, 1897-11-17

hole stops toward the south, I'll craw.
toward home. and if it turns to the
mountains, | will hunt the water holes
Hold on!'' stopping the revolving hat
and closing his eyes, he said in a very
low voice: 80 Lord. | don't know as
one cowpuncher is much Object to you,
you got SO may, brt | never did much
dirt only to Billy, and he vrI.s - mean
himself, it served him rlght. If you
will help me out of this scrape and
make the hat stop at the right place,
III never forget it. Amen"
Very earnestly then he balanced the
hat and set it turning After several
revolutions it came to Il stop, with the
hole toward the mountains.
THE water holes it is, then" said
he, and carefully noting the direction
indicated, That's rather more to the
left than | would choose. but if you
say SO it goes"
Without delay. but without haste, he
made his preparations for a great effort
Before deciding Oh Il course he had
whimpcrcd a little The shock and pain
had unncrvcd him There was now no
more of that He had a purpose and
meant to execute it With bandagcs
made from portions of his clothing he
bound up the leg to give it some sup.
port He set his teeth down lard in Il
strip of leather cut from his shoe. Then
fixing his eyes upon Il landmark in the
distance, which SHOULD remain in view
Is he moved over the plain, he pulled
his freight.
1t would fatigue you to follow this
mans trail as foot by foot and hour aft.
ar hour he painfully progressed TOWARD
the water holes. tortured with thirst.
besct by doubt whether he should not
find them dry Upon he desert IL man.
for lack OF water, may perish III Il few
hours. In the cattle country they can
md do live and suffer for days withou,
1t This man did He was only Il com
mon $40 Il month man If he did no,
get through, another would take his sad.
die and his bunk. To the company it
mattercd not at all whether the name
on the pay roll was John Doe or Rich
ard Roe. He had lived mcanly, not al
ways temporarily But he had u trait
common to cowboys. a splendid Amerl.
can grit, and he got through On the
third day he dragged himself to the first
Of the water holes. 1t contained a small
AMOUNT of brackish and muddy water
Beside it grew Il stuntcd willow bush.
Beneath the bush lay Il sleeping calf
Here were all the elements necessary t.
insure his safety
Tho man does not remember whether
he first shot the calf or first slaked his
thirst, or when the idea occurred to
him of the perambulatory splints. But
by the time he had eaten his second
meal of veal. which followed very close
ly on the first, his plan vas complete.
He thinks he devoted about "a hours to
refreshments. During that time he kept
the leg i'll wet b~andaSes, greatly reduc-
ing the swelling
1t was work of time to cut down
the low branched willow with his jack
lnife and to fashion a cane from the
,toutest portion From smaller branches
10 made u number of splints, and these
lie bound about the broken leg by raw
Iide thongs cut from the calfskin and
yell soaked in the pool The contrac-
ion of the rawhide i'll drying made a
cry strong and rigid support, extend
ng from the foot to the knee, and upon
his, with the help of the cane, he
would walk. 1t was not springing 1t
vas slow and painful motion, but by
contrast with tho three miles achieved
IN three days on hands and knees it
seemed both rapid and easy. He covered
the distance to the ranch in one day and
night, coming in just when the foreman
WAS ~rnlliup ..Rpll out ~
The first thing he asked after the
boys had put him in bed and cut off the
rawhide was for somebody to shave him.
He had a hard enough time for sew
eral weeks, but the doctor did not am
putate the leg as he at first threatened
to do. We never convinced this saw
bones, though we showed him the raw.
hide splint, of the fact that tho man
walked III miles on a broken leg.
"Humbug," said he. mo such case
on record. The thing is preposterous.
&C. b Durham i'll San Francisco A.
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