The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-13

had ... ..ll. Don kept janming his hat down
ON he Ny JAWS ached tor the rest of the day
from cinchcd my teeth together. We
bida ia : mound of earth. surmounted bv a
I,r-. ....tI. Of trees where could open fire as
rh. went by-two barrels of bird shot for a
bur $ putty blower would have been as effective!
Ho. didn't think of that. We didn't think
of mig hut stood there with misty eyes and
hea eating like rl-haminers.
-. came that >wooning second preceding the
- and then head. enormous, shaggy with great
r, e uegro-.le~ BURST from the brush before us.
...l !uu-'i nntu barrels together the bson's
I.. TIE shot thudded heavily the bull drove
g. .arc-tu.i tu the ground and slid. heavng up his
Is from H a>jon>hnent: pack of dogs
&. bling .- Harling around his feet a whtc-h:ttcd
.l.u Suddenly shot through the leaves like "A circus
81 ,.r.l-a paper hoop. He landed fairly on the
Nu. back and grabbed the from instinct
" instant his horses hind quarters APP
f.a high in the air.
assault from the rear aroused old h"ty from
H. .rprl>e. He lcapad up: hooked night AID lett AT
the logs, cooked his little tail up straight and with
short like a locomotive exhaust. made III lis
nom that vision fled agi fly i the word
FIR II. | not conscious o H..s effort. II seemed
II a strong wind bore ..f- .t'.. that merely
moved my legs TO keen ... We wanted the
wagon and lois of o,,.r. .. And there, OH awful
Eht. there tn: already startled by
uproar, prancing ..- away!
Whoa w --aHI still, there"
They didm' aey kept moving little
faster and And. of course moved
Il little ta- ih-ter: our hngcr tips possibly
one iur' BOARD of the wagon. Perhaps
u rf.-. have a nightmare to equal that
r..' 3D.. caught the wagon-wc had to.
81 lua' - our hands upon it, no more and
r...u roke into full gaop
!ui. impossible: to let go. destruction
cactus beds ahounded in the land. and in
our stocNnE-fcet. There alternative bu, to
risk fi....-iIs We thought our arms would bc yankcd
. -..- sockets; but We hung
ne chase swept across Little Shcol
In the van. snoring bay team.
...1 small boys floating behind; next. Z
buffalo bull, relieved and frenzied. -
with a cow-puncIor stride, who had
gotten ANY he might have IT,
f,lt -,l.t .-,l
proceeding
"ru-r dong boys! For the Lord At
that OF the before | walk mi,
b. s-l.l at Us. At this horrd sound souls
dissolved water. | may add herr t..' ;ucre
real danger To us: the puncher waa, have settled
things with his gun. if t.! uoen in peril.
They wanted the old bull alive. aud t4N wanted any
amusement To be got out of the situation. The buffalo
VS. probably never 50 near IlS thought.
Next came 100000 dog, having Il lovely time.
and last about dozen cattle men. all howling at the
top of their lungs. Bufy hawlrd occasionally; the
dogs sepcd continuously. and the men made racket
enough for CoNevs army. We alone were still. To
us, life real life earnest The gait triv-
eled blurred the humorous view.
suddenly the bay team wheeled and pointed for the
creek | have tried to describe what fording the
creek IN a wagon like: but dragged behind it,
ih, a tin Il dogs tail,
Down into the valley of Little Sheol went. From
the top of the bank to the water step. Then
followed delirium of bumps and hurry. and strang
ling waterSpoutS Then think the tailboard jumped
loose and for time turned somersauts regard
less of consequences.
When came To rest there another splashng:
here came puncher on the keen jump. He rode
little black horse. a springs and ginger and the pair
simply foamed through the drink.
IN ketch up YOUR cayuses, bovs!" he shouted.
Hustle and see the wind up" Then the vision of
us sitting there clawing the water out of eyes.
got the best of him
Above, the chase still Buffv's rider still
backed his mount steering him by banging him
the eyes with his hat. meanwhile jabbng the rowcls
into his steed to make him jump sideways and bawl.
The dogs all about in state of excitement.
~ at
gait which has commonly been called numbering. but
which | must | think is rraccf !