The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-04-10

r through Aunt serenas mind, and hel
n heart sank as she spoke the word:
c more to herself than to the children.
1t seemed So Refining his pony aside
e he was riding like mad toward The
! ranch house, which was but little out
of the herds course. Theo saw it, as
/ he stood helpless beside his famed pony,
and wondered, The other herders saw
ii and yelled frantlcally to him to re-
turn, But Paul needed them not. Like
a flash into his mind had come the
words Of an old cattleman who had
given him advice in the art of manag-
ing a herd
Yeh kin do more with bunch OF
cattle by their likes than their dis
likes, had been part of his philoso-
ply; IAN | 'spect they're a good bit
like humans in that"
Already Paul was near the ranch
house, and the anxious watchers saw
him stop his horse with severity
wnch nearly brought the faithful crea-
| ture to his knees, dismount, dash in
through the open door, reappear with
something in his arms, leap to the sad
die and race pellmell, fast as the pony's
fee could carry him, toward the head
Of the herd again.
Inc cattle were running no faster
than at the start, but neither had the
cowboys efforts been able to check
them. Moreover, the angry eyes Of
the leaders appeared to have been fas-
cinatcd by the yellow parasol. which !
shone brightly in the sunlight. and |
We're taking their way, followed by the |
whole frantic mass, directly toward it. |
IN the air was an odor Of bruised horns,
and in the track OF the herd was more
than one struggling beast which had
IalIen IN the race and been trampled
unto death by its companions.
But Paul was well in advance OF
even the foremost, and a gap of many
rods interyeneu between even himself
and the school'party.
Git! Prince-Git!" he was saying.
as he leaned low on his ponys neck
and pressed the spurs harder and
N-- 'AAN 'ANtNlLlAIl5 udAihS.
Then suddenly the watchers saw Paul
urn sharply and ride directly in front
u the oncoming herd, scarce a dozen
ards away.
But they saw something more. AS
lie rode a fine, white stream poured
rom his saddle bow, and flour-like
rail was left behind him, showing
learly on the brown grass and barren
pots Of earth.
What crazy thing began the chief
erder, who had been far in the rear. {
ut was now riding near the front S
The cowboy riding next him did NOT e
ant for the conclusion of the sentence.
lis quick mind had solved the problem. I
nd above the roar the chief caught the v
ngle word Salt" t
Before the first of the cattle had n
cached the white line Paul was across Il
he herds track and was trimming to o
]me back further on But it was un- e
AS the first rank reached o
le seemingly slight barrier a familiar a
ld appetizing odor reached the dis 81
hued ho5tlIls. Forgetting their i'm ="
ltience, the strong beeves slackened II
'elr pace. The croWding hundreds 8
hind pushed them forward. but these, d
o, caught the scent and in a moment 'e
e whole herd was hooking and striy- Nv
g for taste of the animals greatest o
Xuly. Paul seeing what would hap -
n, rode on still doing out the salt u
It'll he had line long enough to en- NJ
sc the greater part of the herd and 81
event any being crushed in The ~
rong. As he looked back and saw VI
e lately stampeded brutes, sinking ~
re and there to their knees to lick up ie
feast he had spread he laughed Az
)ud. Wi
The old cattleman," he thought,
'as right. was their likes that
ught EN-"