Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1875-03-19
THE LONE CABIN.

, P'oe WI IWu 1DO Fetre0bment N,
/, % with myself. In the breast pocket ,
my cost carried nve thouassd. four hu,
drcd and ninety odddQllass, United S.1a,
money l had received this amount fri,
M"jorGeneral 7. NJ Lacey, and it was
De carried through to Fort l. and place
=" the hands of Colonel Asa F. Southar
10 cefray necessary army expenses.
Get through It your best gait. Carnes
said the Major. the money is long sine
overdue. and Southsrd's rather irsscibI
temper must have been tried 10 the ut,nos
lou know how the soldiers get .e xrow
ing if uncle is Al all dclinquen, IL pay in
~. Ride 10 . careless manner, but b
careful. don't think that anyone dream
OF the arrival of this money-saye. a
course, the mail agent and the clerk wh
delivered me the packages.
Twas directed over an unfamiliar set
ton, hence my losing Of the right route
! considered it my safest plan. SO long a
| had blundered upon the verge Of tn
settlement, to boldly enter and rest Is q
ordinary traveller would do. Should
push hurriedly on, might by that YER
act excite suspicion.
There were only two men IN the bal
room when l Ientered; thelandlord and th
hOstler. Under his familiar cordisI,ty th
landlord furtively eyed me j, msnne
that made me wish was we'll done viii
nv job, but treasured myself with III
hnu .ht that it was the Consciousness O
the responsibility repos'ng upon me tha
caused his glance to disturb me- Before
hsd finished my supper two more trayel
ers rode ur, called out for the hosilcr, ant
ordered drinks. or rather one of them cam,
in with the orders. and the other threw
himself down on a bench outside and be
gan loading huge pipe Strollin1 care
iets'y about the room managed to glsncs
out the window. My heart leaped int
my throat, for in the man outside recog
n;zel, from description OF him. b II Wolf
one Of the most desperate characters tina
ever figured in tbc annals of borIer ruffian
lem. There was the huge red mpustxche
The thick. hairy throat and the shoulder,
hunchcd up around his head, suggesting
the shape Of . mammoth clsm-snd the
voice with . deep down intonstion l'k.
the p!op, plop. pl"p Of water hurricdly
leaving Jug. If the description of the
notorious renegade Is inelegsnt. It has the
merit IF truthfulness, and must, there
fore, bc excused.
l went through with nv supper in form.
but whatever appetite I might have fs.t
on my entrance into the inn, had vanished
with my discovery. After time The other
fellow came In, having been out, he said.
to l00k after tine animals, and they also
ordered supper. Now was my time to
leave. which l did in . careless manner,
passing some commonplace remarks with
The two men Is crossed the dim smoky
b'r-room. A. they seemed to take no
notice OF me whstever, felt my spirits
Use with hope that should make safe
transit 1t was quite duskish outside, but
he hnstler was fitting about the stable
With his lantern, which emf ted but ht
lie more effulgent light than . white bean
would have done. but lie grAciOusly
brought out my sized ut the order, anil.
mounting. 1 thankfully trelted. away.
The mo0n-a little passed full-~ould
make her debut in something more than
IN hour after sunset, and I pushed along
= smart tr0t 80 as 10 get we'll out on the
,lsins and into the rght trail b fore that
line. The animal went along nj an assur-
ng gait. and l was feeling infinitely re
ieved At my provlden',al escape from con-
act with these desperate characters whom
had left at the settlement, when my
cute, trained. ever alert ear detected thr
Ound of swift riding. In which direc |
ion! From behind me. as the mildly float
ng breeze blew from that quarter. The
ace OF the prairie in this section IVES aI
title rolling, but not SD - to afford any
hei.cr, anc no, shrub or bush dotted
lie cxpanse for mi'es.
drew no mv horse one moment to list
l.. No chance travellers ever rode like
hat. 1t meant pursuit.
gave nv steed . CALLING lash. and sheI
'roke into . cOnvulsive gait, hove her
'ody up with one or two plunges. stun
led. going down from her knees to her
oec. and pitched me literally heels over
ead. For sn instant I was psralyzcd
nth establishment, the next seized the
i, to fetch up the fallen animal. which
nd in the brief mishsp undergone . very
TRANCE metamorphosis. She had lost her
rh',e face "n q, 10 the grass, and, pass
ng my hand between her eyes. found
he hair was wet. 10 On Instant was ex.
the white legs-my horse had
een peculiarly marked with white legs
nd face-snd found these sticky with
'hi,ewash. What then! Simply, my
rappings had been transferred 70 another I
nimal gotten up 70 exactly represent mine
. the evening. This discovery brough,
q appalling Interpretation Of The oncDm-
ng horsemsn. ! gave the horse the whip
> soon - his aassabIs legs were well pp.
cr him. and cent him . securing on
head, while rsr oil u the right. mak;sg
Of little hollow near shallow. dry NV
10. Here, 70 my ast0nishmeat. I discov.l
red : lone cabin or hut, a6out ths dimen-I
ions OF an ordinary coansry IoG ho1ss,
nd imrultivtly dashing up % thls. gsvsl
rapid succession Of knockA A shnak-I
pg. pale aud covering WOMAN opened Il |
''Whsi 10 itl" vas her nrst question, % ]
icing my lscesthlcss haste.
Had slOppsd fos moanent's selscsionl
pom ths ssrsagrly isolated pos,tios Of thel
abia. | sloaA nj hsys pushsd 10 ~ hesI
'ith ~ @xplaDeeioa:
''ls ulese asy cbsnce b hIds heee- myl
ore hss thrown ~. a.a ! bslieve . party
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