20 THE ADVENTURES OF 



CHAPTER III. 



OUT FOR A HUNT A MISSING OVERCOAT 



MY FIRST BUFFALO INDIANS ON, THE 



TRAMP "'OLD POISON SLINGER," ETC. 



Three other men and myself left Golden 

 City to go about eighty miles in search of 

 buffalo. The tirst game we struck was a herd 

 of antelope, into which we lired, killing one. 

 We then went to a house about a mile off to 

 stay over night. We proposed to the man of 

 the house to furnish the meat and he furnish 

 the rest. He replied by saying that he would 

 do so. Of course we thought it was all right, 

 and our antelope went free, but the next 

 morning he charged us five dollars for his 

 hospitality. This seemed very mean, but the 

 boys contrived a way to get even with 

 him. He had been telling of a new overcoat, 

 for which he paid fourteen dollars the day be- 

 fore, and when we left the coat went too. He 

 had his live dollars, and we had his fourteen 



