Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-07-30
HORSE THAT
SAVED HIS LIFE
Man In st. Paul Finds New Mex.
leo Mustang That Brought
Him Through Deadly
Peril
RECOGNITION
WAS MUTUAL
Through Fire Around Tort,iols
Trail bordering d precipice,
Dolly Carried Him IN
safety

4 young man, well dressed and u
I great hurry, rushed tp Tho railroad
tracks toward The horse runway Of The
sonth ST. PAU yard. He was out q
breath when be arrived AZ the chute.
where 4 load Of horses shipped from
New Mexico was about ~ W unload
ed.
Whom the young man reached ne
place two or three animals had AL
ready passed down the chute and
we're stretching their legs ~ the cor.
raj. The young man examined the
animals sharply and then stepped up
ID the agent of the consignee.
.could / buy one Of these nofses?'
Certainly, young man, that's what
va DOT lem for replied the agent.
(Which one do you wantge
There was an expression of Der.
plexity On the face Of Tho customer,
Il would bet my head | heard her
Whitney lid muttered.
"They aren't . very pretty lot,
yentured the agent. but thayre all
right. By George, tlitra's one more.
In the ear" he exclaimed, as he rails
ed the bars he had dropped and al
lowed i buckskin mare, desperately
lame behind. 10 come out.
The face of the young a lighted
up and he Apfang at tho fence and
yaulted it before the agent could pre-.
vent him.
'sDoily-it's sun. Dolly he sobbed,
as he threw his arms about tho little
mares neck. She rubbed her nose
on HIS coat and prIeked ears forward
and backward with pleasure at tn
meeting
The agent allowed the horse and
man 60 say 4howdy' 70 each othei
and then inquired
Well, young fellow, how much VII
you give for herr
How much do YOU WANT replied
the young man.
.sixty.fiye dollars said tho agent
and the young man started 10 counl
out The bills.
The mare Stood quietly BY until u,
trade has been made and then fol
lowed her new owner into the cor
raj.
Il don't need any halter. said tht
young man n guess VIZ know on
another well enough 10 get 70 th'
barn without being roped..
The mare followed like d dog ant
together they entered one Of the bil
stables.
Give her all she wants and fix he
up as well as You can he remarked
10 the barnmen, and after lookinI
over his purchase several minutes
he went into the office.
Seems to know YOU, sir." said on
OF the hostlers.
Yes. ! should think So reptile,
the young man. she knows me m,
certainly know her. She isn't pref
~. but ] wouldn't trade her for Eng
lisb Lad or Hamburg Belle or an,
Of those flyers, and ! guess Dal
Patch would DO overlooked II Mi
Savage should offer 10 swap with m
for Dolly y.sssaE
WHY"
We'll. III tell yon. A year ago las
summer J was In the caiiforni
mountains. ! was broke and as IN
old man and myself had a tcmpofar
disagreement. ! was working with
railroad as %,imekeeper had TO rid
twelve miles q day through th
toughest country III California an
that little mare used 10 carry me.
\ would not he here n Il had u,
been for her nerve when mine faiie
One day w were going along a twl'
linz trial that was being changed In
a railroad grade The men had ellen
cd the chaparral from both sides. III
the gummy. reslnols stuff lay ste
Inc In the sun The grade lay alol
the side % \ canyon mud n sol
places the mountain was 70 steer III
a man could toss a stone half a mi
THE grade had been carried 10
the gnlches IN either side ~ d j
ting spur and then ont again on i
face of the spur and around ~ The i,
-osite gnlch The front of the So
was straigh, up 500 feet. and whe