Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-02
WITH BEARS.
A Tale OF a Terrible Might in tho Colorado
Clutches


For the Sunday Gazette:
'Now boys. don't dawdle the after
noon away gunniu' an the like. You We
plenty Of time 20 hunt the nnon over
for those horses and be back pelofe
This Mrs. Price said from q lonesome
doorway Ga the country Of Colorado 70
two 14year-old boys sitting aslrlde
docilo old horse.
one of them was white boy-that
was Jimmy Price, The other me
hired boy, was perhaps Few yeass5
older. and black as ever African c0ul9
be For this reason he was caileu
"Snow" u
''Now. remember what say, boys
continued Mrs Price. 81 shall be TER
riby anxious II you are belateu' lou
Know the woods are fun Of bears nt
this season, and no telling what nlBhl
happen 10 you after dark
"Yo' mighty correct. Mis- Price an
ewered Snow. 1T skeers mo les To-
think Of then, bars an yo' may be sho
we won't be foolin away no time
THAT'S right, Snow don't think
you'd better ulke your gum Jimmy
You'll have no time - hunt,
ooh mother" Jimmy answered I'M
pationtly, do let me- can shoot things
as / 20 along and not waste a minute'
"Well. take IL then" replied the IN
dulgent mother. "ouy mind what l say
about being out late
The boys rode away on old Pinto. =
hOn't-want-to-g0 gnllop. gait when
even In coming home was never vNei
rapid.
The missing horses were supposed TO
be iu one of two glches, and thHre
soon arose a dispute as 10 which one
they probably were IN. long, mar
row foothill, called q "hogback' sype-
rated the two gulches, and us they
moved it became necessary 10 come 70 u
RECESSION
Snow was dead sure.
~ tell yo' jim" he said, dem hos
les rs eutin their heads on up ina
On Bar Greek this Dressed minute, an
YhutH tho use NV hdBun anywhars
lseT
Mise persuaded, "ef you're 40 mortal
te1tnin YOU can les foot it MP There
md bring them down, an I'M go ON 20
where / jes know them horses are, ~
TOu're right YOU can ride back quick
Enough ON old Doll An Of I'm right,
why. IN ride over double quick an tell
you" g..
Snow didn't cxnctly Ike this plan, but
he was only the hired boy, and besides
no felt 40 positive that Ia few min
utes he should find horse 20 ride back
on that he made no objection slipping
down TO the ground. leaving Jimmy IN
sole possession Of Piuto's back, he aald
"All right" quite cheerfuly and start
ed of for Bear Greek.
At the point of the hog-back the boys
were nj once separated beyond Tho
reach OF calling, each entering Il shady
and mysterious gnlch which hid him
FROM view hy lbs oycrhauging rocks
powders, aud wilderness of hr pinyor
and underhrush.
Jimmy continued his way on horse
back quite comfortable, shooting occn
sonally nc complaining mourning dove
or a surprised rabbit, his thoughts mol
entirely absorbed by strayiug horses
Suddenly up the green course OF
mountain stream called "Cub creek,
nc saw something move that he stOPpot
and looked again might be horses,
OF course it WAS he said to himself
reassuringly and. giving Pinto shnrl
touch Of rusty spur, he started for
Mnfd
Tho thing moved again. this time sud
denly and Ia fright For one harc In
slant beautiful wild head, with sof
brown eyes and n look Of mothorly anx
lefty In their liquid depths, was lilte'
above a feathery Clomatis hodge. Tn
owner of the head nc once recognized nl
enemy and sped away up the gulth wit
all the quickness of her ilect-foote
race,
Come right on 10 deer lick, q
sure's I'm Jimmy prlcew smd Jimm
hreathlessy, aud, spunging from hi
horse with his gun, he forgot all prudenc
IA his excitement
Throwing the bridle-reins over Pinto
back, he began steulthily 20 creep throug
the bushes 10 the clemnus hedge. whor
he found The ground so well tracke
oyer as TO prove it deers stampin
place
From that spot the boy started out
earnest after game On he went. n mil
or more, without hating Horses2 VIII
ever thought Of horsesY Jimmys min