The Princeton union., 1900-03-22
not hit nothin at that range Spider
glanced al the foreman. and his face

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I tnLan ~ ~ dar II tha - fara,,aa.. ~
hands Then w;thnnt .notba, III. 1..,1.1. = /.
tho ,,,a,, Who were stil1 "a n,er;no hn,,t
IN nm tho 1,1 r;doa =, ha went awap to saddIa J.
horse 81. :. ,s
..Tha hnv ] uot fba hea, evea of .nr
hodv n the nntit All right enough =.
eaid the Foreman. setting down the
rife. II alwus knowed that. but vet {
dom believe he c'n tell who those men
are, not 80 far away as that #
It certainly seemed impossible that
Spider could distinguish any one at SO
great distance. I ran into the tent to
get pair Of f;eldglasses. bnt when
returned the men had disanneared.
4'Jus' give one veil an then walloped
off benin the ridge thar as you went
in. /" said the foreman. eThey was lef'
benin by the res er ther gang SOS ter
watch us. reckon, an see what we're
a-gonter do. y
"Well, they won't watch nothin,
commented Lee, who had strolled up to-
ua ''They're drunk an they'll get
drunker. specially if Hollis is there.
He's ben sober so long now that he
won't stop soon once he gets started. :.
"Meekness an sobriety an the rest OF
it amt his style enough ter hurt,
agreed the foreman. .But maybe Hol-
lis wasn't there Look here. YOU kid
he called as Spider rode up on the big
gest and, next to his own, the ugliest
horse l had brought from the ranch.
forgot ter tell you before that you're
likely ter steer ND agains' a heap er
trouble one er these times if YOU 90
shootin at men what you don't know,
specially when they're so fur off yon
can't hit 'em. It amt perlite'
So earnest was Spider that he failed
for the moment to see that the foreman
was Joking.
II did know 'em-two of 'em-Ho,-
lis an that there greaser." he cried
II saw 'em. Deed I did. Honest"
'sSo?' replied the foreman with a.
snmed prav;tv "wou - +ho4,s +ho
case, ius' YOU climb down often that
ther horse an % an get ver simmer ,foro-
you start"
"Don't need ter. Got some ornh be,..
in nv cerones (saddlebage\. The Rallv
Girl give it to me ms now Mavn'tI
gof'' The foreman waved his hand and
smiled. With an answering orin Sn;der
galloped away.
In view of the distance that mns+ h.
travelled we hardly ernected +o COO
Spider again before davlioh+ Mak;nr
allowance for DELAYS we honod +o 1et
awav on the follow;no evon;no ~ na
the wait of % honrs seomed , fota1
waste of time, The cattle wonld nroh-
ably be we'll into Mexico before that
..Prawb'lv thew viii aoreod tho
foreman. s.1 Then all we got tor do ;s to-
GET 'em onter Mex;co .oo;n +ho+,r
all. " This was del;ohtfn1iv s;mn1a ~
theory. The nractice fearod won1d
be somewhat difficnlt twas o,v;ons1r
impossihle for ns IN movo &c yo wor.,
then situated. Until our re-enforcement
should come we con1d do nothing hn+
wait.
M1ch soore,. thor, .s ao+aa ;,
ever, these re-enforcements came The
men were inst finishing their simmer In
order to guard against a nossihle tbongh
nnlikelv attemnt at snrnr;so ono oe
their numher nosted IN a nos;+;,n fr,,,
which he conld watch hoth tho n,es,
and the river fat w.s act;no os Govt -.
mel Suddenly he ba;1ad tho c.n,n
..Ther's.a oang or ,oan on horsos oo
in nm the r;ver = he cr;ad IN On ~,
stant everv man was on his feet had
caught mn his rife and was rnnn;no t,,
the edge Of the cliff sheltor;no h;mso,f
behind the rocks that fr;nood E son,a
Of the men we're ordered to fall h,cl, IN
order to onord nc ot,s;,s+ ,s,,n-;so ,. f-ons
the rear Thev wenf and thon for Mo- M
ment there vas s;1ence IN % tho ton ~ of A +ha
cliff. A 4nzz If conversation from tho
men below could he MAINLY heard
.sThem fel1ers a;n't oTeasera any,
how" wbispered the foreman