The morning call., 1893-03-12

Jim thought he would do a little prospect
Ing n gulch near by until it came He
threw the lines over the saddle an0 CON-
mencei climbing the mountain side. Kitty
folio we'd the best she could. AS Jim went
up lie realized that he was not as young as
he used to be. 1t was quite an effort for
him to get from one large stone 10 another
and his bones felt stiff. Still be kept on
trying 70 reach the spot where be thought
be saw an Outcroppng. At a certain point
the hill became quite steep and Kitty could
20 no further, so she stood still waiting for
her master to come down.
Jim had almost reached the place he
wanted when be came down in most un-
pleasant manner. He stepped on a
boulder that turned under him and let
him slide of. Down he slid. humping
every stone on the way until he reached
tba level spot where Kitty was standing.
1t aid not seem to him as If he was being
hurt very much, but when he tried to get
up he found il impossible to DO so. Some
thing was wrong, although he felt no great
pain. He made several attempts, but his
left leg would fall from under him. Ils
made an investigation and found that the
leg had been broken. 1t was a pretty mess
and there seemed 10 be no way out Of 1t.
As soon as Jim fell Kitty seemed to realize
shat something was the matter. She walked
around him and appeared greatly troubled.
At last she took hold of his arm with her
teeth and tried to raise him TO his feet. But
II was no use, he could not stand. Twice he
was leaning uD against her. but soon fell
down again. Kitty seemed frantic. and
ran down the hill and back up again several
times az II she thought there was some
thing she could do TO help him.
Soon the stage could be seen coming I'D
the read, and Kitty knew important bIsi-
ness had TO be attended to. So she left her
master and went down to the erOssroad
The stage came by and the driver. seeing
the horse there, thought of course that Jim
was near by. That anything was wrong
never entered his head. so he threw the
mailbag on the ground and drove on. Kitty
grabbed II with her teeth in an instant and
carried II TO where her master was lying
helpless on the rocks. Again she was in
trouble and could not make up her mind
just what had happened. She made several
more Intellectual attempts to get him ON his
feet but failed as before
Seeing this was useless she picked up the
bag again and started for camp. 1t was not
q very long gallop with no rider on her
back, and the distance was soon covered
She dropped the bag on the little porch In
front Of the store, where Jim ALWAYS had
stood waiting for somebody TO come ont.
The Postmaster picked up the bag, think
ing that Jim had thrown 1t there and
gone 70 his house. Nobody paid much at
tention TO jim, and often he would not be
seen for days, except by chance, when he
starting out or coming home Kitty neighed
as loudly as she could, but nobody under
stood. She ran down the road and back
several times, but nobody paid any atten-
ton TO her.
She then went to her stable, bnt did not
want any hay. She could not keep away
from her master and she knew he needed
food. Her nervousness created consterna-
tion III the stable and soon she had to get
out. She went past Jim's cabin and al
though il was quite dark she saw the dinner
pail that he carried when he worked in the
mines. Taking il in her mouth she started to
) where Jim was still lying. He was com
Portable except for dead paiI in his leg. He