Gunnison news-champion., 1922-03-10

rad snt the third the route re we're
r1E taking 10 the eastward
Il must have bern within an hour
O. 50 q midnight when We left the
q aE'slH forests behind and q; into
IHr ns-.rn u barren foothills Here
J.- nU.l.e s-eEled much suTer Of his
--a-uL and Ne had our WVrk cut out
Fur ~ II the efoTt 20 keep Up with
aa- In tie starlight made out the
HEe q Telegraph I..lcs ss We ran, and
4r.rIy snau our dog leader Swung Of
,0 The night and We found ourselves
rrnru-= en- line parallel 10 the rail
r.-I TRACK and uGIy a little way fruI1
tI-
Frrtty sDOn the dog disappeared:
and then Vyr hcsri him barking ai a
little distance 20 the left OF the paral-
Is. tracks. When we Weni to see What
De bad founa. the mystery suddenly
tIaak another tack and ysercd Of Into
nrV channel, In q small grassy hol-
low between two 81 the hills ne came
upon The dog and the calico pony. The
bride rrins bad slipped over the bron-
cos head and Barney had them be
lws,E his teeth and was backing and
rUsEiHg and apparently trying TO pull
the pony along.
We'll. IN he ding -jlErered 80 said
Daddy, bur ! couldn't unload quite
that easily. For me the riderIess pony
mean, an accident 81 some sort.
Heavens - j gRsTed. do you sup
p"~e she's been thrown. and-maybe
crippIedT-
~wh"-JcanIe' Why. bless your
heart. S;annie. son. she can ride 'em
Wild And that calico wouldn't buck
baby Of. No, boy: don't you 20 TO
!rc;riu' about nothIn' Ike that. When
.he got oui o that saddle. II was cause
she vas good and ready and wanted
TO-"
When she got OF To take the train.
she tried 10 make Barney lead the pony
home ! suggested would she be
likely To DO thatg'
Daddy Hiram slapped his leg.
You've hit 1t exactly. soni Don't
know why didn't think o. that at first
Its an old trick that she taught the
collie when he was M pup. And
barney. De tried. and when he couldn't
make the pinto leave OF grain, he
come for Us. Sure that WAS the
WHY n IL What say II We go tack 10
the edge O. the timber and camp downi
| reckon there amt nothin' 20 he
gained by hittin' the trail afore we've
had H1' reSt-up spell. Is there?"
had no objection to offer. you may
be sure. and after we had found a
camping spot, and had picketed the
pouy with the light rope that JeanIe
always carried tied 10 the eantIe Of her
saddle, We made good fire to serve
In lieu of the blankets that we didn't
have snd stretched ourselves out To
sleep the sleep OF the tagged and leg
weary.
The next thing knew-and II seem
ID 10 he just about a minute after
had closed my eyes-paddy was shak.
ins ne awake.
Time 10 he moggin' along, II we
ain to get home for breakfast. sonny
he announced At the break OF day We
we're coming into the Clnnabar-Atro-
pia rUJd at precisely the point at
which We left IL the evening before.
The sun was Just beginning 10 gild
the upper heights OF Old Clunebar
When We trailei over the broad plateau
bench below the mine and beaded for
the slope that led Up 10 the dump head
As We topped this last hill there was
an amazing surprise awaiting us-a
surprise and a shock. On the level
spo, which served as dcoryard for
the Tsosnhly cabin stood a horse. sad
died and bridied, its droopei ears and
hanging head showing that II had been
ridden far and hard. And on the cabin
doorstep, sitting at ease and calmly
chewing a hait-burned cigar. Was
Bullerton