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Trimble swung behind the barrier straight goods I handed out. Some- 



and the bull struck it fairly. There was body's stole the bear." 



a crash and a splintering of boards, "Stole hell !" 



and Trimble was pinned by the wreck "Sure. Now what kind of a play 



against the side of the corral. The bull do you think it'd a been for Trimble to 



lunged into the debris furiously and spring that on the crowd? They'd a 



the man shouted for help as he went taken him apart, and me and you'd a 



down before the living battery ram. had the time of our lives heading the 



The sheriff leaned over from the stampede. I'd a got elected again after 



front seat above the bull, and his .45 dumping a bunch of paisanos in the 



cracked five times rapidly. The bull bull ring, wouldn't I? Sure thing, 



sank to his knees, swayed and rolled someone burgled the butcher shop last 



over, for the sheriff's aim was good, night, busted a hole in the shed and 



and two bullets had struck the spinal eloped with Juanita. There isn't a clue 



cord at the base of the skull. to the gay Lothario— if that's French 



The butcher, bruised and with ribs for abductor— but if you was to insin- 1 



broken, was disentangled from the uate that I saw Juan in town last night, 



wreck of the barrier and taken to the I wouldn't call you a liar." 

 hospital, moaning fitfully. 



Deputy Earhart rode back into town Bud McNew, cow puncher, riding 

 with the sheriff. "Let's do the polite home from a "bailie" through the foot- 

 thing," said the Texan, "and congratu- hills twenty miles from the old town 

 late Juanita on the intervention of Prov- that night, heard a baritone voice hum- 

 idence by deputy between her and that ming "La Paloma." He turned out of 

 long-horned cyclone." the trail and rode in among the juni- 



"Providence be durned," said the pers and pinons toward the sound, and 



sheriff. "Did you think I took a bluff in an open place he saw a man and a 



from the parsons ? Of course they put bear, with their arms around each 



up a roar about cruelty to animals and other's shoulders, dancing solemnly in 



disgracing the Sabbath, but that wasn't the moonlight. 



AN EXCITING TIME WITH JAVILINOS 



BY FRANK ALEY 



A javilino is a wild pig that ranges River about 200 miles below the in- 

 through Arizona and Sonora. He was ternational boundary. We were out 

 so named because his long sharp snout for the big hunt and that was all. As 

 suggested a javelin. He is the most soon as we had crossed the line, our 

 fearless and withal the most con- Lady of Nacozari, as we called her, 

 scienceless little rascal on the range who was more distinguished for com- 

 and will fight anything, from a cotton mon sense than frivolous properties, 

 tail rabbit to a grizzly bear, with equal crawled out of her cumbersome har- 

 confidence, and his most delectable ness, donned a suit of blue denim of 

 pastime is to snap a choice tid bit out masculine cut,, shouldered a No. 10 

 of the calf of one's leg and go on, only shot gun, and got ready to enjoy the 

 to rally and repeat the assault. hunt. 



On the occasion we have in mind, Thereafter she was known as "Our 



a party of four, including a prominent Tommy." I had been looking after 



physician of Douglas, Ariz., and his the camp rather exclusively for several 



delightful better half, along with your days and the other boys had brought 



contributor, was camped on the Yaqui in the venison and turkey and Blue 



