The cut proved, as he had said, to be a small thing; but it turned out that Diablo was far from won. He was haltered and he would carry Bull bareback. The saddle was quite another affair. So Bull returned to the idea of the barley1 sack, with gradual additions. On each side of the sack he attached hanging straps2. Diablo snorted at these and tried them with his teeth. They reminded him vaguely3 of the swinging stirrups that had so often battered4 his tender sides. He discovered that the straps were not alive, however, and were not harmful. And when their length was increased and an uncovered stirrup was tied on each side, he gradually became accustomed to these also. The next stage was passing the straps under his belly5. They were tied there loosely, the circle was completed, and Diablo, examining them critically, found nothing wrong. Then, a dozen times in a single evening, the straps were drawn6 up, tighter and tighter, until they touched him. At this he became excited, and it required all the resourcefulness of Bull to quiet him. But in three days the barley sack and its queer-looking additions had been changed for a true saddle—with the cinches drawn up tight enough for riding. And this without eliciting7 a single bucking8 spasm9 from Diablo!
Not even to Tod did Bull Hunter impart his great tidings. He had not yet climbed into that real saddle; Diablo had not yet heard the creak of the stirrup leathers under the weight of his rider. Indeed, there was still much to be done before the happy day when he saddled the black stallion and took down the bars of the corral gate and rode him out. And rode him without a bit! For on the point of steel in the mouth of Diablo, Bull Hunter knew that the horse would be against it resolutely10. So he confined himself to a light hackamore alone. That was enough, for Diablo had learned to rein11 over the neck and stop at the slightest pull of the reins12.
The next morning he went out to his work with a light heart. They had had the help of several new men during the past ten days and now the frame of the roof was almost completed. It would not be long before Bull's services could be dispensed13 with and he connected the idea of the completion of the barn in a symbolic14 fashion with the completion of his conquest of the stallion. The two would be accomplished15 in the same moment, as it were. No wonder, then, that as he climbed the ladder up the side of the barn, with the ladder quaking beneath his weight, Bull Hunter began to sing, his thundering bass16 ringing among the ranch17 buildings until Mrs. Bridewell opened the kitchen window to hear the better, and old Bridewell stopped his ears in mock dismay at the thunder of Bull's voice.
"Bull," he whispered, "Hal Dunbar is down yonder with a couple of men.
He's come to ride Diablo. What'll we do, Bull? What'll we do?"
"Diablo will throw him," said Bull with conviction.
"But he won't. He can't," stammered19 the boy in his excitement. "Nothing could throw Hal Dunbar. Wait till you see him! Just you wait till you see. Gee20, Bull, he's as big as you and—"
The other qualifications were apparently21 too amazing to be adequately described by the vocabulary of Tod.
"If any other man can ride Diablo," said Bull at length, "I don't think I care about him so much. I've been figuring that I'm the only man who can get on his back. If somebody else can handle him, they're welcome to the horse as far as I'm concerned."
"Are you going to let him go like that?" Tod was bitter with shame and anger. "After all our work, are you going to give him up without a fight?"
"A fight would be a gunfight, and a gunfight ends up in a death," said
Bull gently. "I don't like bloodshed, Tod!"
And he turned on his heel and gave the exciting news to his father.
For an event of this caliber27, Bridewell called down all his men from the building, and they started for the corral. Hal Dunbar and his two men already were standing28 close to the bars, and Diablo stood quivering, high-headed, in the center of the inclosure. But, of the picture, the attention of Bull Hunter centered mainly on Hal Dunbar.
His dreams of the man had been true. He was a huge fellow, as tall as Bull, or taller, and nearly as bulky. But about Bull Hunter there was a suggestion of ponderous29 unwieldiness, and there was none of that suggestion about Hal Dunbar. He was lithe30 and straight as a poplar, and as supple31 in his movements. The poise32 of his head and the alertness of his body and something of lightness in his whole posture33 told of the trained athlete. Providence34 had given the man a marvelous body, and he had improved it to the uttermost. To crown all, there was a remarkably35 handsome face, dark eyes and coal-black hair.
Yet, more than the imposing36 body of this hero of the ranges, Bull was impressed by the spirit of the man. The thing that Tod had felt, he felt in turn. It shone from the eye, it spoke37 in the set of Dunbar's mouth, something unconquerable. It was impossible, after a single glance, to imagine this man failing. Diablo, it was true, had the same invincible38 air. Indeed, they seemed meant for each other, this horse and this man. They might have been picked from a crowd and the one assigned to the other. Huge, lithe, fleet, powerful, and fiercely free, surely Hal Dunbar was intended by fate to sit in the saddle and govern Diablo according to his will.
