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Show Change in Fight Vieto v,Utlon has It that most of th. STp'" operating through th, u, mountains ere serious char-Such char-Such U fr from CUS( ,Cl,r Many of them took great "i"' 'ln exaggerating accounU of f , they bad encountered on their A few even had a slant on lift "k? would make a Mark Twain er Tl'ut, tuj't a contributor to Lha Fron- ph l. Meek was one of the best n of these frontier humorists. '"""of his experiences which Is gen- 0n!,. credited concerns an attack on his party by a band of hos- Tmdlans. Whll. stopping for . Zl, tht Indlam were sighted as they in the act of charging the trnp-The trnp-The redskins were but a few red yards away and mounted. The Mtet lost 110 tlme ln mountln thBlr TLoli tad beating a hasty retreat Zll however, encountered soma uble with his mule which refused bud9- , . Boys, stand your ground, boysT h. screamed. "Stand your ground 1 W, can whip 'em. Stand your ground I" But the trappers failed to heed Ueek and put all the territory positive pos-itive between themselves and the on-nublng on-nublng Indians. About thnt time eek's mule, Beemlng to realize Irs own danger, set Its pedal extremities H motion. Within a short time Meek, utrlde the mule, had caught up with the rest of the party. Another minute min-ute lie passed them. Then he turned In his saddle and shouted back over hi, shoulder, "Come on, boys I We can't fight 'em. Come on, boya 1 Come on I" |