The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-17

MS went up on the 0lotAaA oA = --N-s
near the same place have been tell
ing YOU Of. and I took Blowout along
foT he is first-class hunting-horse,
all but one thing, and that is this: ne
will not 20 into a blowout. He'll 60 /
through fire or water if / tell him 70
90, but a blowout-never.
ssWel, we had been in camp nearly
a week. when l started of alone one
morning. away back north from the
river. to see il I could have any bet
Ter success, as / had not as yet shot
ANYTHING bigger than a jack rabbit.
rode eight or ten miles before ! saw
ANYTHING, and then | caught sight OF
a big buck antelope about half mile
away.
"He hadn't seen me, and as the
wind was in my favor and blowing
hard. felt pretty sure Of good shot.
So / rode quietly forward, keeping on
low ground until / got near the place
where I had seen him. Then ] dis
mounted and erept up to the top Of a
ridge and peeped over. There STOOD
The antelope about fifteen rods away,
broadside to me, his head up, as nne
a mark as You could wish.
81 fred, and the antelope fell, KICK
/ ing and struggling. | started toward
/ him on the run, calling to my horse
as went. Just as ] got within few
feet Of the antelope, he gave a great
kick. throwing himself over into big
blowout-he had been standing Just
an the edge Of II. I was considerably
excited by this time-it was the first
optelope / had seen for two years OF
more-so / jumped down after HIM
He went sliding down, down, clear e
the bottom, and then ! got hold o
him. used my knife, and stepped bach
, to let him bleed
Gust then something in the sanC
} at my feet caught my eye 4 stoope'
, 10 pick it up: it was bone, partll
, buried in the sand. l pulled at II
1 then dug away the sand from aroun'
1 n II was human skull. Instant,
the awful truth flashed across m
j mind; was in the Dead Mans Blow
out.
ssFor a moment was stunned b
e the terror Of my situation. Then
fairly screamed, aud flew at the stee
/ slopes of sand, trying to escape. Bu
g Il was no use-the sand came down
: elawed into il. Still l kept tryin
A until / was completely exhausted.
a lay down at last, quite calm with q,
p spair. wondered how long shoul
4 live: wondered whether my bod
4 would be found, as the other poor fe
= lows was. and the thought came
It me that my friends at camp might
ii alarmed at my long absence, aud 70
a low my trail and 50 find me. But
N listened TO the wind and remer
4. bered how the sand was drifting,
4. felt how useless any such attem
"a would be. as none Of them could que
an the direction in which l might ha
gone from my first course. / remel
Il bersd. too, With terrible sinking
n- nv heart that / had come mu
d farther than we usually did.
er called. too, that bad spoken the q
nv before Of returning home alone,
IL. cause Of my poor luck. 1t seem
q. clear that could expect no help ~
al nv hunting mates, aud / resolved
In make one more effort to get out.
"With my knife in hand ! climb
10 M As far as could, that is, to witt
rot about twelve feet of the top. Ih'
.ed / began digging, but still the lo'
,ic sand from above kept sliding down
Ind fast as / dug. Again aud again
he tried. but 10 no purpose. AT LEM
slid back to ths bottom, where ]
y again in a stupor OF despair, how le
,ed cannot tell
ill II was aroused by low whiE
~. from my horse. ] looked up aud
.ni him standing just at the edge OF
ost blowout. looking down ct me, altho'
ere his eve seemed fairly to bulge
are with fear Of the place. / have
but doubt that be understood my case
.th- and was wishing TO help me.
lariat was on my saddle, but as m
iese out Of reach as the moon was. v
be. could dog As glanced around
w ewes fell on the antelope-the ca
H. OF an my Trouble. An idea has
atb into my mind, and quickly be
.rst skinning the animal, all the time I
him ing TO my terrified horse, coaxing
the to stand still.
Ionr II soon had the hide or and
Ne into a long strip. Making noos
m 10 one eud. 7 climbed up toward
lows horse as far as possible and tn
ing the moose upward, | got It arc
the his neck. Now / felt safe, for K
ont nothing on earth could induce hii
the take another step forward. lie S
he fast. aud in moment l was out,
king after a few minutes Of iremohl
/ TO was able to mount aud ride ba'
ood- camp. "-Youth's Companion.
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