Gloucester County Democrat., 1906-09-20

I "a stentorian call Of defiance and COM
mend. The band. that had watched the
struggle from d discreet distance now
/ came gallopiiig in, whinnying ia friend
/ " fashion, siss Il isil s. 4fsslsI
Black Eagle had won his first fight.
4 He had won the leadership. BY right
/ Of might be was now chief Of this free
coIlipaiig Of plains ran gers 1T was for
him to lead, whittier be chose, to pick
the place and hour OF grazing. the time
| for watering, and his to guard his COM
panions from an dangers, 3
AS for the buckskin stallion, there re-
manned fornhim the choice Of shumbly
| following the new leader or of lifnping
/ off alone to try to raise new band.
Being worthy descendant Of the
chargers which the men OF Cortez rode
i SO fearIesslys into the wilds of the new
| world, he chose the latter course and,
having regained his senses, galloped
stifIiy toward the north, his bruised
head lowered in defeat. II -
Some months later Arizona stock
men began to hear tales of great
band Fof wild horses, Jed BIZ IA maj gnifi1
cent black stallion which was feeter
than than a scared coyote There came rel
ports OF much mischief Cattle were
sfaAapeded by day. CALVES traEnpled to
death and steers scattered far and
wide over the prairie. By night bunches
of tethered COW ponies disappeared.
The exasperated cowboys could only
I tell that suddenly out of the darkness
had swept down on their quiet camps
an avalanche of wild horses. And gen
orally they caught glimpses Of a great
black branded stallion who led the
maraudersa at such a pace that he
Il bseenaed almost totfy through the air
This stallion came TO be known. as
Black eagle and to be thoroughly fear
ed and hated from one end Of the cat
| tie country TO- the sother. The Bar 4
ranch fpp reared TO be- the sHea West los
er. Time. after time were its picketed
mares run off; again and again were
tie Bar II herds scattered BY the dash
4of this mysterious band. ID Was it that
+ Black Eagle could take revenge? Cat
.tlemen have queer notions.4asT hey put
/ d price on his head. seI It was worth six
months wages ito any. sseoWboyb who
might kill or capture Black Eagle
About this time Lefty, the silent
man of the Bar u outfit, disappeared.
Weeks. went by and still The branded
stallion remained free and unhurt, for
no cow horse in all the west could
keep him in sight half an hour. ~
! FaBlaek Eagle had been the outlaw
king of the ranges for nearly two
years when one day as he was stand
ing at lookout while the band cropped
! the rich mesa grass behind him he saw
entering the cleft end Of a distant
arroyo lone cowboy mounted on a
dun little pony. With quick fntelli-
gence the stallion neted that this ar
royo wound about until its mouth gave
upon the side of the mesa not a4hun-
llred yards from where be est0od, ~
r Promptly did Back Eagle act. call
ing his, band ,qhes led it alta sharp pace
to a sheltered hollow on the niesa's
back slopes There be left it and hur-
ried away to3take up bis former posi-
ton. He had not waited long before
the. cowboy. riding. stealthily, reap
peared at the arroge's mouth Instant
| ly the race was on. Tossing his fine
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