Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-12-21
TOLD IN HIS DREAMS.
PECULIAR VISION OF a RaNCHER ON
4 NEW MEXICO PRAIRIE.
His Partner Appeared to Him Dur
ing sleep and informed Him of the
Fearful Fate That He Had Met ar
the Hands the Indians

IA2t' tt9fA Il IN tle 4 Vt7oS Nal4SN y. II New
NeN5eu a few wears ago
4 Grizzlsd Bob Morrow veteran COW
boy. ranchman. Siolse trotter and phi
! loSopher. took another pun AT his cigar
a ht sat comfortably in his seat in tbs
| hotel lobby. \ thoughtful look came
| ever his face ana his companions Al
| Tie talsie awaited in silence his further
| utreranctS. After a pause Bob con
| ,iaued.
We were sign riding. Lee Wells
| and |. Know what sign riding is
| An imaginary line is drawn on the
| prairie TWO men, one stationed al
/ each end. ride toward each other at n
given hour Any cattle that have
| crossed that line are rounded up and
| driven back. The idea is 10 keep the
cattle together as Lluch as possible
| during the winter,
our line was about ten miles long
Lee and used To meet half way every
day. and il no cattle had crossed we'd
sit down and smoke and chat bit.
Sometimes we'd visit each other :
'dobe and generally chum together as
far as men can when ten miles apart.
We each had six horses, the pick of the
herd. and mighty proud we We're. too,
of EN-
Bout that time the Indians were
rather troublesome. They generally
Went in small bands. and occa sionally
the loss of n bunch of horses would be
reported 10y ranchmen thereabout- Lee
and | didn't fear EN- much. They car
ried only bows and arrows. and If il
came To chase our horses could cas-
ily outrun theirs. The greatest danger
We had To fear was the loss OF our
horses.
zee and l had talked frequently
about the Indians, and both We're of
the same mind if attacked, kill the
horses rather than let the marauding
thieves get EN-.
= left Lee at the half way mark. as
usual one day. got back to my 'dobe
and after eating dinner turned in. l
hadn't been asleep very long when |
was awakened by a sort of feeling that
there was somebody in the room /
CROPPED under the pillow for my gun,
turning over as l did SO. and there in
the doorway stood Lee Wells. The
feathered shafts of six arrows were
sticking from his breast, and his face
in the moonlight looked drawn aud
CHASTITY. There was smile of salts
faction on his face, though, as he said
quietly:
We'll. they got me, Bob, but they
didn't get the horses
Il was out of bed in an instant. The
minute my feet touched the floor Lee
vanished. The door was shut and lock
ed just as left il when l went to bed.
Pondering over the realistic dream
or whatever il was. | turned in again,
but il was long time before | got to
sleep again
"A second time | was awakened by
the same vision. There stood Lee IN
the doorway. and again he pointed to
the arrow shafts and said
They got me, Bob but they didn't
get the horses
No more sleep for me that night.
looked around the 'dobe, thinking per
haps Lee was playing me trick.
went out to the corral. The horses
were all right. and there We're no signs
Of anybody having been around. | sat
up and smoked and thought a whole
lot until daybrCak; then | mounted and
set off for the half way mark. Lee
wasn't there. and there was no sign OF
his coming so l rode on to his 'dobe.
utie+ III tIlt "a u VI tAAt vi a. - O.
Lees body. with six arrows in his
chest just as ! had seen them in the
vision Inside the corral lay the bodies
Of his horses all killed with bullets.
1T vas plain to me that. seeing the |
Indians coming. Lee had deliberately |
killed the horses before turning his at |
tention to the thieves. Judging from |
the hoof prints. there must have been |
4Iout - Indians in the bunch. Lee |
aust have damaged them some befo
!e fell, judging from the cartridge |
bells lying around. They took his |
Winchester of course, and looted tn |
lobe They didn't get much for their |
sroub,e Though.
Put what want to know is was |
hat a dream or did Lee Wells realls |
appear before me in some sort o. |
formf"
His hearers could not explain.-Nen |
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