The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-18

fQD jack ne Always Wuz iu0tH-
er's pet, an when he Joined the army
how proud she wuzi He waz han some
la his uniform. Killed in a saloonl
Thank God she's deadi'"
sit seemed a year to US as we shuf1ed
fromfoot to feotbeforehe moved. Then
he gave a start like he wuz pnfiin him.
self together an turned to us, the very
devil shinin ont Of his eyes. He looked
ten years older, but his hand went to
his hip. an we knew he hedn't lost any
OF the spunk he he'd when the Apaches
killed his pardner, Jim Ross.
"'Coyotel Why. he wuz here this
mornin an drew his payi Said he wuz
goin to work over east on the Santa
Ysabel. Boys, Jack wuz MORN life to
me; he wuG mothers pet, an l must
kill tibet snake. How many of You will
stand by ME an help me hunt the cur
DOWN.
Every enc of MS swore we'd not stop
till we'd strung him mp.
:" Then get bosses out of the corral;
take plenty Of fresh ones. Pack up your
grub. How soonwiI Simpson be here7'
.ssHe ought to be here now, I an
swered.
"In half an hour we rode out ON
Coyotes trail. leavin the old manto fol-
low. He wanted a last look at Jack, an
we didn't oare to be around about tibet
time, because we wuz anxious to have
a whirl at Coyote.
ut wuz about two hours before he
caught up with us. He wuz siftin firm
in the saddle, his head up an his lips
pressed firm together. Barker pointed
to the trail, al he just nodded an put
/ spurs to his boss.
Next mornin he had US up at A, an
we struck out. We passed a ranch where
Coyote he'd once killed a cowboy, an
when we. told abent Jack the rancher
insisted on some of us whose hosses wuz
winded takin some of his.
Toward night we began to catch up
on our game an saw fhet his boss must
be gettin tired. We pounded away till
nigh z o'clock an then camped. cause
u ponies needed rest an we might
miss our in the dark. At daylight
we wuz in the saddle again. The old
man hadn't slept a wink, but he kept
the lad.
SIT wuz 10 o'clock when we caught
sight of Coyote. He wuz ridin slow an
maxim for Humphreys peak, KNOWN
thet il he reached the mountains ws
never could get him.
1--WE made a short cut fur the ford
tibet hes at the base of tibet bluff an
rode like the devil WIZ after us, but
there wuzn't any of us could keep up
with the old man. He WIZ ridin a big
black stallion thet he broke in the
! spring-fhe fastest boss in the country.
Coyote saw us an realized it meant
a race fur the ford. He he'd a little the
best of us on distance, but he hedn't
calculated on the old mans black stall
lion when he turned around in the sad
die an waved his haM to as. There
wuz a euss from every man as he set
tied deeper in the saddle an stuck spurs.
"How thet half breed devil could
ridei We were gainin slowly, but he
WIZ much closer to the ford than we
wuz. Still the old man wuz 800 yards
ahead of us an his boss goin full ar
free. Pretty D o we saw a puff OF
smoke, heard a report, az the old mans
hat went off. Fur a minute he raised
his gun, then lowered it, leaned for
ward an gave the black the spur.
eur ten minutes we went on thet
way, bosses an men strainin every
nerve, when Bankers boss went down,
played out, an we left him swearin like
a pirate.
"Within a hundred yards of the ford
Coyotes boss stumbled an fell, an he
rolled over an over. We gave a shout,
fur we thought we he'd him, but he
jumped up an ran fur the ford. Then
he stopped an looked back. He could
make it if it want fur the old man.
Up went his rifle, an we saw Palmer
lay forward on his hoss' neck. The
other shot had showed him tibet 10
wouldn't do to make any better target
of himself than necessary.
hAgain the puff of smoke, the report.
an the black stallion staggered. ran 10
yards an fell.
sour hearts sank as Coyote threw
down his gun al plunged into the wa
ter, but the old man wuz ON his feet in
a second an ran ahead.
"As Coyote climbed out of the water
the old man knelt down an took aim.
We WIZ all holdin our hreaths an
prayin tibet he'd get him, an when the
Mexican reached the top of the bank an
looked around he fred. Coyote threw
up his hands an fell, an we let out q
yell You could have heard a mile.
"When we reached the old man, he
wuz standin with bowed head, his chest
risin an fallin like a winded broncho.
We all crowded round him TO wiring his
hand, but he only said; IT'S done.
Let's go back to the ranch; the cattle
needs us.
"Dutchie an Lew rode over to
where Coyote lay to be sure of him.
but there wuzn't no need of tibet. He
was stone dsad-shot squar' through
the chest.
1.-THE old man sold the ranch about
four months after tibet an went over
into California; said he needed rest an
would settle down heal some old man
sion an take it easy, but we all knowed
he couldn't stand it to live in q place
where Jack had been killed"