Cowboy Dave; Or, The Round-up at Rolling River

and the animal, that had been frightened by the sudden

wn and unseen one-a man, evidently, by the tone

" was the caution. "I ha

y one else get into tr

well. Stand still now, old fellow," he went on to his horse

tion that he was to stay where he was without wandering, climbed from the saddle, a bit wearily it must be confessed, and start

" cautioned t

worry about me,"

f way over a deep and rock-filled gully, a man about twenty-seven years of age. Dave guessed this much thou

" was Dave's first questio

an were lying face downward on

s caught in a cleft in the rocks, and I'm afraid to move for fear it will pull loose. If it does I'll lose my balance and

gully was covered with jagged rocks. More than one strayin

I see how it is. I'll so

back for

puncher?" a

But don't talk. Save your streng

cowboy is ever without. With this Dave took a turn about the man's waist, passing the rope under him.

rocks and free your foot," Dave explained. "You are pre

pe with the situation. His life on the plains, and amid the perils of the range ha

f a large V. Considerable pressure must have forced the man's foot there, for Dave could see that the sto

adly sprained ankle

u slip over, for the rope's strong enough to hold you; but you may get a b

dy," sai

heavy tree branch, inserted in such a way as not to bring any crushing force on the

e man cried. "I c

r yourself!"

ssed down hard o

ch, made a grab for the leg, for the man's body was going over the cliff. Of course he could

e was aware of a cry of pain from the man, and r

y. "I've got to hurt him some to save

up over the edge of the cliff. After a few seconds of rather strenuous struggle Dave, with the help of t

eeding. His clothing was disheveled, and he showed

ks," he gas

until you get your br

of this. It's wa

n, and this he now put to the lips o

yes closed, and Dave feared he was about to faint. Quickly the young cowboy whipped off his c

ger opene

g to die. I'm just getting my breath back.

moved his foot-the one that ha

lips, and, accompanied by a sudden wave of whiteness that

time, for keeps," d