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Updated: June 11, 2025
Several times in his life had Lawler heard that sound once when a cow-pony which had been bogged down in quicksand had neighed when he had been drawn under; and again when a horse which he had been riding had stepped into a gopher hole and had broken a leg.
I know I'm taking from you the best cow-pony in Arizona, but I can't help it." "A cow-pony is a cow-pony, but a horse that saves the life of Miss Phyllis Sanderson is a gentleman and a hero." "And what about the man who saves her life?" Her voice was very small and weepy. "Tickled to death to have the chance. We'll forget that." Still she did not look at him. "Never!
It seemed like he went to sleep when I got on him. But after that I didn't pay any attention to the cattle. I let him keep the whole lookout, and all I did was to set in the saddle. He was a wise old cow-pony. He taught me a lot about chasing steers.
"Hold low on him," he cautioned, when the New Yorker was at his elbow, "those cheap guns jump like a scared cow-pony." Then he added: "And pray God you don't hit what he's carrying." Adair held low and bided his time. There was another musket-like roar, and an instant though harmless reply from two rifles on the other side of the Nadia. But the dodging shadow was no longer advancing.
"Pity this isn't New York, now, where there's a big market for harmless horses. Gee-gees, the children call them." "He ain't no gee-gee," said Shorty, offended. "He'll beat any cow-pony workin' you've got. Yu' can turn him on a half-dollar. Don't need to touch the reins. Hang 'em on one finger and swing your body, and he'll turn."
"Adios," replied the sheriff as he kicked a nearby door for assistance. The cow-pony tied itself up in knots as it pounded down the street toward the trail, and although he was fired on he swung into the dusty trail with a song on his lips. Several hours later he stood dripping wet on the American side of the Rio Grande and shouted advice to a score of Mexican cavalrymen on the opposite bank.
"It's plumb insulting to a self-respecting cow-pony to make a pack-horse out uh him. I wouldn't be none surprised if yuh heard his views on the subjects before yuh git there." "It's an honor to pack heirlooms," retorted Weary. "So-long, boys."
A moment, and his leg had swung across the rump of the pony and he had settled to the animal's back. So close was it that a running Cree snatched at the bronco's tail and was jerked from his feet before he could release his hold. As the cow-pony went plunging up the slope, Morse saw Brad Stearns silhouetted against the sky-line at the summit.
Skinner's face was hard, his lips thin, his jaw was not that of a weakling. He had dressed early, then wrapped a horse-blanket about his shoulders, and now, casting this aside, sprinted down the dirt track for a few yards to test the footing, while Gallagher watched him with satisfaction a thing of steel and wire, as tough, as agile, and as spirited as a range-raised cow-pony.
Not liking the accommodations, I took the first chance and flew the coop. They missed a knife in my pocket when they searched me, and I chipped the cement away from the window bars, let myself down by the bed linen, and borrowed a cow-pony I found saddled at the edge of town. So, you see, I'm a hawss thief too, ma'am."
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