The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-26

completes cattle Kings name Iydon't
cotton to. One thing shore they amt no
dead men hauntin' me, fun what shootin
l ever done (cept rustlers, an they don't
COUNT, l done in clar self-defense. The
fust little onpleasantness / ever had wuz
with Jim Stevens in Idaho, an If the
blamed prarah dogs alive to-day, it ain t
"At's why left Lyons an went over to
Oregon sheep-herdin'; The wust days in
my whole lifel Settin' way up on the
Blue mountains 'thout a soul but dog
anywheres, a-watchin' them sheep a
browsin an a-browsin; Lord got so't
'twuz an bout eternity an them stars an
worlds a-goin' on an on, TIL I'd
git all skeery an, buggy in IL
my dog I'd jump like as if another
man wuz talkin IN my insides.
Last one day I got lost fun my band
an meandered around, silly like, all day
Towards night / seen a cabin down in a
canyon an broke fuh it. A bean-pot wuz
settin on the ashes an | dived into IT,
ATS cowboy and sheepherders' rules
take any fellers grub when yo're hum
cry Bout time I'd cleaned out the pot
/ cast up my eyes an seen my own coat
an tarnal foolish at I'd been stealth
my own beans. AT let me out. l shook
my lob when the packer cam round an
made a bee line fob Texas,
SON. He useter rant range from old Chief
Bushyhead and drive the cattle on IN the
drV MESQUITE up TO the INatlOn an get en-
roilin' fat. We alters stayed over regular
al Antelope Wells, jest after we passed
the divide They wuz the blamdest lot oV
springs yo' ever seen, squirtin up all round
an ma Kim the rankest kind NV green feed.
One time at we wuz thar, two lnJun ram
blys camoed bout a mile past us at the
Needles, three sharp rocks settin' on a
little mound at bumped up all NV sud-
den on the prarah, and doggoned If they
didn't lock like they wuz needles pintin'
up outen green Dincush1n.
soThar wuz a mighty peart little squaw
in the bunch, pickin' dewberries alongside
her grandmam an pap. She wuz pritty
as a speckled pup an | took a notion to go
over thar eyenin' after rouna-up' ana an, IS! SCI
round drinkin' connahany an joshin' the
little matuska. Shed be beadin moe
casins an 'ud laff heap at me talkin'
Cherokee. ] never meant a mite NV harm Il;
reckon / done it more to devil a young
buck at 'ud be hangin round an scoWEn'
"WelI. il wuz lowerin' an sultry the
night afore we wuz to pull stakes, an, the
cattle 'uz contrary as mules. 1t wuz plumb
dusk fore we got EN- punched. They KEEP
on movfn constant and bellowin'. It wuz
a. olgare sight to see them thousands Nv
horns tossin an wavin. l wuz clean tuck
cred out, an some skeery-lookin' clouds
vuz comm up in the west, but l lowed to
saw adios to the matuska, an throwed my
saddle on a fresh hess an 1T out.
"'Bout half way l hearn a rustlin in a
little thicket Nv pawpaws, an somethin
Jumped out sudden, maxim Dandy jump
an squat Twas the squaw.
q Go back says she, pantin' like a
lizard, go back, Heron Feather heap
mad. kill YOU
Thar come a streak NV chain lightnin
rippin' down the sky, an big drops Nv
rain spattered on her Skeered face. She
WIZ in a turribe way. My dander flew
right up 4 reckon not says |. i lows
TO come in an call the red gentleman's
hand
but she grabbed hold NV Dandy's brid-
die an swung to IL beggin and cryln'. 1t
wuz thunderin' an lightin. stormln lick
ETY. slpit, an thar we stood palaverin till
al at onct 1 hearn O. turrible roarin'-a
beatin an poundin', at Wuzn't thunder
an rain. My horse rared an snorted an
bust loose from the girl an stood trem-
bin.
MY Godr / hollered. the cattle's
stampeded! l give one look back Fob a
minute II Wuz light as day, an ! seen the
whole herd comm like a WhirlWind an
shakin' the earth. We couldn't Kit out N
their way. they wuz too clost We'd got
ter lead the STAMPEDE
II reached down an swung the squaw
up benin me
=" The Needles says she. very low ana
calm, as she caught me rOun' the mlddie
They WIZ nigh half a mile on, buf thar
wuz a chance fuh us II Dandy KEEP the
lead. ! never throWed my leg over =
gamer boss. He tore over the Eroun' Ike
IN wuz fhunderin' and Mghtnin' Ike the
judgment day. an haliFt0ufs az BE AZ
hens eggs wuz Deiiin' our heads an shout