| Show EA CT 1 11 I 1 6 gl I 1 10 t I 1 11 I 1 a 1 I 1 0 Z k OR I 1 is N HF V I 1 I 1 wd a n d I 1 1 W 40 v I 1 ENCY ty I 1 A I 1 lits 1 as I 1 I ot 1 k ilal wi IV I 1 1 ir 0 BOTH PRICE AND A PLUCKY Y WESTERN blacksmith IN A grappled an infuriated lynx lywch slob sab ducal the animal liy by sheer strength and saved ilis his mothers home I 1 all rights rr the sun bun was not yet VIP up slid and therill the winter morning toor waa anan sharp with frost and gray cray mith w ath it a low hanging nilst its aa the door of a cottage ta that at stood 0 little spurt aloin the rest of the town swung op 1 i I slid and a bareheaded bare headed boy come came fu fat ill ile he seemed to mind the chill very little tor for he h wore no coat and the bil ta vf of 0 hla his rray gray shirt were loll 1011 a up to hla 1118 elbows revealing a th thick I 1 ck sine abed mir of 0 arnia arms a arille trine scarred seal red and a good deal colored in a red brown biown tint not KM far fair away was waa a shed partially filled with woodin it too were odds and ends of 0 things that accumulate about it a house boxes sacks bottles and old CIA pieces of stovepipe stove pipe from a dusky corner the boy drew forth a stout hickory club the handle of 0 a pick alt this lie he tucked under hla his arm and anal putting putt lne hla his hands in his pockets strode away through the that grew crew to the very edse edge of the dooryard moving briskly up lip the gentle slope which led to the foothills of the mountains looming tall in the west As lie nent the loftiest loft iest peaks assumed s a rosy hue under the beams of the rising sun the twitter or of a a bird or two sounded dully on the air and a rabbit now and then topped hopped silently away anay to disappear in the friendly shelter th elter A mile from the house he slowed lit his pace looked about to get his 11 bear to r lues and then n commenced aced a search which resulted almost immediately in his finding a clump of brush in which a piece of raw and bloody meats meat a portion of at the waste from ar a butchers slaughterhouse slaughter house was halt concealed d lie he examined the ground carefully care tully on an the side first approached it was undisturbed but a couple ol of singular holes on the opposite side bide met his gaze and seemed to give him considerable satisfaction prom from the larger a deep out cut scar in the earth made an irregular trail that wound away toward the hill the mark of 0 something heavy which had been slowly dragged away grasping his club the boy hurried cautiously along alone on this track peering about him as he be walked presently from the cover of 0 a bush in which the trall trail seemed to end EL a laige coyote jumped and began to struggle though to escape rom from the grip ol of a steel trap the jews jaw of 0 which were firmly clamped on his foot irom the trap went a chain also ot of steel to to a a heavy mass of 0 iron the dragging ot of which had bad made the trall trail in the sand the animal thrashed about in desperation att lorr its yellow eyes were gleaming and its snapping laws jews revealed a set act of white and glistening teeth with tho the utmost unconcern ho however weNer the stout young fellow quickly dispatched his captive with a sharp and well almed aimed blow on the head had veil said eald he be as he opened the jaws of the trap and removed the limp land and wounded paw youre a beauty but your days of 0 stealing allne sheep aro are over you ought to be glad to become some something t hing useful at last and you will for your hide bids Is uncommonly line a indeed the creature was a splendid its tall was long and as aa bushy and light as aa a feather duster cluster its iti mir hair was clean and ranged in color from tawny gray on the he less legs to the lightest ot of tints on the stomach and rray cray tipped with brownlaw brown lah black on the back it was larger than an ordinary dog its ears stood straight from its head aud and its 10 nye was pointed with nearly the delicacy dell ciLcy and