. Lost in the Rockies; A story of adventure in the Rocky Mountains . n a scare to the man thatfairly made his teeth chatter. Ra-lo-no did not recoil, but struck full at the visagewith his knife, the point of the blade actuallyscratching the bulging nose. No doubt had hechosen he could have given the fellow a desperatewound, but what he did served for the moment aswell; it sent the man backward with a shudder ofterror. Better let him alone, said Arlos, with a laugh ;hes dangerous, and if you make him mad willcarve you up before you can say Jack Robinson. Carve me up! roared the man, with anothe
. Lost in the Rockies; A story of adventure in the Rocky Mountains . n a scare to the man thatfairly made his teeth chatter. Ra-lo-no did not recoil, but struck full at the visagewith his knife, the point of the blade actuallyscratching the bulging nose. No doubt had hechosen he could have given the fellow a desperatewound, but what he did served for the moment aswell; it sent the man backward with a shudder ofterror. Better let him alone, said Arlos, with a laugh ;hes dangerous, and if you make him mad willcarve you up before you can say Jack Robinson. Carve me up! roared the man, with anotherimprecation; Im going to cut off your ears, andthen chaw both of you up. Suppose you start in with him and then tackleme, or, if you prefer, you can make a beginningwith me. The desperado turned his fierce glance upon theyouth. If fiendish scowls could have smitten a per-son, Arlos Hay man would have succumbed, but hedid not loosen his grasp upon his small weapon. Do you know, said the stranger, that Im aba-a-d man ? I dont doubt that you are a scoundrel and cow-. Arlos flashed out his pistol and leveled it at the stranger.—Page 145. LOST IN THE ROCKIES. 145 ard; your looks show that. Neither of us is afraidof you, and if you think we are why dont youbegin business? Something just then trickled from the point ofthe huge nose. The fellow put up his hand and sawthat it was blood, the effects of the slight woundfrom Ea-lo-nos knife. The discovery seemed to fill him to overflowingwith fury. He snatched his revolver from itssheath. The chap that gives me a hurt, even if its nomore than a scratch, has got to pass in his checks;redskin, say your prayers! As firm, defiant, and resolute as a marble statuethe young Shoshone confronted the wretch, his onlyweapon firmly clasped in hand, and his broad,honest face without a trace of fear, though he musthave known that his life hung by a thread. But before the man could bring his weapon tobear, Arlos Hay man had flashed out his own andleve
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