, 1876-06-12

wna no escaping the death which seemed alway,
tn he lurking near them. One after nnu,i",
tgll, until ten mcn Ind tlle, eacl, tnc pcrc. in
the cyr. The wntls wcrc secured by the ,c,,t.
fed men In vain. On one t'ccasion, when ,ncn.
l'rr Of tbs band waH killed, the stlot inl cc,
heard, a! o'scc Entlns figure wns nccn rslnn!ug
sl'r"',gii tic w""ls, but pursuit failed to ovcr.
slesperaocs were, md po,scs-ed rs tllpy wcrs t's
VI II brutal courage, they trc,nbtctl bnfore tn,
mysterious danger. 1t could mt he faced, nni
II conl'! not he nvertc1. Tic result wls that
snna OF the band deserted and nr.l the region
Thcrc remained ony the captain, md four of tia
nlurc rcsnlnte If llis followers. rrec five hunt,
c'l md r.ale their raIls always together, md
fur SOM. ting escaped har'n. It chanccd that
orcl to save Long ut the time OF The whipping
frnIl 80 severe torture. This man orc morn. morn.
fnE ycnt,,rcd out in the woods without HI. cum.
RADIUS. lie sas walking slowly nlong, lnoking
for gang, wien the brown barrel n' i rifle pru
1cctlng from a bush beside him checked h.
course. 4 tnll, link figure rose from thu hush.
md tho startled tnan recognized Sam Lohg, III
hunter Long raised the rlAe, then lowered i.
"fn!i'rc the man who said gonsl wortl t.g
Ths man headed no ,,'s: secoi Invitation tn 70
H. hurried TO tho emp and toll his story. Iie
ps!rsui. u Lang, aud !ait two ncM acconpaiued
Dick KeI!lctt when lie rctarnrli The third 1,,aa
Ind fAlleu, A!nt In tile eye, anil no ecnrcl ut ihe
nnderhrush revealed Tho hunter. The next day
sf sseape ap St 81 e n ss N" sfa1 t@o III h
n,ntnfnE men lied tho c',l,try, leaving the iicrr,
kctldctt aonc. The leader 81 the ,lcapcratsr,
dnrcd not rctnnin where l1e was. lie knew le
was the man above all others that Lols
| Ill night, he mounted his horse n,,l lied for
the ncarcst polnt on tho Arkan.aslsver where #
would by possible to take pnssage u, II steam.
snue nai Two days th late, y,f. s rensas e. hs s
OF the river, where tic stcamcr stopwd
f0r passengers, when there were my to take
lie learned fron thc occupant nf the only ralin
H. tile nclghborhond tiat the huat would ht
| down In tho afternoon, and 40, having put III
the signal to- secure la1llng Ut tho bout, cstalt
l!stlcG himself on tho bank and wnItr1 iIc
deemed himself safe enough from pursuit, and
took no precautions. Throwing hImsrif o,i lie
awakened By the sound of the s,oat lii the dis
tnnGc. She would ruslllI Il point IN r,onrn,
or two, md fe waited expcctantly. As sudden
y rs though risen from The ground, link aG.
pccrc1 In ILLS face. The terrified !cRpcratlp had
no difficulty III recognizing the 1,nn rs the one
he had injured. With the rifle still! held steadily
upon tho fuce Of tho startled lsrddett, Long
1--WE got you! You whipped mel Whipped
yuu before "a call myself i man ngan, md I'm
Eoln' to 10 IL! I've cleuncl out your band, anil
| noH lL.s your LurH! oltt I've got y1ll IliInk
uml, I've gnt you'll"
Tic rullfan III abtcct fear pleaded for his lifr,
Eroyc1lne at the feet Of the hunter. lie clung
70 hia words Il II drowning min cliugs to straws
Tho l',at was very near. Should She round tho
point In time he would llo Harell Already be,
s1noke-staclSs showed through the brush, w,rn
the hunter prcssc,l the trigger, tho sharp report
rang out, md Rctldctt fell dead, shot to ihe
hrain through the left eye. I.ong Slipped away
In tho woods anl, when the boat stniTc'l In rcs
snonsc to the signal, they foun! dead nlnn, hut
no one else. 1Iarr!aon County was ri'l tor
eyes Of tho worst gang Of rull1aiis In the South
| west.
AM that, stranger" said the old man In tllt
Dallas hotel, us true story uf tho way SAN
Long settled accounts with the b1ackguarus,"