The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-22

looking. and he hoped around so lively
that told them to turn him loone They
caught two or three more, but objected
to each on account of their being 30
! lively.
Catch old Kit for him." one of them
said.
WHO'S old Kit?" 1 asked.
wait a minute and you'll see," they
said
They had no trouble In roping her, and
as soon as they led her forth I decided
that she was the horse of all horses 1
could ride. Sway backed. pot-bellied. an
and lank, she stood with her head down
and eyes half closed, and didn't look as
II she had life enough to switch fly from
her tail.
Better ride her, I thought, and have to
Kick her ribs fifteen miles and back than
to get young, frislky bronx and get ofc
again. told them to saddle her up while
/ got my grip containing my kodak When
came back they were waiting, and ey-
erybody on the ranch was there to see
US off, as I supposed then. Now know
they were there only to see me off
Let me hold your camery." one Of them
said, as got ready to mount. 1 handed
him the grip and walked over to ''old
Kit. remember now that three Of tho
boys were standing by her head, but /
thought nothing of 1t then, supposing they
were waiting to say "adois'' to US. I put
my foot in the stirrup. 1t was one of
those clear, calm days, such as they have
only in Arizona. On all sides lay the foot
hills of the Mogollons A number of buzz
yards were circling over the remains Of
a deer we had killed the day before
Around the corral few scrub chickens
were scratching over the remnant of the
nights feed A big horse-fiy lit on Kits
side and tried in vain to get meal. He
was just where thought the spur would
dig in well, and I remember thinking
would have hole started for him and his
like by the time we returned. All this
time Kit was asleep. 1 stood a minute
looking around, until the boys got rest
less. They were afraid I was going back,
but I was as innocent as old Kit looked.
"Well were waiting" they said. So
took good grip on the horn Of the
saddle and started to raise myself. at
the same time throwing my right leg
over the saddle Things happened 30
quickly for time that don't know what
did happen first. One thing certain, Kit
woke up. Groaning as If in fearful pain
she scared skyward. I did likewise, not
Intentionally, for tried to get off, but got
tangled up In the stirrups. When a boy
studying physics I was taught that the
force of gravity made all bodies descend
with equal speed. This does not apply
to bronchos but men who write Of grav-
ity and such things cannot be expected
to know this. Contrary to all laws Of
nature, Kit reached earth first and had
started back when 1 was just concluding
to come down. We met, and, unfortunate
. ly, hit the saddle squarely. ALI this
time she was groaning awfully, and L was
really alarmed. It was not my intention
to hurt her, and the performance couldn't
stop too quick for me. Her head disap-
peared, but knew it was somewhere be-
meath me on account Of the noise. This
time we scared skyward until the ground
was haZy in the distance and the boys
looked like brownies, and just as we
started to descend Kit had a chill. 1 sup
pose it was caused from the violent exer-
else making her perspire, and when we
got up among the clouds where 1t was
cool she naturally took cold. 1 could not
keep my head still and soon lost all con-
| troll Of myself I had had no control over
her since we started. AS we got nearer
| the earth I could distinguish the voices
| Of the men, and what surprised me was
! that they seemed to be happy about
something. They were glad to see me
coming back