Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-04-24
HENRY WALLACE PHILLIPS

URE. PHILLIPS & COMPANY III
lns the lower pat OF LIS. face. il,cr
greeting; AID the explanation of the
GRAND, Mr. Upton siroi,cl his chin
whisker reG?etfully. Young man.
said he, I'm in Il pccooliar and on
pleasant position. There's mighty
feyew thing; | wouldn't do in u hawse
trade. but draw the line on murder.
That there hawse'il Kill you. just's
sure as you're fol enough TO put yer
self On his back. Ill sell you a real
hawse mighty reasonable"-
"Ill risk him." cut i'll Red. Gould
you lead him down here in the morn
Ing"
Yes, indecdy-he's perfect lady
OF n horse to lcad-you can pick up
airy foot-climb all over him. in fac
s'long's you don't try to ride him or
hitch him up. If you do that-well.
young man. you'll get pretty fair
idee of what is meant by one Of the
demons of hell"
What kind Of saddle have you
got?'
zone Of them outlandish western af-
fairs that the scamp threw In with the
animal-yOu see l thought I'd take
up horseback riding for my health;
was In bed three weeks after my
fust try"
I'm go you $40 for the outfit. just
as you got it-chaps. taps and latigo
straps, if you'll have 1t in front Of my
house at . o'clock tomorrow"
"All right, young man; all right. sir
Now don't blame me if you air took
home shoes fust."
"Nary." said Red. Come and sec
the fun"
II shorely WILL" replied the old gen
tleman.
CHAPTER VII.
IT 0 the next morning there was
.IA a crowd in front Of the house
IVN what have you been doing
now, WHIP" asked Miss Mat
tie, with prescience.
"Only buying a horse. Matte" re
turned Red soberly. Seems to bt
quite an event here"
"Is that ALP
That's all, SO help me Bob" Rec
had q suspicion that there would bt
| objections II she knew what kind Of &
] horse 1t was.
Lettis, who had roomed with Red
overnight, was in the secret.
The horse arrived, leading very
quietly. Us Mr.. Upton had said. Il
was buckskin, fat and hearty from
long resting. Nothing could be more
docile than the pensive lower lip ant
the meek curve Of the neck. Nothing
could be more contradictory than the
light Of its eye, brooding. balefu
fire. quietly biding its time.
Scatter, friends" cried Red as ht
put his foot In the stirrup. Don't b
too proud to take to timber!'
He swung over as lightly as a tra
peze performer. deity catching hi
other stirrup. The horse groaned an(
shivered.
Don't let him get his head down
Col ding it! Don't your screamed Mr.
Upton in wild excitement.
Red threw the bride over the hOrr
Of the saddle. go 1t, you devil!
cried he. And they went Six fee
straight in the air, first pass. Thu
crowd scattered. Us requested. The!
hurried at that. Red gave the brut'
the benefit of his go as they touches
earth. and his opponent grunted whel
he felt the jar Of it. They rockete'
and ricochetted: they were here, the
were there. they were everywhere. til
buckskin squealing like pig and fight
ing with every ounce Of the strengt
that lay In his steel strung legs. TIL
dust rose In clouds: Reds hat flew 4
no time; he was yelling like maniac
and the crowd was yelling like NOR
maniacs. Now and then a glimpse Q
the riders face could be caught, trans
ported with Joy Of the struggle; the
the dust would roll up and hide everJ
thing. No one was more pleased q
the spectacle than the blacksmith. Il
vas capering in the middle Of til
road. waving a hand hammer an
shouting: "Hold him down! Hold hir
down! Why do you let him jump u
1 like that? II was on that horse L
show you! Aw. there 1t Is agail
Stop him! Stop him."
At this point the buckskin mad
three enormous leaps for the blacl
smith. as though he had understood
The smith cast dignity to the wind
and went over the nearest fence In til
style that little boys when coastin
call stomach whoppcr." or words I
that effect. and took his next breat
two minutes later. He might hay
saved the labor. Us the horse wheelc
on one foot and pulled fairly for til
picket fence opposite. Red regrette
the absence Of herdcrs as tie shar
pickets doomed near. 1t was no tim
for regrets. The horse was over wit
but little damagc-a slight scratcl
enough to rouse his temper, howeve
for he whaled away with both hin
feet. and parts Of the fence landed
hundred feet of. Then dash thrOug
IN ancient grape arbor, and they wei
lost to view Of the road. Some reel
less small boys scampered after. b,
the majority preferred to trace IL
progress Of the conflict by the abori
inal "YerhOOps" that came from som
where In behind the old houses.
There they gow piped up a shrl
voice Of the small boy brigade. "RigI
through Mis- Davisses hen coops! YC
ought to see them hens fyw The II
umphant glee is beyond the reach
words. Simultaneous squawking vel
fed the remark as we'll as a feminl
voice urging n violent protest, c,
short by n scream Of terror. and Il
slam Of door. The inhabitants ,
mis- Davisses" house instantly n
peared through the front door, seekir
the street.
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