The Red Cloud chief., 1908-05-29

crowd scattered, rs requested. They
hurried at that. Red gave the brute
the benefit Of his 30 as they touched
earth. and his opponent gruntcl when
he felt the jar Of ii. They roCkctcd
and ~ricochcttcd: they were here, they
were there. they were everywhere. the
bucks kin squcaiing like n pig AMI fight.
Ing with every ounce of the strength
that lay in his steel strung legs. Tile
dust roSC in clouds, Reds hat Few IN
10 tilac; lie WAS yelling like Il maniac,
and the crowd was NVllin" like moro
mqniaee. Nov and then Il glimpse "f
the riders face could hC caught. trans
ported with joy of the struggle; then
the dust would roll up ald hide every
thing. so one was more pleased at
the spectacle than the blacksmith. He
was cnpcring IN the middle of the
road. waving Il hand hammer and
shouting: Hold him down. Hold him
down. Why do you let him jump UP
like that? II | was on thai horse Id
show YOU. Aw. there 1t is again.
stop him! stop him."
At This point the huckskin made
| three enormous leaps for the black
! smith. as though he had understood
The smith cast dignity tn the winds
and went over the ncarCSt fence in the
| style that little boys when cuasting
call stomach whuppcr.' or words To-
that ,'icct. and took his ncNt breath
tw" minutes later. He might have
saved the labor. ~ the horse wheeled
on one foot and pulled fairly for The
| picket f,!cc opposite. Red regretted
the absence of l~crlC"S rs the sharp
| pickcts doomed near. 1t was no time
for regrets. The horse was over with
but little damagc-a slight scratch:
enough to rouse his temper. however.
for lie wllalcd way with both hind
feet. and parts of the fence landed Il
hundred feet Off. Then a dash through
an ancient grape arl'or. ami they were
lost To- view Of the road. Sore rcck-
loss small boys scampcrcd after. hut
the majority preferred To trace the
progress Of the conflict by til" ahorig-
iual "lcrhoopS" that came from some
where in behind the old houses.
There they CO. pipcd up n Shrill
voice Of the small boy brigade. fright
through Mis- DaviSSoS lien cuopS. You
ought TO see them hens nv The tri.
umphAut Glrc is beyond the reach of
words. simultaneous squawEiug y"ri.
fled til" remark as well as II feminine
vulcr urging Il violent protest. cut
shuil Icy Il scream of terror. ami the
slam Of Il door. The inhabitants of
Mi naViSScS" house instantly ap,
I,carrd through the front door, seeking
the street.
To show the crraticalucsS of fate. NJ
sooner had they reached the - than
Reds mount cleared the parapct of I'll,
bridge in II single leap, II beautiful
leap. and came down upon them II
the road.
All got ont Of the way but Il three
yCar-Old. forgotten in the excitement
Upon his small lad, fallen fiat in III,
road, bore the powerful man an'
horse. Then there were frantic erie
OF warming. Fifty feet between tn
yOungstcr and those managing lloois-
twcnty-fvc. The crowd gasIed. The!
were blottcd together. Not 50. :
mighty hand had snatchcd the DO,
away in that instant of time. lie wa'
safe and very indignant IN II hoWlin.
huddlcd heap in iii" ditch 10y the road
side. but alas for horse and rider
The hlckskin was not used To sucl
!, feats. and when Reds weight VA
+; thrown 10 the side for the reach Ia
missed his stride. struck his feet u
yctIcr, and down they went, while til
t foot deep dust sIrang into the air lik
, an explosion.
/; Miss Matte rushed to the scene q
the accident. followed 10y everybody
Young IettiS. equally frightened, wa
close beside her.
"Oh. viii. are YOU killcd:" she erie,
2 And then n voice devoid at any sign
Of weakness. but loaded To the brcai
ing point with wrath. told in such Ian
guage ny had never been Lizard !
Fairfield that the owner was Sti
much alive.
Run away. Matte. Kun away IN
let me russ!' shricked Red. Mis-
Matte collapsed int" the arms Of lie
It's.
The dust settled cnolgh 80 lhat III
anxious villagers could see horse IN
a man: the former resting easily a.
he had had enough athletics for al
day ana the latter sitting in the roa'
, Neither showed any intention Of ri
"a Ing.
What's the matter, Mr.. Saunder
are You hurtT'' inquired the fussy pos
4 mistress.
please 81 way, ma'am,' said Re
waving his arm.
I'm sure you're hurt-l'm perfect