Show THE 11 WAY OF A MAN by EMERSON HOUGH copyright 1907 by the antins company SYNOPSIS john cowles of virginia k ls ps his neighbor alias giace sheraton and meets meats gordon orme il a mysterious cow con lea whips a man tor for iati online grace ajmo challenges him to a bout A desperate contest ollowa follows resulting H in a draw the south bouth Is in threatening to secede accede collea saves graco araco from an infuriated lull bull and d becomes engaged to her coles cow lea father who la Is involved jn in a big coal land deal to Is robbed end and murdered coules starts west est to see eee colonel mert merl nether eaber his father a s partner in the deal in st louls louis he again meets orme orm L and the are snatched in A pigeon shoot at an aimy ball cowles meets a masked girl named lilen cow coa lea forgetting grace tells ellen that some nonie da lie will win tier her heart lie ile does not know tier liar full the tha pigeon mutch match begins denouncing the brutal spot L ellen merl wether nether stop the pigeon shooting match she la Is colonel Mett daughter comes cow lea steamboat sleain bont Is wrecked lie II 11 rescues rescue mandy blandy mcgovern and v a girl coles and auberry a plainsman move westward ar d to find meriwether Merl wether sioux are on the karpath warpath cowles la is overtaken by 01 me mandy the girl and soldiers sold lera CHAPTER IX sioux dawn dann had broken the clear bugle notes of tevelle levellie level lle B sou sounded tided and set the camp astir fly by the time the sun gun was falatic the edge of the valley we ne NN were ere drawn up for hot coffee and the plain faie of the prairies A half hour later the wagon aagon masters called roll boil out roll out tle the bugles again sounded for the troopers to take sad die and we ue were under way once i mole we had find hardly gone five miles beyond the ruined station bouse when i we saw oui oi advance men pull up and raise their hands hand we caught it also the sound of approaching hoofs and all joined la in the cay I 1 Bu buffalo fralo budra lot lol the thunderous rolling sound approached pro proa ached clied heavy as that of art artillery Ulery go ing into action we saw dust arle atom the mouth of a little draw on the left running down toward the valley and even as we turned there came rolling from its mouth with the noise of a tot tornado biado find and the might of a mountain torrent fl a vast confused dark maa ma which rapidly spilled out across acroca the valley ahead of us we almost at the sinks of the herd before they reached the river bank we were them when chev paused fhe blont ranks rolled hack back upon those thoe be bind which crowded aloin the rear rea H anted the whole trout front of the mass maag vt tinkled up tip mightily darl dark lumps humps aris ing in some places two or three deep deell then the eittelie mass sensed the don dan ger all at once and with its as much una as they had bad lacked concert in their late corfu confusion ion they wheeled front dud rear and rolled houed off up the valley still enveloped in a cloud of white biting dust dusl in such a chase speed and courage ou of ones but buise so tire are the main essentials MI hore was nas able to lay me along side my mv game athin a few hundred yards I 1 coursed close to a big black blach hull and obeying injunctions old au berry had often given me did not touch the trigger until I 1 found I 1 was holding veil mell fori forwald nid and rather low I 1 could scarcely hear bear the crack of the rifle bueb was the noise of hoots hoofs but I 1 saw the bull switch tit his tall and push on as though unhurt in spite of the trickle of red that sprang on his bis flank As I 1 followed on fumbling for a pistol at my holster bolster the bull sudden ly turned head bead down and tall stiffly erect his mane bristling my horse fj F i ang aside and the herd passed on the old bull hlo head bead lowered pres antly stopped deliberately eyeing us ug and a moment later he be deliberately lay down presently staking sinking lower loer and at length rolled over dead I 1 found the great weight of the bull difficult to turn but at length I 1 hooked booked one horn into the ground and laying hold of the lower hind leg I 1 actually the carcass on its back I 1 1 hats bats the first time I 1 ever saw a bull die on hla his back said auberry lie he did not dot die on his bis back I 1 replied I 1 I 1 turned him over lou ou did and alone its rarely a ongle man could do that nor have I 1 seen it done in ail my life with so big a bull the indiana dont bother to turn a bull over they split the bide down the lie lik back and adu both ways the best meat la Is on top anyhow and then he gave roe me lessons lessens in buffalo a lues alues which later I 1 remembered we had talen taken some meat from my bull since I 1 insisted upon it in spite of better beet beef from a young cow AU berry tied had killed not far above when suddenly I 1 beird beard the sound of a bug bugle le sharp and clear and the notes of the recall 1 up inquired A an we me pulled up our galloping norsha vear the wagon line was the answer fall lat we all now aw coming coining down from a little flattened coulee to t abo be left a beadon bend of a hue of mounted mm who doubtless had been the aue hauae of 0 the buffalo stampede which had bud cross ed lu in front of us the