The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-12-04

and you'll find yourself Mazeppaing
over into the Wind river country"
Lieut. Grissette laughed seornfully.
and dug his spurs into the beasts
flank. They disappeared out to east
ward ''I'll bet eight dollars his hip
bones are up under his ears in quar-
ter of an hour" Naseby groaned in con
fidential tones to Crary. The latter re-
fused to take the bet. The other two
military men set themselves about
making their companions comfortable.
cheerfully promising Nascby that his
broken leg should be reset in three
hours. and his ribs, fractured by the
spirited horse when ii stood upon him.
should be dug out and trimmed prompt
ly. ''It is all the fortunes of war. old
boy said Henderson. of Douglas.
Think what fame il will be for you
to go lolling around the post with a
pack of broken bones, received while
on duty at the front. l envy you.
Only you must let me give you some
lessons in horsemanship before you try
any more of these unknown and fiery
mountain beasts. They are wild
lightning streaks."
Naseby and Crary thought of the
oiu tidtt vi
bones which they had ridden. and
"HelIoi" yelled Henderson. There's
Grissctte. Wounded, tool"
There is no need to tell of the lie of
Grissette. 1t was simply irreproach-
able. and Naseby and Crary. looking a:
each other, were ashamed of the paltry
and weak tales they had told. And
when an hour later they picked up
Henderson and Benswick mounted and
cheerily rode away, Henderson scared
in the mountain clouds of fiction TO de-
scribe the wicked spirit of the horse,
while every man of them excepting the
untried BensNvick knew the animal had
simply hobbled along just out of view
of the stage. And Benswick! 1t is
distressing to guess what his thoughts
must have been. lie realized perfectly
well that the four Others had lied about
their fearful experiences and had mere
ly been shaken and rocked into human
pulp. and yet he Swore positively that
the mount had stood upon its head and
had turned three somersaults in the
air before picking MIN up in it's teeth
and shaking him like corn-popper.
Il can ride lively horses, but this one
is too lively" he said sadly, and hinted
about n dislOcated collarbone, a caved-
in skull and broken arm.
They all agreed that /, would be suicide
for anyone to try to master that ami
NAL. they all squeezed into the stage
and left it to follow if il should choose
Did | tell you that, although there were
comfortable seats, every man of them
seemed TO prefer resting on his knees? :?
They were proud men. those four
officers. and although each knew the
other was viiely lying yet they all per
sistently told and retold of their hurts,
and when they got to the main body it
was odd to see how every one of them
insisted that some other fellow was the
worst sufferer and ought TO go first to
the surgeon. and how finally. in Spartan
fortitude, they all decided to bear their
injuries without medical assistance.
This is the first time the history of
the case has been recited. but when next
anyone remarks in your hearing that
no soldier or officer was injured in the
course of the Jackson's Hole campaign,
you tell him he is mistaken.
War is indeed terrible thing.-Chi-
cago Record.