The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1920-01-15

tent, the weather was so pleasant no one cared
to occupy it.
ITS too soon to 60 to sleep yet" said Law
renee and | move that Uncle Seth tell us
another yarn" and every one seconded the mo-
ton.
Uncle Seth pulled out a plug of James river
from his pocket from which he cut slivers, and
Immediately stuffed them first into one side
and then the other of his mouth until his
cheeks were puffed out like a ground squirrels,
and after chewing them awhile, he took dellb-
crate aim at blazing chunck that had rolled off
the fire. and spit it out the first pop
well. boys" said he at last, 81 don't believe
I've told YOU yit about the tight race the lnJns
gin me about year ago on the head of Iorks
creek. You see had went up there long with
a party of surveyors that had hired me to hunt
for em. They agreed to give me three dollars
a dav fur every day brung as much meet inter
camp as they could eat, and never missed
aiming my wages but onct (though tolks KIN
git away with power of meat when campin'
out and bread stuffs is scarce), and that was
the day the Iniins gin me SIGH clost race.
But the fact is a Teller don't hunt with cent
with a gang of Inins yellin' behind HIM like
pack of hongry cayotes; and even Ell ne glts
away from EN- his narves is kinder unsettled
like and he can't draw cost bead on any
thing-eastwise I've found 1t So Well on tnat
day had started out from camp fur my reg lar
10 be uncommon scarce, and had Travelled, l
reckon. bout four miles from camp afore SEED
one Howsomever at last | got pop at a
drove of bucks and upped one OF EN- IN MS
tracks. | lit from my pony (tur you see want
ridin' Roarer them. and htched him to
bush tell could butcher the deer. There was
purty large perara to the norrard, ana Jess as
had bout half peeled the hide from the buck
| happened to look up that way, ana SEED
fifteen er twenty Injins comm 'hckety spht
less as fast as their ponies could let 1t down. l
thouoht il would be best perhaps to put off
skinnin' nv deer tell the weather changed, SO
| grabbed my gum bounced onter my pony and
started fur camp with all the run could glt
out'n him with a rank pair of spurs. NIT
NV own fur bout mile in the race, but then
| GOOD the red devils was beglnnin to gain on
me and as had nigh onto three miles yit to
90 afore got to camp i thought there was
nurtv fair show fur your Uncle Seth to lose his
scalp. Howsomever. when found there wasn't
any chance to beat the lnsins fair race deter
mined 10 stock the kerds on EN-, and play II
low down Bout three quarters of mile
ahead of me there was considerable rise IN
the perara. with some thinck chapparal on the
fur side and made fur that as fast as my
nonv could 90 lie was purity peart | knowed
ON short stretch. only he couldn't keep 10 up,
and punished him powerfully with the spurs
tell qot him To III his feet like a reg'lar race
nae. and less "a We was bout 10 cave an
cot 10 the rise. and IN mint CA SOL was outn
sight of the lniins. ! then Jumped ONT my
pony. and tying him with the rope to 4 hutns
1 llt out ON foot bout ~ fast a. man H'net"Iy
travels IN that way when bitnesH - p.ss''n
Al, leee vas that when the lnluns come w az.
~e.d mn nony tied 10 The bushes they rop'o
naturally think ! uas lyln' IN y" W." nv