The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-19


"a srudge against that bear right from
the start- 2 @MINN a8M&4
ave went on till we got right close
to him, and he didn't pay any more at
tention to Us than ii we'd been q eJu-
pie OF jack rabbits out for noinia'
stroll. Pretty soon Tony pulled up
and siartedto unbueisle his 5na strap.
What IN thunder you going 10 do
nowT i asks, / knew YeD enough,
brt II seemed like a fool thing TO try.
I'm going to take Z fail out Of that
coyQte-faeed son q asreptile If its the
last thing 7 DO on carth,' he snaps.
Are you garnc3 "A bear amt got,na
bus.hess pgoVllnt ntarouiid tbs coupfv
so bold, nohow. I'm gcing 10 tie onto
him for luck a ~ }7 H@9
V's'Youll raise Cain with him-f don't
think says. sia9 W t
He looked at mo1lits I'll insuited
liins 50 4 dldn'tkay 10 more. Only /
thought TO myself, Old boy. therel.
be something doing around here when
you DO set your rope on him.
"You sec, I hadn't figured on doing
any fancy work with q rope when we
started cut that niornin I'd- picked
me horse that could so out and bit
the trail with the best OF ghen, but he
wouldn't siapd for any rope work.
guess he thought It was degradin' TO
be made a snubbin post Of. He was
4 ilDa-bitten gfly, with a Roman nose
and big, bulgin' eyes. lie had a way
OF humpin his back and side steppin'
when things didn't 20 to suit Inn.
Once or twice he's used mis- influence
to try ana remove mesand the motions
be made was such that ALL could do
was to pull loatheF and pray for the
end 70 come quickly. He was sure 4
corker, and his name was Pop-Eye.
"Tory was ridin' a chunky little
chestnut-u mad-eyed little beggar
that paced along with his eyes half
shut-But he was there with the goods,
all right an right, when It came to do
ing the tie-down act.
tTouy got his rope fixed and says to
me: You ride around that way and
attract his attention, and when lie gets
to watchin' you, TN run IN ana rope
him. D
$50 round / goes. Mr.. Bear didn't
take notice Of me tilI4I got around so
that be was right between me and
Tony. Then | let's a ki-yl out Of me.
and he come alive. He looked up, and
when ! let another yen he started for
the river, smashin' through the sage
brush like one Of the Great Northern
moguls buckin' snowdrift; but Red
swooped down on him Ike a hawk df-
ter a chicken. Tony got him first
throw-you'ye seen him rope-and
turned or sideways. The bear went
to the end Of the forty foot rope on a
high run, and the jerk he got turned
him head over heels. lie hit the ground
with thump that should have
Knocked the life out OF him, but it
didn't, for he got to his feet little the
maddest bear you ever saw. and made
for Tony. Twice old Red went to the
end OF the rope and put him down.
ana both times Brownie bounced tdhis
feet lookin' for more.
@Tony began to- think he was mp
against it. l guess. He'd throwed
little too big a loop and the bear had
got a front foot in it, so he couldn't
choke him like he aimed % do bed
likewise tied his rope hard and fast
beiI' froni Texas, where such is the
fashion-and couldn't turn him loose.
They was sure connected up in good
shape-red horse, white man, and
brown bear all oil one string. 'A--
FINALLY Tony hollers to me: For
Gods sake, try and get your rope on
him. Jack He'll jerk Red down if he
keeps up this lick, and it'n be all of
with me them
v'rAn right. says H. IN try,t and
starts TO take 'down my rope. Now.
you know most all horses Is scared to
death Of a bear. You can't get any
ordinary horse near bear II he's on
the windy side. where he can get she
scent. He'd didn't seem to mind, but
then he was an old rope horse. used to
goin' Up against all kinds OF forlna-
lions. But old Pop-he didn't have
no more sense than the Law allowed
him. iiohowt-Was slre stirred up. AS
said before, he had a constitutional
aversion to any monkey business with
rope. so when took mine down. he
concluded he had business further up
the river. and started to go. I'd a big
spade BIT on him, though, and managed
TO persuade him that his business
wasn't SO extremely pressin'
81 spurred him up as close TO the
bear as l could. Brownie was fghtin'
The rope, .yQnkin' frony' horse this
way and that. clawin up the earth.
and raisin' quite a disturbance. His
mouth was all bloody froth from bein'
jerked down so much, and be had
savage loolS in his eye. After eoasids
cradle dodgin about I run old Pop
up pretty close to him. Brownie raised