The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-15

horse was dangerous bucker but he
tipped his hat on one side and said
he had broken more bucking bronchos
than those Texas livery men ever saw
Dad borrowed pair of these Mexican
spurs with a wheel in them as big as a
silver dollar, and the men held the
horse by the bride While dad got on,
and / must say he got on like he knew
how. He asked which was the road t.
Houston and we started out of town.
well, sir, l have been in a good
many runaways, and l was filling a
soda fountain once when it exploded
and [ have been on a toboggin when
IL run into a cow and / have been to
=, church sociable when a boy turne,i
some rats loose, and terrier went
after them right among the women,
Lut [ never was so paralyzed as l was
to see dad and that horse try To stay
together. The first two miles ont of
town the horse walked, and acted as
though it was going to die, and my
ony would get ahead and have u
wait for lad and the came: to come up.
Lad was mad because they gave him
such a slow horse
What are those things on your
heels for?' l says to dad. Why don't
you run the spokes into his Stats "
said. just to be sociable.
NEVER you III Illt ltie, says uIus
After / have looked at the scenery
awhile / will open the throttle on this
dr0medary and we will go and visit
the pyramids
Il was q little ahead and l did not
catch dad in the act of kicking open
the throttle, but | heard something
that sounded like a freight train wreck
and dad and the horse went by me like
q horse race, only that the horse was
not on the ground half the time, and
he didn't go straight ahead, but just
lowered his head between his legs and
jumped in the air and came down stiff
legged, and then jumped sideways. and
ends, and did it all over again,
all over the prairie, and dad was a
sight. His eyes stuck out and his teeth
ratified and every time the horse came
down on his feet dad seemed to get
shorter as though his spine was being
telescoped UP into his hat / think dad
would have fallen off the first jump,
only he had rammed the spurs in
amongst the horses ribs and couldn't
get them out. Gee, but you never saw
such act ons. unless you have seen
horse go plum crazy. The horse kept
giving dad new fancy side steps ana
jumps until dad yelled to me to get
gun and shoot him or the horse, and
he didn't care which. l yelled 20 dad
TO loosen up the bride, and let the
horse run lengthwise instead of side
ways. and / guess he did for the horse
lii out for some musquite trees, and
before ] could get there the horse had
ron under a limb and scraped dad off
and when [ got there dad was lying
under a tree, trying to pray and swea"
all to wonst. and his spurs We're all
l,ood and hair, and things a horse
wears on the inside of hisself and the
horse was standing not far away, eat
lis. grass and looking at dad. If dad
had had his revolver along he would
have killed the horse: but the horse
seemed to know he had been fooling
with an unar'ned man. got dad
riehted up, and he rode my nonv 10
town. and | had to lead The bucking
horse. and he eat some of the cloth
cut of my pants.
Say. this is a bully place down
here; just as quiet and sunshiny as can