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Show A San Hitli a Lariat. A man was found nearly burhd in the -ami hear dan Franci-co. ro di tity coruuers cculd not pull ui m out. A horseman wa- sighted. Thi" ii u lilt hapivued: lie rode up to them, an I uhfii the situation as explainetl, calnilyalighted, untied un-tied a long lariat which was rolled tt the back or 111- siidle, and without with-out a word begin tniuake.cue end ,if itfi-taliout the upper purtionof the dea 1 man's Irxly The roe" wai i-ved under the anus anil tied In a knot at the shoulders. Having iccompli'lied thH the stranger pnu&ed. and looked up at tlie astonished as-tonished morgue ofllcials as much astosay '-Whafs the mailer with that?" What are you going to uo next?" isked the deputy coruuer. "Do? Win. I'm going to iellhlm JOUt" "Well, yo j might as w ell gi e up that idea,'' returned tlie deputy, "'it atuIcI take halfa dozen nteulikeus to move tliat man.'' Maybe it woull," re-ilied the 'tranger, with a chuckle thatwt" certainly a llttleoutof place, considering consid-ering the occaslo:i;"jnaj lie It would take a dozen men such as we are,but t will only take one hore such as this is." As healJ tlii he pointed to bl -teed, which had hitherto stood mo ionics, watchlnj the movements f his master with evident interest. Without moru silo tlie stranger mounted Ids horse, andtaklnga tum around the horn of hU saddle nhli lie flee end of Ills lao, moed .kiwly ahead until ILe line wa.-Irawn wa.-Irawn taut. Then, lu recpone to a -entle cluck from his rider, theani-ual theani-ual settled his feet down into tin -and and steadily bent his strength igain-t the rope. There was no jerking. It was an een, steady pull. Tlie line vibrated rapidl) under un-der tlie heavy sriii as the Intelligent Intelli-gent equine hauled tw.iy upon it. In a mon-ect the lop tightened tboiit tlie coriise. and the body was irawn, slowly at first, then with a -w L-li, from its bed in the sand. Having arcomplislml this the oysteiious horseman removct the 'oJj from the body, recoiled liis lariat, luountei! Ills hor-e. and, after -aluting the wonderingoilicialsin a highly dignified manner, rode silently silent-ly away. Uo one knew whither. San trancuco Uiromde. I |