Arizona republican., 1892-01-12

critter rode toward it. But the beast was what is known as bad un," and horns down and believing with rage he turned and charged on the startled cowboy. Gale tried to turn his pony and run, but the animal was green and only reared and snorted. Gale thought he was about to take place herding clouds, but he yanked his gun and let go, catch ing the steer right between the eyes, and dropping it not more than ten feet away.
 Gale was a bit new in the business, and he was rather pale when he rode up to the ranch and related his experience, but there was triumphant tone in his voice as he told of his successful shot from the back of a bucking pony.
 Billy listened with q superior air. "Huh!" he remarked disdainfully, "whad'je wanter kill i'm fer: Ye cd jes z well creased an roped i'm. Some folks never hev no r'gard fer prop'ty. Waste not, want nothin."
 We all grodned and proceeded to con- gratulate Gale on his luck, but Bill did not seem to care. He was getting used to our irreverence. It may be noted, however, that when we tried next morn ing to get Billy to take galloping shot at the stripe in blanket nailed onto a shed door, to see how near he could have come to "creasing' q mad steer from the back of fool pony, our propo- it,aY, .sTlurn agln," said Billy. Whats tn blame use O wastin CT whole lot O cartridges jes' t convince CT mess O gabblin egiots that CT thing kin be did? Aw, go off an try poundin san in her rat hole fer yer wits. Bet ye carn't even do that" And he rode off, much offended.
 When Joe Fleming, brother of the boss, and Hank Barr had brush with half dozen Indians, and just escaped with their lives, leaving bunch of fat cattle to be run off by Uncle Sam's dear, sweet proteges, Billy's opinion was at once forthcoming. Huh. Ye mout jes' 2 well saved mos O tn critters an got them thievin red cusses too. Wy didn't ye, wen ye seed 'em ridin down on ye, jes' kill three or four critters, pile 'em up fer a barricade, an give tn red devils reg'lar h-l? That'd ben bet tern losin tn hull bunch"
 When Bob Hall, cowboy from the "3 Bar" the next ranch-one of the meanest, ugliest, most quarrelsome bull lies who ever fourished gun-got killed at the hotel in town by an unof. lending tenderfoot, whom he had tried to compel 10 take q drink, Billy, as usual, had something to say. Huh! That's them tenderfeet all over. They think ef CT man tries t hey fun with 'em hyar thet they've got t shoot, an shoot quick. Tn galoot oughter've jes' took Bob Hall b tn scruff O tn pants an kicked r throwed i'm out, an Bob 'id've pollygized too quick. Bob Hall never had no sand"
 All the same, there was an old story to the effect that once, when Billy had been unaccountably absent from the ranch for three or four days, he had been in town, devoting considerable attention to keeping out of the belligerent MT. Halls way.
 But Billy's opportunity came one day. He had been laid up week and was still lame as the result of being on the side next the ground when his pony stumbled and fell one day, and was sit ting at the door one morning about II 80 when the stage came along. Several of us were in the ranch house and were somewhat surprised to hear the wheels outside, for the stage road was two miles from the ranch. As we crowded to the door we saw something was up' for Dyer, the driver, looked excited.
 "Mornin, gentlemen" he said. And then to Boss Fleming: "Fleming, ex- pect ( be held up over b Five Mile creek. Kin one O tn boys go with me? I'll get mother man at Parker's, an I reckon threell be 'nough."
 "Why, yes, of course," was the reply; "you can have more if you want 'em. I'll go myself. But why didn't you bring guards if you're carrying any val uables!"
 Dyer explained. The night before he had noticed three suspicious looking characters in town, and observed that they eyed him considerably. This morn ing he had started early, hoping to pass all the places favorable to "hold up' before the three tough looking gentle men had time to get located. He had felt a bit backward about bringing guards, as he did not like to appear cow ardly, and besides his suspicious might be groundless> and the laugh would be on him. There were no valuables except