| Show ya riale for him until ten years or more ago the texas pin handle through several months of each year afforded pasturage for vast herds of bison commonly known as the buffalo an animal which in its wild state at least has almost entirely vanished on a certain occasion two gentlemen prominent in texas politics were hanting in the buffalo region and one of them getting within range of a herd of the ruminants brought down a large bull knife in hand the hunter was approaching pro aching his quarry when all at onca it rose and ready for business since the gun was empty flight was the sportsmans sports mans only recourse and an instant later a wild eyed man was seen tearing away with furious brute closely following hunter number two meanwhile was watching the scene from a hilltop too far off to be of the slightest assistance to his companion A tragic termination of the chase seemed inevitable for the fleeing gentleman was a heavyweight and already the space between pursuer and pursued began to diminish suddenly the fugitive was seen to strike off at an angle and the breathless watcher heaved a j sigh of relief when his friends objective point was found to be a cave but a few rods away at the very entrance to this seeming place of safety however the fleeing man turned aside and dashed with anch frantic speed across the plain that a marked gain was made upon his pursuer but this could not last long and finally the fugitives strength utterly failing him he fell completely exhausted while the buffalo faint from loss of blood dropped at almost the same instant and within less than a rod of the prostrate man hunter number two hia first question was why yon run into the cave colonel that would have shielded you from the buffalo buffalow Buffa lol came the panting but contemptuous response why general theres a bear in that cave as big as two buffalow buffa lol youths companion |
