Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-12-17


where did he gor says me
brother.
81 glanced back at him. an he was
standin', wild-eyed. with the gun
p'inted at the small of me back.
handed him a wipe in the jaw, just
to let him know | was directly for.
ninst him, an thin, systematic like,
we inspected that prairie for miles
around. There wasn't a whisker left
be which that buffalo could be
traced. We even looked in the holes
left be the prairie dogs, but he wasn't
there.
where did he go? says me broth.
er again.
Me lad says I. ~ knew where
he wint, says. that's where I'd go
look for him.. says |.
After an hours search me brother
an me found the hoss. He was lyin'
down with his tongue hangin' out
about a foot an half like he'd
ct a blanket an hadn't swallyed the
tail end OF Il. The plow was druv
into the ground right up TO the muz-
zle. That's what stopped him. SO
we made a melancholious procession
back home TO the dug-out, me thankin'
the Lord that there hadn't been any
occasion to fire that gun. an prepared
to take oath that there wasn't a buf.
falo in the state OF Kansas
AS we got near the dug-out, we
brother stopped.
Listen, says he.
Il did. Did yer ever hear an ele-
vated train runnin' through a boiler
factory just as a crockery store col.
lapsed on top of Il? Well. that's what
was happenin' in the dug-out, judgin'
be the external evidence OF me
ears.
I'VE have caller. says to me
brother
THANK the Lord says he. Even
II it's thief says he, wen have
some one to talk to-
Hold the hoss,' says I. I'll go In
an find out what's the matter says.
Il opened the door, which was
latched on the outside, and wint In.
Faith. the innards of that dug-out
looked like cyclone had bin playin'
hide-an'-seek In II. AS | stood won
derin whether l should go into the
back where the main ruction was,
saw an elephant or locomotive or
somethin' comm toward me. an made
giniral grab at II. got what came
to hand. not havin' time to select q
an he wint through the front door.
with me swingin on to his tail. out
into the sunlight OF the prairie.
Don't shoot l shouted to me
brother as we came out. Don't shoot.
| says. 4 have him, or he has me,
don't know which yet,' says l.
AN we wint out of there hell bint
; for election, me standin' out straight
behind with me legs fiuttering In the
. breeze for all the world like a signal
flag on the back of an express train.
put me foot down once as started
an the next time Il touched the
ground II was a mile an three-quar.
: ters away, over in the next county
Yer know that train that runs from
/ New York to Chicago in twinty
] hours? Well. that buffalo could have
| btNCu IL btAlttu uOuIb dn hITut
simultaneous with It.
I'VE had gone seven miles before
/ caught me breath. l know II was
/ seven miles because l had only taken
! four steps BE this time was sayin
. to meself: Sunset was sayin'
: 'yer're wanderin' in strange lands
/ was sayin', an It's up to you to stop.
. | xuoa Gavin shafnra var r,,N into aha
r Atlantic ocean, was sayin'.
: "An' tninkia' of leavin' me brother
I out there in Kansas. lonesomer than
ever, almost brung tears TO me eyes
} | was that sympathetic. didn't dare
to let go. II had I'D "a ripped hole
in Kansas that wouldn't have bin
filed TO this day. was travelin that
fast. Thin me diplomacy came to me
/ rescue. I would be conciliatory with
} the buffalo.
$50. Bossie.' says l. Lie down
, Towser.' says. Whoa, mule
. says. Pretty pussy | says. soft an
} soothin' like. Polly want cracker?
/ says
"Bein diplomatic while hangin' on
} to the tail OF buffalo, an travelin
; twinty-one miles a second, more or
/ less, is one of the most tryin' things
| ever have attimpted. Besides,
didn't know how to address a buffalo
! proper. never before regretted me
lack Of knowledge of the languages.
1T was about this time in me flight
that | began to twist. Talk about
twistin' the tail of the British lion;
had the American buffalo's tail
, tied in double bow knot in minute
? Every twist put in added to the
buffalo's speed, an the faster he wint
the twisteder | got Thin grew
, desprit.
"'Gee. haw. Buck says I.
AN he bucked. | wint sailin' away
from that buffalo like a swally on the
wing an sat down all I'm n hunch