The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-03

again" and she stopped with her eyes
fun of tears.
sI quite understand. senorita," he
said, and indeed I have been very
much more than sufficiently thanked
by your father and mother. As for my
share in the matter, it was really not
worth talking about / am sailor, you
know, and 1 am sorry TO say that sail
ors when in port are often in the habit
Of getting into rows, and I have half
dozen times at least when in foreign
ports taken part in a scrimmage when
1 saw drunken sailors engaging in d
broii witk others, and have had 10 fight
very much harder than ! did at San
Diego, where, in point of fact, so far as
1 was concerned. there was really no
fighting at ali. I do not say that your
brother might not have come of very
badly if ] had not happened to come
along, but there was really no shadow
OF risk 10 myself. A couple of blows
and 1t was all over; and I do hope that
no one will say any more IN the way of
thanking me-
At this moment. Senior Sarasta. his
wife and Juan all came out together.
Wen, juan how do you feel nOw?"
VIII asked, well pleased at their ar
rival.
Il feel different man altogether"
the young Mexican replied. "A warm
bath first and then the PADRES salves
have done wonders for me, and in a
week shall have forgotten all about
il"
The rest Of the day was spent in
sauntering or sitting in the gardens
round the house, the gardens being Of
the Spanish fashion and containing but
few flowers except those borne by the
fruit trees, and resembling strawberries
and orchards rather than gardens
shade being the principal object aimed
at. During the afternoon viii told
his friend of his desire to become a
good hOrseman
i will put YOU in charge of Antonio,
we have no better rider on the ranch
lie viii put YOU through a course. be
ginning with comparatively we'll
broken bronchos, until you can sit the
worst Fuckers on the plains. but you
must not mind a few heavy falls at
first"
Il shall not mind that a bit. Juan.
Sailors have the knack of falling light
w"
All, well he viii choose a spot
where the grass is long and the ground
soft for your lessons. and / can tell
you il makes a good deal of difference
whether you come off on ground like
that or on a spot where there is next
TO no grass, and the ground is as hard
as a brick. have no doubt that in the
course OF two or three weeks you will
If YOU stick to it, be able 10 ride almost
anything
You need not be afraid of my rot
sticking to it, Juan. 1 certainly should
not like to look like a fool to your
VaquerOs, still less before your mother
and sister
Accordingly next morning Wills les
sons began in a meadow close TO the
a q mi "a Is,
house. At first he was thrown an in
Vulnerable number of times, for he had
told Antonio TO bring with him some
fairly FESTIVE horses.
rs Is of no use my spending my
time on quiet animals he said. I
have Just had a weeks riding on one Of
them. may as well begin with a fair
~ bad one at once; it only means a
IcW more throws l have got to learn
TO hold on. and the sooner l begin that
the Better"
With beginners we sometimes put
strap for them 10 hold on by. senior"
VIII shook his head. It don't want
anything of that sort" he said. 4
want to be able to stick on by my
knees"
1t is more by properly balancing
yourself than by holding on" the man
said IF you always keep your bal
ance you viii come straight down again
into the saddle. no matter how high he
throws you, and there is no doubt that
the tighter YOU hold on by your knees
the more heavy are the throws that
You viii get"
Il can't understand that. Antonio.
Now 1 am ready to begin"
VIII had expected to find it difficult.
but he was fairly astounded by the
rapidity and variety Of the tricks by
which he was again and again thrown
of After a time Antonio urged him
10 give II up for the day, but he insist
ed on continuing until he was so abso-
lutely exhausted that he could do no
more.
We'll, senor," the man said. .svou
have done wonderfully for a begin
ner' and / VIII guarantee that in an
other week you viii be able to ride any
ordinary horse. and in month you win
be able TO mount fearlessly any animal
tnat you may come across, except of
course, a few brutes that scarcely a
EaquerO IN the ranch would care to
back"
AntoniOs opinion was justified. Il
was ten days before Juan was able to
ride again, and by that time William
Harland was so far accustomed to the
saddle that he was able to accompany
INN and his father on their excursions
to visit the herds and see that all was
SUNS oii vel RE uid not, however,
give mp his lessons with Antonio de-
voting three or four hours a day to
the work, and at the end of the month
ne was able TO sit any ordinary bucker
without difficulty. After that he prac-
tlced for an hour a day on vicious ami
mais. and at the end of three months
Antonio said Now. senior. can do no
more for YOU: that brute that you have
been riding the last week is the terror
OF the ranch, and after sitting him as
YOU have done for the last three days.
without his being able TO get rid of YOU
once. you can ride anything without
fear"
CTO be cOntinued)