A Woman Tenderfoot by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
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Whetted one to a razor edge and threw it into a tree where it stuck quivering Not three hundred yards away ... were two bull elk in deadly combat Down the path came two of the prettiest Blacktails A misstep would have sent us flying over the cliff Thus I fought through the afternoon We whizzed across the railroad track in front of the Day Express Five feet full in front of us, they pulled their horses to a dead stop The coyotes made savage music The horrid thing was ready for me I started on a gallop, swinging one arm The warm beating heart of a mountain sheep I could not keep away from his hoofs We started forward, just as the rear wheels were hovering over the edge "You better not sit down on that kaig ... It's nitroglycerine" The tunnel caused its roof to cave in close behind me |
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