St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-03-12

the fraction of an inrh, 81 that breath.
ing WAS easy il my position Wa,
crampcd.
The three holS"men spread ont, Ie-
marking to each other: Beat up tn,
game now speedily before, hy any mir
| lclc. he gets into the wooded belt 10y
/ butiord'> Sming$.n They continued to
| hulln" at each Other for some time
their liberal potati"ms >urmounting thrir
discretion.
dick" they called back as they
were driving oil, "a cool twelve hun
drcd apiece; throw ont your old shell
and JOIN the hunt"
The driver mumbled something. but
the whiSlirl had thickencd his speech
:" that il WIS unintclligihlc to me. II
he did attempt to move the coffin,
was lost. They kept within hniling
distance for the length of some three ol
more miles, Dick smashing the heavy
wagon along at Il stunning gait: and
expected every moment that my she'll
would he jn>tlcd ont. l5y and by, there
WAS Il shout of To the right: IL tally ho''
as II the huntSmcm had sighted the
quarry. Nothing but an unwarrantable
amount of liquor could have influenced
them I" conduct themselves as they
did. for II" sooner had they called ont
from the right. than Dick came to .
sudden halt. lcaprd from tie seat, g,
and ran off toward those who were.
halluUing.
For an instant my heart stopped
hcatim" at thnught of the hazard which
| WAS about to run. H. next moment
| >prin% from the coffin to the ground.
y t,'w lightuing-likr strokes. and | had
severed the traces. and the hnld-b backs
nf the harness.
The whole scene i> NividlN pictured
IN my mind. The moou-lightcd prairie,
the lIltlc IaNInc toward which the rene
Sad'> WcI' da>hlng, the wagon stand
ing IN the nail thcu the Iattlium of
the falling IIill> reached the ears of the
party. and with Il wild shout. they
turErd toward me. | WAS on the horses
back. hut boldly defined l., the moon
light. There WAS the >haIp report of
tw" IItir~. felt Il ,rim" in nay foot.
another in my shoulder. hut the horst.
Mas umharmr,I ANA the race fnI life be
gan. There Was Il di~hrnltrniu" di,ld-
Vantage tor hlr. ini had no saddle. .lt
| WAS riding Tor my life. and held IN,
>i"cd between my knees. ahd took the
broad tl:rIl with the turN of u tornado
Bat The issue would rc>t mostly with
the lnl>c>. | knew nothing of the. one.
which ! rode: ! knew nuihin" of those
that were pursuing me. excepting" my
own N faced mar,. She Cnuld ,,u
like IN ant,l"pr and "ut wind a huri-
cIn". On aud "u and on my >tcrd.
desperately >puIIcd with the point nt
my knife. bore ahead. actually causing
me I" gasp Tor breath. and not two hun
drcd yards in the rear rode my would h,
muId"rci~.
on the rollins" riIillc nov. and m,
animal took the drcliNilir> with a
plunge. and the elevations with -urc.
fierce stride ACROSS the hr;iWIim. trId
hut crack came another rifle rcnn.
and again u stream al tlIc seemed 10
>tiIhr my shoulder. They were closing
IN closing up. could now make ont
only tW" h"r>cmem following. one ut
hes" had di~rlIarg'd Il hts ilir At me. he
other. knew. was held in rc>t trr th.m
T." come just a few yards nearer
y monetary dizziness Topped ne
over upon n,l horses neck The ruff
ans HcI'i tJlumphantly behind. but Il
distant r'h" l.r"ughi nrr up. and giving
m> p""I beast Il singing blow. emit
ted the wild. l"ug. fierce Veil of the
border rangers. and sped ou again: hut
ny horse hnd t.at prrrIlII >Iurm. now
and then. in his "ait. that told M, hr
Was taltrliu".
Again that "ch" reached me. swell
Im" ont "u the Using wind lit WAS the
>hrll >Hural of ia" lifc and the rum
dIddlr-um. did-c-um dunn -duml-dum of
laiIHtrl rctuinIn" from some cNpcdi-
ti"n I" Font l.. Again | >,ut ,ut
thai long. wild. border veil. and knew
10y the quicker iucathin" ut' the fife. and
Tia" rapid pui~in@ of tn drum. that lh,.
>"dirl~ bad broken int" the ''dnul-lc-
quick. in need ri my cry.
y parting shot Imcd al random. and
tn" tW" dc>pcIad"c> turned; but one
al them, at least. | waS not done viii.
| called my horse with peculiar wills
tie. repeated and repeated it. ard
then heard linn crashing again in puI-
suit. while his ridci shouted and laShcd
him. and tried To pull him round the
oihcr way. For a brief time the dcS-
pcrad" Wr"Stlcd with the animal. LASH
ed. g"adrd and toarrd at her, but my
ln"">>ant icrky WhiStle-call kept her
mind and head toward me. He gave
up the tultlcSS struggle. and leapcd
from her back, when a squad of infant
ry dashed over Il hillnwy swell of prai
lir, and rushed down toward us at that
steady. measured run, which is 50 effrr-
tive III contrast with IL di>nrlrrlv uait.
Ifs Wolf. boys" exclaimed. as
they came up with me-fnr | knew his
-, 4 Il
there WIS Il price set upon his head. us
1t had been clearly proved that he had
stirred up the SaVagcS tn commit mur,
than one massacre of the settlers; and
Il dozen "f them, uttcring IL veil of fury.
started i'll pursuit. while the others. no
tlcIn% my SwaNing about on the animal
which rode, began to think that had
found something serious in the race for
ME In fact. the plain WAS rising and
falling and Shntllimg about so that il |
took great amount of nerve and cqui-
p"lNc t" SIT as ! ought. They got me-
mt" Fort Laramie. however, with un-
rlr'S pl"ml>S"ry notes all safe in my
breast pocket, while my boot full of
blood. and the CALLING flesh wounds III
my shoulder. accounted for the odd man
coverings of the plain while | was on
horseback.
Atter il brief but desperate conflict.
Blll Wolf WAS brought in. and passed
over t" the proper officers ''to have and
t" hold" until there should be metui
ont to him the mcasule which he had
given others.
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