Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-29

the garden fence, running full tilt against
the standing team of horses which the
police had left in the road. The shock
stampeded them, but Curly swerved clear
of their rush, rolled back into the saddle,
raced abreast, and shot both horses down.
y minute more, and the firing died away
behind u.s. for we're racing neck-and-
neck across the desert. Curly had left the
police to follow afoot, but now she began
10 weaken. for, because she had played the
man, she broke down and sobbed-a woman
We had been running maybe two hours
When we pulled up on the top of a hill
to rest our horses. Far down to south
ward the electric lights in the city made
a silver haze of small Specks glisten-
ing as though scrap of sky had fallen
there. High in the south Orion rode
guard upon the star herds, and the night
was so still that we were scared to speak.
wanted to smoke but on right like that
the striking of a match may be seen for
miles around, so / took a bite at my plug
and ate tobacco instead. Then as Curly
and l sat on rock together listening, L
heard a bear cough because his nose got
dusty grubbing for ants; coyote was sing
ing the hunger-so and miles away to
the east a ranch dog answered him. Then
Curlys horse scrunched up tuft of grass,
and my beast paving, startled rattle
snake. The little woman beside me whis-
pcred then
.'Shorely the Lawd makes His big med-
cine for us, for snakes and robbers, wolves
and bars. Only the folk down tina cayn't
see Him, cause they got electric lights in
stead of stars"
(which them two pore ladies'" says I,
gets gun-flame by way of lamps to cheer
them up tonight
II hate to think how we-al stirred theyr
peace. Still. Bryant has stroked theyr fur
by now, she sighed. Them visitors
rumpled me, too and all my brussels Is
pointing the wrong way still.
'tDy reckon, Curly l asked, that the
city marshal is hoping TO trail US by star
Hght?"
he's got srnell-dogs guidin' his posse. Yes.
I remember a while back the marshal
bought team OF bloodhounds.
She didn't seem to take much interest, so
l proposed that we roll our tails
IT see his lantern, said Curly; thar II is
again. We got ten-mile start"
i saw the glfnnmer then. Come on,
said I.
POGO TEMPO" says Curly I'm fearful
sorry for them pore ladies yondeh."
/ dragged her away, ard we rode on.
throwing the miles astern Every two
hours or so Curly would give the horses
rest and a taste of grass-a trick she had
learned from Indians, which kept them
fresh for a trail.
The night was cold. with a little lazy
wind" as Curly called It, too tired to go
round. so 1t went right through just
before dawn we crossed clay fiat holding
a slough of mud, and found it hard with
frost.
when water goes to sleep with cold"
says Curly. "a snell-dog's nose amt goin
to guide his laigs. This frost is due to
send the posse home"
AT dawn they'll see our tracks,
Dawn broke, and we were rising slope
of sand-drift. with acres of naked rock
ahead of u.s.
"Haw." said Curly, leading me to the left
until we entered the rock field. Gee" she
called, and we crossed the rocks TO the
right. Follow the roeks-shy wide OF
any sand" followed for mile. until
a little bill shut off the route we had come
by. "Dfsmount,' she said. and l stepped
down by the edge of the sands. She made
me take the saddle blankets. the oil
skin coats and a serape Mexican blanket).
and make pathway of hem &C oss the
sand, on which she rode, leading my
horse. while renewed tire rsck IN front of
her for couple Of hundred feet. So we
left horse sign on the sand which looked a
whole fortnight old. Then, gathering the
clothes, mounted. and we curved away
among sandhiIIs for half an hour, sal ing
along at a fope until We came to pa -ch
of grafnmA grass. LET the hawsses sraze..
said Curly. and sat side-sadd'e, res ing
while she smoked a cigarette 1 did the
same, and the tracks we left now were
those OF grazing horses not those OF trav-
elers Then resadd'ed. and all set we
rode OF again to the north. The frost had
spoiled our scent: the blanket pay and
eraxing play had sure discouraged track
era
Gully. says 1. ..yeu heap his Intunr'
II n susalf rob1ef. she answered.
ssrivin' away ffdde secrotn .
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