Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-12-10

of his little camp, when he suddenly
drew up his horses as if TO think,
when he meditatingly said 81 is "a
miles to Harney, and "a miles back
nigh on SO miles. S'posen he
shouldn't find no medico. Pts u
miles to the Rapids; now Pm goin'
to work this streak clar down to bed
rock an if it's bust, Jack an I'll
go together" Going back to the
little hut containing the suffering
partner he gave him some water,
secured his buckskin purse, lest he
should be robbed, and again mounted
and went Gathering down the gulch
on the military trail toward Camp
Crook on the Rapid.
The sun sank quietly behind the
mountains, and the deepening shad
ows of night became deeper and
aud deeper, blending into a mass of
inky sameness the rocks, the high
walls of the canyon, and the green
foliage of the timber. A few stars
twinkled pensiYely above the pine
tops, and a narrow bow of silver in
the west was all that could be seen
of the young June moon. Not a
sound was heard but the soughing
of the winds far above, and the
scream of a startled curlew,, that
made quavering echoes of mournful
sounds.
When Bill had gone, his, compan.
ion arose and looked AROUND hlm,
peering in that cunning way so pecu-
lar to the crazed, and said, chuck
ling while his eyes started in their
inhamed redness from their sockets:
Il knew it ; but he thought l was
asleep and was going to de. He
took my money, and now he's gone
and will pass himself for me. I'll
kill him, and PH kill youtall, YOU
damned devils = What do yot,l+want
with me ? Go back to your traitor
master and tell himEhat he has but
to appear TO die ;" and, Whipping
out a heavy revolver from its hols-
ter, he cooked II, and swung il about
his head, uttering the enraged cries
and maledictions of man in the
grip of the superlative torments of
mania potu. In his carless frenzy
there was sharp report, quick,
sharp cry, thud upon the ground
a grOan, and his bleeding body lay
prone and quivering.
''It's the devils dew-drop as has
got away with-Jack," soliIoquized
Bill, as he approached Stand OFF
Bar. "But if that medico gifts here
in time We'll heV him en- his tramp
ers in no time. Thus he unused as
he neared Misery Flat, where burned
near his bed a brisk fire, and figures
fitted like shadows among the trees.
'Halt and get off that hoss !''
The brIdle was rudely seized, and
heavy hand laid on Bill's shoulder.
He was pulled from his horse before
he had time to .comprehend-a word
of the peremptory order
''Tie his legs, and brace his arms
behind him. Quick, now, for there
is no use in wasting time abe ut the
dead sure a thing as this" said a
large man with a great beard. 'ENow
throw that lariat over that limb, and
stand ready. Here, Tom, what did
the dead man say ?" os
"He said something about shoot
ing, and his partner having his mon
ey."
'Is, he dead now ?'' continued
the big man.
FThe bleeding has stopped, but
his pulse is gone, and he is getting
cold" - 1Fl
"What have you got to say for
yourself?" said the man with the
hairy face. "Were you this mans
partner ?" s-
The scar on Bills face deepened
and turned blood red, while his lips
jerked, and his face turned to an
ashen hue and a rising something
in his throat prev ented him from re-
plying. until by sudden effort he
calculated, tHYes Jack was my part
ner."
''Have You got his money ?" con-
tinued the other.
eyes," replied Bill, with a great
swallow. @
"And you shot your partner for
his money % continued the hairy
man. s.H
81 shot ole Jack fur his, money p'
blandly repeated Bill in dazed,
way. 81 shot Jack !''
"String him mp, boys ; he's con-
fessed make short work l''
The scar deepened in hue, and,
with struggle almost superhuman.
Bill attempted to escape. He tried
to speak; but the rope was already
around bis neck, and several men
were raising him. up until bis feet
eft the ground. After a few mute
appeals from his terrified eyes and
convulsions OF body, his
body dangled quietly in the air, with
Iivid face upturned, while,the flick
aring freight played about the
scar that now turned white as chalk
over the livid features of the swing
ing corpse. s-i
What is that bloody apparitiOn
staggering out of the wiekiup? 1t
gives a vacant stare, and reaches for
! canteen, and takes deep dranght
IF water, and turns to 60. back,
when tits addressed by the hairy
nan. 80
"Look a here, stranger, We've
elevated this sneaking coyote for
you and here's your money. We
a been in such a hurry,
Out we'thoght you were dead, but
t would have had to be done sooner
orlater." Jack turned with hungry
eyes and saw the corpse, with up
.urned face, dangling in the AR, ana,
falling prone upon the earth, buried
his face in the ashes and dust, ana
in agony andpain. i
"Didn't you say he shot you and
stole your money ?" queried the
man with the heavy beard.
2 "Bill shoot me and steal my mon,r
,y!OG God my God No! He took
ne out of the gutter in Virginia
City, and fed, and nursed me, while