| Show I 4 I THE lilE I I fIS I M nl IN INS THE TI-jE i J J 1 i m lV ii 1 The old cM Inor filled tilled his pip i and back in his chairIt chair i It was way back iv 1 63 53 he ho said I was down don In Lower California an anI I was vas a digs for tr gold I Wr kinder down on au my mr luck but my pird ud Jack Burke and a better betler fellor feller never drew breath chee cheered d me up considerable ver I got the dumps as tO mornin marDin Id I'd say Gob ding it Ive I've gut got gutter gotter ter er strike st. It to day But lots 0 o days camo and wept and 1 beaver 10 seemed any better o 00 i 1 Tho pesky peaky was gittin tou ou blen ne rne tco tto aa tol news cane n a at of ranches hes had bc bon n raided raide and burned r This ThI tilt much bo bo- causa cause wr we had our rifles rUles and t two ro o oo othe o otho otho tho the speedier q horses horse In hi California One ODe right t wo ewas was around the tire fire after a a. hot day for forIt forIt J It was tho the of ot July I II I was wag n of at home and had bad almost m o up my mind to start for tor forthe forthe the east n zt day I Jack JacIe was a s. s gloomy old od by hymn ran tune Just cau cause e he know it t ag aggravated ag- ag t d r i e j and I was Just gem to chuck at him when I seen seena a a sl ht Mt t at made mado me turn cold old Clear Cleat ar and l sharp agin tho the sky stood toad the figger nr er of ot an Injun Only a n second h he stood t there cre but I knew that thero there was more mort of em cm among the tho rocks and aDil boulders boulders Jack an me made a n dash tt to tto where our horses was staked ont very wery minute to be he fired Elrod on onn from roni Hy won n wo tio were off t on a n gallop to toa rn's a rs-ch rs wo we heard tho the critters critters' pout wn coming cAmia full pelt behind us horses borses were fresh but tho the In In- l pO eJ were very swift and nl- nl tireless Ah An D or two whittled over oYer our head heads lu t hi-t l they seemed to be till they got b ore thoy they all fired I I looked at J Jack ct His lila lips Ups were closed tight bri brt there was a gleam in to his eyes tint wado ado l O mo zoo think he hn was sorter it S dd nl oh ob oh It was a 11 bad moment I my my horse stumbled in a hole holo and fell tell j a I raised rained my rifle and woid have blown tho the leader I of ot the In Vans 1 to kingdom como come U II Jack hadn't slipped the to rein of ot his hor horo e Into my ray hand an an said Don Deft t logo no DO time Ill I'll tako keet keeta D' D these I hI hated bated t ter r do It ft but I didn't want wane waneta to ta waste no words to so jumped on hi his ors one e and aad tore of off I 1 tried rot not to think cf Gf J Jack c but a II abig abig big III lump carao carne In my throat M u I JIm Jm im him on the y Jer sand ta ed and still sUlI Around the boat bent in the road I sag si ea-si W tons r retch J 1 reused the house in It take to tell It It and all the Ue men were soot BOO to a I the way to Jacks Jack's rescue me lead iced In tellin the tho tale between sobs Bobs for foi I waa was all aU give outOn outOn out On 0 we wt west went I J was afeard to groU groue g sr roU roue tb tbs b bend nd dead afeard to see see Beo- 1 how what A we turned I sour saw IJ him Th Tio reran roun fount n wu was by a tre treto u to calm xa as a y yer r please with his hi ar at lour sourd up UIt In In a handkerchief Vb roB tb the s says ays I. I Gone Cone says nays he When they see see- sow neaT hear they was to tie the ranch fach the theae th tb ae gars scooted But Dut thy they winged IT w fore tile they w went aL hb i i W ll tco old miner the r eoll cUon ta M be he his bin j 1 II t stas Y the hottest bott t Fourth Fourth o. o f fot nl I is rf ft |
