The Bossier banner., 1892-03-24

ftili'y = "'- DID you ever
~ jump out of
|uabs asE hs frying pan into the fire-and find
ae hre considerable hotter than the
afford s5Flng PAM" said a cattleman from the
kHtory recently, as some of his old
h will da port Smith friends gathered about him
aask after his family and his fortunes
|, - $, ance he had visited the city last.
:. Well, that's just what did not long
g0 | got into tight place where
1osuMs eere wasn't anything but Hobson's
aoce and l tell you right now that
IS easHl BLOSSOMS choice is just about the
zaue as no choice at all. Tell you
anlmah8 8aout it? Oh, of course. | amt
nuch of hand at stringin' yarns,
w TO get4m this story's true, every word
About month ago business
|ats help 40K me out through the Oklahoma
8Sautry, and | went horseback and
|,sed as zanped out at night. You never
4unped that way much, l reckon.
h, than sasred my horse on the grass and
8use ne was provided for, you know;
aai lay down on the ground with the
o0e'p aeale under my head for pillow, and
pc asre wasafxed The great difficulty
posi- esk' W. mat the country was dry, and a
pg Ea many of the streams had taken
are9 rupOrary leave of the country SO that
|hd on We was long time between drinks, as
IN governor of North Carolina said to
h be fed8% governor of South Carolina 1t
d eat up8 ss pretty wild country was travel
AVoSer too, l can tell you. Wolves
h are e nsled around me every night and 1
LOT either ~su the screaming of panthers on
I Il mr.
!. noxer N mug pretty briskly one afternoon, for
Ind grind ablv ,oa.s eRinhihg 10 siant conslo-
go @nOas to gain low range of hills
- ~ efal miles to the north of me,
f'A' 4apng that might find a stream, or
.-si.4 sas1 spring, where | could camp.
sn0 'aa 4. asse habit of riding along some
|naAe 4es IN brown study, during which
ID, am generally unconscious of any
Eh 70 r.. * mat may be looking at. There
fre is " ~ telling how many miles 1 may
I'M l'daen, gazing serenely at the
vents he - ~sues OF smoke that were rolling
Sersens 81 a4e across the prairie; but at last
lice. ssn' 10 dawn upon me that
Eers ssT ~, slasu smoke l walked up then and
Inn reIsa w around me. Boys, the prairie
honths -. ou nre! Far away to the south and
nd 10 tht - ana east there was a wall of dense
! his fare -. with i)ng, fiery tongues darting
IL roea susn It, AS true as l live had
4,@sl incoming along there until 1 was
o,r cua sa ss. encireled by it Maybe you
|ss ~ vhoa ls;a !. didn't light out, though when
- popg PC ~ had splendid horse, and
3aaas ne raced made the ground sw i'm
~ -. me! And we started out for al
row s.s& M saree-mile run against the fire
+ syss As;.;a animals of every kind were on the
|exs I'll is II out they noticed me as little as
Eereh Mem. They, as well as /. were
.s 70 escape from the common en-.
|nan's fs a.. aas threatened us all. The dis.
|he - n, w:a, was almost passed, though, and
then z. sa,s.s. si.ain one hundred yards of the
have IA oss ut the hills which, I could see,
Ae a. 4. sae other side OF small creek
i throag8 8sSls = 1ad gained upon me so that
hen gaea se sna,. s tue heat very distinctly, and
VIII kss. Ton. rolled around me in thick
|ldrsn ~ Id ;ns. auo was becoming unbearable
hnsLsa' wnlie was urging my horse
= 10 81 IN a:- one last effort, down wen
= and t#se, ~ weather cracks and | wen
.sav ztsIaAat -. s mead as though / had beer
ssa fogR aaded :. y . cannon. Fortunately
=, 'r,a,.rssI " My hands and feet. consider