column of the tribesmen came on toward us ua fearless ly they made a long culva calva cady cade aw i or mure more with many travails and dogs doea tr trailing alling on oil behind they were all clad in their native finery seemingly hearty and well fed and each as arrogant as a king they passed us ua contemptuously with not a sidelong glance in adv advance antLe of the head men who rop foremost foie most in the column were three or mile four young women nomen bearing I 1 inre ince shafts decorated with feathers ers ant anil lork locks i of human hair the steel tips shining ganv in the sun un Au aubeny beriy said belluni no must go talk to these people find soe see what a ap I 1 berre lony 11 wild slid auberry I 1 rut come on 11 f bey dou don t mean fight right now belknap kind end auberry took with them trew the serg serge sergeant eim int and a dozen troopers I 1 pushed in with these and saw orme orcie at my side and belknap di adli I not send us ua hicl V we e four rode on oil together two or three hun bun died rard 4 aiom the place where the findlins halted aubeny told belknap to halt ahli men luen we four with one to hold our horsen rode for ward it i hini diel farther bolted baited and ralfe orr liandi liand in sign of peace 1 alicy I bey rode out to us four felir of the bead mon of the sioux each a stalwart ninn illk to them kuberry iu berry said bell nal A and nd a the former was the only one olle of us who nho understood the he be acted u ua interpreter are the stout doing so tar far enst tie be asked of their spokesman Lesman 3 answered the sioux the ibitz drive away our buffalo the white men kill too many let them go this la Is our country it seemed to mil m I 1 could see the black cye of the tha slona boring straight through every one of us oo 00 in bick to the north and west othere here you belong said eald auberry alberry 1011 ou no business busl nesa here on the ang wagon on iraln I 1 I 1 lif SIOU moux x hunt where they please wig w ig tie me prim grim answer but you see aee e have our women and children with us the same ai you have bave and hp be ted toward our camp abere ale aio you going allied our intel pieter vie llie sioux blou his arm vaguely hiiop hunt tie he hot said ou go I 1 I 1 tie asked iiii that we verc going a half sleep to the west to meet la a big var mar part coming down the ilithe the nolte alte men from laramie rbt fadlia louled slave glove tit lit this c e or an V going on up to melt out oui sol adlei I 1 said auberry ster tily the mons n b anve ire killed some of nur inen be inu n here we sall mt conr soldier and nd conic lini ipp 1110 the sioux off on the land if they come into the valley where our groat toad load wet meat I 1 ant Is good said the sioux 11 iq for u us 4 wp harm no white man we hunt liate wacie we please white men engol go auberry now turned to us 1 I don t think they wean mean trouble lieutenant ho he said and I 1 think the best thing we can do li 14 to let them alone and go on up the valley belknap nodded and auberry turned again to the four sioux who stood till and motionless lesa looking at us with the abe same axed glittering eyes ale e iliavi ba spoken said auberry that Is nil we ne have bave to say both partle parties R turned and went back to their heir companions belknap au berry and I 1 bad nearly reached our r P ormes ormea arm shot out straight tippe by a blue blu puff of smoke waiting troopers tro opera when we missed orme and turned back to see bee where ho he was ile he was nas standing close to the four chiefs aiho ho had by this time reached their bones orme vas as lead ing by the bridle his bis own horse blab was ava s lame from a strain receive ed in the hunt bunt we saw orme making some sort of gestures pointing to his horse and the others IN onder bonder if he wanti to trade dorseal bor bors seal esl mused auberry chuckling then in the same breath he be called lookout look ou t I 1 look lie u nil all saw so vv it ormed arm shot out straight tipped bv a blue blae puff of caole abid we heard beard the crack 0 it the th drwol pistol pinto one 4 i tho the sioux the chalet who by this time had mou mounted anted itis bid horse threw brew bis hand bona against again it hla his cheit and leaned slightly back then straight straightened ined up slightly as aa be wit sit As aa he be fell or before he be fell orme pushed hla bla body clear from the saddle diddle add with a leap was in ili the lie dad dad juanb jul place and riding swiftly toward towar d us ua leading hla his own oiin horse by bv the rein it seemed that it was the sioux jhc bed bad kept faith after all for none of aba t b a remaining throe three could find filid a weapon oruie orme rode up and unconcerned ern the beggar trade with me at all be said by JOM joe I 1 believe hed bod have got me it if held bad had bad tiny any sort of tools toola for it you broke theaty ejaculated belknap you broke the council word I 1 did that man make maka tho the alist break at 3 ou 7 auberry blazed at him film how c cin cia in I 1 lell fell orme coolly its us aa u ell to be a ti lite alcad tit in such matters ile he seemed eily unconcerned lie ile could kill it an aj lightly ua as a rabbit and think no more about it within the lust instant atit the entire party of the sioux was in confusion NN 0 saw them ii inning about mounting hoard heard