Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1873-11-28
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was silent rs tile grave. lie went Il
tue raylne to q crossing, ana in 4 hal
an hour found himself in one Of Ma
ture's rugged spots. He could hardI
proceed for the profusion of rocks
trees, logs, ferns and brush, while owe
the perpendicular walls Of grant
which had almost entirely shut out til
orb OF day, the waters of the Ynb,
came down in ceaseless cataracts.
IN the midst Of this jungle lie cam
to- q place where the stream forkea AM
then came together, forming q sort 0
an island wishin, through the cente
OF winch there were two tiers Of bowl
ders two or three hundred feet high
A natural avenue passed betweel
these tiers of rocks, at the head o
which an immense slab Of granite
hundreds of feet in height, and seem
ingly a barrier to further progress, anG
looking as though it might have beer
hurled there during some b1ickb bat wa.
of the Titans, interposed.
Venard leaned up against the messy
slab and muttered, "Well, this is the
end Of the trail, or I'm off the track
Hark, Steve," he said. II hear the
chatter of thieves and the clink Of
coin.n
He was near the eastern end of the
slab, and the sounds came that direc.
tien. He crept along so as to steal a
glance around the corner of the bowl
der. There sat the three robbers, and
instantly the eyes of Venard and
Shanks met. The latter reached for
his revolver, and sprang to his feet,
and was in the act of firing when
Steve sent bullet whizzing through
his heart. One of the other robbers
ran behind a rock near by and the
other fed up small canyon tangled
with underbrush. Venard maintained
his position and presently saw a pistol
pointed at him from over the top of
the rock, at the base of which lay the
dead body Of the leader. He covered
the muzzle of the pistol with his I'M
erring Henry, and presently the head
of Bob Finn slowly came mp The ex-
posure was fatal, for III a moment a
bullet had pierced his brain. Then
Venard clambered UP through the
tangle of the canyon, and sixty yards
ahead saw young Moore struggling mp
the difficult activity. He took a deadly
aim and fred, the robber reeling up
against tree. Another discharge and
the third highwayman fell dead.
Venard now sought his companions,
who had heard the firing, and met
them where Lee had left him. He was
almost speechless with fatigue and ex-
citement. The first salutation was the
announcement from a member of some
new squad that:
"Wclls, Fargo s. Co. have offered a
reward of three thousand dollars for
the capture of the robbers, dead or
alive. The woods are full of people !"
aTell them to 60 home,' said Steve.
ssThe rascals are all dead-dead as
gunpowder and lead can make them."
At this juncture the Sheriff and his
posse came up.
ssrve got 'em, Gentry!o shouted
Venard, oyerfowing with glee and ex-
citement-" all of 'em-eyery mothers
son Of 'em!n
q stWhere are they /"
ssScattered about promlscuously.D
stNot deada"
Eyes, sir; dead-every man OF 'em
dead as door nail-cold as ham
mer. And the only thing regret IS
that I threw away valuable shot on
one Of the scoundrels. am sqnarely
and fairly cartridge OUT
The news Of the summary justice
and Of the unexampled herolsm OF
Yenard spread Like an epidemic
through the cities of Nevada and Gfass
Valley. and exceeded all bounds, when
at half past two in the afternoon the
dead bodies Of Shanks, Moore and
Finn, were brought into the former
town, and the full amount OF money
stolen was deposited at the express
Office.
The company at once paid Venard
the three thousand dollars, ana also
n,asented him with magnificent
Henry rifle, heavily mounted with gold
and beautifully Inscribed. Governor
Low. now our Minister to China, ap-
no;nted him On bis staff, with the rank
e ! T;e,,tenant Colonel, sfor merltorious
service in the Oeld.0
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