The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-12-05
TOLD IN HIS DREAMS.
PECULIAR VISION OF A RANcHER ON
A NEW MEXICO PRAIRIE.

HIS f"rther Appeared to Him Dur
ing sleep ana informed him OF the
ienrihl rate Ihht He Hnd Met al
the Hands OF the Indians
"No | con't sov "a piich on ennnr
stitjon and that SORT Of Thing but III
| lilo eo,,o nf tIoss v,.iso cbans ia Nv
Main n lIttIc incident that honncned tc
me down I'm tbe pecos valley In Now
Mexico few wears ago"
Grizzlnd Bob Morrow veteran COW
hoy ruucb,non gInbe trotter and NH
losonbcr took another mil nj hIs cigar
ms he sat comfortably in his seat in the
hotel lobby. A thoughtful look came
over bl4 faee and his cotnnonions at
the table awaited In silence his further
utterances. After a pause Bob con
timed:
I'VE were sign riding. Lee Wells
and /. Know what sign riding Is?
An imaginary line Is drawn on the
prairie. Two men, one stationed at
cach end, ride toward each other at a
given hour ANY cattle that have
crossed that line are rounded up and
driven back. The idea Is to keep the
cattle together as much as possible
during the winter
"Our line was about ten miles long
Lee and used to meet half way every
day, and II no cattle had crossed we'd
sit down and smoke and chat bit
Sometimes we'd visit each others
'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 were, too
of 'em.
"Bout that time the Indians were
rather troublesome. They generally
went In small bands, and occasionally
the less of bunch of horses would be
reported by ranehmen thereabout. Lee
and didn't fear 'cm much. They car
rIed only bows and arrows, and If 1t
cnme 10 n chase our horses could cas-
lly outrun theirs. The greatest danger
we had to fear was the loss OF our
horses
Lee and had talked frequently
about the Indians, and both were of
the same mlnd-if attacked, Kill the
horses rather than let the marauding
thieves get ,em.
81 left Lee ut the half way mark, as
usual. one day, got back to my 'dobe
and after eating dinner turned in
hadn't been asleep very long when
WINS awakened by a sort Of feeling that
there was somebody In the room.
groped under the pillow for my gun,
turning over rs | did so and there ia
the doorvnv stood Lee Wells. The
featherpd shafts Of six arrows were
sticking from his breast md his face
I'm the Moonlight looked drawn and
phnstlv There was n smile of satis-
faction ON his face. Though. as he said
onletIy.
".Wcu they got me. Bob. but they
didn't pet the horses
~ vas out of bed In nm Instant. The
minnie NV feet touched the floor Lee
vanished The door was shut and lock.
cd inst as Ieft II when went to bed.
Ponderinp over the realistic dream
or whatever # was | turned In again,
hut II was ii long time before | got to
slpep again.
"a second time WAS awakened by
the same vision There stood Lee In
the doorway. and again he pointed to
the arrow SHIFTS and snld,
".rhev ret mo Rob lint they didn't
cat tho =horsos,
"No moro slean for me- that night. |
,ool,od ground tho ,dnho Thinking per.
nons Zoo wna n,av,np me n trick, l
went out ia the corral The horses
worn all ,irht and tEnrc wore no slgns
Of onvbodv having bcen around | set
nm ond smol,cd and tbourht n whole