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was disposed to decline, but Horton advised him 

 iiot to offend them, as they had paid a very high 

 compliment to a stranger. Giving a reluctant con- 

 sent he took his place in the ring, and the lu- 

 dicrous figure cut by the hunter was such that 

 Indians and cowboys kept up one continuous howl 

 of laughter. 



Horton, meanwhile, was scheming to have a little 

 more fun at the expense of the innocent naturalist, 

 and while the latter 's attention was distracted, he 

 gave Cessonia a dollar to catch Dyche and kiss him, 

 while to Zilpha was given fifty cents to assist in the 

 operation. Sitting by the side of Dyche, Cessonia 

 suddenly whirled her shawl over his head and tried 

 to draw him to her. He was too quick for her, how- 

 ever, and slipped to the ground and out of the shawl. 

 Then began a race which afforded more amusement 

 for the assembled cowboys and Indians than they had 

 had for years. A second throw of the shawl, supple- 

 mented by Zilpha's strength, held Dyche. The two 

 squaws, who had arms like prize-fighters, were more 

 than a match for the naturalist, and they got him to the 

 floor, where, after rolling over the ground from one 

 side to the other, and almost tearing down the tepee 

 in their struggles, Cessonia succeeded in planting a 

 kiss all over one side of Dyche's face, from the mouth 

 to the ear. 



Fully satisfied with what he had seen and experi- 

 enced, Dyche decided to return to the ranch, and to 

 all of Horton's entreaties to wait for supper, which 

 was just then brought in, he turned a deaf ear. This 

 supper was a large kettle of meat and soup, flanked 



