The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-31

answer 70 A question. "Ess I have had sew
idrhtin even an Old ySq1efo." One rainy nisht,
tcIS me that at The ls' baTTb bSS'T wire %y to %Sn S Ss%s enc ma
1,2OO-aore grazing field was washed out In a
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tSR ST tSS Ssb ! y SP 9b SR br and n r. t che , s%ddlo, E0ing
pitch dark and q driEsly. misty rain was COM
Ing down. We knew the way veil or wo' should
On arriving Ht thc. scene ofthe break the men,
by the light Of lanterns. repaired the damage,
turned EfHsdiH my ny % S9tenSti TS'I 70 1 Tea r. }nslE w Teist' our I
h hofss T UnS SSs s6 Sw9 ! 4 put ,tot The real spurs 70 my
repairers and In Egyptian darkness. Xheavy
Wind came w suddenly. as 4 does nowhere
lightning. The cattle stSmpeded in a moment.
No, on, can ever tell the, awfulness OF q STAN
tie at night. and on a. ozark night, too. The noIse
mado by even that little BUNCH was as terrific
s%2t m1E sari I as Il t bad b sI, SS S.s " q diI,fSS s mSSi Of heavy !
Hn MA HilthS s o shd 1 might be trampled on and
and turned a v yIS' The e east 'tTYp saw Sy PI 4tsi:!
tion that the cattle we're tearing along like an
knew my only chance Of escape was to 60 in
i Hay m | eyer SotG6 o the herd and mGysd over
never been able to find out; But ! got past the
ibronsb s9 abS ;sD and they hp ira ran ReilmsII onward
We lost half a dozen or SO in the Stampede. It
where | was then Until daylight t. ca Mneo and |
could see the location OF things. ST
over in the foothills, seven miles west from the
stealing lambs. The men were thoroughly bad.
Quentin, and / believe they had done murder
IN their time; l was coming down the road
Der afternoon when l noticed three men about
h1lt a mile ava across the ranch going along
d ds N a 1PSai %sste Il dfy and t then | saw | th GGtptS %o q
the men had each n lamb under his arms. Those
were days when wool was up and all sheep we're
more and more angry as watched those sneak
light. l ran down the road and. going to the
barns; got out my horse; buekIed n a holster
SHIy mann on 1T tRa re BAYERN 1 EASY eS aId fSss Il y thS q
man-to accompany me. l started across the
ranch, leapippg irrig9tion bitches and going
II was so angry at the boldncss OF the theft
companion I rode to the chaparral' in the
foothills. There, | came upon two Of the
ne as'i i g II Rad ths si Ftsd%p9 SeGS fffiRIlRdi a ode the G5
other had been, %secreted somewhere. More
hardened and de.sEper99te i Looking mel, were
these Mexicans were. They had been semi-out-
laws for years. and / have found since that
many ranchmen never dared prosecute these
MeXicans. when. a theft had been traced to
them. Who could tell when he might be met
on n lonely trail or highway by a criminal. or
when his barns would be in flames or his
horses manned?
Now ! want you TO know. said / In Spanish,
with all the intensity Of speech | could COM
mand. that l have caught you at last in your
stealings from my ranch. 1t has got to stop
My companion looked frightened at me. and
/ marvelled at my own words. The Mexicans
looked deflantly at me, and waited apparently
for each other to talk to me. They are a silent,
suspicious race. l slowly drew my pistol from
my holster to make my remarks more, i'm
pressive. One of the Mexicans reached be-
hind and got his weapon also; must confess
he did not look frightened-only surprised.
There won't be any moro fooling about
this living off my ranch. either | continued,
after an interval OF looking about the camp. L
won't have it. l am always, glad to help poor
people and / never turn a hungry man from
the door, but / will not have my tiocks robbed.
I've got strong evidence against you fellows.
Tomorrow morning | shall expect the carcass
of one Of my lambs at my house. Nothing moro
will be said about this il you Ollow instructions.
with that my companion and | whipped our
horses. and away we went back to the ranch. |
need only say that a lambs carcass was found
in the dooryard OF my home early the follow
ing morning. But We dared not use it, fearing
it might. have been d%octored or poisoned
for us. However. l never again had reason to
suspect that gang of thieves on my place. but
| the ut her ranches haUh