| Show LACE LANCE AND LASSO 1 by ily victor st claar 4 I 1 E IS AS erous as a puma leon and I 1 advise you to keep our e ei es open mark my words he intends to barm harm you at tho the e first opportunity what can be his reason tor for wishing to barm harm me ario arlo I 1 lim 0 n never e v e r harmed bim him je jealousy Jet lousy loon leon jealousy I 1 saw his eye kindle with tho the venomous light of 1 I snakes yesterday yest yeat erda when you beat him I 1 su fu throwing the bolas you did do wonderfully well after so little practice it aas 13 an accident A arlo alo I 1 could not do it again if I 1 should try a thou bard times nell ell accident or not it camo came in rt the right time and it Is no wonder onder tippo en lea you i ou your victory but beware of him as 3 oil would of a puma the youthful erg ers neither being over 18 were cinte binte ing leisurely across that remar remarkable lable pampa region lying between the parana and paraguay biers the gran chaco they weri on tle extreme southern barler belonging to tho the nast ast estate of manuel strain who lay claim to the ownership of more than a thousand hordes hories for fort thou thousand gand held heid of tattle and had nearly n hundred thousand thon thou sheep feeding at will on hia his domain of pampas arlo strain was this wealthy estan cheros jonii con son and hl hit q companion leon lons was vas an american rican boy whom horn arlo bad had met ind formed a strong attachment tor for while he wai wa la in this country citing his education the grandfather of arlo had gono gone froni from the united states to settle in th the e coun country tr Y north of dueno aares leon lad hicri riad glad to accept an invitation vi to isit hl south american friend and never lud haa he enjoyed himself beater belter than on his wild rides over oner the pampas kow ilow ho he slept at nighal and he often doc declared lared that he had never known what nhat it as to have an appetite before it waa was then tha tho season for rounding ronn ding up the cattle A first he had haa to content himself with seeing tho the gauchos gauchas gau chos or herdsmen as they rode down and lassoed the animals but gnall he had ventured to join his companion in tho the exhilarating work it was as wonderful how these sons of the campas performed thir fe tents feits its of lance and lasso but when ario arlo ex that they had been trained to it from In infancy faricy that long ham were given them to practice throwing and that by the time they w N ere I 1 years old they put on tho the back of a spirited horse with a genuine latso au to use he did not marvel EO to much at their skill arlo had acquired a bood deal of 0 that skill and leon was fain to believe belleno that few of the gauchos could outdo him win but when he eald said as much the other laughed saying walt wait till you seo see what tippo can do he ile can throw a lanco lance farther and a lasso surer than anyone on tho the es the gaucho GuIe sIppo whose name HIDING RIDING LIKE THE WIND had bad been corrupted into tippa was a tall swarthy fierce looking native whom few liked but many feared he lie was known to be a desperate fellow whan aroused and his passionate pass lonato nature would brook little or no opposition it N was as he that arlo meant in his warning to leon for it had been tho the litters misfortune to incur the enmity of tippo at a game of bolas the day before when quite accidentally the amu lean lad had won tho the laurels from the boastful gaucho little dreaming of v w at was likely to follow the simple alfair hb however wever leon joined ci usla i sally ully in the wild work ft rf battlo huling on the pampas ho 70 had bad navor knon cach sport before and feeling hia his blood tingle under the excitement of the mad a races he dashed hither arid thither with more pluck than prudence it tas tho the agreement that hs he and ario arlo should keep together but tt it la Is not always el easy elby BY to carry out the plans on such occasions thus toward midday as the latter dashed through a clump of date palms to head oft off a bunch of cattle bo he suddenly mused hia his companion gnawing the importance of quick action then ho he wheeled hia his borsa horse and glanced hurriedly oer oner tho the scene ha did ro fo look in vain for away to his right bo be saw leon landing standing over the dead bod of hia his horse what had happened to bring about thia this calamity he lie did not have time to consider for at that very moment a more startling waa was lent to the scene from leone leons left concealed from him no doubt by the tall grass sas one ot of the old bulls that were the terror ot of the herds sv coping furiously toward the dismounted boy it vas doubtful it the enraged animal had aspea the helpless victim in his pathway vt but that thit fact could not blange tho the ine inevitable bitable result tor for he was suro sure to catch sight of him soon arlo was about to shout to leon of hia his peril and dash to his rescue when the cry froze on his lips at the sight he beheld on the other hand the second peril was nothing less than tippo riding like the wind down upon the boy with his lance poised to be hurled at his head the moment he should get near enough to bo be sure of I 1 Is aim alm A dense clump of mimosa concealed thi th approaching pro aching bull from the sight of tho the gaucho it if arlo failed to give hn warning cry to his friend he did not inactive but urged his horse ahead at the top ot of its speed and so evenly were these onsets made that thit it seemed certain that a triple meeting would tako take place at the converging point bat arlo realized zed that thit this must prove proe fatal to his friend it if not to him silt and ho be suddenly raised his bluso and ith that quick dexterous movement peculiar to the master mister of this pliant weapon ho he sent tho the long iong lino line whirring through the air tho the noose at its end settling over lcona leons shoulders just as i x loud lond bellow from the bull announced that ii it had seen him at tho the same moment tippo threw his lance arlo turned his horse sharply to tho right and as tho the taut lasso jerked leon forward upon the ground tippia lance whizzed harmlessly over oler him and then before the would be murderer as aware ot of his peril the maddened bull was upon him goring and trampling him to death having wreaked hia his vengeance upon the enemy that he had found in his path the bruto brute dashed on across the pampas leaving the two bova bols unhurt you may be sure that they were thankful ful tor for their deliverance in spite of tippo awful fato fate |
