The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-09-04

fairs can see if it's necessary to have war party
of Injuns whoopin' an yellin' an crow hoDpn' an
maxim fancy work out of people TO give you the
proper start aore your gal it'd be ies well for you
to stay single the res of your days The result
wouldn't justify the trouble.
Afterward Oscar told me in private that Charley
was an old stiff and he didn't believe he'd make
chest at a grasshopper if the latter spanked up
That wronged old Charley. But Oscar must be
cused-he was singuary unhappy
To come back to what happened Oscar that morn
ing had the care of Geronimo, coalblack, man
eating stallion brute as utterly devoid OF fear as
of docty. tiger kills to eat. and occasionally for
the fun of it; that horse killed out of ferOcity. and
hate of every living thing.
A fearful beast is a bad horse. One really has
more chance against tiger Geronimo stood seven
hands high and weighed over I6B0 ponds When
he reared his hind legs and for you, scream
ing, his teeth swapping like bear traps his black
name flying, man seemed puny antagonist indeed.
One blow from those front hoofs and Your troubles
were Once down, he'd tramDle, bite and kick
you until your mother would hesitate TO claim
the pile of rags and Jelly he left He had served two
men so already; nothing but his matchless beauty
saved his life.
Nowhere could one find better example of hell
beautiful than when he tore around his corral in
tantrum 1.-THE and graceful a black panther His
name stood on end; his eyes and nostrils of a
color: the muscles looked to bursting through the
silken gloom of his coat His swiftness was some
thing Incredible He caught and most horribly killed
Jim Bakers hound before the latter could get out
of the cortland bear hound is pretty agile ami
NAL. We had to tie Jim or he'd made end of Ge-
ronmo He left the ranch right after that The loss
of his dog broke him all up
We fed and watered Geronimo with Ditchfork,
and in terror then for his syness and cunning
par with his other pleasant peculiarities. One
of the poor devils he killed entered the stable all
suspecting Geronimo had broken his chains. and
stood close against the wall of his stall in the dark
ness. waiting. The man came within reach. Sud
denly a black of flesh flashed in the air above
him. coming down with all four hoofs-snd that's
enough Of that story.
nice pet was Geronimo. An excellent decora-
ton for gentlemans stable-stuffed,
Well, Oscar turned him out this morning and
then he Steve and l went for hay As it toward
the last OF winter all the stacks had been used
up, and had to haul from KeHnedy's bottom eight
miles away. When started the air still and
frozen, with deep. biting cold unusual TO Dakota
the that searches you and steals ali the heat
you own. We were numb by the time we reached the
stack ana glad enough to have work to do. We
fell to it with a rush for that reason and because
dull gray blink upon the western skyline seemed 10
promise a blizzard. We tying down the last
load, when | heard the hum of wind coming, and
looked up expecting to wall of flying snow,
and continued looking. seeing nothing of the kind.
There stood, in the air of ice house, when gust
of that wind struck in the face. miracle! in
All about me rode the scent of spring flowers, 1t