The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-06-05


Raiders high eyebrows flickcred
a horse you have lost"
NO. Mr. RAIDER. not a horse that
any one has lost. a horse that has
never been found. a horse that
very much wish 10 find for myself:
not a horse that's been left toe
long on tho tango and become
Wild. but tho original Wild horrs
that no ono has ever caught. OF
rarely, n ever. seen"
Carron watched him. and pushed
one sentence further.
NO one seemed 10 be sure how
much truth there was In the story
or whether there was any at all
bat they seemed 20 think. II any
one could tell me. you could"
RAIDER stared In arnaKement I
can-they think" he murmur~d
who do you mean by they!
Looking into his candid and be
wiidercd eyes. Carron knew he
was going 10 be frank with RAIDER
at tho expense OF the man on the
road. For a fact, Mr.. Rader." he
confessed. 1T VAS ono person who
directed mo here, only one. and
he didn't want 10. ] had 10 work
to get Il out OF him"
Where did you meet this fell
low7" RAIDER asked.
Il was on my wsy 20 the city
from Nevada with some horses. d
Carron said. when ran across
him in Truckee last night. got
in early in the evening and found
the train wouldn't leave until after
midnight. This chap was hanging
around the livery when / put ms
horses up.
''Hc began by giving his expert.
ences In horse-breaking Then he
began 10 wind himself up on a
horse he owned that could bea,
anything In the state OF California.
lie built up n stock farm around II
In few minutes. but II was easy
10 see that the real thing in II was
tho horse. SO I pinned him down
until we'd got rid OF the stock
farm. cancelled tho fact that the
horse was his. and got down to
what looked like bedroch-which Is
Just the story have told you. that
the cgeature was a wild horse run.
ming free in these mountains The
only difference he made then was
that he swore on his sacred honor
that he was the only man In the
state OF California who had ever
seen e."
RAIDER took his long chin in his
hand and meditated for n moment.
"Xenophon." he said. states that
Wild horses inhabit countries of
plains, travel in bands, and that the
stations are not found separately
from the mares"
Quite right no is" Carron as
scented. as II Xenophon were easily
his contemporary. "a lone stallion Is
as rare ms n singing bird ut sea:
but stu there are exceptions. Once
in while a dry summer brings II
about A horse drifts into the
mountains in search OF water. And
then, there was another thing that
made me think perhaps there was
something I'm the fellows story. II
you want to know. it's the thing
that brought me here. When he
described that horse TO me |
thought he described a horse that
| had seen once myself"
"Ah!" but the word did not OK.
press Raiders onlightenment-~only
n fresh perplexity. But. thought
you said"
ut didn't occur to me that he
would tuA tail Mt the last mo
ment. But the moro we got up
into the mountains. the sulkier he
grew. until finally he denied every
thing he had told me. Fortunately
| hadn't paid him his money yet.
and IL was on that account I got
the two words I did get out Of him
Try Raiders he said. and as soon
as he had said It you should have
seen his face, Scured-scared to
DEATH"
I'm sorry" RAIDER murmured. II
thought certainly he would never
have spoken Of H."
Carron wrinkled his forehead.
I'm sorry. too. Mr.. RAIDER. IL ho