sharpness which characterizes charac ld izes that of 0 the aca ox L the boy soon set and concealed hla his trap again and smoothed away the tracks in the earth after that he ha slung the dead coyote on his shoulders dem tp to vatic pack him home bome in the shed where he deftly and skillfully removed the pelt the clearer light now how revealed a a number of similar ar skins in the various stages of tan all however were minus the ears and the skin akin ot of the he head and this portion of the hide lust just acquired ho he now removed and laid side aside a while tho the rest vas aa treated mith a muddy solutions solution of OC alum and salt halt and left to cure lawrence fald bald the boys mother when at last it he sat to his breakfast there Is something which I 1 am now obliged d to tell you ou that I 1 had haa hoped you need never know the irv lal irked up at hla his sad bad eyed mother face wass WAS lined with the marks of deep anxiety arid and noted how rapidly her hair was becoming becom lne wit with lines of white yes little partners Pait ner lie he replied replica using in I 1 a pet name recently adopted brou trou ale el la is it yea sha said going srol ii to the point boint the last little sum I 1 had hoped to receive Is unexpectedly gone to meet an old obligation and how flow in the world we haf going to settle the that the funeral P is IK more daw almar I know out but n mother lother I 1 catch a coyote nearly overy elery tiny nay now low anil anal ret aela 1 dollar bounty for scalps oid two tor for the hides besides ny illy va 9 esa 1 I 1 as ayea ah yes I 1 lint 11 t I 1 tin I 1 1 debt Is I 1 nearly a 11 W 1 eil dollars and the man threatens u ou ax bleU lie be got his money at I 1 11 J 1 di 1 L I 1 11 I 1 A 1 I 41 A 1 A 1 11 11 1 11 3 1 at 1 t I 1 I 1 n al 7 once this houses house you know belongs I 1 I 1 to Ms ills brother lawrence was silent a insi moment merit 1 I dont ver seo tiny any way but one he said eald nt at last and to sell my watch fathers watch its tit all weve rot got of 0 value it will 1111 almost break my heart yet I 1 think that father would woud rather we should do 10 ll it than owe 0 a debt like that ire ife held field the watch affectionately in his hand blind and glanced from the colden to the face ot of its ills mother she was silently weeping dever mind little partner he crie cried d springing up some things got to happen ill make it happen now im off to work at the hour of noon young lawrence washed hed clean of the prime grime that hint harl had g at bereal on ills powerful hands la in the blacksmith shop chop where he swung the heavy sledge and helped the man who wrought with fire find and steel stepped lightly through the door of the principal store ot of the town bearing a pair of oc coyote skins the tanning of which was completed here said storekeeper the addressing a tall arwied young lady Is lawrence darrow himself the younk young man who catches coyotes coy olea oh sho she said to lawrence Ln wrence you the skin of a wildcat have you with the head left on no inaam said the 1110 boy putting down the hides they are arc vry very uncommon around here now and hard to catch if I 1 did get one I 1 should cut the earn oft off in a allty why sli mile asked to got bet the bounty stati salil I lawrence the county pays SO 50 apiece for or the scalps 0 of wildcats ivil deats and lynxes as does ditc itc it ina indeed leed well if I 1 offered 00 fa for a nice e laige skin with the head left on do you think you could got it I 1 t 13 Z 1 i 11 7 ill I 1 I 1 I 1 na i 0 4 a I 1 I 1 J JV 1 I 1 lit q 1 J 11 W 11 IN I 1 11 I 1 HU tt 1 i if ia M g 1 1 I 1 I 1 b t tk lff 1 7 II 11 1 1 I la 15 ye I 1 11 I 1 L I 1 1 if V s J r W R 7 i IV C r i 1 I Y I 1 I 1 A IT e ao 50 A 3 1 4 19 t w q eal 1 I 1 1 1 4 I 1 I 1 ij I 1 a axa 9 if 7 2 I 1 I 1 I 1 ip ak ai I 1 I 1 I 1 X 1 IN I 1 0 t I 1 1 r I 1 0 a 1 1 if I 1 I 1 I 1 d i I 1 I 1 11 I 1 J Z t 1 I 1 1 9 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 ane 1 I 4 S k 11 I 1 I 1 t tc t I 1 C I 1 