Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-10

succeeded in freeing himself his left leg
wouldn't work. The leg was broke.
well, Charlie sat and lay on the prairie
all the rest of that night, sometimes ours
ing and sometimes sobbing under his
breath. But he never lost his hold on the
sheep. From where he lay on the frozen
ground he shouted his orders to his dog
and the dog obeyed.
He was eight miles from the nearest
inhabited ranch. When it grew light ne
saw his horse. still saddled, grazing near
| by.
HE never knew how he did 1t, but drag
ging his broken leg after him he crawled
to the pony, caught him up and slowly
hoisted himself into the saddle. 1t took
him three hours.
Boy he says to his collie, hold 'em,
boy, till 1 come back
And with that he heads the bronze for
the Bar B ranch eight miles off
-Four hours later Jim Boyd of the o
Bar B outfit sees a horse with something
on his back. that might have been a man
and then again it mightn't. Jim ran out
and the thing was Cayuse Charlie.
" The sleeps with the dog says Ca
yuse Charlie. as white as a snowdrift. Get
! Happy Hawkins to take EN- Then he
tainted.
"Rattlesnake Frank had even a worse
time than that the day he nearly bled to
death in the pine hills between Teedee
and Knowlton. 1t was his own sheep he
was herding.
zone day he went out to chop flrewood,
and one Hay or another in tackling a
thirty foot pine his axe slipped end cut
him nasty gash-almost cut off his foot
in fact
Il was all alone except for the dog,
he said in telling the story, and while he
were a most engaging cuss and a corker
with the sheep, he couldn't rig up a tour
niquet to stop the bleeding. Well. I
propped my leg against a tree and tore
my neckerchief up into strips. Then l
laid violent hands on my shirt and ripped
it up as well as I could.
Somehow l made out to hitch on the
bandages and screw 'em up and by and by
the bleeding slowed down. Then began
to crawl back to camp
:" At camp I made out to get some food
and feed the dog. Then 1 lay down 10
think things out.
:" I thought EN- out all right. And when
daylight came started
'started? says I, when he told me the
tale where TOP
: Why. for Billy Madisons.' says Frank
Yes sir Rattlesnake Frank crawIed
them seven mile on his hands and knees
trailing his broken ankle along after him
Every few minutes he'd sit down in the
snow TO rest and take drink Then hec
clamp his Plymouth Rock Jaws and hitch
himself along another rod or two.
+ 80 he worked his way the seven mile
crawling like baby on his hands and
knees. 1t took him all day-God! what q
day.
about he strikes Billy Madison's shack
Billy he says, talking like a turtle
from between his shoulders. two feet from
the ground, but as steady as II he'd Just
Hoped over friendly from Teedee, Billy,
wish you'd send that Urinary red-headed
boy of yours TO herd my sheep for a DAY
or two l Jared myself like with an axe
yesterday and I think it may blow up q
nor'wester by tomorrow noon.' he says"
The Montanan began TO slide into his
great coat preparatory 10 breasting the
dangers OF Broadway.
mo. stree" he said. as he clapped his
soft Stetson on his head. IF they was any
way a ranchman could save his stock h,
wouldn't lose 'em-no sir"