"Jack and I were riding along peaceable like, when we heard horsemen behind us.

We didn't pay any attention to them till we got home and Jack slipped off his horse.

I concluded to stay in the saddle until the fellows came up and I had a talk with them.

They were Capt.

Asbury and his stockmen, and the first thing they called out was an order for us to throw up our hands.
"Well," continued Vesey, grimly, "we aren't in that kind of business, and the next thing the guns were popping all around us.