The rustler knowing this, ear-marks a calf and takes chances on its being discovered the calf has no brand.
When the calf is old enough to be driven away from the mother, the rustler finishes his work by driving it away, then changes the ear-mark and puts on his brand.
She knew who the cattle-rustler was, for whom Jim was to stand the blame.
Is any sane rustler going to use his own brand, and run stolen cattle with his legitimate stock, in a place where folks can always see 'em?
Nor was there anything of the vicious cattle-rustler about him.
But the rustler refused to speak and moved away whenever he found himself in the prisoner's vicinity.
The evolution of the rustler was logical but rapid, and started with the general law that any ranch-owner was at liberty to brand with his mark any maverick found on his range.
It was now the middle of June when the yearly round-up should be under way, yet, owing to the invasion of the sheep and the recent rustler troubles, the cowboys had not been free to undertake this task.
The horse of the man who had been shot stood still for a moment, and in that moment the rustler who remained standing gave one leap and had bestridden him.
This time his hands were bound behind his back and he noticed that the masked rustler was fastening them tightly but with a rotten rawhide.
After that the rustler pulled up his failing animal to a walk and faced him around.
Professor Rustler is weeping in his cabin over a shrivelled old mummy.
Rustler is a crank; he thinks he can find a tall talk mummy that speaks an unknown tongue.
As to the preparations of the others he knew nothing, but Miss McCabe became aware that Rustlerhad not left the American continent.
The rustler gazed after his retreating form with evil wonder.
The force of the other's argument seemed to impress the big rustler considerably, and he remained silent.
And, picking up Shorty's knife, with practised dexterity, he proceeded to complete what the rustler had begun.
The Rustler is the one we took, the fare then being only 10 dollars each--but we had to feed ourselves.
We had to wait some time ere the one boat belonging to the Rustler could land us and our stuff on the rock-strewn muddy beach.
There's been a rustler workin' on the herd, an' I ain't been able to get close enough to find out who it is.
There ain't a man in the bunch could see a rustler if he'd hobbled a cow and was runnin' her calf off before their eyes!
In the story he is employed by a ranch owner to kill a rustler whom the owner imagines has been stealing his cattle.
In the criminal category of the West the rustler took a place beside the horse thief and the man who shot from behind.
Leviatt may have seen him near the dead Two Diamond cow, but he certainly was not aware that Ferguson knew he himself had been there during the time that the rustler had been at work.
But I expect it'll be over pretty soon, if that guy that's got his gun on the rustler don't get a move on right quick.
I've come over here to-day to show you that rustler I told you about yesterday.
He was not over a hundred feet from the man who had caught the rustler and he was walking his horse now.
Apparently the Two Diamond manager was intent upon the death of the rustler he had mentioned.
Leviatt had seen the rustler and must know him; he had seen Ferguson, and knew that he knew that a rustler had been in the gully before him; and for some mysterious reason he had not reported to the manager.
In the old days he had been a rustler and worse, but no crime had ever been proved against him.
It seemed to the former rustler that here was a second man ready to fasten a quarrel on him.
The cold, cruel eyes of the ex-rustler gripped those of Dillon and held them.
Wait until I come back from Dodge, and I'll show you what a rustler I am," said Priest, arising to give his horse to the wrangler and issue directions in regard to camping.
When a cow brute leaves its home range, it's always a temptation to some rustler to alter the brand, and characters are not so easily changed.
The early morning mists concealed their movements until they had entered among the timber; when they left they were safe from any suspicious eye, should the bold Mexican rustler have posted any watcher upon the side of the mountain.
It'd be just like the tricky rustler to have a hide-out where nobody else ever came!
The ol' man cayn't spare any more," therustler explained.
The rustler brushed the cobwebs of sleep from his eyes and brain.
It was no difficult thing to steal cattle successfully, providing the rustler exercised ordinary caution.
Sometimes when the rustlerdid not kill the mother cow the calf proved not to have been successfully weaned, and went back to its mother--the worst possible advertisement of the rustler's dirty work.
The method most in favor among the rustlers was as follows: For some weeks the rustler would ride the range, noting where cows with unbranded calves were grazing.
The rustler adopts the brand Cross L (XL) and by the addition of a vertical mark to the bar in the first brand completely changes the brand.
I stood there like a frozen image, and let that crippled cow-rustler rob those two women--take the rings from their fingers!
A hundred paces separated it from the nearest cabin and any rustler who could cross that zone under the fire of the besiegers would be welcome to his drink.
Faintly in the infrequent lulls in the firing came an occasional report from the rear of the corral, where some desperate rustler paid for his venture.
