The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-19
A RUNAWAY
RED HORSE
by STRICKLAND w. GILLIAN
Uopyrleht, ~ Joseph y. Bowlea,j

Nah" scorned Ed Flint, you didn
never do soul How about tn tim
We snapped tn runaway red boss
tn Greaser out { Alhambry2 Wa
that any Carneeiy endowment"
20, we'll, that was case where II
exception proved tn rule. Anyhow
We must admit that was a most vi
usual circumstance an mustn't b
judged aceordin' t. ordinary stand
ards Ort 1t, mlster?"
I Thus appealed to, ! demanded
complete exhibit of the happenings
before passing upon the case. Where
upon Perry took fresh chew, adjust
ed his made-up blue bow to the curve
Of his turn-down celluloid collar. aut
proceeded:
1T was out clost { Alhambry, Call
forny. ! wasn't much but kid then
and had traded frum a good boss m,
daddy give me for a starter, down Il
a bride with bum headstall. Blu
one day Teller come along with 3
boss that had cornered tn blemish
market an was holdin fer a raise
But that wasn't all That boss had
tn runaway habit so indellyble fixed
| in is system that he was willin' at
any time to die in tn cause. Jest as
| he got in front o tn ranch my daddy
an me hung up at. this plug stopped
in tn middle of incomplete run.
away TIL man on is back partly
finished tn trip, but stopped at tn
end o TIL bride rein, which was a
longish one.
Dad hurried in an got Is first-aid-
! to.th'-snake.bit bottle, took a teeny
pull at it hisself to see that it was
flowin' free an that nobody had
changed iii contents when he wasn't
lookin' an applied ii to tn dead mans
mouth. Next thing dad knowed tn
dead man had tn bottle an was
emptyin' it, effective an soeiable.
Then he got up, with considerable diff.
Guilty, braced hisself with is legs wide
apart an cut loose with a pontoon
o langwidge I've wished many time
could duplikit.
when is breath had petered out
an he was tryin t git ~ voice t fow
over them wide high an deep dams
he had throwed acrost Is stream o.
talk, he asst us II we would lend him
tn loan of gun, long enough { shoot
that critter which he proceeded t
name agn, yariegated an fluent. See
in Is temper, told i'm { toddle on
an I'd shoot tn brute after he'd gone
with that he quieted down little
an tole us about tn animule. 1t had
been a.runnin thataway fer nine mile
an was as fresh as dandylion after
shower. Dad tried { git i'm t take
is boss on furder, but he started In
with them indecent remarkins an
dad, out o pure jealousy, give i'm th
Then, after little more
parleyln', dad showed i'm tn nearest
way L Loss Anglis Goot. an he mo.
seyed off, lookin back every onct In
awhile an shakin is fist at ole
Shortstop that was perusin' alfalfy
as If his mind had never been on
nothin' else err harmfuller
dad an me managed { rope an
tether i'm. an after a right smart
5krmish we got tn cooterments off
i'm. Then | let lin have Is rope an
he capered round with is tail up like
he was needin some kind o. calisthen-
hicks fer Is CONSTRUCTION. He sure
was a pizen boss. Takin' invoice OF
is blemishes, could gee that all that
allied i'm was a bit OF a curb on is
right hook, fetch o ringbone on one
front pastern, one more eyen he was
gittin any good of, an a gentle whis
per O. SPAWN Didn't take dad long
find out that tn boss was mine an
not hisn, when he glimpsed them
One day. after I'd fleshed that run
away tin it took good judge o. boss |
meat T. sight is markin's, my good |
hing comes by Long about sundown |
a Greaser llmps in frum Loss Anglis |
way, leadin' Is mount. Picketin' it ad- |
accent to our ranch house he proceeds |
% onsaddle II an carry water an |
wash lis back. where they was tn |
worst an biggest saddle-gall I've ever
net up with
~Th boss war a coalblack mare.
dxteen high. eyes like doe. forehead /
Ike a statesman. ears little enough |
or a pony. long. straight nose. thin
chest an shoulders like a
greyhound. body straight an taperin
Jack { hips like N rock o. Gibraltar
they not only wasn't nothin' tn matter /
With that msre-barfln' a saddle-gan
but they wasn't no way fer anything
git tn matter with 'er.
Purity soon think hits me an
Knocks me cold. When feels IN cir
ulation resumin' in my system. 7
iunts around an locates my tongue
m mentions to i'm that I've got a
mighty good travelin' boss there that's
ust dyin fer a long. rapid trip. An
know I Amt lyin' when says H.
Ie was caperin round al tn time.
noriin' Ike a stalled freight engine
fifth frost on III rails. He keeps az
h. out end Of Is rope an keeps Is
eye out o. sight Happens l.,
1ost OF is other beauty spots is on th
ame side as is dark-lsntern. an with
5 fattenin' an IN surryin' Id been I
iyin i'm with a iong-handied broom
Is hair shined Ike satin. lie was a