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sii,ij.ke niiiiiiii- in |"||M )-I||.|HT bo ' 

 Jim .-in. I mil, -i-ti! running: half ' niilr I 



played out, and I.. MM t, think m.itr 

 I <lil not like tin- prospect of having to wall ^.-M-H miles 



MII. I thru I WMS afraid tin- horse would 



and fall int tin- hands of Indians. I als.. knew he ha. I to 



in tin- direction It,- \\a- [ id I 



: d he 111 : if! it up- -I the I'U^y and takf fright . "i" he 

 it \\andcruntil In- c.-iin,- t- t In- railway t rai-k and a \i\id 

 id'-a >f a railway accident resulting. crossed my mind, l.nt I 

 <-"ii|,| run no t'artln-r. ami ^<> had t. cont'-nt mys.-lt' \\ith \\alk- 

 iii^', and tin- Inn-si- am) 'i^y \\t-r,- im\v m-arly t\\ mil,->> 

 away: h- \\ _; \\ ,--<t \\ a nl towards an -|,-\ at-d rid_ 



the prairie, and MooM-jaw lay to ihe south-west I kn,-\\ \\ \\<- 



<\>T tin- toji of that rid^v \' jn-airii- In- would fall into th- 

 hands of Indians, and ! should )>rol>alilv nt-v-r -< him a^ain. 

 Tin- Indians voiild takr can- of him aft-r that. I Iw^an to 

 . and wondrn-d what was tin- \alin- of tin- lmrs- and 

 and what I should say to tin- o\\ IKT when I ^ot Lack 

 i . M....V,-JM\\ . < )n n-achin^- tin- foot of tin- rid^v tin- hoi-s,- did 

 not asn-nd. luit tunird southward and V^aii to \\alk aloiij^ th- 



"t it So I ^-aint-d coiira^,- and began to mn again ; tin- 



188 half cii'i-lr iii shaji.-. BO I r-'k a short cut MI 

 tin- in-airir. in tin- din-rtion tin- hoi's,- was heading for. and in 

 tw.-hty niiniit'-s 1 n.-arly ^ot up to him. wln-n In- sa\\ m<- ,-om- 

 ind tin- rascal M-t off running a^ain. Some distam-,- a\\ ay 

 \\M- MII old. empty liarn. and tin- horse ran to thi^ j)la-, and 

 tlii-n CMIII. t .M halt. I ran alon^. keeping tin- liaru lit-t\\. 

 the ho]-sc and mysdf s,, that In- could not sec me coming, and 

 in -cttin^ up to the l.arn I ran out from Lehind and scixcd 

 him l>y the rein. Lo,,kin- into the lm-_ \\ my l.irds 



had t^onc. they had ^<>{ shaken out. many of the -_.-, | toiind 

 ln-okeii. and s,>m,- missing alti^cther. \\\ can jud-v ln\v 

 disappointed I wafl 1 _"t into the lui^y ami dm\c Lack two 

 miles in the h,,| ,-s , ,f finding the liirds laid mi the prairie, l.ut 

 I did not find a in-1<- -pecimen. ^. , | r.-turiied t M - ja\\ 



and consoled myself with the thoughta thai matters mi^lit ha\<- 



