The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-17


And our work was almost done,
When on the right the cattle started
Iu wild and maddened run.
Then the boss little daughter
Who was holding Oh that side,
Started III to turn The cattle,
Aud twas there my pardner died.
On the saddle of the pony
Which the boss daughter sat
Utah Carl that very morning,
Had thrown red blanket, that
The saddle might be easier
To Lenore, his little friend,
And the blanket which lie placed there
brought my pardner TO his end.
As Lenore rushed in her pony
To the cattle on tue right,
The red blanket slipped beneath her,
Catching on her stirrup, tight.
When the cowboys saw the blanket
Every one there held his breath,
For should now her pony fail her
Naught could save Lenore from death
There is nothing on the ranges
That VIII cause a steer TO fight
Halt as quick as some red OBJECT
When It's waved within his sight.
When the cattle saw the blanket
Almost dragging on the ground,
They were maddened in an instant,
Lenorc saw the threatened danger,
Quickly turned her pony's face,
And then leaning from her saddle
Tried the blan keL TO displace
But in leaning, lost her balance,
Fell iii front OF that Yild tide
When Lie still, Lsnore, Pm coming"
Were the words my partner cried.
About fifty yards behind her
Utah Carl came riding fast,
Though be little thought that moment
That the ride would be his last,
Many times from out his saddle
He had caught trailing rope,
And to raise Lenore at full speed
Was, he saw, his only hope.
As his horse approached the maiden,
Sure OF foot, with steady bound.
Low be swung from out his saddle
10 catcn the child from off the ground,
As he hung from out his saddle
Every cowboy held his BREATH
For the feat that he was trying
Was feat for life and DEATH
Low he swung as fast he passed her,
And had caught her in his arm,
And l thought he was successful
And was safe from farther harm,
But such weight upon the cinches
Never had been felt before,
And the mind cinch snapped asunder,
And he fell beside Lenore.
And Lenore fell from her pony,
She dragged the blanket down,
And IL fell there close beside her
AS she lay upon the ground
Utah Carl picked up the blanket,
And again Lie still' he said,
Then running across the prairie
Waved the blanket round his head.
When he started cross the prairie
Every COW boy gave Il cry;
be had saved the boss daughter,
But they knew he had to die.
He had turned the maddened cattle
From Lorene, his little friend,
But now down they rushed upon him,
And he stopped 10 meet his end.
Quickly then from out his scabbards
Utah Carl bis pistols drew
lie was bound TO die while fighting,
Like a cowboy, bold aud true;
And the pistols flashed like lightning
The reports rang loud aud clear;
But still on the herd came rushing
Though he dropped the leading steer
Quick the cattle were upon him,
Aud my pardner had TO fall.
Never more he'll cinch "A bronco,
Never give cattle call.
There he died upon the ranges
And 1t seemed most awful hard
That l could not make the distance
Ia time to save my pard.
When we broke into the circle,
Ga the ground my pardner lay.
From dozen wounds and bruises
His young life slipped fast away;
And | knelt beside him there,
And knew his life WAS DER,
j heard him family murmur.
I'm coming, lie still, Lenore"
Aud these were Utah Carl's last words;
He had gone that endless trail,
And we closed his eyes with rev. renee
While his face grew ashen pale
He had closed life's fiual roundup
Atthe masters dread command.
Aud my tears came down in silence
As clasped my pardner's hand.
There's somewhere grand, bright future
So Eve heard the preachers say.
And l. think that my young pardner
Won't be left at that last day:
And il but an unknown cowboy
He WAS ready there TO die.
And know that my young pardner
Has home beyond the sky.
II. II. HUNT.
SALTWATER. o. T.. Aug :, 1888.