The herald., 1897-04-04

'tWant Il lsfyin' an Dout SIN npurs after
they'd gone we TUX their trail with TWO
gallon canteens o. water.
THE horses war fresh, an we lowed
ter overtake 'em in four or five hour.
I'VE found nothin' wrong fer twenty
mile: they'd followed the trail all right
Then one on 'em left it an quartered Oft
fer high sand ridge bout half mile
away. l tole Jack ter go ahead an I'd
foler this un. 'Twant long fore come
ter empty canteen; leetle furder on
a par overalls. shirt an hat. In places
they'd be ring made whar he'd run
round fer while. All ter onct heerd
Jack give whoop fer me. l knowd thet
meant trouble fer Jack an l put spur
ter ole Baldy an made fer the whoop,
which seemed ter be jest over the sand
ridge, not morn hundred yard away,
an didn't git thar any too soon nuther.
Soon's raised the ridge l seed Jack an
a naked man a rollin' an kickin' in the
sand, fust one on top then tother. l
Gldn't wait fer ole Baldy ter stop, but
made jump when we got near 'nough
an'4run ter Jacks help. 1t war the leetle
fat bellied Dutchman, crazys a bed
bug, an foamin. ter the mouth. / give
him one tween the eyes, which stunned
him, an give Jack a chance ter git up.
We poured a leetle water down him, an
he seemed ter gift BETTER the blow I gin
him helped reckin'. Jack said he found
the CorniShman unconscious an half
buried in the sand soon after left him {;
he poured some water down him, then
TUX circuit SO as ter meet me, when he
struck the Dutchman, who he'd nothin'
on but par o. boots, an war diggin' a
hole. In the sand ter bury the Cornish
man. he said. Jack got him away from
the hole an turned water down him, but
he no sooner got taste when he went
fer Jack like wildcat, an Jack war
gittin' the wurst on't-'peared like the
leetle devil he'd the strength of three
men. Wall, we worked over them fell
lers, givin' 'em water, leetle ter time,
an rubbin' til they went ter sleep.
Bout midnight they come ter their
senses. an we TUX em on the horses be-
hind us and struck fer the station, which
we made fore daylight.
| I'VE didn't see no more of 'em, fer me
an Jack struck the trail next day afore
they's outen their blankets As / war
sayin' we've jest got over cussin' 'em
fer the most onfrequent fools me an
Jacks seed sence crossin' the Colerady."
"Yas, theys mostly furreners O. some
kind that gifts nipped on the desert;
don't seem ter hev no sense ner jedge-
ment, an they wont hear ter anybody
thet hes.
Game, did we say? Wall, I shud say
Arizona'd got a plenty; but 'taint scat
tered permiscus like-ye've got ter go
whar tits. Slathers O. quail and pigeon
long the streams and springs. In the
mountains ye can find mule an black
tall deer, sheep. turkey an grizzly bar.
T ye want ter tackle him.
1.-The wild turkey me an Jack run agin
las week war jest whales: Talk 'boat
yer Thanksgivin' birds, they amt in it.
I'll venter ter gamble, some on 'em 'ud
go thirty pound! Don't 'spose We ever eat
any jerked turkey?
No? Cause why, we see it's strickley
Arizony produc. hain't got no kick
agin jerked beef, but let me inform ye
it don't cut no figger side O. turkey. I'll
let we hev mess outen the pack. Stew
1t with an inun an lump O. butter; f
ye aint got no butter, bacon grease II
do, an yen find ye've got a dope fer yer
taters thet's mighty nigh mile.
wall, reckin we'll hev ter be movin'.
Hyer, you Turk! Git up out o. thet an
git a move. An you, Ham! Ye dad
blamed ole sinner, BEN rollin' on thet
thar pack agin. I've notion to war
ye out with club; same time know
'taint no arthly use, as ye'll do it agin
fust chance we git
"One O. our regular juties when we
strike camp, fore we can do any cookin'
is ter bend the pots an pans inter shape,
whar old Ham hes rolled on 'em.
"G'long, Bony!
wall, s'long; we've got ter make
Coyote Holes in the canyon ternight,
30 'twont do to tarry Glad ter hev met
ye"
And the. little procession, once more
under way. is soon lost to sight amid the
sand hummocks. And the waif, left to
his meditations and the silence, feels
that the sacredness and harmony with
which be has enriched his lonely camp
has in no way been desecrated or broken
MARION Il KTNWETT.