ni fl I 1 yo ir a pl I 1 I 1 it t 11 I 1 11 P I 1 tal f 0 14 r f 1 g i ia r 1 I 1 1 11 s I 1 I 1 A battle to the death was on la in an instant 1 I like to kroml promise se laughed the boy tor for the last man who tackled one in the mountains got cot ba badly ally hurt and I 1 know where to set bet raly my traps to bet acet one if ever I 1 have tho the luck though he be ii aided added as he started to go ill remember not to take his stahl scalp oh I 1 siope catch one right away said the impetuous young youner lady it if you do bring brine it here and tho the money I 1 Is yours la in the hurry 0 of the double work w which aich the boy was undergoing and the worry ot of the bill hanging over tho the head of his mother he soon forgot foredt the incident completely lie ile tried hard to think of some expedient fl hereby the sale ot of his fathers watch vatch could ile be avoided but the times were bad and money scarce to add to tc the ill III I 1 for tune hl its traps it were ere lou found n d empty morning atter after mor marnina nina i he got a fine large bait one evening from the butcher pulled his traps from the grounds ground dragged the hie meat meal through tho the brush to orifice any prowl lne antilia animal and set ilia hla quick little snappers anew in a rough ravine further up the hill early on the folon ing nf morning lawrence shouldered his club and sias hastened toned to the foothills the weather waa nang coldor colder he began to feet feel the need of 0 warmer clothing in fact act lie he and his file mother needed 0 a number of oc things beyond the purchasing Pure hasing power ot of ills monger salary when he came to the place chere here the bait was lying he was bilte amazed to find that both tho the trap rod had nipped the paws of anlin animals als of some sort and were drained dragged off in the usual way near at hand lie found its his captive number one a miserable almost hairless ba irless coyotes coyote too loo utterly cowed to raise its ita head poor beast you can call ro fro sald bald tho the lad and stepping on 0 of f tile the trap lie he released vic the creature which limped away in the brush in a marvelon otis s hurry bringing back bach the trap lie he throw threw it down and started carelessly along alone the trall trail of the other drag over rocks through bushes bust les down hill and up lip it went a surprising al distance stance tor for generally tho the coyote traveled trav cleil but bill a precious few fen rods with the weight rouging out the soil at every inch of oc ills his progress suddenly just as the boy came around a clump ot of brush unusually dense denee a huge hue form launched atel toward him and a fearful roar vibrated through my lilt ears cars ills club which swung swum loosely in ills his hand was wag rudely struck t away and he lodged dodged barely ina in time to save himself from being flung filing to the earth by the we weight ot of the hie monster lynx that had learld leaped to slay him As it was the bound of 0 the boy haa had fallen short and the maddened creature that rose in spite of 0 the trap and weight that dangled from its massive paw held to his clothing for tire the second or oc time necessary to lo spring again at ills his throat threat A battle to the death was vaa on in a an n instant the arms and chest of 0 the blacksmith lad ad were swelled to their greatest tension with a twist that wrenched his shoulders he tore the claws of the rasing raging beast from his neck slid and dashed it partially away but the animal rose again like a fury tearing at his shoulder should ci li and art aims ins ftp rip pl alae ng avay amay ills his garments and began to try to sink aar its fangs in ill the lesh flesh of 0 his hip pay noy find and beast back together and the dragging weight of the trap got cot caught in the branches of 0 a bush the creature however gave a tremendous lurch and parted the chain it was now free of most moat of 0 its hindrance and might have escaped with case but it chose to light fight with