i o ther had sprung up, tmu ito make sure.As the calling for help eontin 1 ued at intervals of aboutminute^, i finally dressed, wup th cowboy in the outhouse.secured a lantern and a n =1 *»; and s; arted out afoot in th-’ onection of the voice, followed b boy. I wouldn’t dare try to* *ri p e11 u ethrough that p' i UTrugnt.“I lvU€!Wthatit lit vir at a *»r .ui lost, he won d .u: -;y he afull of‘prickly p r tlvu-nsiporciupine by momi\\crA % f * #r*5b 110 tiId survive the I) i i Z Z LIthe 1\ack of that pas! iiro11•¥ * r C* -i: i V\W d 5 nin.penvtrauie mass oi eaiu.^ t-i?ed anv animal but a coyomy rifle from tito time, but the voice se to pay no attention to the s»g-. nal. The boy srd he thou-’bi}-.* fellow must be era y v.d.nfright. In fact, the voice sc nn ;ed to be farther and fart am ft way the more \,c? t’ived and t faster we went indicating that i whatever it was, it was not a 11-“When I had exhausted t ie cartridges in my belt, and when the rising storm had drownedc and almost ovei-/ *come us, we decided that we h. d been fooled and nicked our wa\back to the ranche\VC V*.«r -- ,picking pear thorns out ot^our; spent the rest of the nightshins. ,“Next day, when 1 rode ov .tie trail leading through theback pasture 1 found the big catmusthave been calling for his mateI the night before. ,“He didn’ find her, for I hadshot her the week before as shewas dragging a doe which shehad kilied at the wind-mill tank