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| honn arrested, and rAya that It wilt ho sin1o
Enough for him ii talk when llo comee into

III sass that le hc'irrl do th' ki'l1ng.
sesM. l"i l.e not 4 ~" 70. GAllos't wo'i'
WAS accidentally severely css in tho hanl y QUO
ol tho kntrcs. Tic wound IL n"t l'al'h ~.
md Probably = Ill not hefufn his worthless no.ty
twlnsa from the scaIf'ta. lIa thss ihat tfatottt
int"uad to kill Mr.. tapetlt, .oa l'ah aaf",'eea 80
at barstIlato hin, IN A Certain n'Flt "l,'n lle
waH to cross l!!ate ercat Currry Creek bridge.
bur Tut ,,ll.elv tIo mt 2nied Sflm a'u hoE
come ee ll.ry had cslcctcsl, lie env! further.
tl,al it was tao iHtcntrn " Ealln(li and h1n-
sof su., c,sup.stu1. to kill ana rob l,crenlter
whenever ", p.titnits offered for p'nnler.
llcnrv EthaHiez rms not present at tho aa-
fn.s. s.1Istionr, bstt "ns MI nc'"uirl1eo knev they
Mcre 10 ucclt. was posted ItnsnrdlataEv nfs'r ll"
lIpudy rctln hal bscn roa,,astted, Rna received
" ''''' "tetcru sutrn's sr.rsnEy1.
Tie details VI tho pursuit mud capture OF
thrilling narrative. Fur twcntypno 'layA aud
nights ulfiyer Smith In. traced theso yilia,up.-
scaircly tleop.nT, exposed to hot SIN. and cold
r,lIIH. nu.t chilling SHOW, through cauons. over
sIafn4. wandering through tho bi-ways asil
eluns OF cities.
Otilc"r smith dtoyn dirc.tlv from rueblo to
Font tinyfnld. Arriving tliero he coaflcd hla
nifston to Mat. lloraco Jewctt, tho commanding
officer of tho Fort. Who with Anl. Catailor. ci,-
tered henytily into tho plan ho Detailed for tho
rallnre OF Tic ftigitlvcs, At,d gave him yaHatlo
md a,ll assistance lIere OiIccr Hnn.h procured
soldier u uniforms, borrowed n pair Of GovcEu-
llbHL llNlGFt III htN1Hn VI Hlll Fpk HlAk pt1
journey 10 t'u'ahfa unicr tho Hetcnse that t!es
were sa.t!icrn IL search Of aDscrters. Arriving n:
CuIatra, where ho l'atl hoped 70 fId tho lcoing
criminala, lie found that tney had EonO ktlll fut-
Bartlett, OF that place, Ehvo him important In
formation. tfe leaned that tho htniAn h'euas
tlnti matfo their headquarters, "ht|o III town, at
the llOr1ao VI Frnnch,nan. Making lnlairy r..
gone Oh faos ii m,trs down Cuiabra Creoh. Tho
oiflcers subsequently, learned that the frog
eater had pe1, and that ho bad tascn
them Inn ef on horssback down tho
road toward Taoz; oicor Smith then
A. tho sano time he was joined bv mai Haaied
lLaw, who know him. and sns formerly pollen
tnsn in this ely. Ttaw insisted nron accom-
panving Smith. aad MI arrangement VAS mldo 10
travei under new guiso. Smith exchanged his
so.dier's uniform for a eccntlenan's trand-pow
business suit. H. suutonly conceived Ill ,ncll-
nasou t, 70 into tho sboep t1ado. lle won'i bo
the capstaIlst aud Thaw should 30 his partner
Iln put ou hs tnoat stunning gold chain and jew
elry. mud iooke1 very lise ono Of sbe sheep.klnss
OF Now Mexico. Ills aes.htant. LOWS, should
50 INTO The sheep business, TOO. But ho Nas 10
10 lcaa fortunate. 1Io was to mount n nlulo and
ritle along the road in soarch OF his partnors,
whu were 1taans, mud VINO bad go,e he
fors him sovoral days before. Daing an ltal-
ian, tho plan worked we'll, AMI Of evors
ono no would meat ho would inqtlrc
whether shSS nsa sen enssnns ~ or us ~ r. o ioe h
rtIlalna wIose track these sleuti,'honnds Of tue
law were pursuing. Ills i.Quirios wefo lewara-
ed by learning that tGreo men answering tlo de-
sciption be gave Of bis partners had been aeon
so,.lg down the road \ tow dsys hefpre. VI
col,sse. at a convenient Opportunity, he would
oJnyey this intelligence to Tho officers, "io were
ahead Of hin In tho buggy. aud who pretended
to be going down to Albuquerque. 70 mlIes oc'o"
San,a re 10 buy some hne nhoep. At Sera dc
Wataloopeo shey Stayed alt night. LeNia spread
It all over that Smitu aud Tnaw wera two rIcl,
mcu Interested in bietp-grow!ng. md scores OF
the Inhabitants locked to sec them. Lew In tho
mennltme losing no opportunity ~ mako in
quiries for h,s ioet tthliun Ihttnura he1o tho7
learned that without doubt tho men whom they
wo;o after had Eono to Taos, and before day
light they wera on the road thitller, and driving
RAPIDLY reached there 10 the afternoon.