all the force of that fierce heave by illitch it broke away thae lynt landed artile on the boy he was afta s overthrown but first to his knees then to a knee and a foot and fought like a plant giant seizing the paw that was still caught in the trap and fetching etching it under inder his leg lee he g eave ave it a wrench of 0 such buell terrible force as to snap shop the joint with a howl of rage race the creature redoubled do its efforts file pan pair hart had been simply useless before but bait was now FL a source of added fury y lawrence was again pressed to the earth battered on the side of the head his arm ripped down till the deep clawed eash cash gaped open and bled like a he was now infuriated himself he h felt 11 a gush of strength incredibly great he grappled crap pled with the brute with desperate recklessness rand and over and oer down the hill they rolled for at least a rod when they stopped his hand came in contact with a piece or of gra goranites granites sl sharp arra and heavy Im bedded in the san sand 1 this this lie ho wrenched from lie ground and fetched a mighty blow at the head of his raging foe the ragged stone struck just juat a at the base ot of the skull nto aid 0 crushed us into the vertebrae of 0 the neck A quiver as aa of death vibrated the lie form of the huge battling creature yet its throes were ivere frightful and the breant and thigh of the boy ia were ere raked of clothing and terribly lacerated with another 9 giant lant wart effort them boy rolled from under the creature and caught up ills club which had fallen in a sagebrush 4 near alre llio neof the last la st great effort the lynx was now in a terrible but to rise again to the fray with the tremendous swing that lie he had learned at the forge force lawrence fetched it a blow that shivered the club of hickory and stilled the anicat forever the first care of the boy was to staunch the flow of food blood and bind up hla his wounds that his mother should rot be unduly frightened when lie he had bad done this lie he sat down to test lest and recover ills strength then ho he ati gathered up his traps took the long i apery body partly on his should shoulder i r and artly partly in ins ills arms ernd ered down the hill for this young westerner combined the la pluck luck of 0 the yan 4 ef als M Z 19 7 5 9 i 1 gif la 17 y 0 lk g iak it a Z Q ak A I 1 1 I qt aerl 4 i it I 1 4 L r I 1 S if L I 1 f s wr 1 T rl ta V ak s I 1 IN ap r 4 VO 4 P nr ti jp T g I 1 ia I 1 14 I 1 1 49 V W 7 0 II 11 Z 0 1 41 1 i V s1 sa I 1 as I 1 k I 1 VA I 1 r P r ay R d is N FU r ess I 1 JL 1 I I 1 r I 1 Q f ir 2 1 0 N I 1 1 ra Q s r 4 I 1 f I 1 1 I 05 41 ka C 11 I 1 11 ai I 1 ai 1 1 1 f I 1 I 1 I 1 5 I 1 j 0 va Z 11 I 1 14 I 1 M I 1 I 1 I 1 if I 1 1 1 I 1 7 I 1 t P I 1 I 1 K i Y k I 1 la K vo Z ul LIA 1 NJ h I 1 I 1 i 1 T I 1 I ic il I 1 I 1 ej I 1 4 I 1 iq rs ga I 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 tela C id q 1 I 1 A 1 V 1 lil I 1 I 1 W at I 1 1 1 I 1 lil I 1 V I 1 al ma I 1 I 1 1 ill II 11 14 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 Z i I 1 xou had to fight she Gasp gaspers eds I 1 li I 1 pa I 1 N kee free nith a ith the ate stoical leal endurance ot of the andl findlan an when with hla his fee face oddly decorated with g pl plaster aster and hla his arm stul still wrapped in a bandage liand aee the sturdy lawrence lawis rence met the wealthy young wornall woman in the stores store and delivered the skin almost perfect and of 0 wonderful vond erful elbe and beauty sho rho was as speechless with astonishment the keeper of 0 the place had find told her of the story you you had to fight it you might have been killed title rasped pa aped lowrence lawrence nodded ed modestly hl its usually calm eyes fell feh and something of a blush overspread lili its countenance you shall have the amount of 0 the b bounty 0 u a t ar en and d th taft 0 p price of 0 aloo b he aldes 1 d abhi h aalde 1 I 1 l inal an dand and it if you dont 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