Show 0 oooo oyo OK to II 11 oa horse sense div a blizzard jj xo ao on OK TO tto 3 0 1 l I 1 A oa 3 CT to aso ox 03 jko ga by ALBERTA PLAIT ocolo of olo oto YRA BARTON spent a year with uncle fred on a ranch in the west on the ranch there was a horse called dy baaske Bans Ke because he was the aw fullest bucker that ever was when one went to mount him he just rounded his back into a ball put his feet together and jumped straight up into the air COULD SEE 1118 BACK HUMP UP THE SADDLE borame down stiff legged upon all four fet in bunch it was to thier almost any rider oft his back nd that was precisely what dynamite wanted he was a holy terror and no mistake nothing could tame him or break ham of the terrible habit ot bucic ing only two or three men on the ranch could ride him why dont you get rid of him and be done with him asked myra because hea thal best caddie horse en the ranch replied uncle tved 1 I give him or a dozen common brutes the way with backers they are often the best saddle horses a man can get hold of its their high parit and horse that make them feht against being mastered and ridden the day before christmas myra and uncle fred went to visit a relative who lived distant about three hours ride by horseback myra rode her pony astride as most aomen ride in that region her donys name was she mounted hlen and batted for uncle prad who had a perfectly awful time ettene dynamite steadied down to his paces you could just eee his wicked bak hump up under the saddle while uncle ared to ahn as it t i part of the librae 1 I never saw him cut up so remarked uncle fred they visited the relative remained ia night and barted hobie baxt morn J A ng the weather looked a little squally but fred said he would never bc forgiven it he did not get myra to the home ranch for christmas dinner it haa a very great occasion only there Is not time to tell you what there was for dinner fred and myra rode briskly for an hour and a halt then the and sharpened up fred looked anxiously at the north then at the little girl arid said they must hurry on half an hour more and it began to snow the wand blew harder the snow felt like needles aa the eale drove it into their faces uncle fred im so cold I 1 cant go any farther said myra presently nurry hurry on dont think about it said uncle fred rapping the pony smartly to hasten it fiercer and more piercing came the blast it shrieked and whistled the snow was now so thick you could not hav seen across a street it there had been any street the famous christmas blizzard of that year ahen thousands of cattle perished and a number of people 00 oo buzzard that none who lived through it will ever forget waa on the riders and they were allea away from home and the christmas dinner was awaiting them As fred spurred on dynamite and led the pony he bern to Tr onder not whether they would raib home in time for the christmas dinner but whether they would ever see homo again at all matters were desperate uncle fred said myra im just go sleepy I 1 cant hold my cyca open DYNAMITE TOOK THEM SAFE im now and im going off to wp it B night now it bhe was near freezing and did not know lt fred could scarcely sec her through blinding abw but he draw hr ott the his rm and put her up before him upon dynamites noble and strong though wicked back he wrapped the horse blanket arouni her 1 I cant sec where we are he said to 1 I cant see to guide the horse but he carf guide himself ill give him the rein and let ahlm go now a horse can find lag way home over a strange country for a hundred allea or more some animals have an inner sight fred was completely lost ald dynamite was not at all lost always in the night or n a blinding blizzard cowboys ave a horse its own head and the horses guide to safety fred let the reins lie loosely upon old dynamites neck and let him go where he would the hwo went home straight asa bacs could have done and just aafred was giving up hope of saving life the horae rubbed his nose djs own stable door and gave a friendly whinny to let the folks know the party had arrived for christmas dinner horse sense bad saved their lives |