Show j. j Wrapper Made e Sudden Sadden Change in Fight Vie Vleta Tradition has baa It that most of ot th tM the Early parly JT trappers trapper operating through th the Rocky mountains were serious char chAl etera Such Is 18 far tar from the case cue though Many fanT of ot them took great pride In exaggerating account accounts of ei what the they had encountered on their o trips trip A few tew even had a slant on lift that would make a Mark Twain enI en en- envious I says Bays a contributor to the FronI Fron Fron- I tier Jo Joseph eph L. L Meek feck was wu ono one of at the best I known of ot these frontier humorists One On of ot his experiences which Is 18 generally gen gen- tr credited concerns an nn attack made on his party by a Q band of ot hostile hoe hos tile the Indians While stopping for tor a arest arest arest rest the Indians Indian were sighted as at they were In the act of ot charging the trap trap- vera The redskins were but a few tow hundred yards away and mounted The Tae whites lost Jost no time In mounting their animals and beating a hasty retreat Meek however encountered some trouble with his mule mulo which retta refused 4 to budge stand rOund bo P I Phe Boys your ground boys boy he screamed Stand your ground I IW W We 8 can whip em era Stand your ground 1 l But Bat the trappers failed to h heed Meek eek and put all aU the territory possible possible pos pos- sible between themselves and the onrushing onrushing on- on rushing Indians About that time timo Meeks Meek's mule seeming to realize Its Iti own danger sot Its pedal extremities In motion Within a short time Meek astride the mule had caught up with the rest of at atthe the party Another minute minute minute min min- ute he pawed passed them Then he turned In his saddle and shouted back over his bIB shoulder Come on boys I We cant can't fight em Como Come on boys bora I Como Coma on anI l |