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Show Tfia Bull of mini Apaciis Humor, A Story ol tin Blending of Redskin Cruelty and Cunning, JatOttV t AN IIH'AUIO bore the i Y U rcpllliilion of being till' O I o ni--t sklllul Insso thrower H " J, III llu- Southwest, W hore It XOf la i on. clod Hint tho must w..i,.i.i nil niuiiipiilulura ot tLa hinso bavo Hi' lr homes. Homo of Juan's exploits sound In-Credible. In-Credible. Ill' cngug.ll In numerous coiitisis nt Albuquerque, Tombstone. Tucson, I'li.nnix ninl tunny of the friiiuli i- posts, nml in every nno tin win tho vii'lnr. .Mmiy a time lio would dash r.irwiinl nt mil speed, lean over from hla I ... h rape a mutch on a stouu n n.l l:,:lu his cigarette, us lie swung lim k. nml then Hu t Hie loop of lila colled roM under Ihe heel of lome (julloi.li.il hull, nml whirl over the liillor in a Hush on hla side. Ik As l well known, tin. ranchmen In ' the Hoiilhwosl used to surfer a (front iloiil rr.nu the riiviiKliiK Aiuolio, but lit tl.e lime r.'ferr. il to iiiohi of (hem wero on their r.'Horvntloii ami coiiipiirntive Jieuee rclmie.!. Now ii ml Hi, mi a iniiver-lelc iniiver-lelc wn U 1 1 Icil mi, I run Mini by mime irowllns limka. nil. I oe. nloiinlly aliota were e. liiiiik'.'.l Willi them, but until-Ink' until-Ink' look lti. e to i-iim-e m ni-rul nlnrin, Neverilu li m, the eonlioyg w ore too ttIko to tnift n ii A hi .Ii.-. Kindness ml chnril)' to liny of tho m-owlliiK iiilKi-ri iiiilK viiii unite ci iinln to be re-pul.l re-pul.l Willi rolili.ry nml iisKiiiKinnllou. It win iluiini; the IIIii. kh of lna two 111.11 Hint J u.i n . t out til brlliK bili'lc tin if a (...no of .';iltl Unit linil (Irifl.-I wuy from oiIi.-ih. Ho went on the journey nlone, tli.mt'li be Imlf auKiieot-rtl auKiieot-rtl n.io wiin. l.Tlni; Apueh.-a wore nt the bottom of Die troulilo. lie tolil the other juen lo give llieir iitteulltu to tile main berd, browHluu'ii couple of inlh dlHlnnt, while he nt out to round up nil In liii; In the i Kini.ra. Juun followed tin- i-iiltlo by niMiia of the I in 1 1 liny bud left, mid bud Dot gone far before, from tho luiprluta on tho bard enrtu, lie dla.-orered Hint It waa a ha Hiinpeoted. Three mounted biieki bud umuni;ed to eut out the cat tlo uiiHi. ij. and were innklng tonurd the in wti 1 1 In luu with thorn. The dlKoovery niii;ore.l him, and In-lead In-lead of rldliiK bnek for help he punlu-d on nlone. He knew that If be took time to ko nfler Home of lna eoiuriiitiw, tho thieves would (lot olf beyond re covery. ll.-nl.len, lliero wero only three of tbeiu, mid lie waa not ufruld to purauo and Hi; lit them. Juno alwnya bad bin laaao colled on bli au.l.llo book, nml Hie nfn-nioon win well advnnee.1 when be eaiue to n ileep depreaslon, wbero there wiih a fliKht irrowlh of brimh and aiuiiir.i itruaa. It nil of aiu-h allk'lit extent that he could ai-e the open country beyoud, ud with uo thought of i-oinliiii upou Hie thlevei, he apurred bl pony Into til place, enpi-ctlUK to ileliniu-b on tb other aide and apeedlly run Uie ruKUOt to earth. At the moment of enterliiK the nil-diTBron nil-diTBron tli threo Wlni healen wi re dl-ehnrKOd dl-ehnrKOd toKelher, and Ills home lum-i'd forward and went down on bia homo, breathing bis bid within a few ei-on.U. The Apmliea could not have aimed t tbe rider, for they tired at ain h a short dlntauee that It wan Impio-Mlile to tulHi, and It would lime been nunc-countable nunc-countable that Ihoy kIiuiiIiI have w lhi'd to kill only the horse, except for the Incidents that followed and explained tb.-lr action. The fall from tbe pony waa so sudden sud-den Oi lit. denplle Ilia tine hoineuiail-slilp. hoineuiail-slilp. J uii n waa II u ii (f ai-vernl yards over bis head, and was slitihll)' dnxed for the moment. lie was In a fury, for he knew that Uir.-i cowardly Aimehea had done him this crcvlous wroiiit, ami he was eager to get within reach of them. It was an liialln. live action on his fart, as be was on Uie point of shoot ing oyer the tirail of bis dying Bore. to clutch at the In-.... will. D be Jerked looae from Its fiiaieiiinica. Thus It happened hap-pened Hint aa he elnmliercd In bl ret, he h.ld lila rllle In bis left hand and lila rope lu his rlitht. and atlll graaped them aa be ilnf.hc.1 forward. Twerly at.'.a furlli.T Slid he found he tin.l rn.lic.l Imo iiillil-Milnt. At Hie sntoi. moment ll" cnilclit ak-ht of the llir.-e A....li,. I us n. h. acin- ed to liitve i-;iiiini; from tjie arc oil ml. 'i'l.cy h.i.l lull!.. I acieral roilj illMiint nml .: no iiit.-iiu.t lo cot beyond rune... -J li.