The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-11-26

Horse Thief Methods which Didn't Work
Successfully This TIme-A Lively skIr-
,,,.h win, -, p,it.,.
'"'' fA'' '"Ne" ny h"Arhs marry
Colonel lin Strutbera alias Nonto.o
lin. vawn.d n few times. and In tho ,roc-
ess Of milling himself together. otnbad
bia hair with his fingers. Tins Iiftin, IL
from his bro,y and exnosiug m long and
lurid scar which started on the right tenn
pie and travelled backward till ~ GOT lost
in bair.
"IIello. colonel Come ont Of this and
tell me how Won got this scar " said the
prospector for fncts
"This scarf Oh. yes. I recoIlect Wall
I got that mark from being too game
was living on a ranch near pease Rottom.
Mon. and after the regular fall windun
three of thu hovs CntG.b Jnbrnio poar
ing Harry and Yellowstone Zoe. pronosed
that we take trip through the Yellow
stone park
"After "A long and delightful trim we came
within the shadow of the Yellowstone
mountains and camped IL was "A delight
full spot. On one side ran the tracks of
the Northern Pacific. and every few bours
trains rushed by. On the other side n lit
tie stream babbled and sparkled. II was
about noon when we halted
After dinner we sat uear the railroad
waiting to see the overland express dash
by, when from the brush down the track
three men came out. They strolled along
in the direction of our camp. We were a
good many miles from n station. and IL
was an unusually suspicious circumstance
to see these fellows trampipp along the
ties. They were bad yisaeed' and their
favorablv As they GOT within obon, 1no
Yards of us tbey ballooed In familiar wild
west style and annroacbad us civ;IIv
enough. The spokesman said that one Of
their horses had either straved or had been
stolen. and he wanted IN tno,v ~ u,e md
seen any horse answering the dascr,ntion
which he uave ar courae ,ya b,d NO, ora |
invited the strangers to .at dinner ,,,,,h
MS
"Thev told us TINT thar co,,r ,os dor,
the track in a rovine ahont !, ,,f;ta distan,
and said that tI,oy ,,o,Id ha LII -, ha,,',
ne t.La dinnor ,,;th ,h,,,,, ~, a.. ,.',..e,'. |
Wa nromised IN do co Uou,a,,ar ,bar,, ,,.as
sopa snenl,ins, susnicio,, d,,,, l., a., -,
collar of onr minds tbot so,,,ath;nt, ,raa
crooked about Tho ,yhnIa hnsinosa This
susnicion was not calmed in anv ,,or d.,
the caIcnIating s,,anraa ,,,hiob 10 -,
haafN nod
,rhat ,t,o,,'ao,, T.. 80. iisltS,.I 80
should nicIet n,r borsss and - ,nav 80 "e
nv tIrns throuahnnt ,ba % ai,,St :, w".e ,1
very common nractica ,yi,h ex,a-, bas.a
thieves 10 simnIy swoor do,r and 60,
neda tho stocI 81 nm outit ,r 80 I,,5,n,,
f,sbion hi, ,bi,, ,r,,,r,.,,,,,,. Ill ,',..'-
work where the stnct ;s nicLa,ad H.
case NJ ,bis Lind ,I,a da,raSa,or, -,
sneak around The camn iiLa oo,,1,t aa a., ~
cut tba ronoa
an our outst us bad ana ,ar,, ,,,;,a
horse He yos no wild mo- = nonn,ain ,,oat
Ua wonld rnn ~ yonid ,o;n, -. e..
Mt him The onlv raotroirin. ;nenaSoa
which he aclnoyledoed wos t5ot oxarois-
ed bv another horse Tbe Wild horse ,ya.
so absolutely stuck ON his four foo,ad
friend that he would ent and drint With
him and never seem satisfied without ha-
ing in his company, True. he would f,v
off at a tangent but he would come to bis
mate, wapging his tai; behind him We
picketed ali the horses exceptinu this one
1t was between l2 and 9 O'Clock when
Roaring Harry. whose turn IL was TO stand
guard, entered the prairie schooner and
turned us all out quietly with the remark
that something was up. The wild horse
had run up alongside his gentle friend
and was putting and snortina I'm n perfect
fever of fright.
"We reasoned that the thieves had ap- |
preached the camp and run on the untam- |
ed animal. They would conclude from
this that the stock was at large and would |
most likely attempt to stampede it. With |
this theory In mind, we took positions
along the trail which the thieves would |
follow should they swoop down. NV perch
was under an overhanging bowlder, where
| could not be seen for the gloom, and |
from where by the faint light OF the stars
| could see pretty clearls all that went on |
on one side Of the wagon 1t was snow
ing and blowing and otherwise unpleas.
ant. We had been on guard this way for
perhaps an hour Everything was dead
still but for the howl or cry of some wild |
beast in the timber. We thought that we
heard something which sounded like hoofs
away up the trail. Nearer they came. and |
more distinctly they sounded as they
struck the frozen ground, from which .be |
snow had been blown away. Then the |
sound ceased. The party of horsemen had |
halted We knew what was about to come.
and every man took firmer hold on his |
winchester and took good care that the
hammer was up. Then there was a sharp |
clatter and rush. Down the trail the !
thieves were dashing full tilt.
Gas the squadron emerged from the |