The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-04-18

we uluu v CdI0 W Uc dIOuuO ABOUT LQ6I
time, because we WIZ anxious to have
a whirl at Coyote.
''It wuz about two hours before he
caught up with us. He wuz sittin firm
in the saddle, his head up an his lips
pressed firm together. Barker pointed
to the trail, an he just nodded an put
spurs to his boss.
Next mornin he had us up at 4, an
we struck out. We passed a ranch where
Coyote he'd once killed a cowboy, an
when we told about Jack the rancher
insisted on some of us.whose bosses wuz
winded takin some of his.
Toward night we began to catch up
on our game an saw tibet his boss must
be gettin tired. We pounded away till
nigh 7 O'Clock an then camped, cause
our ponies needed rest an we might
miss our man in the dark. At daylight
we wuz in the saddle again. The old
mar hadn't slept a wink. but he kept
the lad.
'It wuz 10 o'clock when we caught
sight Of Coyote. He wuz ridin slow an
maxim for Humphreys peak, KNOWN
tibet if he reached the mountains we
never could get him.
eve made a short cut fur the ford
tibet lies at the base of tibet bluff an
rode like the devil wuz after us. but
there wuzn't any of us could keep up
with the old man. He wuz ridin a big
black stallion tibet he broke in the
spring-the 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 be turned around in the sad
die an waved his hand to us. There
wuz a cuss from every man as he set
tied deeper in the saddle an stuck spurs.
elbow tibet half breed devil could
ridel We were gainin slowly, but he
wuz. Still the old man wuz 500 yards
ahead of US an his boss goin full an
free. Pretty soon we saw a puff of
smoke, heard a report, an 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 tibet
way, bosses an men strainin every
nerve, when Barker's 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 wuzn't fur the old man.
Up went his rifle, an we saw Palmer
lay forward on his boss neck. The
other shot had showed him tibet it
wouldn't do to make any better target
of himself than necessary.
"Again the puff of smoke, the report,
an the black stallion staggered, ran is
yards an fell.
''Our hearts sank as Coyote threw
down his gun an 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 wuz all holdin our breaths 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 a
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 u.s..
"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 dead-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 near some old man
sion an take it easy, but we all knowed
he couldn't stand it to live in a place
where Jack had been killed"
Anne had let his pipe go out during
the narrative, and, lighting it and tax
ing a few puffs, he said:
"Reckon tibet ford'll be about tn
right place for tibet bridge you're fig
germ on fur yer railroad. Cincinnati
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