Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-01

He outGlfd the acildCst of our pitching
horses for halt minute.
wonderful, but chaotic. I would defy
moving picture camera to resolve
that tornado into it's elements Of deer
and Injun. We were conscious Of curl
Gus illusions, such as deer with a
dozen heads growing out Of all parts
of body as spherical as this our
earth, and an Injun with legs that We
toed all laws of gravitation and anat-
omy.
Poor Billy Buck! He outdid the
widest of our pitching horses for a
half minute, but the two hundred and
odd pounds he had on his back told.
He couldn't hold the gait. Jimmy
wrapped those long legs around him,
the deers tail in one hand, the horn in
the other and the ear between his
teeth, and waited in grim determine
ton. 'Me-all-a-aaav' said the deer,
dropping to his knees.
Jimmy got off him. Billy picked him
self up and scampered to the other end
of the corral, shaking his head.
The Injun Strengthened himself up,
making an effort to draw veil of
modesty over the pride that shone In
his eyes.
"H-nhv' he said. "Fool deer tackle
Tatonka- Sutahv' '"Tatonka-Sutah," or
Strong Bull, was the more poetic title
of Jimmy Hit the Bottle among his own
kind)
He then gravely punched his plug
hat into some kind of shape and re-
sumed his work.
We pitched in and bought Jimmy a
shiny new plug hat, which will lead
me far afield If don't drop the sub
ject.
Well, he was master Of Mr.. Billy
Buck. When he entered the corral the
deer stepped rapidly up to the farther
corner and stayed there.
Now came the broadening Of Billy's
career. A certain man in our nearest
town kept hotel near the railroad
depot. For the benefit of the passen-
gers who had to stop there half hour
for meals and recreation this man had
a sort Of menagerie of the animals
natural to the country. There were a
bear, a mountain lion, several coyotes,
swifts, antelope, deer and a big tim
Der wolf, all in a wire net inclosed
park.
It so happened that Steve met Mr..
D., the hotel proprietor, on one of his
trips to town and told him what a
splendid deer he had out at the ranch.
Mr.. d. became instantly possessed of
a desire to own the marvel, and bar
gain was concluded on the spot. Billy
by this time had shed his horns and
was all that could be wished for in the
way of amiability. We tied his legs
together and shipped him to town In a
wagon.
Steve did not trick Mr.. D. He told
him plainly that the deer was dan
gerous customer and that to be care
full was to retain whole skin, but
the hotel proprietor, little fat, POM
pous man, with big bass voice-the
kind Of man who could have made
the world in three days and rested
from the fourth to the seventh inclu-
siye had it been necessary-thought he
knew something Of the deer Character.
"That beautiful creature, with its
mild eyes and humble mien, hurt any
one? Nonsense!'
So he had a fine collar made for
Billy, with his name on silver plate,
and then led him around town at the
end Of a chain, being vain little man
who liked to attract attention by any
available meansA All worked well I'M
til the next fall. Mr.. D. was lulled In
to false security by the docility Of his
pet and allowed him the freedom of the
city regardless of protest.
Then came the spectacular end of
Billy's easy life 1t occurred on an