The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-01-03

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= WIN choressat Night and noon,
q SoaflasRMas 's Pretty hs'4 so eSe'p
Everybody's most polite;
It's perfect joy '.-
l. Now to meet the 5anltor
elevator
Merchants more thah gracious,
All the towns In tune gx}&.t
10 proclaim the tidihgs, 0>'%1
"Chrsstmas pretty soon.'
-. -. - = - Washington Star
|, Lance and Lasso. -:.tgs,
He is as 'treacherotls as puma, leon,
and i advise you to keep your eyes open.
Mark my words, he intends, to harm YOU
at the first opportunity" s3
>EtsA.'Wtatt can be- his reason; for wishing
to harm me, Arlo? i have II never harmed
him" w -
"Jealousy:. Leon; jealousy. I saw his
eye kindle with the yenomous light lof
snakes yesterday, when you beat. him
in throwing the bolas. You did do won
derfully Well after SO little practice.">
lit was an accident, Arlo. i could not
| do it again If J. should try thousand
| times'
"Well, accident or not, it came in at
| the right time, and it is no wonder, Tippo
eenvies You your victory. But beware Of
l.
/ The youthful speakers, neither being
over Is. were tcantering leisurely across
| that remarkable pampas region lying be-
| tween the Parana and Paraguay rivers,
| the Gran CAaco, They were on the fex-
/ IRENE southern border belonging to the
claim the ownership of more than
1000 horses. 10000 Head 5of cattle and
nearly $1,000 sheep, feeding at will on
his domain of pampas:3 $780, -]'ts - '"F
| ,Arlor Strain was this wealthy estan-.
ciero's only son, and his companion,
Leon Lyons was AN Americans boy,
whom Arlo had met and formed q strong
country ;. getting his education, 4 The
grandfather of Arlo had gone from the
United States3 to settle; in the country
north of Buenos Ayres.
Leon had been glad to ACCEPT an invi-
tation to visit his South American friend
and never had he enjoyed himself better
than on his wild rides over the pampas.
How he slept at night! And he often
declared that he had never known what
it was to have an appetite before!
IT was then the season for rounding
up the cattle. At first he had to con-
tent himself with seeing the gauchos, or
herdsmen, as they rode down and lassoed
the animals, but finally he had venturcd
to join his companion in the exhilarating
work. 49,
1t was wonderful how these sons of
the pampas performed their feats of
lance and lasso, but when Arlo ex-
planned that they had been trained to it
from infancy; that long lines were given
them to practice throwing, and that by
the time they were i years old they
were put on the back ola spirited horse,
with a genuine 1asso7 to use, he did not
marvel so much at their skill.
| Arlo, had acquired Il good deal OF that
7 skill and Leon was fain to believe that
| few of the ga,ichos could Guido him,
but when he said as much the other
| laughed, saying:
| Wait till you see what Tippo can do.
he can throw a lance farther and Il
lasso.. surer than anyone on the estall-
| cias."
The gaucho .Guiesippo, whose name
had been corrupted into Tippo, was a
tall, 'swarthy, 1ferce-looking native,
whom few liked, but many feared. Fie.
was known to be desperate. fellow
when aroused, and his passionate ma
ture would brook little or no opposition.
| 1t was he that Arlo meant in his warn
| ing to Leon, for it, had been the htters
| misfortune to incur the ennlity of Tippo
| at a game of .bolas the day before, when.
| quite accidentally, the American lad had
won the laurels from the boastful ga,1-
| cho.
t.. Little dreaming of what was likely to
| follow the simple affair, however, Leon
| joined enthusiastically in the wild work
| of cattle-hunting ON the pampas. He
| had never known such sport before,
and. feeling his blood Jingle under the
excitement of the mad races, he dashed
hither and thither, with more pluck
than prudence. -. ......
( 1T was the agreement that he and
! Arlo should keep together, but it is
]snot always easy to carry out the plans
con such occasions. Thus. toward mid
day. as the latter dashed through Il
clump of date palms to head off Il bunch
of cattle, he suddenly missed his COM
! panion. r.:
. knowing the Importance of quick ac-
ton then, he wheeled his horse and
glanced hurriedly over the scene. He
did not look Ill vain, for away to his
right he saw Leon standing over the
dead body of his horse
!, What had happened to bring about
i this calamity he did not have time to
i consider, for at the very moment a more
startling aspect was lent to the scene.
From Icons left. concealed from him
no doubt by the tall grass, was one of
the old bulls that were the terror of
the herds sweeping furiously towards
the dismounted boy. 1t was doubtful if
victim IN his pathway yet, but that fact
could not change the inevitable result,
for he was sure to catch sight Of him
Soon. -..e<7t., .,,5,f: :: - T.: -.
ArIo was about to shout to Leon of
his peril and dash to his rescue, when
! the cry froze on his lips at the, sight
he beheld on the other hand The sec
riding like the wind down upon the boy,
with his lance poised to be- hurled at
his head the moment he should get near
enough to be sure of his aim. A dense
I clump OF mlmosa concealed the ap-
preaching bull from the sight of the
| gaucho. ..
/ If Arlo failed to give his warning cry
to his friend, he did not remain ina ctive,
but urged his horse ahead at the top
| of its speed and so evenly were these
4 onsets made that it seemed certain that
1 a triple meeting would take place at the
converging point.
But Arlo realized that this must prove
fatal to his friend if not to himself, and
he. suddenly raised his lasso, and with
that quick, dexterous movement peculiar
to the master of this plant weapon, he
sent the long line whirring through the
air, the moose at its end settling over
Icons shoulders, just as the loud below
him. Atthe same moment Tippo threw his
lance. Arlo turned his horse sharply to
the right, and as the taut lasso jerked
Leon forward upon the ground Tippo's
lance whizzed! harmlessly over him.
And then, before the would-be murder
er was aware of his peril, the maddened
bull was upon him, goring and trampling
him to death. -
Having wreaked his vengeance upon
the enemy that he had found in his
path the brute dashed on across the
pampas, leaving the two boys unhurt.
You may be sure that they were thank
full for their deliverance, in spite of
[ TippO's awful fate-Philadalnhia Times