The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-04-02
THE COLONEL'S SCAR.
eouvENlR OF A CHANCE MEETING
IN THE YELLOWSTONE.

Horse Thief Methods which Didn't work
Successfully This Time-A Lively skir-
mMh with Lots of Bullets In It-Impor-
SAINT Part Taken by Roaring Harry.
Colonel Jim Struthers, alias Montana
jim, yawned few times, and in the proc
ess Of pulling himself together combed |
his hair with his fingers, thus lifting 1t |
from his brow and exposing long and |
lurid scar which started on the right tenn
pie and travelled backward till 1t got lost
in hair
"Hello, colonel Come ont of this, and |
tell me how you got this scar" said the
prospector for facts.
"Tbis scarf Oh, yes, recollect. Well,
got that mark from being too game. |
was living on a ranch near Pease Bottom,
Mon, and after the regular fall windup
three of the boys, Catfish Johnnie, Roar
ing Harry and Yellowstone Joe, proposed
that we take trip through the Yellow
stone park.
"After a long and delightful trip we came
within the shadow of the Yellowstone
mountains and camped. 1t was u delight
full spot. On one side ran the tracks of
the Northern Pacific, and every few hours
trains rushed by On the other side lit
tie stream babbled and sparkled. 1t was
about noon when we halted.
"After dinner we sat near the railroad
waiting to see the overland express dash
by, when from the brush dowr the track
three men came out. They strolled along
in the direction of our camp. We were
good many miles from n station, and 1t
was an unusually suspicious circumstance
TO see these fellows tramplng along tnr
ties. They were bad Visaged, and their
general appearance dld not impress us very
iavorably. AS they got wlthln ABOUT lUo
yards OF us they hallooed In iamlllar wlld
west style and approached us ciVilly
enough. The spokesman said that one OF
their horses had either strayed or had Deen
stolen, and he wanted to know II we mad
seen any horse answering the description
which he gave. VI course we had not ana
invited the strangers TO eat ulnner Win
| US.
( They told us that their camp was down
the track in ravine about mile distant
and said that they would be glad to nave
US take dinner with them on the morrow
We promised to do So however, there was
some sneaking suspicion down IN the SUD
cellar OF our minds that something was
crooked about the whole business Ihls
suspicion was not calmed in any way by
the calculating glances which the party
bestowed on our armament ana STOCK
That afternoon IL was decided that we
should picket our horses and stand watch
by turns throughout the night IL is
very common practice with expert horse
thieves to simply swoop down ana STAN
pede the stock of an outfit In true indian
! faGhinn nrnOrAmmp
work where the stock is plcketed. In Q
case OF this kind the depredators simply
sneak around the camp like coyotes and
cut the ropes.
"ln our outfit we had one very wllc
horse. He was as wild as a mountain goat
He would run II you d point your hngel
at him. The only restraining influence
which he acknowledged was that exercls
ed by another horse. The wild horse wal
go absolutely stuck on his four footet
friend that he would eat and drink witt
him and never seem satisfied without he
Ing in his company. True, he would II.
off at tangent, but he would come to III
mate, wngging his tail behind him w
picketed all the horses excepting this one
1t was between IL and O'Clock whel
Roaring Harry, whose turn it was to stant
guard, entered the prairie schooner AM
turned us all out quietly with the remarl
that something was up. The wild hors
had run up alongside his gentle frien'
and was pulling and snorting In perfec
fever OF fright.
1--WE reasoned that the thieves had ap
preached the camp and run on the untam
ed animal. They would conclude iron
this that the stock was at large and woul.
most likely attempt to stainpede 1t. VIII
this theory in mind, we took position
along the trail which the thieves woul
. follow should they sNGop down My perez
was under an oNertiinglng bowler, wher
l could not be seen Tor the gloom, an
| from where by the FAINT light OF Inc star
a could see pretty clearly all that went o
q on one side of the wagon. 1t was sno"
Ing and blowing and otherwise unpleas
ant. We had been on guard this way fo
g perhaps an hour. Everything was uea
still but for the howl or cry OF some VII
beast in the timber. we Thought that W
heard something winch sounded ike hoo'
away up the trail. Nearer they came, an
more distinctly they sounded as the
struck the frozen ground, from whlch u
snow had been blown away. Ihen I'll
Y sound ceased. The party OF horsemen ma
halted. we knew what was about 10 conn
and every man took hrmer hoid on n
!: winchester ana LOOK good care tha1 I'll
= hammer was up. Then there was sheI
ciatter ana rush DOWN the traii u
v thieves were dashinS luil tilt' .,
AS the squadron emerged rom u
De seen. bhne, pahs' "hilA' NiicN, ciici