them shouting and mailing its fight bowl said aubeny back to tho the fagoni now and ret get your men ready lieutenant lieuten nut As aa soon as the sioux can get shut of their 0 o men come on and come it a boll boil in too you blanked fool lie he hissed to orme you murdered that mani that mi good fellow said orme sharply no now I 1 advise ou te keep a civil tongue in 5 our head bead or teach you some manners alven as wo vio swung and rode roda hick bick auberry pushed sido orme orinc tits his rifle at ready young man if you want to teach me any manders begin it bowl you malo make beenk 11 lie ha erle cried d belknap spurred in between them sicre you men he be commanded avith altu swift sternness I 1 into your places im lu in command here and ill shoot the first man who raises a haud hand mr M r orme orine take your place at the Au aubeny berLy leep keep with me well have hae ha ve fighting enough without out anything ul of this abi lie murdered that sioux heuten ant reiterated auberry dash it sir air I 1 know he be did but this Is no time to arguo argue about that uok look therel we saw the sioux separate into t two no bands the men remaining behind rid ing back and forth whooping and bold holding ing aloft their weapons we heard livard the note of a dull n war or drum boating beating light fight said auberry look at em cal I 1 here they come 11 said belknap liel knap coolly get dom down a men they came on then swung out around us their horse line rippling up oer the broken ground apparently as easily as aa it had gone on the level floor of the valley tell us when to fire Au aubery Aub brry crry 11 1 heard belknap bel knap say for he be had ti cally given over th situa situation tiou to the old plainsman at last I 1 heard the voice of auberry changed from that of art an old matt man into tho the quick alir ir accents of bouth so sounding vinding hard and clear readi now each fellow pick hla his 0 own n nian man and kill him dye bear kill him our troopers troop eia eis ete aimed with the worthless orth less old carbines and I 1 doubt if these did much execution but there were nere somo some good old I lawkin rifles and old big bort bored d and more modern sharps and other buffalo guns of one sort or another with lith us among the plainsmen plainsman plains men and teamsters find and when these spoke chete came breal breaks in the flaunting line that sought to hedge us the sioux dropped be hind their horses bodies firing as they rode some with rifles more with bows anil and arrows most of our work arh was as they topped the rough ground close on our it left ft and we me saw here a half doyen bodies lying flat ano ragged though presently other riders canle came and dragged them abir at a bundled yards their arrows fell extraordinarily close to 0 o the mark and time aud and again they spiked our mules and horses with theu hissing lil sIng shafts that quivered iceie they they came near our rear in this way tor for our ipen fell into con fusion the horses and mules plunging and trying to break awny away I 1 wag crowding a ball down my rifle with its hickory rod ben I 1 felt a shove tit at my arm and heard a voice at my ear git out of the way min man ilow how can I 1 see to shoot if you bob your lead accost my sights all the time there thera stood old mondy mandy mcgovern her long brown rifle half raised she was as cool as tiny any roan man in the line and as deadly git in here git in here soul I 1 heard beard tier her cry and to my wonder onder now I 1 saw the long lean of andrew jackson mcgovern come for ward a arbene clutched in lits his hand while from his mouth came some sort gort of eerie screech of incipient courage which seemed to give wondrous corn com fort to his fierce dam at about moment one of the sioux mortally wounded by our fire turned his bla horse and ran straight toward us hard cc be could ile fie knew that he must die and this was hla his way ali ah those red men knew how to die lie got within forty yarda reeling and swaying but still trying to fit an arrow to the string and as none cone of v u would fire on him now seeing that he was dy ing in for a moment it look looked d as though be would ride directly into us and per hops do some harm barm then I 1 heard 1 the boom of the boy a car carbine blac and al most at the instant whither by acal dent or not I 1 I 1 could not tell I 1 saw ae be red conn drop out of the forks of hl hla saddle and roll on the ground with lits bid arms spread out perhaps never was metamorphosis aph 0 more complete than that which now took dt detain 41 4 1 place shaking off lna hands bands andrew jackson sprang from our Ufler anup to the fallen too foo fiad and lu a frenzy of raco rage began to belabor and lac hla his body winding wind ingup I 1 up by cat hang him by the hair and actual actually act cally ly dragging him awe paces toti toward vardi our irlis lirlea line lille mana as t though hu ugh lie he bete doffas hla llast r t whoopee alt to him boy kit to liml take him boyl whoopee we IV g git ga A andrew Jacb jackson son back into the ranks ula his mother took him by tho the haud as aa though tor for the farat utne unie she re bilm na as it a man now boy so methin like she turned to line some says bays lits in tho the paw site remarked 1 I reckon its 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