The Untamed [Illustration: “_So much had three days with the wild linked up the slack chain of her blood tie._”--_Shiela_] The Untamed Range Life in the Southwest By George Pattullo [Illustration] Toronto McLeod & Allen 1911 Copyright 1908, 1909, 1910 by THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY Copyright 1910 by THE S. S. MCCLURE COMPANY Copyright 1911 by THE PHILLIPS PUBLISHING COMPANY Copyright 1911 by DESMOND FITZGERALD, INC. TO FRANK B. MOSON and the boys of the O R, R O, and Turkey Track My coffee I boil without being ground. The fire I kindle with chips gathered round. My books are the brooks, my sermons the stones; My parson’s a wolf on pulpit of bones. The sky is my ceiling; my carpet’s the grass; My music’s the lowing of herds as they pass. --_Ballad of The Trail Boss._ Acknowledgment is made to _The Saturday Evening Post_, _McClure’s Magazine_, and _The American Magazine_ for permission to republish these stories. CONTENTS PAGE I OL’ SAM A mule 13 II THE MARAUDER A coyote 51 III CORAZÓN A roping horse 83 IV THE OUTLAW A steer 112 V SHIELA A wolfhound 142 VI MOLLY A range cow 173 VII THE BABY AND THE Mountain lion 202 PUMA VIII THE MANKILLER A jack 230 IX NEUTRIA A mountain cowhorse 257 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS “So much had three days with the _Frontispiece_ wild linked up the slack chain of her blood tie” _Facing Page_ “What you mean by running off this 48 a-way?” “The wolf drove away a couple of 60 buzzards and fell upon this savagely” “Leaping, with legs stiff, straight 100 off the ground” “On his hind legs, his worn fangs 170 gleaming, he received her” “The lonely hut was untenanted” 240 I OL’ SAM