, 1903-02-19
PRICE FIVE CENTS

his fierce onslaught against the
sumptuous table d'hote.
Meanwhile travellers in the rear
gether up the fragments OF a gos-
pei feast. This feast was compos-
ed of crumbs that fell from the
intellectual scintillations of the
Rev. H. E. B., and which had
been made part of a miscellaneous
bundle of sermons, shoe- razor,
necktie, collars and ribbon for his
select typewriter. So interesting
were these sermons as a soporifc
that some thought they had found
the cure-all for Wyoming sleepi-
ness. Their belief on this point
was strong. They tested their
faith by their works. In groups
they read rythmic lines. The eff
feet is best measured by the con-
sternation of the mayor and sheriff,
who, passing by that way two
hours later, found the slumbering
caravan indulging dreams of the
happy hunting ground.
Meanwhile, forgetting to pay
for dietic damages at the table
the divines then pursue their on
ward course, the first citizen of
Saratoga again madly pursued by
the desperate from New Manhat-
tau. When near the journeys
end, overcome by the fatigue and
chilly blast, the pursuer's hard
ness of heart melted into a gener-
osity that resulted in the loan of
a heavy coat to his shivering COM
rade.
Over exertion resulted in an
early return of the skypilot. But
he could not ride by saddle. To
secape the windy blasts he nest
led into a covered wagon, leaving
his Nemesis behind. With a lar
lat the white stockinged pony was
led arear. Fortune followed the
footprints of the horse. By slight
of head he slipped the moose,
paused in surprise, then, in token
of a long farewell, faced about and
lifted his caudle appendage high
in the air, and with head erect
shifted once more the freedom of
the plains with his unsubdued
sires.
Meanwhile, for a stretch of if-
teen miles, the clercical passenger
holding gently the main end of
the rope by sundry ejaculations
frequently remarked to his driver
how e~xcellently his pony led. At
Riverside came the undoing of
his faith. The Rev. gentleman
dismounted the prairie schooner
and 10! the gallant steed was
gone, all gonel He dared not
venture on the hunt. The SYM
pathizing youth of Riverside, bent
on o weeks salary; volunteered
their services to find and capture
steed. Through storm and snow
they sped till night thrust its
mantle DER the day. Next morn
ing phone wires to Saratoga:
"horse safe; never got off the first
ranch"
Enough for the horse. The rab-
bit must have his share in the
life of the pilot.
In the sage brush suburbs of
Saratoga the pilot spied a half
grown cotton tail, With bullets
he sought to civilize this heather
of the hills. He found it in alb
struse ~mastication of the GOSPEL
he some days before had scattered
on the plains. AS he approached
he saw coyotes, sage hens and gray
wolves in rapid retreat. What a
pacifying power to train savage
beast to stay their instinct long
enough to dine from the same
platter! But the cotton tail alone
remained and as a trophy of the
trip must be taken. The pilot
pulls his six-shooter. He aims.
He shoots. The cotton tail scamp
cred through the snow. Bing-
bang, bang-bingl went the pop.
gun, the rabbit laughing to scorn
the m%arksman, he fills with fu-
ror. He leaps from his seat. He
sinks in the snow. He shoots