The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-05-08

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pony sWeryei iue
SJ9s snared, and then halted
NDEe trembling Startled out
ISL 81 bis unpleasant rami
nations. his hips tensing
over his teeth ia a savage
snaH, Negins swayed ID the saddle, caught
hgnseli grouehed. and swung his heavy
ps'as D 4n ALERT poise
Ten feet in front 81 the pnay aud qu3reN
M the center ef the tr4il gigantic diamond
b.ck rattlef swayed and WTned Nevins s
naH de-pened, be dug sFAr into tbs pony 5
3lAli Hank and pSlied sbarply upon the leit
rsia The pony lunged forward swened
tatha lelt. and came 10 It's Launches as the
a suddenly tighteaed Then the heavy
lyef Ia Nevias right hand reared spite
llN there was 4 sudden threshlng ln tine
dis u the trAil. and The huge RATHER shud-
dsfed into 4 sinaous twisting heap It's
Ae4l neatly severed.
al4n size declared Neins his nafl
FsaNng til along, yuh dum Tool!
fattier
Relieved debating It's hhgs with tFe-
aIa d3as heage the pony gingery returned
tg t8e trAf lh tbirly seconds il had ~
{sarooplag shuhle, il thirly seconds
had yeturneg@oh hi unpleasant rlunl-
9@aS
4 mile up In the shimmering blue an
tae swan 1a leN wing haping his wind
ihs Rrs toward tle cottonwood clamp
hat Tiae the water q the Pargatory
tiss iv mile aN9p Besides the eagle,
tl- pony aad himself there was NO living
'hiag ID the valley lntbc hade q 9 rock,
lstHaD laFsed lizard til The hlmy ines
gail taat drpoped and curlcd iii the tiiling
hesl craWlel a rather it thc heter q The
gras 5Ag brush 4ge Eea nestled htr egg1
III lhe not md Ba, hese were tytarcs
NeVins bis pony, and the eagle were not
Hills eagle wa Ale2ican j tad swung its
iMilA-Nii4 circles many times to reach the
point near The cottonwood L ras migratory
anaaIart with the hunger h4t Neyin5 was
not mngry Bact III Trinidad he had met Il
man who bad treated hiH royalty There
had been many Wofd between Them and
wlea they had parted the man had pressed
great roll ol bills lnto Ne,ins hand
I'here had baen few words Of instruction
But the mas voice had been hard tbs
name u Nj Yea. Ha manager 81 the Bar
Cross. There two hundred M that roll
I've given you Il hlcNea dies before the
fall roundup you gcl two hundred more
That had been a week ago vi the even
days five had beea ypcuded IN q roions
.bow Money hld down like waters
terror had reigned in the saloons and on the
street Even the hardy men q Trinidad
were admittedly relieved when one morning
Negins had awakened, dull eycd-and da4ed,
to look upon the last dollar Of the Two hun
dfed He had few friends There Were
none who cared 70 become iaHiar enough
with him to attain lhat personal eminente
TFinidaa had known him long, and had
come 10 the concla ion that q certain aQo
mess toward him was no waste q prudence.
Therefore there was 4 concerted sigh o. rc
lie when. on the sixth nonlug Neyin had
quietly tossed his last dollar upon the bar
III TIE Red Cloud saloon drank hs whisky
and departed down the wide. sun.baked
street in 4 cloud a dust
II
The posg clattered down the slope,
plunged deeply into the ream and drank
with eager silent draaghia NeNins swung
hiassl erossWays Id the saddle tambled
rs. moment at The siicker and drew
out battered tic cup Reaching over. be
hiled the tup with water tilted hs head
hack. and drank A blur n The white
skY caught bis gaze and held a. His eyes
Knocked, his ips saarled
lts that damned grcaser eagle he said.
Followed me hlly miles. A lash q Face
hatred glinted III his eyes w0udn let
no damned greaser eagle gii me anyway
The pony had drunk it- hit NrNns fe.
turned The cup 20 the stichcl and swung
back into The saddle Refreshed the pony
took tile opposite slope with a rush cmerg
Inc from the riyeF bed apon q small plateau
studded with hr-balsam and pines Neuns
halted and swung titlly from the saddle
Then lie yawned, stretched hs 1.-THE strong
figure to It's full height and again Iumbed
III the sIitker Thus tine he produced 9
razor, Ire tiN cup. a shaving brush and q
small mirror lie flung the reins over tbs
pony head and allowed il % browse tht
dried riyer weeds that grew IN the cretiec'
81 the rocks Then he tied the mirror 70 on'
vi lhe branches ~ 4 9Th so that 1t swung on
leee With his lace. descended 70 Che rVei
bsa and lilled The lin cup with water Re
tufBing to the cree upon which he had huns
the mirror, ne mixed Iather with the shay
ing brush the soap and the water Then b
looked upon The reHecton of his face Il th
pairrof. The snar was gone IN its plac
flaa appeared a mocslng, reluctant gfh
One band eame inyountarly upward AM
sought hs brown luxunant mustache
ha asen bis orc solaec 10 the long slsnc