The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-26

But Ike would pay 10 heed and insisted that
be. was not going TO give mp o $50 a month
when he trisd TO mount. old Satan backed
on and circled around. allowing Ike TO get
no closer than near enough to catch the stir
foot up to the stirrup and hoped around
like a crow after the horse, who backed away
with his ears laid back apd q nasty LOOK In
gave a plunge and tried TO break away. but
The lanky. MissouTian MI ged TO hang on.
feet. The entire crew was now gathered
around In undisguised enjoyment. watching
IF you can ride as well as you can rope
you are all right" was a jeering remark
that brought a steely CLINT to lke's eyes and
caused q tightening OF the lines about his
or DIN. 'ha' bespoke a determination !" 10
why don't you walk UP. straddle of him
TRY. the other side; miebbe he's a left
did your Missouri horses act like lhat?"
ploa nGnn you SorS S'sh XDd kindred HlfTdf Sic rem n * j SeTe
be followed the vicious animal around. some
or being dragged by the bride reins, That
this man was 70 fool and knew how 70 AVOID
S Sss.in va stid ssipi snd PIT that sse se had srii Ma.
also plainly 70. be seen. Paying no attention
to the jecrs Of his comrades. who were getting
fur9ther E xs san,esfo r tarryins' Ike seemed
suddenly to conclude that he had fooled
around long enough. Nc caught the stIrTtSp p
the plunging horses back There he cipng,
holding the horses head up with a tight
r nopci, 80 i nS SSul % n Ss. get Id free ana %f', tRan 20 to ou tse
other. sometimes back. of the saddle and
sometimes before Il At each jump it ap,,
OF mere strength, and apparently because
he was so long, the horse could not Jump
out from under him in one leap, and he man
mad Aanb TINA tn nNniH Unipn nllto OIL
Old Satan was doing some pretty stun buck
and-wing work. but he could not get the rem
out about that long, timber thing that Topped
around so awkardly and yet was 80 haro
Stay with him. Missouri, " cried the crowd
Wrap your legs around him and stick
your feet In your coat pockets suRgesteo
Lengthy. your times growing short"
THE birds will build a nest In his ear before
loose, remarked another.
That's, not the way We ride horses 9nt
here yelled the foreman "sit up and give
He'll yet OF fast enough" laughed one
fellow. who knew the route. having been
'"i ike rIs6cs ID S Srou SSla and R' q anie, grin came
over his face lie concluded he had carried
hi. little Joke as, far as he could straighten.
the .pommel and raked old Satan from neck
70 flank with a sweep, Of his long spur.clao
leg. Thoroughly maddened by TINS tlHt,
old Satan ducked his head between. his front
legs and went after" Ike in dead earnest.
But the harder he pitched, the closer sat Ike.
his long, 1.-THE bod swaying gracefully with
the. plunging OF the frantic brute. Around
and around they went. Satan straining every
nerve and exercising every trick ana enort
Of an accomplished renegade. but not a hairs
breadth could he move his rider, who sat.
centaur-like, grinning with ineffable sweet
ness upon the wide-eyed boys around nm
and encouraging old Satan TO further contor-
tions by exploring. for unspuIrsd territory
with his long, timber legs. What, manner
of man was this who could ride old satan,
the terror Of two Territories, and nonchalantly
roll n cigarette while the furious beast was
tying double bowknots in the air and coming
down like a pile driver, without seeming 10
even recpiye a jolt? Never had the boys seen
such riding as this.
When Ike got ready TO dismount, old satan
had been ridden, and well ridden. and had
been spurred from his ears to his tail. tie
was the meekest-looking horse in seven states.
but looked no more sheepish than the boys
who gathered around the calmly benignant
Ike and asked:
who in thunder are YOU. anyway You
never came from Missouri
Yes, I did about thirty years ago. And
my names Ike-front name, BucEskln.
He was. indeed. the most famous rider ever
known In Utah and Arizona. His fame. hut
not his face, was we'll known at the ranch, ne
had duped And il was due TO this Tact mat
the Bar u boys were the worst-sold gang that
ever initiated a greenhorn into the mysteries
OF broncho riding. Buckskin Ike had trav-
elled miles for his fun and had enjoyed II to
the limit, II was n way he had,