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Finally, the mule got away from the old man and 

 went tearing down into the canon ; he overtook and 

 passed the balance of the pack-train, stampeded them 

 almost beyond control of the packers, and knocked 

 the poor hogs against trees and brush until they were 

 almost dead. He ran nearly six miles, and being 

 unable to get rid of his pack, fell exhausted and lay 

 there until the men came up and took charge of him. 

 The old man accused Johnston of cutting the muzzles 





THE BUCKER AND THE BUSTER. 



off the hogs, but he and his partner both denied it, 

 said they certainly must have slipped off, and they 

 finally convinced him that that was the way the 

 trouble came about. 



This, with sundry other recitals of an equally 

 interesting nature, caused the evening to pass pleas- 

 antly, and at a late hour we turned into our bunks. 

 We were up and moving long before daylight the 

 next morning, and as soon as we could see the trail 



