Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-21

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onto my two ponies and go for that old fel-
low down there, and I'll warrant you some
prime sport"
"what is it? What is it?" we both asked
eagerly. II,
"Its an old buffalo bull was the reply
"and, il the colonel don't mind, he ana ~ ~
get dinner and take care Of the horses, w.T, wnug,
bring us back bit Of hump-steak and
tongue" he added, with sly twinkle III Ills
eye. -.
Uncle Ben readily assented, and we were
nearly wild at the idea Of killing a punsIo, sl.,
This was the first game, excepting a lew lew
antelope, that we had seen since leaving
Yankton, and we were eager to De OH a'
once. MI, A..
cts kind of queer" said Jerry, that the me
old fellow should be alone, but they 90 go py
themselves sometimes this season of the year,
and there's good many OF em not hu"
dred miles above here"
We all rode carefully down to the stream,
where we were completely hidden IRON tne
view of the buffalo, who had not seehen W W
notice us while we were on the mn. i,s Ileye
Jud and | placed our saddles upon Jerry
fat ponies, and were soon ready Tor the uliase
The hunter gave us instructions as toll1"si:
"Now, boys ride right down. the bank Oh
the creek till you get to that clump OF OIL, Iees
yender. You can keep out OF slgnt VII you
get there then make a dash Tor the ola iel-
low, and you can ride plump onto hlm pe1ore
he gets his ideas walked up, i you manage %
right, and we'll be. ready to fry your STEAK
soon as you come back" .,
There was a high point of land which ran
clear down to the creek just below us, m9lhg
the left-hand side of the valley from view,
and over this we could see the, tops oil the
grove of trees to which jerry alluded. =,
We rode carefully around this point, catGh-
ing sight of our buffalo as we did so, still ~
ing near the bank of the creek and apparently
with his back toward us.
Then dropping behind the clump OF cotton
woods, we made the distance to them without
disturbing the game
The trapper's plan had worked to a charm
SO far, and we moved cautiously forward
among the trees, occasionally sighting our IN
tended victim, when coming to the edge Oh
the grove, in plain view of him, Jud gave me
a look which meant 60.
Putting the spurs to the ponies, we bore
down upon the unsuspecting animal at the
top of our horses speed-and they were both
good runners.
We were within two hundred yards of the
and faced us, evidently amazed at the flying
apparition which greeted his vision;
As the trapper had said we should do, we
rode nearly up to him before he concluded
to get out of the way. He was great, shag,,
gy, rough looking beast, nearly all head and
shoulders and he looked rather formidable
as we rode at him; but as soon as he satisfied
himself there was danger, he wheeled and
started at numbering gait down the valley:
But we had altogether the advantage OF
him. Our ponies could run faster than he,
and we had already gained impetus which
would take him some time to acquire.
In almost no time we were up and passed
him, one on one side and one on the other.
We both fred our rifles as we passed. and
Jud hit him in the flank But the motion of
expressed the opinion afterward that | came