The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1907-12-12


but ~ az iliry 'night thry realiSei
they rouid 40 hothias
~Well ~ Too lsier cried the leadins
mHn
Yep answered his companion "a
conAraliy. driving bis spurs home agaln
~No~ crisl The hvs, mau as The cattle
swerye'i. she's Sept beer head That
woman knows Der business they u I've
milling IN a minute"
shed ought 20 he gittln' ourn Il
now. though
Yes God they've g0i herr he
cFScd a. he saw the eiri caught on the
periphery ~ the vhiriing mass
Wen gil her out''' cried The other.
~ sbe lives hong enough 10 give IA,
chance
When siampeded cattle get 10 mill
lpg they turn In upon themselves
either ingoluntariiy or because % pres.
sure pai upon them by cowboys seek
Ing Ia control them They sweep
around Ia concentflc circles In great
spiral The pressure ON the outside
tends TO construct the circles more aud
more untll The cattle are damned Into
whlrllng yertignous mass. Of which
nothing can lie seen but upifted heads
aud upiossei horns This mass. fran.
tic with fear and fury. sways aud
wbirls over the ground HE tornado.
with motion OF rotation and transla.
ton nj the same time Above the dust
Of Us trampllng comes the clicking OF
the dew claws and the cleft hoofs as
the feet are lifted sharply from the
ground These. with the rattling Of
horns aud the believing Of those on
/ the outer edge, make the animal whirl.
I pool Il perfect inferno OF noise and
clamOr
I The Mill sweeps around and around.
aud the only way 10 break II Is 10 un.
wind it-that Is. TO cut into the bunch
and start the outer edge of on tan.
gent. so that the whole unwlnds Itself
mechanically 10y reversing the process
which brought II together This Is an
operation OF much difficulty. attended
with great danger The man who
breaks In must do II backward, as II
were lie must follow the movement
OF the perimeter OF the great circle.
heading as the cattle do. aud by skill
and dexterIty force out first one and
then another until he gets the circum-
ference broken. In the end the break
Is apt 10 come quickly. and the awful
maelstrom OF maddened animals dis.
solves into peaceable herd almost as
quickly as II wound itself into u fran.
tlc mob
To be caught inside such a mill Is
was on the outskirts. The situation
was sufficiently terrifying as 1t was,
however. Above the dust she could
see tossing, quivering expanse OF
horned heads. She was riding mans
saddle and In man fashion. The pres.
sure upon her horse was so tremen.
dous that In order 10 keep from being
crushed she shook her feet from the |
stirrups and drew her legs up about
the saddlehorn. She had no control |
whatever OF her pony. Although she
was fortunately on the outer edge OF |
the ring, there were still half dozen
of the cattle between her and the open
prairie. all crowding Into the center,
and with every turn she was being car
ried toward the vortex with irresisti.
BILE force
She was utterly terrified, yet she
realized that her only possible hope Of
salvation was TO keep her senses and
her seat. II she tainted and fell the
result would be death The love OF life
was strong In her. and she chung to her
saddle and prayed as never before.
Her eyes were blinded with dust and
fear She could see nothing but cattle
and the terrible gyrating mass. How
long she whirled about with them In
giddy rotation she could not tell. 1t
seemed hours. ages, before voice
pierced her ear Where did il come
froml She turned her eyes toward the
sound and dimly made out the figure
of n man on the edge OF the circle
above the cloud OF dust lie seemed TO
her OF gigantic stature What was he
sayingi She strained every nerve to
understand. Presently she made out:
Keep up! Don't let go! Well get
you ontl'
This was reinsurance, but not much
The prospect seemed hopeless. The
cattle were going slower now as she
worked toward the center. which was
yet a great way Off Her pony was
wedged in so tightly that he could
not fall The voice kept up continual
cry OF encouragement. II seemed 10
be drawing nearer, but the terrible
strain under which she was laboring
was telling upon her, Although she
clutched the pommel OF her saddle with
the tenacity OF despair she found her
self swaying dIzzily She cllnched her
teeth and summoned all her resolution
for last effort. but realized with a
growing horror that Der end was near.
II help did not come qulcklyshe would ,,
be PROSTATE on The mass OF horns
stlil the voice appealed 10 her. called
to her. pleaded with her. inplor,pi her.
stimulated her She held on aud on
as she swept around ans
around
As they drew near the two cowboys
recognized that this was one Of the
worst mills they had ever witnessed.
There was little dip TO the ground
where the cattle had sweryed that had ,
brown iArn even more Violently 10
ward the center Than would have &C.
.urred on level prairie. The FIRST man
honghi he had never seen any steers
tighten w quickly and whlrl so fast
Ills impulse was "a leap his horse
lrrass the iaierye-ins cattle straight !,
i the ngiir ~ 80 Glrl. rs a cavalry
nan rides 3stwn 5u obstacle. bit he {
thew thai prJ . siep would lie fatal I
Th. niiii nlusi ~ hrpssn II mast he
lnwound The 0isi man swung his b
,ony In iuWanl the outer edge aud
accd With li s-.kiug an opening near u
he ponmn a. wilnm ne cried words
n .ue,tft ggtc,.iltssttf WITH the eoNnoa Il