Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-04-19

The two men rolled over and over upon
the ground, old Silc's long limbs twining
about his victim. aud his Oats falling heavily.
From the flint II was evident that he had
the best Of 1t; for. agile ~ Wa,kins was, he
could not wriCe,e from the vise like grip
which the sturdy preacher had fastened
upon him
AT last when Uncle Sile had satisfied
himself that his antagonist was imbued
With the proper Christian spirit, he released
him, and rising again to his feet, gave .
triumphant foot upon his horn.
As Q as Watkins could get up, he or
dered Cherokee Bob 70 80 for their herses.
His face was ghastly white with passion,
his eyes burned with 4 vindictive are. and
his voice was so choked with anger that the
power Of %utterance failed him for m in.
slant; but AZ soon as be could control him.
self he said, in a low, kissing tone, between
his teeth:
"You towards! You have got me in
your power now, for you are five to one but
I give you warning that the time will come
when you'll be sorry for the trsatneat Of
this night. Mark my words, before you are
. year older, the name of Jack Watkins
shall make, you tremble."
"Threats is idle, young feller," said Bill
composedly.
I've shall see; Again l say, beware OF
what is to come"
The ha,fbreed now appeared with the
horses, and the angry young fellow spraag
into the saddle.
Just then, Rose Bailey, attracted BY the
excitement, approached. Watkins turned
in his seat, waved his hat over his head, and
exclaimed with an accept Of hatred:
"Good-by, Rose! You'll see ME again."
She saw his face in the light, and recog-
nized it with a scream of horror.
"Jack Watkins!" she exclaimed.
With = long, hooking laugh, he put spurs
to his horse, and the two worthless disap-
pearcd in the blackness Of the night.
When Jack Watkins and Cherokee Bob
rode out of the camp, their direction was to-
ward Fort Laramie, over the road which had
been traversed by the emigrants during that
day. After proceeding three or four miles,
until they were sure Of safety from pursuit,
they turned sharply to the left, and, by ma
and re-entered the road some miles beyond
it. BY this msneuver they placed them.
selves between the emigrans and their des-
tination.
Up to this point both men had been ST.
but after ~regaining the road, Watkins, smart.
ing under bis recent c~aatigaion, gave vent
to his resentment.
"Confound their pictures {" he exclaimed,
savagely, "if We had only had three or four
of the boys with us, they wouldn't have
whipped me quite SO easily, Bob"
"Yes, captain"
sour men have heretofore confined their
operations strictly to dealing in horse-tiesh,
and relieving travellers Of their surplus cash,
l believe"
"Yes, sir"
"Well. when We strike this train the pro-
gramme will be different"
eve shall kill?'
1--WE must. I'm In q jolly mood to night,
Boz, and I'll tell you 4 little story, if you
like
I'm all attention, captain"
"Ten years ago l lived in Vermont. l
was then a lawyers clerk, poor, but studious
and smart. This same Rose Bailey was
then an innocent schoolgirl, and | fell mad
ly in love with her.
"She looked upon me with Nvor, l
thought, although neither by word nor ac-
ton did l betray the real stats Of my heart.
So things went on for a couple Of years, l
growing fonder Of her, and she liking me
better every day.
"But finally, one day, this Robert Bailey
came along. He was a big, dashing, hand
some fellow, and in those days had plenty
Of money: He was taken with my lovely
Rose, and set about winning her. OF course
spurred him on to renewed efforts.
"She, too, saw now al this affected ne,
and l believe she encouraged him, just to
see how l would bear the infection. Well,
don't bear it very well, for one night,
him the worst whaling ever q man had
which made her angry with me and sym.
pathetic with him. l couldn't bear to see
her going away from me like that, so one
fine day, having got all ready TO leave town,
l caught Mr. Robert again, gave him
worse drubbing than l had done before
even, and jumped the country. Since then
| have passed my life on the border, in var
ious ways, until now I'M known as the
worst man with pistol, knife, or rifle in all
this country. and as chief of the road agent
Now, Bob, when We attack this train, three
men having got to die"
They sre-'
Robert Bailey, Oregon Bill, and tina,
old blatherskite with the fish.horn.'
"Die they shall. But how and where. q
Il will tell you. Dur men are not numer
GUS enough to contend With them single
handed, and therefore We must have rein.
: forcements. After We pass Hat creek
which is now three or four miles ahead OF
US, you will branch off to the right unit
YOU reach the Red Cloud Indian agency
There you will find Jumping Bear. who
will furnish you With Q score or so Of war
riors, unknown TO the troops. Led item
to thu old rendezvous. at the last crossing
on Horse creek, where the stage Dad winds
up toward the second ridge. l will be there
with our men, and, when the train arrives
we shall be prepared to meet it with . warm
,oooptian ~