Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-06-28

q ridge where it was gravelly dirt,
= with here and there a little scrub
1 by cedar about two feet high, and
: The hog-back of the ridge was
. vide enough so a man and dog
, might pass and repass each other
without necessarily slipping off
the roof Of the universe.
We had 10 go about several hun
dren and thirty yards down this
widening ridge in order to reach
the timber, where ! intended to
divide my little cold lunch with my
dog and kill load Of fine grouse,
and go right on 10 the cabins, as
my cufiousity as TO getting back
to camp had been satiated in the
knowledge Of how I'd gotten away
from it,
Jack has seen the timber, and
with his big tail high in the air
and muzzle TO the ground,he forged
himself 30 yards ahead Of me, and
was fairly scooting down that hill
when, GeeWhizl he fairly fell over
himself he stopped so quickly. He
turned around and came past me
! like a bat out Of hades, and then
slowly commenced to track some
thing down the east side Of the
mountain. | looked closely at the
ground and made out that the old
boy was following a fresh track Of
an uncommonly big goat. And he
W.. sure going into steep, breaky
country, where a man with pegs
in his shoes had all the advantage !
over any kind Of dog. took one |
look at that impecunious thing
called a rifle and wondered just |
how near il would come TO pene-
trating old Billie's tough hide, and |
rather instinctively followed the |
dog. Down, down, down, we picked |
our way for perhaps a quarter of
mile,when we got into less rocks
and some little earth, and there ]
lrade a discovery We were fol-
Jack to get behind, and l went
goat ranch in Ireland So l told
lowing enough goats TO stock a
slowly and steadily, with the idea
in mind that those animals had
been tc breakfast and would be ly-
ing on the southeast slope, where
the rocks were toe, Jagged and steep
for a bear or lion to feel very safe
in trying TO secure a fat mutton.
All at once / came to where a flat
rock about as steep as a three
quarter pitch roof barred my way,
and ] seemed 10 be grabbed" But
there was plain evidence of my
quarry having slid down that slick
surface, some % feet, to safer :
ground, and | told Jack TO watch |
ne and I'd show him a trick. So t
| sat down on ihc top of that rock q
AMI, spraddhng cut my feet and
Dulging out my eyes and grabbing '
he top Of my heart in my teeth,
slid off.
I'm not going to tell you any more
about thal Slide. When my feet /
lit the ground they thumped so s
oud, and my blood-pump went r
,ack into position with such c
hud, thai il awakened an old nan y
ly-goat who was lying on a rock y
ONE eight feet high, about 40 !.
ards squarely in front OF and be- q
NV me. She opened her big black Il
yes and looked at me sidewise a
Ike a turkey, just as | fired Il
arter's little liver pill into the W
sfl side of her head, halfway be- a.
veen the eye and ear. was us =
lg % longs and scared her so .
hat she got up and started to
zap off the rock on thelower side.
mt just then | shot again and, be-
lg lucky, pierced her spine, and b
lstead of jumping she tumbled off y
nat stone. &c
Did you ever see a dog spread -
is wings and fly? Well, that old -
up simply went right over my .s
cad from somewhere up on that &C
eep rock I'd just slid down, and to
lie way he disappeared behind, that tn
PATS dormitory was revelation pl
white folks. And about two falls da
nd a roll and | was there too.
lck had old Nan by the hind leg
Id she was doing some remons-
ating with all the feet she had. m
no sooner arrived and drew th
'od breath when from behind tn
me monster boulders, right in su
ont of us, out popped two Nam vi
es, two big kids, and an old Billy.
e exact prototype of Dom Paul.
He made a jump or two, slanting
lii past me, with his left side
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