All day we rode, but never got u sight of
them. i was agreed that we should ride
for a couple ol hours af.er dark, and sav
ing Ihe time of cooking, make so much
Ou the thieves. Ihe chase began again
early iu the moruiug, and the ndiug was
hard aud fatiguing. lu the afternoon we
saw a hors* man leave the trail and strike
away for the hills. We gave a yell. Oae
of the thieves had ‘petered 1 out and had
been left behind. We spurred on and
saw that he intended making the chase a
long one. To intercept him we had to
make a wide detour, and we knew dark
ness must be on us before we captured
him. Our mustangs showed signs ot
fatigue, but a cowboy' would rather Use
ha fa d* zeu animals legitimately than
seo on* carrb I off by a pirate. S we
plied rope and spur and iu a couple of
hours got in bul;ci range ot one man.
We began popping it him, more to draw
his tire than anything el**e t we ear. and
neither to kill him nor to cripple the
horse, lie oou du’t hit a bam ana lus gun
was soon useless. Then we dashed up
and one of the boys dragged him from
the saddle. W e asked him no qin alums. M
‘•You've lost the others,” he said.