The heart of Charlie Hunter sank. Here was the end, then, of all the love he had put into his work, of all the feminine gentleness with which he had petted Diablo and soothed39 him. And he discovered, in that bitter moment, that he had not worked merely to gain control of the horse. There would be no joy in making Diablo bend to his will. His aim was, and from the first unconsciously had been, to win Diablo so that the stallion would serve him joyously40 and freely out of the love he bore him. As he thought of this, his glance rested on the long, spoon-handled spurs of big Hal Dunbar.
Dunbar was shaking hands with Bridewell, leaning a trifle over the little old man.
"Here's one that'll be sorry to see you ride Diablo," said Bridewell. He pointed41 to Hunter. "He's been working weeks, trying to make a pet out of the hoss."
"A pet out of him? A pet?" echoed Dunbar.
He measured Bull Hunter with a certain bright interest. The sleeves of Bull were rolled up to the elbows and down the forearms ran the tangling42 masses of muscle. But the interest of Dunbar was only monetary43. Presently his lip curled slightly, and he turned his haughty44 head toward the great stallion.
"I'll do something more than pet him. Ill make something useful out of the big brute45. Saddle him, boys!"
He gestured carelessly, and his two attendants started toward the corral, one with a heavy saddle and one with a rope. As he stood rolling his cigarette and watching negligently46, he impressed Bull as a veritable knight47 of the ranges, a baron48 with baronial adherents49. It came partly from his splendid stature50, and more from his flauntingly rich costume. The heavy gold braid on the sombrero, the gilded51 spurs, the brilliant silk shirt would have been out of place on another man, but they fit in with Hal Dunbar. They were adjuncts to the pride of his face. Bull's attention wavered to Tod.
"Are—are they going to rope Diablo?"
Tod flashed a half-disgusted, half-despairing glance up at his companion.
"What d'you think they're going to do? What do you think?"
Bull turned away, sick hearted. He could not bear the thought of the great stallion struggling helpless in the snaky coils of the rope. But of course there was no other way. Yet his muscles tightened53, and the perspiration54 poured out on his forehead as he heard a shout from one of the men, then a brief drumming of Diablo's hoofs55, and finally the heavy thud as the stallion struck full length on the ground.
That sound stunned56 Bull as though he had received a blow himself. Every nerve in him was tingling57, revolting against the brutality58. They were idiots, hopeless fools, to dream of conquering Diablo by brute force. And if they succeeded, they would have a broken-spirited horse on their hands, worse than useless, or else a treacherous59 man-killer to the end of his days.
He looked again. Diablo, saddled and blindfolded60 was being driven out of the corral; a man held him on either side, and his mouth, dragged out, was already bleeding from the cruel Spanish bit. At that Bull Hunter saw red.
When his senses returned to him, he went hurriedly to Dunbar.
"Friend," he said, earnestly pleading, "will you let me make a suggestion?"
"Oh, you're the fellow who tried to make a pet out of Diablo? Well, what's the suggestion?"
"If you wear those spurs you'll drive him mad! Take 'em off, Mr.
Dunbar!"
Dunbar stared at him in amazement62, and then looked to the others. "Did you hear that? This wise one wants me to try to ride without spurs. Who taught you to ride, eh?"
"I don't know much about it," confessed Bull humbly63, "but I know you're apt to cut him up badly with those big spurs."
"And what the devil difference does that make to you?" cried Dunbar with heat. "And what do you mean by all these fool suggestions? I'm riding the horse!"
Bull drew back, downheaded. Hal Dunbar cast one contemptuous glance toward him and then stepped to the side of Diablo. The stallion was quivering and crouching64 with fear and anger, and shaking his head from time to time to get clear of the bandage which blinded him and made him helpless. Now and then he reared a little and came down on prancing65 forefeet, and Bull noted66 the spring and play of the fetlock joints67. The whole running mechanism68 of the horse, indeed, seemed composed of coiled springs. Once released, what would the result be? And the first hope entered his mind, the first hope since he had seen the proud form of Hal Dunbar.
Now the big man set his hand on the pommel and vaulted69 into the saddle with a lightness that Bull admired hugely. Under the impact of that descending70 bulk the stallion crouched71 almost to the earth, but he came up again with a snort and a strangled neigh of rage.
"Are you ready?" called Dunbar, gathering72 the reins, and giving the string of his quirt another twist around his right hand.
One of his men had mounted his horse with a rope, the noose73 end of which was around Diablo's neck. This would serve as a pivot74 block to keep Diablo running in a circle. If he tried to run in a straight line the running noose would stop him and choke him down. He would have to gallop75 in a circle for his bucking, and to help keep him in that circle, the spectators now grouped themselves loosely in a wide rim76. But Bull Hunter did not move. From where he stood he could see all that he wished.
"All ready!" called the man with the rope.
"Let her go, then!"
