| Show AF AFLOAT MOAT ON ap IC E CAKE GAKE WITH A WILD STEER FOH fon A COMPANION thrilling Ailien ture of a cattleman 1 oa on the ih ul lilt fit isi 11 la in Irr irrell elg therall A creps tf from an n awful 11 llrath ath ago afloat a I 1 in tl missouri riar on a eake cake of lef lep barely large enough to support the weight of a tuan with ith a ild creage ter for a companion and RI cartain death staring him in the face lie he A M able to force the animal from the frail and unique craft WM was the tb sipora bace boc recently of john Q anderson 4 a prominent lekota cattleman the mono of tho tb thrilling adventure WM was nr near crow creek indian o 0 antonon bad had a bril of cattle which he b to water in the river th the recent old told eeler bed had fron frozen the river out about 10 20 tet from hore shore and by sanding th mhd us nely ay formed too lc an dwon believed bel TeJ he h could water the beef berd ard in a long trough he h bat cut through the lee fee and that by ettia in front of the tb animals 11 himself would be b able to krep keep them from lipping slipping into the tb channel or getting so far out ai as to break through being 1 wild will and thirsty 11 lo 10 t t V A z 42 1 I 1 it A I 1 I 1 J mit 1 I I 1 ki ay dr V piff v 7 4 I 1 7 M I 1 aaa K 6 1 l k I 1 E J fir 11 r 7 I 1 I 1 Z ko jav aa 0 1 1 I 1 10 I 1 I 1 I 1 if I 1 I 1 A pa tre t re ai 1 q L I 1 ir I 1 fl I 1 E c A N I 1 V lt I 1 1 1 1 3 2 K az X 7 W Z a al zif 30 r 1 a 77 Z M I 1 I 1 r mea FLO OFF INTO ITO THC CUR wf w ps f the animals rushed down upon the ice fee in a bunch the cattleman realized the danger but before he could drive enough of the rattle back to shore to rt relieve lieve the pleasure pee pi asure on an the ice tee the weight of 0 the cattle cracked the let lc tore it loose from shore and anderson Ander aoa suddenly found himself blois elf in company with one steer floating out in the current on the rake cake of ice lee after super ruman efforts he succeeded in pushing his unwelcome companion into the river when it eatn am back to the shore the cattleman now found himself float ing rapidly down the de def p channel of the river on a cake of lee that was none too thick or too big to bear beer hie his t this fact cavit g been impressed on hi his 8 mind while it wag was sinking under tinder ill the t of himself and the steer about a quarter of a mile down the river heavy ice lee reached from shore to shore ills situation was now very critical for only by the merest good fortune could he hope to reach the heavy ice lee before the frail cake upon which he was being swept down the river was sucked under tinder tie tte heavier ice lee by the batt current at what seemed to him lightning speed the cake of 1 ice ce upon which he was riding approached the heavy white line which marked the edge of the heavy tee ice stretching across the brer with rare presence of mind the catt cathman man raw saw that his ht chances of being carried under the heavy ice cc would be materially a bettered by his riding as near th rear end of his strange craft as por possible sible thus thos causing the forward end to tilt higher out of the water swiftly the cake of u ice fee idith with its human freight neared the icy ley barrier andersen Ander alm himself for a leap for life and just as the cake caw came in contact with the heavy sta flonary lee he put his whole strength into the bound for life and safety ills leap was well timed and reaching ng safety on c heavy ice lee he glanced back lui just in time to see so the cake of let lc upon which he be had bad taken his bl ingolt gitary ride disappear under the ice lee which litch he had succeeded in |