-v miiM have known of tl.e .ui. k-.i'i.l. nml. akirtiiu; it. I.iid tli. tr In I - to ruu.ip iiiiu, and did It to .er-fe. .er-fe. tu.n. lii i.in r;ii:-. Juun (mid no attention at t.rM to Iiih miikinij f.-.-t. lull loioulil !: W Ii . li.'tcr I., a lccl nml nime.1 at one of (lie l.:l k.. All ll.ri'e tl.r.'W tliuliih.-lvri. on the olio r ai.lc of Hi" r polilea, I. ill. mi'iili.li j to lire tlir.iiluh Hie l,..ill.-H . f tl.uit' ln.i-.iK, Juan pulled tbe llfn-.l. 'I.i Ilia lii..x.r-..llile cli.i::rlii. Hie weapon coiiM not lie tllscbarKcd. In lna lull he liiul Injured the lock be-j- .n.l re.iiir for Hie lime. Miiiitintf iimiI" the im-l'-m (tun, be renelie.l iio a for bia revolver, w hen lie recalled It wna In Hie h.iM.r of lila aa.l.lle. He waa without any weapun at all. unlets bis knife should bo cuu al.l.-red such. The l.u ka lind n-rlnlnly rlked a Kreat deal In their rfTort to entrap the cow num. but they bad succeeded to perfection. He was caught lnextrl cahly In o iiiiuk'iiml ami had not hiiikIi- Hi. -arni with which to defend himself. The Apnclii'S cninirelieiuled Ms frightful predicament and boiled over with deliiflit. tine of llietn could speak Inleroblo KnulNli mid bikini taiiiiting the poor Mlow. lAtcii.lliig Ills lintul, he said, "llowilj r'' and iirjs.'d hiiu lo come for. ward ami alniLc lna pnlui, lie accua.-d him of IicIiik uii.Iit Hie lullucnce of lirewater, so Hint be could not walk, and nt nUil of the furl. ma but valu MniKlef of the belplcsa vlclliu, the Ihree bn.'uo Into uproarious biuu'hler, Mirely th y had not bad one-half as much fun since they wire born. Now notlllnj; would have been en.ler tluin for any one or nil three of the bin-La, from their coie.ii of vantage, to shoot the r. in. i. imili, hut that would have 'ii. led h; sulTei-iug and tclliil-naled tclliil-naled their .-njo.i ni'-nt. It would be li.ir.t to picture the horrible hor-rible peril In which .liinii lu.-ar.lo was ciiimht. None knew belter than be the mi l. no . t Uie. ti'iiichcroiia soil beneath him. As anon as be was freed of the presence pres-ence of the Apaehea, Juan b.-itati atrus. liliiuf with the ciicrcy of denperntlnn. He knew It was tiaclcas to about, for hla voice could not r-'Mietrnto bnlf way lo their dwellliiir, or to, where soma of bis friends niiifht be looking after tbe cattle. He bad neither gun nor pistol lo attract attention by bring lu Uie air. Tho nflernoon was wearing away. Not a living person waa In sight, and Juan rellecied Hint It was not likely his frieuilN wuuld dlxeover bis fate lor aeveral ilns, and then tbey would learn It only by Kcnlug the carcass of bis horse, showing where bo bad shot over bis head an.l plunged Into tbe VtUlcktiid. Ho was saddened at sight of Ills faithful hen st, who bad given up bia life In the performance of duly, Just n s be himself was aliout to do. He looked ntjllie saddle, the ciucli, tho box siirrup lying loosely against bis slile, the bridle and the horu of the Middle, around which be was accustomed to coil his hi-so, and aa bia eyes fell upon It the ranchman waa irillcd from head to foot by n thought which cuiue like ail Inspiration. The next moment lie bad colled tbe rope and began swinging the end round hla bead, hi tho fashion that no man could do as well as he. He was ut much disadvantage, for his body was held llrnily, but bis arms were free, and bo was as cool and self-possessed as when about to throw u running bull or engage lu one of the friendly contents con-tents with Homo of his friends. With the matchless skill he bad so often displayed be shot thelop forward, for-ward, and tho next second It settle. 1 around the horu or book In the aaddle, Just ns be knew It would do, and be drew It taut. t.'omuiiiulciitlon was thus eatnbllsheil s'ltb terra nrmii, but the .lunger was that lu endeavoring to pull himself out of the qulckaand be would pull the body or Uie horse Into It, without helping help-ing himself. He worked with Infinite enntlnn. Tie moved file heavy form of the pony ser. oral times, and more tluiu once thought bo was going to spoil everything: but us a small piece of wood will supiiort a uian In the water,. the resistance lie was able to otTer prevented his sinking deeier, and by and by be was able gradunlly to approach the more solid ground, until at last bo crawled out, and knowing he was saved, sat down to rest hlmsi ir, IIih fear waa Hint the Apaches would return, and since night had fully come, he alarted for home, where he arrived un hour later, none Hie worse for hit thrilling experience. New York icws. |