The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1905-09-29
Hunted Down
BY c. B. LEWIS
0''pvT'Ohs 1905, bv r. D. Meour,
By c. B. LEWIS

d., S... .no men sent out by the h
re- lour cattle company In search % ~
ere las'urage reached the Wind r,,.on ~
vbv icy almost the first thing tba,n ,u
rested on was a drove or ,yn,, ~
" numbering thirty. The drove WINS 10 :,
'N- W stallion whose grace ana beont
ng enci.eu unbounded admiration G.,
no VI ule dfove had escaped from, -,
ase 70 roam the plains free from, .ni
M IestIuints OF man, but the leodor ~,
ct suioy Deen foaled in some ouIet ,,s.1
mons tne foothills, and his y,otSas
au kept guard over him while e.
m 1iinDer wolves circled aroma
/. snashed their teeth in hunger anu
he mao been born as free as Tho 81
ut MN, and when his MUSCLE ha'5
i ueheu ne had galloped with n bord
snu Gown the valley for 200 p,,ios
49, anu south. He had braved Inc
winters the cunning OF tho
I 1870 tne spring Of the noun+sIr
- ne greed and cruelty OF the ~
Ahere ne stood at the head 80 |
S uroVe' nve or six years old No..
miunight with the exceptton 90 -
Wnite star on his forehead. ana .A
were beauty and a defiance 49,
n,m mat appealed to the little bsnd
see me put a bullet ins,d. a..
''arI ne said as he pointed hjs ia I
III you do. will put one e. /
Jour headF' replied the leade- 80 q
r., aeHeo up by bis two companions
drovo I've minutes every horse in the '
I've $1,000 there with head and tou b
Sa.1 Lnu nostrils Quivering and nanks D
ths,. -, ana then at a signal from "
wind away IKE the n,
D was through these men that ,ho II
~ 'our OUTFIT heard OF the bIscL ne
Use me coming OF men and eatt,a loi
I've MN and his fellows down 10 tho WI
s', end OF the valley, a bundrad ye
IiIes away, but now and then the
"a eu 10 nave longing to revisit The 10
~ pastures, and they came sweenino pal
'oA. Ihey never came during tho the
ut Always on a moonlight nlaht neil
- urst any one knew OF th.Ir san
esehc'' was the sound Of their tina ere
ns hoors. Three times In the co,,rS. iock
d year they stampeded the cat1Io
= 'nen the foreman ordered their do
Inc next time they came Oh
ecping up the valley they were 10 he Gree
de targets of. " NC OF Il
mere was grumbllng among tbo w. into
=, VI via horses Is always n cleht
~ 10 herd Of steers but n Iuo,t Of A
-, 'ne gram OF the men born In torta
themselves to shoot down nent
u Sous creatures. The wolf +
coyote, the llon-yes, thew wera upset
enemies, but the wild borso, Greel,
7, nis friends. If they were NOT nm the g
JUS hahd and obedient to him tbo,, book /
sun MS friends. Ever since mon face n
Norses We're, bond of friendsbIn visitor
existed between them. When ne the bu
20 cume again few shots were mace
one or two wounded. nerhons moved
ne NERD escaped material damo9o closed
brennan saw how II was with bIs through
oys' II was so with his own oo,, "AIr
-, anu ne did not blame them. feet the
tne drove must 60 There ,va-o air Is C,
at san Bias who would do Greel,
Ing Tor money even to the taking In the c
nan life. For a certain price ner to him
y undertook to exterminate why
I'VE There were four OF then, was emf
49,, away secretly and swore near yoU
s.a an 70 secrecy They had 20.
"Sei0 nave called II
= demanded revenge The few Lord !
,neh use Ioot OF the mountains David p
'ugn and hardy men who were raised n
WIN nature In the rough, but to the r
.ouiu not have tolerated the company
nar.o. -. private u
uartet found the drove and ba. OF the nj
WORK Sometimes the men was sudd
rom the saddle and sometimes flashed n,
liked and sneaked on foot ana cried. "V
led their game us the panther Lord Rat
was from no feeling of senu. sleep. loo
II tney spared the black horse condition.
'een agreed from the f,rst 10 cial on his
% I'LL the last and then seek Rathmore'
Q MIN alive. It took weeks 10 fixed to III,
rest OF the drove. When tho partment {
~ ueatn on their trail they sired to Id
roau pastures and sought ths carriage w,
es, making far into the noun. II was ins
~ spread out SO as to leave sternly rep
ana ceased to whinny. Nv hesitate. 7
MD themselves among the more's lips
ed. '"'' ut he WINS NO
lntaln lions aided the hunt. for the life
amDushed horse after horse member wh
tnem down. and the ierce had selected
'IveS kept the living In n to him bel
rror. To the north were the 'Rathmore."
70 the south ADVANCING
Inc POOR horses were The \
tween. The great
y me hunters gleefuliy r. Ever and al
only one horse was ieft- throw the ste
eader He could not have ends. and at
lets had they been Minded the passenger
J. but he had outwifted the vii chorus az
the lions. and whom bIs berths. At q
Ion went down he uttered a roar that 10
OF defiance and vanished hurricane. a
nee Word was sent IN burst upon the
he valley that he was ~ "AutinyF' g
his capture. The cav. mo, they ar
iave nothing TO do Win \. the captain.
re n eoora - -. - must On hoIo,