The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-27

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HsSilElS horse sense" II
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TX w Arizona. and. be-
~ sides being perfect
ly fresh news. has
the additional quail
liea,ion OF being entirely Trustworthy.
says a correspondent OF the Phlladel-
phia Times. During the early days Of
December. before the rains began. X.
~ Tucker-commonly called "old
kaintuck" by his familiar-an ex-
teamster and general all-round cattle
herder. cowboy. etc. was acting az
guide 10 a party OF hunters. the section
visited being low down In the territory.
not far from the border when they
had been several dayn out the party
struck camp In a little arroyo seco. or
dry creek bed. 10 keep out Of the sweep
OF the winds. and did some pretty good
shooting. antelope and rabbits being
the principal game. with now and then
coyote or a mountain lion 10 relieve
the monotony and keep things some
what adventurous In the course OF a
few days. however. the immediate sec
ton having been pretty thoroughly
worked. "Oid Kaintuck." taking one OF
The men. HicksOn by name. set out
upon a sort Of scouting expedition 20
select a new location. I, CHANGED that
kaintuek's pony. a famous little ami
NAL called Cita. that was dear 20 the
old Transfers heart. had that very
morning graEed her shin by a fail on
the smooth rocks Al the bottom Of the
arroyo. 30. much 10 his regret. but that
she might be saved a toilsome and r.
ritaung journey through the alkali
dust, her master rode another animal,
having his pet tethered 10 a mania
nita bush near camp. A few hours after
the departure OF Kaintuck and HEX
son the party IN camp became aware.
70 their great CONSERVATION, that they
were IN the midst OF one Of the terrors
Of western plain life. a sandstorm.
The wind swept across the desert lands
with a velocity almost lncalculable.
driving before Il sheets and clouds OF
sand that stihed the breath. blinded the
eyes and burnt into the skin like live
Goals The camping party had much
ado 10 set themselves aud the ponies
hehini the stunted tlmbers or under
the iutting rock lodges on the banks
Of the arroyo. Once here. however.
they felt comparatively safe. but what
oi poor Hickson and "old Kaintuek"f
The wind was driving directly IN the
line Of the route taken BY the two
scouts and the hunters well knew
what small chance they stood against
Us fury on the open prairie. But the
question Of attempting 70 10 10 their
relief was not even TO be thought OF:
all they could DO was Just to slt and
walt that drearieFt OF Alternatives
Though its fury was spent IN a few
hours. the wind kept up all day. bring
Ing vhiis and gusts Of white dust that
followed In the track OF the sand cloud.
Az night came down, however the
wind lulled and the moon rose a great
white moon that illuminated the plains
and showed the trees upon the foothills
In the distance. No, long thereafter
ihere was a sound OF horses feet In the
distance presently a solitary horseman
dashed into camp and poor Hlckson
more dead than alive. fell from his
staggcring pony. Il was some time
before anything could be learned from
him OF his own narrow escape or OF
odd kalntuck's" probable fate. II an
pears that Hiekson and bis pony had
been driven against a elump OF mama
nita bushes and so held IN check
against the drifting sand. But poor
kaintuck" had not Jared 90 well. The
last hickson had seen OF him he had
been thrown from his horse and both
we're being driven on By the relentless
powers OF the sand cloud. What rem
nants Of strength Hickson had had lef,
when the storm passed be had exhaust.
cd IN a frultless search for his COM
panion and had At last returned 10
camp In despair. 90 course. a relief
party was organized At once 10 70 out
and make a strenuous effort. At least
to and "old KGntuek." In the hurry
and hustle Of preparation one Of the
men called out that Cita. the team.
ster's pe, mare. was missing.
1T must have been CitA that gal-
Hoped BY me like mad a. I was trying
to and my way back 10 camp Just after
dusk" said Hiekson. hearing the
alarm. u iAneied there vas something
familiar In the pony's Whlnny AZ she
passed. though she iev BY like a Wild
thing"
Gone TO look for her master" sald
one OF the men. Then let us after her
as fas, az possible"
50 still vas Il after the storm and
90 bright the moonlight that an old
hunter In the crowd was able TO dis
tinguhh nov and then a horses track
In the wide-swept sand and presently
Il became apparent that they had
struck Cita'a trail
Il was far into the night. however
and the men had ridden a long Jour
ney before they heard family IN the
distance a nony's whlnny. Guiding
themselves thereby and putting spurs
TO their own faded nags, they came al
length upon Cita stopped short az
the big drlft OF sand. piled high like
a dyke and LEFT al last by the spent
wind. toe brave little mare was reared
up on her hind less. digging away with
front feet and muEEle into the ombank.
ment Taking their cue IRON her the
men Get 10 work with might and main
and In less than an hours time came
upon "Kaintuek" and the horse he
had been riding. both buried IN the
drift by one OF those singular inter.
ventions Of Providence the horse ha6