The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-07-20
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his horses. With the punchers dozen yardss n
ahead Of him, Dave guided bis four-horsc<
tear. down the steep, crumblng wall OF sann
and called cheerily 70 the painting brutes y
they dragged the wagon over the wide chan
mel. What was that distant growing mH- 4
mur? All checked his horses as they started !
forward. The riders had topped the oppo- Z
site bank and Dave was two-thirds Of the way \
across, when hoarsc scream broke behind<'
him. NJ
"Hurry, DsvSl Run 'eml The food n
The food!" howled the hoodlum MANI
standing up to look. ~
Dave turned bis head and Jumped to ha..
feet, lashing furiously with his whip. Around !,
the bend not eighty yards away swept wan I
Of water six feet in height, its tossing crest
dark with trees and earth, its base yellow withf
stones.
"a cloudburst!" bawlcd Dick above thes
thunder Of its advance, struggling with his.
mount, now frantic tc bolt. II s
The chuckwaSpp spEes we're mad with
fear They plunged forward with jerks that
threw then, on their haupchsa On the recoi, the
cook yelling encouragement. Almost they,
had reached The bsnfj rot ten yards separ
rated the leaders frcn. il, 1ilen the food
struck them ani n:ye and he wagon and
horses were yhuled assay In the rushing
waste.
"He's gone. It's done got him." Reb
and Dick spurred desperately along the bank,
three feet above the red, turbulent waters; y
"Waggonerl Oh, Waggonerl Where $
he2"
The strayman had disappeared. In that
second of time when Al's warning shout sent
his eyes to Dawes impending danger, he had
jumped his quaking horse down into the bed
Of the stream He swung his rope, and the
lashing deluge leaped on him. %
"Why, there's Waggoner's boss.
In amaze, the stupeied cowboys beheld
the sorrel struggling out upon the bank. The
rope ran taut from the horn Of the saddle, and
as the exhausted beast stumbled away from
the brink, mans body was hauled into
view. They rushed to him. II was Dave, :
sorely bruised and battered Dave, full Of
water, who was presently able to sit up and
discourse with all his soul upon the stupidity
of cbuckwagon horses as compared with
mules
Where's Waggonera" he demanded sud-
denly. 4.
In that" Reb pointed to the roaring
torrent
Mauled though he was, the cook staggered
up and began to run down stream. They
followed, beseeching him to wait What
could he do against this fce1 The man was
lost.
"I've got to find hirn, tell you Didn't be-
come in for iae3 Shorel I've GOT to find
him. Lemme alone,n he ravcd
Find him he did, He was clinging to a,
mesquite bush just out Of reach Of the food,
having seized branch as he was swirled by;
he had been able to drag himself up to sort
of sand ledge, and there nc lay, almost uncon-
scious, waiting for death. 1t was not water
that trribled poor Wsggoner A dasting
cottonsood bad mn..n nis side, and Dave
sicksred Is ne hcckcd He stopped and ten
derly lifted itr rsoi broken body and set him
down upon ,he ssass, out Of sight Of the
maelstrom.
Hello, Owe It's-you. / reckon Tn
done for"
Thc cook prayed and cursed with equsl
abandon as he stroy. q, stanch the flow of
blood. "You pore liz son-of-a-gua." be
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