Lighting it, he inquired where Mr. Trendley was, intimating by his words that the rustler had not been found.
Frenchy turned to therustler and regarded him evilly.
Say, he was a cattle rustlerrunning a big gang who'd played hell with the district.
There's some one, somewhere, who's lower down than the worst cattle rustler ever lived.
There has never been a rustler convicted by Watkins yet.
When he had shown them that in hanging the rustler he would be violating the principle that he had elected to defend, they stood before him abashed, thoroughly disarmed.
Lights flashed in the windows, and somebody cried, "The rustler boys are coming!
One can't see much use in it, and we know 'most everything about them; but it makes the thing kind of impressive, and the rustler fancied our boy was square when he got them.
The rustler tried several times for a throat hold but in vain, and in a fury of rage threw his weight against his opponent to bear him to the ground, incautiously bringing his feet close together as he felt the other yield.
The bullet grazed Meeker's waist, but the second, fired as the rustler was recovering his balance, bored through Meeker's shoulder.
They dropped down behind the loose bowlders while the rustler passed along the edge, his face turned towards the pinnacle.
As they came to the bottom they saw a rustler trying to drag himself to cover and Meeker fired instantly, stopping the other short.
Dan, whose fury had been aroused almost to madness by the sting of the bitter defeat, and who itched to kill, whether puncher or rustler it little mattered; he only wanted a vent for his rage.
He knew that his rustler allies had scouts in the chaparrals and were ready to run off a big herd as soon as conditions were propitious, and he was anxious to give them the word to begin.
Then he heard another shot and saw the rustler raise himself to change his position, and Red fired.
They looked at him critically and then went away towards the firing, the rustler cursing them heartily.
Johnny and his friends had not gone far before Johnny, eager to find a rustler to shoot at, left them to go to the edge of the chaparral and while he was away his friends stumbled on the body of Pie Willis.
He had no fear for Pete, but he was worried lest some rustler might sound an alarm.
Pete and Johnny had separated, the latter having given up his attempt to make the rustler pay for his wounded ear.
As the bound rustler had said, likewise Frank Bowker, when he wished he might have an opportunity of witnessing their arrival, there was liable to be something interesting doing about that time.
But the first thing I heard was her asking what he'd done about sending word to her brother, which I take it means that old rascal, Hatch Walker, the head of the rustler gang.
The rustler had taken the bridles of the ponies and without a word turned to gallop away.
Adrian, seeing a good chance to disable him, fired so as to hit the rustler in the leg.
So the poor fellow had to take it out in telling himself what he thought, and how he hoped now they could soon be making a move looking to the capture of the rustler gang.
It was determined that they might carry the rustleralong for a few more miles and then send him about his business, with the other ponies in his charge.
And when one of us does that, perhaps the other might get a chance to send his compliments to the rustler when he goes pitching over the head of his mount?
As it is now we are not only short that number, but they are apt to try and join the rustler bunch when they come along.
So he had George keep the rustler under his eye, while he called Donald and Billie to him, to explain the situation.
The very first chance I get I mean to send word to the sheriff of this county as the owner of Bar-S Ranch, and demand that he come to my place instanter with a posse behind him, ready to break up this rustler business.
You see, a rustler will take a cow and hobble her, or lame her so she can't follow, and then he'll take her calf a long ways off and brand it with his iron.
The only way to convict a rustlerright now is to kill him and swear that you run up on him changing a brand," Harris said.
Arnold was an old-time rustler that finished at the end of a rope fifteen years ago.
The horse rustler was to keep the extra horses at a place where they would be safe and at the same time handy to the riders.
He knows the sheep man's dead safe where he's at till some one comes to help him out, which will be when his camp rustler arrives on the scene, which may be in an hour an' may be in ten minutes.
An' if a rustleris hung, he don't get any more than is comin' to him.
The Kid threw his arm sympathetically around the youth's shoulders and drew him away, while the others cut the ropes that held the victim of the rustler gang's cruelty.
In a few minutes he was a tiny spot on the horizon, bound for the lair of Jack Hardy, the rustler king.
At any rate, it was more to the rustler chief's purpose than smashing in the door.
The blow was enough to fell an ox, and the rustler chief went hurtling through the door, carried off his feet completely.
Kid Wolf blocked it, stepped to one side and lashed the rustler king under the eye.
The rustlerleader rose to his feet on shaking legs.
The rustler gang were firing from the cover of the saloon, and were well protected.
And thus far the party had seen no signs of Jack Hardy's rustler gang.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "rustler" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
