Ill \"l'f/l II ' '././. 



i \\ .1 \ \\ MI 1 1 tin' ti i'i' reaches clu ' speii, and th< 



tin- flame**, inagnim-d I' 



in tin- h' i'i tli-- "in rolling domls of 



rlit- ha\or which is raging I* low The 



s U-lolijr fo the ^I"V. ill;; si] U| |IMT l-Ut the 



'iiel.1. Im.s t\vi sid.-s. It should also be seen i 

 Mi/./ard, it' yu can see ami li\>- \vln-n tin- SM..W, dri\en K. ' 

 tin- wind. Mies l.-\,-| through the air cutting lik- H knifr, 

 carrying with it an int-ns.- c. .1.1 that n.-itln-r man n>r 



. \vli.-n. us th- ^tonii ^ath.-r- i 



j.cairi.- an- l.lrn.l.-.| in an Mii'listiii^nishal.lr maxs ..f 

 \vhit-, >in<l nothing is h-anl l.nt th. inal hurrying and howling 

 Of th- \viinl ai-oiinil an<l >\ .-rh.'a.l. ami tin- hi- 

 with which it .|ri\.s thn>u^h tin- long grass*- that th.- 



i-.-.l c.iiij.l.-t-ly. 



It is on a i lay in tin- i-arly nnmths ..(' th,- y-ar wh.-n th- 

 thrniioii l..\v. tin- sky stonny an. I uusi-ttl.-.l. ami tin- 



wimlli.-rc,- ami st,-a<ly. that th.- ival l-lix/.ai-.l c.-m.-s ; usually 

 from tin- \\t-st.a.s th.- prairie grasses s| 1( ,\v which alu a\ 

 tlatt-m-.l out t'\vanl tin- i-aM l>y the \\.-st.-rly winds. I >u 

 the height , I' tin- st,,nn. s, ttl.-rs hardly dan- v.-n; -'i.-ir 



houses to feed or water the cattle. The JMH.I- l,el, 

 Her, caught perhaps with his fain at som,- di-t m a 



hoiis,-. niak. Lint}' 01 



.loiil.le IM-I'MI-.- the ^ali\ All anujml he hears the snap and 



ii ot' lift-akin^ 1, ranch, s and falling trees, l.ut th.-s, 

 thought ..t' in comparison w j t |, t |,,. i^ n .;,ter danger that In- 

 i \ hu^e tin- can ! l.uilt, and tin-re is little ris^ 

 tin- firewiH.. i .ut. Sliould th.-n- I,,- no |'rien<ll\ 



of hulls,- ( ,r l.lut}' near. In- n an the Mi/ 



alive. l>ut the Jim- dr - so Minding and pet. and 



tlie frost so mere it the odds greatly in t'a\..r 



lally tin- l.li/./.ar,| only huste a day or ao, 

 l>ut rive years ago one in hakotH raged for three days 

 ni^i ry tiling 1 cattle ! h or 



in their stal-l.-s. In many ca.s.-s tiivwood ^ 

 and though th. furniture, floors and beams of the house v< 



