The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-14
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| laid two OF tho hides down NAT together.
| the hairy eide az. stretched myself a.
| on. edge aud began 90 roll No. careful an
/ me while 90 leave an air hole al the top
/ Tor breathing purposes. The hiicr were
go limp that they couformcd well Ia the
shape 81 my body. and tho comfoI able
/ feeling 81 being good ana warm soon pat
| me 90 sleep
"a don't know the time bat ~ was not
| nr from morning when awoke and tried
I 10 stretch and turn over, VIII Wa impos-
! .ihle I iricd Co move my arms. bat thai
was no more tn be done than f ! had
been bound and rebound with ROPE
/ uicd TO crawl up. ! tired 10 crawl down.
I bat b. WIS NO use I could twist my bolf
aud limbs a little but that nulo twist waa
an Il then daWnsd on me what had nap
peued ! had rolled myself W iu two
green hides and they had frozen hard
making me a prisoner.
u lay SIN a long while trying go think
Of some means OF escape The deh or
cutting my way ont with knife occurred
to me but try az I might ! could NOT
reach my pccket could twist my head
up Just enough 40 see out Of my air hole
ana realize that Sc wac sunshiny morn
| Ing hut ! wac getting hungry now. ana
awful stin ard sore from lying go one
position go tong II was Ike being ueI %
"a plank on. how my bones dil ache
When would relief set 20 me, or would it
CONF ~ alp The boys know about what
dlrection had taken. bat they might not
| ha alarmed enough go start out md look
me up In time Il seemed uncomfortable /
| felt numb My aead throhbcd aud Win
| start noticed that II was growing dark
| Was the sun going down. or only under
| a cloud Yes IL was setting dusk again.
| and another night OF torture was ftr'
me Gould I put in long niehi % IL ana
| nveq ! yelled ana yelled again. II could
| roach my sun and shoot the boys ml6it
be near enough 20 hear me
These thoughts raced through my brain
In rapid succession when. could it be-,
heard voices No. I WAS doomed 60 diaap-
polntment II was the yelps q coyotes
calling and answering 10 each other 20
the distance. Soon they would be- look
ng around ne huffaio carcasfes, ana Pio1-
ably be my companions Tor the nigh'- y
seemed 90 me that their yelps never ha1
such a ionesonrs sound before. soon they
r,tbered for their feast hut their iang.e
ruddenlv ceased what Was IL. Probably
some ereys had sauntered up aud claimed
| he LAYOUT No oh. Joy I could hear me
tramp Of horses feet aud coon ! va nal
iotnR and being answered The fellows
could not ind me az nrst, hut following
the sOnnd Of my voice traced M ana to"t
in tho situation az glanee. They pulled
EfMAH ann AltfN Ut hti fAAh Ntff 10 t'f't
Id s.nre and in les than a quarter of az
hour vas free They had TO give me a
drink and rub me q long while before
| was able 10 stand up. ana then ihey he.-
ned M. into my saddle and We Eot 20 me
ranch before daylight.
"Bunaloes came near being the finish OF
me then. bat I mind the time when an
old dry carcass Of bull saved me
was like this. I was helping 10 tran
bunch OF Texas cattle north. and We were
| i'm the Indian Territory The weather was
drv and hot aud we were working 90
short handed az 10 make IL donbly haid
on an Of US For this reason We Eoi in
Inc way. II the herd was beddei down
OF taking snooze on night watch
fellow by the name of Braniiy and ! we're
out together on the second shit. Inc
ssv bsa been very warm ana stiii but
the wind was blowing so-mile gate that
night The cattle. however, we're quiet
I'd b.dded down al right Brantiy role
,ro,,rd 10 where / was and proposed his
taking a nap on the opposite sid" % VIC
buueh and IN the course OF coupe OF
for me 10 awaken him and take a tufh AZ
10 while he watched.
- was All right Tor while. but soon
srot terribly sleepy Finally / eiipp"i on
nv horse and stretched out on the grass
well vou can guess what the result OF
mat would be- Before ! know " J was
sound asleep. ! don't know how long
qiept hut was awakened by the sound,
IN stampedlng cattle. That SOUND, you
know wakes man up powerfully quick
tunped 10 my feet and ran. with the cat
lie Usv ahead Of me. and my horse gone
ana behind me raging prairie hre. Such
, night for a hre-dry grass ana hlEh
ulnd I Fpurted. but soon began 10 realike
/. Vas "A hopeless race, for the flames
we're gaining on me- What had become %
p.ntiv I did not have the heart 20 THINK
- began 10 feel the hot breath % the
aamee Fpurrina me on 20 greater ehof-
A fellow don't know how fast or how Tar
he can run unsn he q puzzled 70 " ny
are beblnd him I was not thinking OF
,bts bowever. my one idea being 20 keep
ahead Of that roaring furnace. was
cunning for my llfe and almost suffocated
,,.,b rmoke and heat when ] stumbled
.rd feu headioug over an GA shell 81
buraio The back Of the critter was to
u,srd the on-cominR fire. torn and gusted
sone time before BY coyotes or wolves
probably. 80,
fer 1, was the only thing J could 10 a.
,bo Are was right on me. ! crawled into
that old shell and held my breath ana wait
Cd IL got pretty hot, ana beat the IA
mes with my hat In htue while Wa
past crawiod Qua and looked over the
smoking. black ground ana thanked my
lucky stars I had fallen into such good
company The wagons ana Wnoie tran
ousft we're burned up that trip. but the
men had saved themselves BY hard riding
r. S. u.