The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-12-07

cealed the Glanlenessr ,occasioned by the
ball in his leg. and lstr0de along with all
the elasticity of the step Of youth.
Fortune it is said, favors the brave,
and this very boldness was their safe
guard. g1he people. who thronged the
streets and sidewalks did not dream that
any of the band dared to appFoachia coun-
try road, much less pass through the heart
Of their town: Consequently no attention
vas paid to the two gstalwart men, who
wound their way amid them and safely
gained the outskirts If the village. -.
Here they drew q long breath of relief,
and congratulated each other on their
good fortune. Although the whole coun-
try was alive, and armed parties guarded
every road, they were out on the broad
prairie where they couldsee for miles, and
not in treacherous Sthicket where obey
could be surrounded and shot down like
dogs. The next step was to procure
horses, 1and once we'll mounted armed -
they We're, they could BID. defiance to the
hosts who were on their tran with the
keen scent of sleuth- hounds IS SsE
I, Here again fortune favored them. After
stopping at farm house and procuring
dinner they proceeded on their way west
ward. Nearlyall the farmers in that por-
ton of the State who were not in pursuit
of the robberss,had their stables securely,
locked, and it was some. time before they
came to anything that looked like horse
flesh. At last, just as they were about to
despair, they suddenly came Upon 4 pair
of magnificent iron grays. They were
beauties and the best horses in that part
OF the State, having taken tAepremium at
the fair the year before. They belonged
to gentleman who was off busy election
eering. little dreaming that while he was
congratulating his expected constituents
upon the capture of the robbers, two Of
their leaders were at that very moment
appropriating his idolized horseflesh! As
may we'll be imagined, the bandit broth
ers soon secured their, prize, They coolly
entered the stable. took two. empty sacks
and filled them with hay, strapped these
on their horses in lieu of saddles, and in
the next instant were at home-in the sad
die! II :,
They took to the high road and pursued
their course unmolested. They frequent
ly met parties, who, recognizing the
horses, thought of course they were sent
out by the owner on the same mission as
themselves. When not in sight of these
parties they struck into long, swinging
lope, which carried them over the ground
at an astonishing rate Of speed, and soon
put them ahead of their pursuers, who by
this time had discovered that the two men
who had sauntered SO carelessly through
the throngs of Garden City were no less
personages than Frank and Jesse James.
Two hours after the Jameses had left the
house where they had taken dinner, a
party rode up in great haste after thenf {;
and learning that two men answering their
description had been there and were on
foot, they sped away on their track conf
dent of Overtaken them. When they came
to the place where the horses were taken,
the pursuers know the speed, bottom and
endurance of the animals which, united
with the character of their riders, made
their bright prospects of contemplated
capture very slim.
The gallant grays bore their riders to
safety, and the reader knows the rest
Setlalia (Mo.) Bazoo. q