The bandage was torn from the eyes of the stallion by Dunbar's second assistant, and the fellow leaped aside as he did so. Even then he barely escaped. Diablo had launched himself in pursuit, and his teeth snapped a fraction of an inch from the shoulder of the fugitive77 as the rope came taut78 and jerked him aside, and the full weight of Dunbar was thrown back on the reins.
That mighty79 wrench80 of back and shoulder and arm would have broken the jaw81 of an ordinary horse; it hardly disturbed Diablo. His head was first tucked back until his chin was against his breast, but a moment later he was head down, bucking as never horse bucked82 before. One second earlier Hal Dunbar had seemed almost as powerful as the animal he rode; now he suddenly became small.
For one thing Diablo wasted no time running against the rope. He followed the line of least resistance and bolted around the wide circle with tremendous leaps, gathering impetus83 as he ran—then stopping in mid-career by the terrific process of hurling84 himself in the air and coming down on four stiff legs and with his back humped so that the rider sat at the uneasy apex85 of a pyramid. And this was merely a beginning. That wild category of tricks which Bull had seen partially86 unraveled the first time he visited the horse was now brought forth87 again, enlarged, improved upon, made more intricate, intensified88. But well and nobly did Hal Dunbar sustain his fame as a peerless rider. He rode straight up, and a cheer came from the spectators when they saw that he was not touching89 leather in the midst of the fiercest contortions90 of Diablo. It seemed that the great brute would snap the very saddle off his back, but still the rider sat erect91, swaying as though in a storm, but still firmly glued to the saddle.
Even the heart of Bull Hunter warmed to the battle. They were a brutally92 glorious pair as they struggled. The wrenching93 hand of the rider and the Spanish bit had bloodied94 the mouth of the stallion, the spurs were clinging horribly at his sides, and he fought back like a mad thing. He flung himself on the ground, Dunbar barely slipped from the saddle in time, and whipped onto his feet again, but as he lurched up, he carried the weight of the rider again, for Dunbar had leaped into his seat, and as Diablo came up on all fours, it could be seen that the big man had secured both stirrups—the difficult thing in that feature of the fight. Dunbar urged the stallion on with a yell; and swinging the quirt over his head, he brought it down with a stinging cut on the silky flanks of the great horse. Bull Hunter crouched as though the lash52 had cut into his own flesh. He became savage95 for the moment. He wanted to have his hands on that rider!
But the cut of the quirt transformed Diablo. If he had fought hard before, he now fell into a truly demoniacal frenzy96. The long flashing legs were springs indeed, and the moment his hoofs struck the earth he was flung up again to a greater height. He was sunfishing now in that most deadly manner when the horse lands on one forehoof, the rider receiving a double jar from the down-shock and then the whiplash snap to the side. Hal Dunbar was no longer using his quirt. It dangled97 idly at his side. The joy had gone from his face. In its place, as shock after shock benumbed his brain, there was an expression of fierce despair. Neither was he riding straight up, but he was pulling leather.
Otherwise, nothing human could have retained a seat in the saddle for an instant. Diablo, squealing98, snorting, and grunting99 with effort, was dashing back and forth, flinging himself aloft, coming down on one stiff leg, doubling back with jackrabbit agility100.
There was no longer applause from the onlookers101. Old Bridewell himself in all of his years had never seen riding such as this, and it seemed that Diablo at last had met his master. Never had he fought as he fought now; never had he been stayed with as he was now. With foam102 and sweat the great black was reeking103, but never once were the efforts relaxed. It was too terrible a sight to be applauded.
Then, at the end of a run, instead of hurling himself into the air as he had usually done before, Diablo flung himself down and rolled. It caught Dunbar by surprise, but the yell of horror from the bystanders stimulated104 him to sharp action, and he was out of the saddle in the last hair's breadth of time.
Diablo had been carried on over to his feet by the impetus of the fall, and he was already rising when Dunbar leaped for the saddle. Fair and true he struck the saddle and with marvelous skill his left foot caught the stirrup and clung to it—but the right foot missed its aim, and, before Dunbar could lodge105 his foot squarely, the stirrup was dancing crazily as Diablo began a wild combination of cross-bucking and sunfishing. The hat snapped from the head of Dunbar and his long black hair tossed; with both hands he was clinging. All joy of battle was gone from him. In its place was staring fear, for his right foot was still out of the stirrup.
Before he could be obeyed by his confused henchmen, Diablo shot into the air and at the very crest107 of his rise, bucked. Dunbar lurched to one side. There was a groan26 from the bystanders; and the next instant the stallion, landing on the one stiffened108 foreleg, had snapped his rider from the saddle and hurled109 him to the ground.
He lay in a shapeless heap, and the stallion whirled to finish his enemy.
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bucking
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