The Red Cloud chief., 1907-11-15

run in and talked the boy out OF II
while I was gone, and now we can't
got 'em off. He's been tryin' this here
new law game that you all brought In
this summer. I've been drunk. That's
what makes Inc look so ornery."
He said the last not in the spirit of
apology, for rarely does your frontiers
man consider that his self ~indulgences
require palllation. but rather after the
manner of one purveying news of mild
interest, as he would inform you that
his surcingle had broken or that he had
witnessed u lynchlng.
"What made them jump your claim?'
IL don't Know. I don't know nothin'
about 1t, because. as l remarked pre-
vlous, l amt follercd the totterln foot
steps of the law none too close. Nor
do I intend to. l simply draws out of
the game fer a spell and lets the young
ster have his fling. Then if he can't
make good I'll take the cards and finish
It for him.
Its like the time l was ranchiD'
with an Engllshman up I'm Montana.
IUtS utEc purity tlitilltu Nv
tune of beln' a younger son, whatever
that Is. and Is grubstaked to IA ranch
10y his people buck home. Havln' ac-
Quired an intimate knowledge OF the
west by readin' Bret Harte and havin'
assim'lated the secrets Of ranChin' by
correspondence school, he Is fitted am
pie to teach us natives a thing or two,
and he does 1t. l am workin' his outfit
as foreman, and it don't take long to
show me that he's a good hearted fell
Ter In spite Of his ridin' boomers an
penuchle eyeglass. He amt never had
no actual experience, but he's got a
Henry Thompson Seton book that tells
him all about everything from field
mice to gorrillys.
Were troubled n heap with coyotes
them days. and finally this party sends
home for some RoOshian w~olfhounds.
Tn fer pizenin' a sheep carcass, but he
says:
"'NO, no. me deah man: that's not
| sportsmanlike. Wen hunt 'em-aye,
hunt 'em. Only fawncy the sport Wen
have ridin' to houndsv
eve will not says I. 4 amt goin'
to do no Simon Legrce stunts. 1t amt
mans size. Bein' English. you don't
count, but I'm growed up
"Nothin' would do him but those
Uncle Toms Cabin dogs, however,
and he had 'cm imported clean from
Berkshire or Sibeery or thereabouts,
four of 'em, great big blue ones. They
was as handsome and imposin' as a set
of solid gold teeth, but somehow they
didn't seem to savvy our play none.
| One day the cook rolled a rain bari
downhill from the kitchen. and when
them blooded critters saw II comm
they throwed down their tails and tore
out like rabbits. After that l couldn't
see no good In 'em with a %spyglass.
"'They amt got ne grit. What
makes you think they car fight? l
asked one day.
"'FlghtT says H'Anglish. MY deah
man, they're full blOoded. Cost seven
ty pun each. They're dreadful crea-
lures when they're reused. They'll
tear a wolf to pieces like a rag. kill
bears, anything. oh, rully, perfectly
DREADFUL!
well, 1t wasn't a week later that be
went over to the east line with me to
mend n barb wire. I had my pliers
and a Ratchet and some staples. About
a mile from the house we jumped vi
a little brown bear that scampered of
when he seen us, but, bein' agin a bluff
where he couldn't get away, he climb
ed a cottonwood. H'Angllsh was sim
\ .I., e..Att,s.~y ..,tNl. ,.atvao
what q misfortune! Neyther gur
nor hounds
"T1l scratch his back and talk pref
ty to him. says I, while you run bacl
and get a Winchester and them Zero
cious bulldogs
"'Wolf hounds says he. with dig
nifty, full blooded, seventy pun each
They'll rend the poor beast limb from
limb. l hate to do II, but it'll be gOot
practice for them
""rhey may be good renders say
/, but don't forgit the gun
well, / throwed sticks ut the critic
when he tried to unclimb the tree I'll
finally the boss got back with hi
dogs. They set up IN awful hole
when they see the bear-irst on
they'd ever smelled, / reckon-aS'
the little Teller crawled up In som
forks and watched things, cautious
while they leaped about, bayin' mos
fierce and blood curdlin'.
. allow you goin' to get him down
says /.
I'm shoot him In the lower jaw
y saws the Britisher, so he cawn't bit
the dogs. It'll give 'em cawnfdence.
HE takes aim at Mr.. Bears chi
and misses II three times runnin', he