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Show 191 Such a challenge to a Kanosh man was like waving the red flag before a bull. Next day somebody intercepted Lon Kimball, who was to join them that evening. He was to ride into camp and tell one of the men his wife was sick. The man was to saddle up and hurry out of camp, but he wouldn't go home. He would hide until after supper and then charge the camp, pretending to be the wild man George was not afraid of. All went as planned. He was outside the house while they ats supper and sombody surreptitiously passed his food out to him. They got seated around the campfire outside, ready for their tall tales and there was a crash in the underbrush on the side of the hill and here the wild man came charging into camp. He had turned up his overalls, smeared dirt on his face and touseled his hair, so that he was unrecognizable to his own friends. Everybody bolted but George and his young friend. '"He looked so horrible he frightened even the ones of us who were in on it. He attacked George, who fought back, and we fought him, secretly helping him. Finally George and the kid were convinced. They saddled up and struck out for home. They got to the Parker ranch and found some more riders, who were at first hard to convince. • ' T h e kid was scared, and finally everybody went down to the valley and reported the wild man in the mountains. The newsgatherers got the word to Salt Lake and it came out in the paper and there was a great big whoop-te-do. They came after him with a posse and found us. |
