The Red Cloud chief., 1874-12-16

| The short day freT near ls 0Spah.
| The man was flushed aud wesry.
Suddenly he paused and faced afovad.
Some wind was stirring, but there
was -nch = hesvr sighing Of the ,re-.
n around hin that il drowned gu, MI
| other roi-e A iainpnnss gathered on
hi- for lead. Ga again. with a quick
onrd step. Ten minutes elapsed
when he again frce1 around.
An inde-crif,able echo died away in
The dis'an, woods Forward again.
The swe- now rolled out in drops upon
hi f,rehead. Once more that bod;Dg,
faint. u airing echo.
'.Nerciful God I. I vii be caught At
lsst?" Wa the man. horr.ied exc's-
nation, hurryine 90 at a halt-run
Thoughts Of his wifs--the faithful
sharer Of his every toll--ro-c painfully
before him. Hi children. too. His
steps now changed into a run.
At regular intervals tina. mourafne
cry went eching through the forest.
They had got on hi- track a W ,vef'
ley. 1t was as plain As day. lie al-o
knew that in newls,seitled regions
Justice wa, not characterization fol-
lows closely upon outrage.
The bod;ng cry came regularly
nearer. Every muscle was strained ID
the fight ; but what could he DO?
His pur.uar. doubtless number q half
dozen ar more.
p The instinct ef flight alone remained
in his hur.o. ani despair. Night va
now 81 e al hand and he had 4 faint
hope that he might elule them in the
darkness and The woods.
Ha. What j. that opening ahead
in the woods? 4 chcarinv. l. would
rever do To pass thar. for in 20 doing
he woull have fresh pursuer- on hi
trail. He rh"ugh, rapidly. Vie did
mt like To take to the wood, for Far
of lo-ing hi, way. but sooner or later
he mu-t do 50.
As he gained the rise of a slight
knoll. in c'o-e proximity to the clear
ing. h" glanced back over his should
err. Through the fat gathering dark
ness he deserted several horse men.
squirting rapidly forward. Instantly
he >praug forward the loud report Of
| several guns echoed through the
woods. and the man fell forward.
The next instant. however, he gained
bis footing and disappeared in the
forest.
MY God! | am Wounded he
cried, clapping his hand to his thigh,
from which the blood waa runpig
freely. What will 10 now? | can
clude them o-niyht. but what to-
morrow? | will he hunted down aud
hunr ~ , . the first tree =
lie t4pt running forward deeper in.
to N. woods, a. fast as his wounded
limb would permit.
Hi ru suerS dashed into the woods
after him t; but the night was fairly
DOWN in he woods, and they soon Io,t
all trace If the fugitive Wearied cut
and completely at a loss, they conciud,
ed to 90 10 the settlers honse in the
-lrarnns and wait till morning, when
they would renew the pursuit.
hen oil signs Of pursuit had died
out. the wounded man cautiously
worked his way through the woods to
the edge Of the clearing. Here he
tau>cd to ~reconnoi.e. the premises.
Wh-n .ati.6-d that all the inmates
IT the settler : cabin were sabed, he
stole up 20 the log>tabIe, and leading
out the only hn e t contained, he
ununted him without saddle or bride,
salking carefully until at 4 safe di-.
ance. ard then striking into a reckless
allop He rode all night, entering
rhe town # his destination just about
daylight. Immediately proceeding to
his homc he put up the horse he had
ril len - rcckkr>,lv, and then goine
to the house he changed his coat and
hat. hil'ng these nearly fatal clothes
70 a sacu:, r,sc, in the cellar.
Iie ex.minai his wounG, which he
found was not III bad as he had feared.
8eiut a h-sn wound it Wa not 20
painful but that h. could walk very
well AMI vithou, limping percertah!y
H.. now proceeded tn his bushes.
partner, and con6ded to him hi pre-
iicament /; and after some discussion
hey both came to he c, Inclusion tina,
he, h.d best send the horse back T.
IT. n with ten dollars a. pay 70,
the Involuntary theft.
The msa that took the horse back
ws> instructed not to tell anything
! about how 1t cane about
tn. real burglar in this case wa.
afterward captured and duly punished
The ma ,ia, rsme :" near losing hh
life by the similarity of his dress Il
ths, f ,he burglar thought %serious',
un"n thi- coincidence. and vas incIln
ed to condemn circumstsn isl evidencs
in any $ fos had he been captured
thar night. the similarity of dress and
Of >iz. would have probably hanged
L.. . -. ,hao t1crsc- f,ur kouyS