no time in getting into the branches of the nearest one. It was really astonishing how the wounded chap could climb.
 They were none too soon. for they were hardly out of reach when Julius. for he it was. was snorting and paw ing at the foot of their perch. The wounded man was partly undressed. and had left his arms by the fire. The other had his revolver. but had Jeff his belt behind in the hurry. Custom had made him careless He must have been nervous, or else it was the dark ness that spoiled his aim, for out ol the six shots only one touched Juliua and that was a mere scratch on the flank. For several long hours the two men remained in that tree Julius standing guard very near Then. about nine o'clock. q party of a dozen or fifteen men happened that way. in tent on business. They saw the bunch of ..HX" cattle. and heard Julius muttering in the timber. They fol- lowed the sound. and saw Julius and the besieged Bryan and Morse The latter was almost delirious with pain from his wound.
 Having captured the belligerent Julius. and assisted Bryan and Morse from the tree the astute discoverers held council and discussed matters. They put two and two togetker-two cattle-thieves and two lariats--- and. with much satisfaction but little cere- mony, they hoisted Messrs Bryan and Morse back into the tree. with nothing but their necks to hang on by. after which they rounded up the 'HX" animals and went home
 Two thousand dollars will not buy Julius. -Argonaut.