Show o Y YOTE OIE IS BIS VISITOR Guest Comes in inh inthe the he h Night to a Ranch Ranch- Thian's ian's ians Bedside I 1 it possible that there is s after a I. I groundwork of truth under the Indian belief that when hen a victor the he heart of a a. fallen foe foo he lle Ints in- in ts 6 the h desirable qua qualities itie of that A A. case came to the attention of olice Iee surgeon the other morning h. h the e Denver Times which reis rc- rc ils ls is one one very forcibly of that legend l TJ J. J McMahon a ranchman living River flyer Bend on the Union Pacific PacificA A 83 miles east of Denver Denser came cameI camen n town the other morning for forIc forc I Ic leal c l treatment and the the story he heIs heis heis Is weird and startling startIng in m the e eiel ei- ei el Mr tr McMahon is not much in in- ted in the psychic phenomena in- in noris nor nor is that to be expected when Apprehends that he is in ia danger a McMahon is a widower and lives I two o of his hir hired d hands at his hla l IC The other morning he was ened ed about thue o'clock by iy a. a against the window near I jed ed ed He lay still stin and listened and atly itly he again heard a sound as asOdY OdY being hurled against the tho t b Three times this was rend re re- 7 and nd at the fourth blow the Sw gave way with a n loud sound V 1 frame and falling glass n animal sprang into the room dark for Mr McMahon to see seed d of a beast had come to visite visit to The e room was AVOS very dark and he hea a a firearm in Ia the house nor a n of any kind at hand haid So he and waited The animal came camey y o and instead of leap leap- him as he had feared it stood at him and finally laid the bed gazed at him was so much like ike that of a Mr r. r McMahon used to keep keepf tL f A MIDNIGHT BATTLE i he put o ont oit t his bis band hand and stroked stroked over the back as ns he us used d to tois his is s dog and aad he did diG this several without a sound or a motion on jart of his strange visitor E en en n the weirdness the strange- strange the he unnaturalness of the dawned upon him and he with terror He TIe was tl he had bad either a strange wild the plains or a mad ani- ani J to todeal deal with His Ills two hired men nen sleep in Ia the second room from and d he was alone in the dark- dark with ih this strange presence His I nerves demanded action ta would no longer remain still Seiz- Seiz i jL blanket he leaped from the bed protecting his hand with the ot et he grappled in the darkness he the t animal Probably the chal- chal iii isas S accepted and a pair of great Is pierced the blanket and san sank Ie Ies I his s right hand With his left Mc- Mc e ot a grip ip on the brutes brute's throat wrenched wrenched his right free tearing 1 gashes in the tho flesh Then I h bolding the throat with his left ground und nd the blanket and coverlets the beasts beast's head in an endeavor tr Bother ther her it His frantic grasp on the 3 of the animal was so fierce erce that was sprained and almost yet that writhing leaping threatened momentarily to get from rom his grip and clutch his own t- t i He lie screamed for his hired men ri ng g a light that he might see at what he was fighting The They so slow in coming that he knew ittle itle would be over before they ed d so he threw his antagonist on onI onor I oar or r and got outside the door en i he told his hired men the situ- situ I. I They lit lamps arm armed d them- them s with clubs and peered cautious- cautious at it at atthe the door At first they could thing lothing but they finally made out fm Tm Tm of a very large coyote l lying ing he bed He lay outstretched with paws is s on the pillow and his head m n i them just as the faithful colto col- col 3 to lie The men wanted wonted to toi tom torn m rn i with th their clubs but Mr Mc- Mc MU on i forbade it and told them to toe e him into a n vacant room and hold prisoner Mr lIr McMahon Ic went to kitchen and began to bathe his ds while the men prepared the thear them lJ m for ar r the coyote e Before fore re they were ready he leaped out lh t window by which he had enid en- en id d and walked round to tho the kitchen Hiding on his hind bind legs the animal led ed d his front feet on the window Fand and d for several veral minutes stood gaz- gaz fat at Mr Mc McMahon ahon as he cleansed his rated prated hand Then he go gol ot down and rk d dejectedly away o er the plain lr McMahon i i ill greatly exercised r the e affair believing that the brute J 3 from rabies Those who td C disposed posed to delve Into the weird the are wondering not be the coyote who vho ato ate I art of the collie and is now in- in ted by his spirit |