The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1901-01-24
Told Ia His Dreams

No, | cent cay so much on snps
stliion and ihst sort Of thing. bat II
like some OF these wise chaps TO eIplsi
little Incident thai happened TO M
do.n in The peoos valley, in New MeI
90. . few years ago.
GriYz ed Bob Morrow, veteran cowboy
rsacbmsp, globe tfoiter spd philosopher
took smother pail st bis cigar s be 70
comfortably 10 his seat In the hotel loi
by. A .houshtial expression came owe
bis face. and his companions Al the sbl'
awaited in silence his further utiersnce'
After . psuse Bob continued
We we're "sign' riding, Lse Wells and
!. Know what sign riding is5 Ar
imssiasry iiue is drsxn on the prairie
Two men, one Stationed VI each end,
ride toward each oiher at . given hour,
Any cattle thst have crossed that line
are rounded up and driven back, The
idea is to keep the cattle together ss
N much ss possible during the winter.
Our line was about ten miles long,
Lee and | used TO meet hall wsy every
dsy, and ii no cattle had crossed we'd
sit down and smoke and chat = bit. Some
times we'd visit each others 'dobe aud
generally chum together IS far ss men
can when ten miles spsrt We each had
six horses, the pick OF the herd. and
mighty proud we were. too, Of en-,
Bout that time the Indians we're rsth
er troublesome. They generally went 10
sm ell bands, and occasionally the loss OF
3 bunch OF horses would be reported by
ranchmen theresbout. Lee and ] didn't
fear em much. They carried only bows
snd arrows, and II il came to chase our
horses could easily outrun theirs. The
greatest danger We bad to fear was the
loss OF our horses,
Lse and / had talked frsquently about
the Indians. and both we're OF the same
mind ii attacked, kill the horses rather
than let the marsuding thieves get EN-,
| left Lee at the hall way mark. ss
usual, one day, got back TO my 'dobe
and after eating dinner turned 10, i
had ut been asleep very long when ! was
awakened by sort Of feeling that there
was someone 10 the room. l groped M
der the pillow for my gun, turning over
ss | did go. and there in the doorway
stood Lee Wells. The festhered shafts OF
six arrows we're sticking from bis breast,
aud bis face 10 the moonlight looked
drawn and ghss.ly, There was smile OF
satisfaction on his face, though, ss be
said quietl.:
Well, they got me, Bob. bat they did
MT get the horses,
l was oHt OF bed in an Instant, The
minute my feet touched the h)or Lee van
ished, The door was shut and locked
lust as | left it when | went to bed,
Poudering over the realistic dream, or
what ever it was, / turned 10 again, but
1t was long time befors l got 10 sleep
again,
A second time | was awakened by the
came vislou, There stood Lse 10 the door
way, and again be 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. l
looked around the 'dobe, thinking perhaps
Lee was playing me . trick l went out
to the corrsl. The horses we're ell right
and there WAS no signs OF soybody having
been around, | sat up and smoked and
thought whole lot until day break, then
| mounted and set of for the half way
mark, Lee wasn't there, and there was
no sign OF bis coming, 30 l rode on to
bis 'dobe,
There, at the gate OF the corral, was
Lees body with six arrows IN bis chest,
i ust as had seen them 10 the vision. In
eide the corral lay the bodies OF bis horses
ell killed with bullets.
1t WAS plain to me that, seeing the lndi
ana coming. Lee had deliberately killed
the horses before turning his sttentioo to
the thieves. judging from the hoof prints
there must have been about 20 Indisns 10
the bunch L,e must have managed them
some before he fell judging from the cart
ridge shells lying around. They took bis
OF course. and looted the
'dobe. They didn't get much for their
trouble though.
Bot what | want to know is was that q
dream or did Lee Wells really appear be
fore me in some sort OF fornP
His bearers could not eXplsin,