Tue officers went at once to tito lotol. Smith
taik0d thcep loudly. and, III less limo tlau u
would Ia 10 to tall 1t, he had more mon abont
him w4a bad sheep T. cell than was exactly
acreeabls lat III tue meantime had BuardedlY
drawn out Of those 10 The room that there xere
only thtrty-tlve Americans in that county, while
tito reat OF the Inhabitants were oil airxicans
liz found that the Sheriff and oil the county
officers "ero also Mc1icans. Al this t'mo 10
bad kept watch for the ARRIVAL Of Lewis, who
was come distance behlnd. At last ho SOW him
through tho w,udoH coming on hla MULE wear.
lns o most ab1cct aul discouraged men. no
turned At ouco to TnaH nnl ro.lsnrksd. - Hore
comes that id foielgner looking for hia pnrt-
ucra." The remark WAS made sufficiently 10 i'd
for the pnTpoto of attracting attention. and, As
be rode up, tho crowd went 10 the door.
Lowia, who couu ta'A Hplnish. nt once conI-
menced making inquiry for his Italian partners.
w1en some ono in the crowd exclaimed ihat ho
k1ew threo men ansvcr!ng the description TO
Etye, AID that they were then In town. OF
course no time WAS to b0 lost- smith found OPP
portunlty TO whisper to LOWS to not say n
wJrd and wait hla return. while ho went out to
hea gentleman tIaHIed MllleF, to wLuul lIe lad
o letter of introduction.
We ALoa!d state. how ever, that Officer Smith
had already selected from tho crowd an Anot'-
cln, who pEoyod to bo q DR.. Kittri1Ke, whom,
although an entire stranger, ho took lnta bis
confidence, and received valuable assistance
from bin. Tlo two went oger to the store Of
Miller Il Ctoslior, but Miller WA not IN, and
Inn that FiIcmeno had borroxed gun Of him
that morning, and ho had left him five s2o golj-
pieces 10 sell. Tho SheFiH was soon found, but
would do nothing to aid the officers to arrest tho
papers A little capital pcrsuoson,. however. IN
duced him to enter into an Arrangement for their
capture and delivery on Cnlorado SOIL,
bmith sent for TGaw aud Lewis, aud they con-
WINS sent for upon tho tretexs that q .thier
wauted moro gold TO solI. flo came at once. aad
MAS told bY Cioslier to step into the back room.
SMITH. who bud watched his movements from
behind tho conntcr, immediately followed him
as he entered tho room. When he euteTed. Lsw.
IL grAsped him by tho Is,d IN ecstaoY OF delight
at meeting hun. But thst grasp was o vice ot
iron. Ar hs did 40, Smith selzcd him by the left
hnnu aud stuck tho 1nuxzle Of hlA cockod navy
revolver into bis face. Fi'euono saw at once
that 10 Nes hunted to- bay. md cried Justify, ju
Italian, not to shoot. uo had q revolver, which
was taken away, aud psir OF 4audculls wore ~
once placsd on Ai4 wliakB.
TLia cautuEa had hardly becu effected wa.on
Dr.. Klttrldee eycl4imed, "llero comes Anothcr OF
| thenl." As the fellow onteted bo wab at ouco
He,xed, but ho proved TO be IN Italian rosidSut
of Iuos "ho kuew tie osim!aais and 6.ulth told
him, II he wouli get tho other two, he would let
him 60. Tho boy Maa very much acared* sud
Weat out at ouce aud brought III Johll Arratta,
wl,om tue officers Immediately arrested.
It was ascerlasuea tliat Henry Fernandez had
left town thut morning and had gons back In tho
| direction OF He'd Nivor. Upon LEARNING his dc.
scr1p,lon tho o.iiccrA recoluote4 that thov had
passed him that afternoon, nuifled to tho cain.
ulliceF Smith now determined to start at oHco
Tor Colorado Tertitory. He took lia two p1ihou-
| eIs TO the hotel. and stood guard over shem
while Blacksmith forged irons With which 10
Hhackla 1haul. Ttia blacksmith naa mote coa-
hiIosate tLau tho QUO viii, whom Mr. auith dealt