Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-07-20
HE SAW SOMETHING
He Set Out on fine Trail for
Phoenix.

| Charles Emerson, on his way into
town on Tuesday afternoon from Cave
Creek, overlook a young man, bare
headed and limping. He acted as if
he were sore all over His hair was
erect and he wore an expression of
uneasiness which his fatigue could not
conceal He asked to ride to Phoenix.
He was not a very garruIous person.
and the only conversation he INDUCED
in not in response to questions by Mr..
Emerson, was an inquiry whether
bear or other carnivorous wild animals
came into the foothills at this season
of the year. Mr.. Emerson said he had
only seen coyotes. The stranger said
his name was Sherman and that he
had lately come from Connecticut to
engage in mining. He had been to the
Phoenix mine to see an old acquaint-
ance and was now going to the Hell
vetia mine below Tucson to see if he
could get work.
Mr.. Emerson observing that his pas
senger had neither hat nor blankets.
said you don't go weighed down with
much baggage" NO replied Mr..
Sherman. Left your blankets in
Phoenix, 1 reckon?" No, haven't got
any
Ed you lose your hat?"
Yes; come away in hurry and for
got it," replied Mr.. Sherman.
That is about all Mr.. Emerson
found out about Mr. Sherman that
day, but yesterday morning he met
him in barber shop and learned
more. He was being shaved and
when the barber began combing his
hair he asked, Got any grease, bears
oil or anything?'' Yes" said the bar
Der. bur you don't want any; it'll
spoil your pompadour" That's just
what l want said Mr. Sherman. 81
want that hair to lay down agin SO
| won't look so much like a Fill
Pine insurgent. His hair was pasted
down to his scalp and he and Mr. EN-
ersOn happening to leave the shop at
at the same time, Mr.. Sherman said:
Il expect you thought l was kind O.
unsociable yesterday, but I was a lit
tie excited yit and wasn't quite at
myself
Then he told what excited him He
said that he left the Phoenix mine on
Monday on foot for Phoenix Wearied
by the weight of his blankets he sat
down to rest under the shade of a
tree growing on a high bank on the
side of the trail After resting a
while he got sleepy. and making pill
low of his blankets he lay
down, first removing his revolver and
placing it at his side. He said he
didn't think he slept long, not more
than an hour, when he was gradually
awakened by something fooling around
him. He dreamed that he was play
ing with the old family dog at home |
Opening his eyes he saw a huge hairy |
paw extended partly across him, but |
he never saw what the paw belonged |
to. He rolled off the edge of the cliff |
and hit the trail running.
81 heerd a big crash said he, land |
thought it was it l buckled down |
faster, and every oncet in a while I |
could hear something comm, but |
never looked back to see l don't |
know how in Sam Hill L ever got
down them rocks without breaking my
neck. Oncet l struck a level spot and |
it come a-clatterin' over the rocks |
list ahint me- l must "a run about
three mile then. 1 remember over
takin' one of them long cared jack
rabbits. l thought I'd run around him
an jist as Twas goin' to pass him he
jumped in front of me an got in my
way. 1 thought. You darn lumbeTin'
fool. why don't you git out O. the
road and let a Teller run that kin rum
KEEP that lick up till 1 couldn't go
any furder an made up my mind 1
nigh: as well be Ct up es to run my
self to death. / stopped an aid down
an there wasn't nobody nor nothin'
anywhere IN sight. l just lad there
til mornin' and then started 10 Phoe-
nix when you cum along and give me
a lift. l do no what in thunder that
was chasin' me an I do no whether
Z was anything. I sometime don't be-
Iieve I seen that big paw at all
shouldn't wonder If I jist drempt it.
But Lord, that was a race fer your
whiskers, an ! been dazed ever sence
laid down on that bank til l got |