The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-23

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have fhesa9gf ~ IL. So sas nssas-
fng = altng IL. iassctYss OF. ia she yernae-
usar. sup.sss a feis-gFows mountain lea
COT q fsss. TafnA og S. xsu spert~
IsfFina Sslio@ss spar Bery aad baisg
frsgakef1est brs'seu Is zfthss fcgssw sgN-
S~Ica, threw Pour nges@ seq II settle
About she fawag neck. then waeet spar
away aud ride gsse hard and fast. tori
Ter The sI293i hlnssif is after yas4 In tbs
slas~s ~ an Eagaytafea mountain lton
neasuytre il ssst from tsp 20 sie. and ne
vii Fsaf gHIy &fee s09 Il Faew Tor your
money bat soar life Tfsaf MAS fhe fgss-
aasay act and psld ysde Of Felipe a va
aaeso ON the San 1siafe rancho oas aay
ia-t wseh.
Felipe alwass ~as wsia devil. fall
OF fie5s red blood ana tbe old Nick. AMI
WAS 81 has esguse1t ~ tins head 90 %
stampede ~ thousands IF csazess cattle
+, psuBGsn8 Through darkness. while the
Thunder fs9nnERd sn3 crashed aud the
lightning briagea the cAasns from p.ak 20
peak slth bands ~ dazzling light. then
LETS the biaEkae=s hSaukeF than before
Ever see an eieetfseat storm In ttN noun
taiHs % Southern California; Ia worth
ssrlng. ard sffg all remember H. too. A
Mexican cowoss with rope ard n5py
that aEeve the slightest pressure af bis
knees IL All ugly customer 10 b% up
agalnnt. | wauld AZ soon see hsfn charge
down standing in bic sfi-r8ps. his body
poised forward aud that fatal moose cir
cling round and round hls head. They
would much rather rope an animal than
sheet IT, and Ii tw0 CT more 81 them find
"a EflxxIg III an 0pea biz ~ ground where
their horses have Chanee To play~-weii.
sn isuprumptu circus and menagerie fol-
loHs. hus | started ~ tell you az the
lion.
Felipe waS riding hard that marn.ng
ard hts faute las along the mountain side
OF the range. II was 3ust after breakfast
and he VAS swinging along the herd on
liz little cav pony when he caugi; sight
az the carcass Of a yoans steer partly
eaten. with scarcely "a pressure on the
rnsns. the pans stopped almost settling
back uts his nAuuches while hts rider
black eSea scanned rle carcass and the
ground around which showed signs at
struggle .'t.soI.R his only cna-
uaant tn the sandy soi amid the sparse
vegetation wcTe she tracks 81 big rloiin-
tain tier leading toward the mountains.
The trail ted iate little nook IN tn.
foothills, Ia which was s csump 81 wide
spreading I.TeeakH. Toward these rode
Felipe aHd as h. reared The FIRST tree
he refined back.
There ne is in the tree. sen0r." he
called with some SHOW ~ excitement.
Yes, there ne was q huge, tawuY feIlox.
his long. powerful body lying al fall
length on q limb almost AS large The
trunk Of the tree. and hot over Fifteen
fres from tnA ground, fiiA riurwy tail
waxing sefilt 80 and fra. his head partly
raissd. ears aaEssned ips drawn back.
showing hss gseaming fangs. his stesi-like
claw working eonYuisiveiy and tearing
bits of bark from the imlb tgb bat he
xua uu ugly vicious. magnificent looking
brute. fiaxered tbs s's-sgx-shooter IN my
holster nsrvausiy and decided rot
'.Ridc eul little ways ard watch him.
Felipe. While I So back ii camp for
rife"
''So. 80 senior. / wilt rope him | hsve
often helped rope griaHly bears eut never
mountain Ern never did hear 81 il
heng done. and Felipe ef the San ysifre
viii ~ The nfsi II will ~ something TO
talk abaas. and when Miguel 81 the Santa
MtFgatisa gofaps agsin 10 hoazt The boys
may telt nf what Felipe did" and he
began sntstng tho tarty-foaf ra~hisie rope
about hs saddle horn. III q was hair
rope wcul.s Eku II better. bat whs: mat
ter Il VIII onis add 10 tae telling,
''flus wAea you are near enough 20
throw ysR viii b. Within lsapIng distance
eff him" Felipe measured the height ~
the llrsb wlth tia eSa
s&n. / tilnk nnt quite be viii ncs
spring uhEsl ha fals tie yape tigatee.
then.-hGt ride wide % us. seaer. II the
rope breaks sAoat e BE runs, Il rs comes
or Etve saaE harss hts head
fssfaouaitug a, tlRhtened the cineA un-
81 his pens fairly grvamed then swing
Ing lnfe she saastse he arranged fhe noss@s
e. his Hkins. gathering the cells ~ hts
len haad snurrea the agiver.nE pony to-
warA Tbs trss aua began swinging sne
nt0sa as carefully as one sights q rite
The peas uot eniy scented his emsrny
hnt saw htr plainly aya wilA qtEsveFsnS
tmbs ARA sgtsfentged ewes an3 epstfts
oheNed tAs euuF advancing SLOWLY eau
tiousty, Aiwss EST an tip te~s. enc TuiEts Say
ana EVERY step Was 80 nicely balanced