The People's vindicator., 1879-02-22

WeE0 SC SuIo sIM0 pJ8yl0G C00 QoVl
generally with horses and cattle, ani
no mans stock was cafe. Ono parti
calsr gang had but . few days befor'
oaptured 3 6ne lot ofhorses and takel
them down tho Red river to New Or
leans, where they wore cold. Th,
good citizens Of tho different couutie,
organized vigilance committees for th(
purpose Of hunting down tho rascals
and whenever . thief was caught b,
died with bic boots on, although rop,
was scarce and trees were faI spsr,
In that beautiful prairie country. On
Of tho thieves bore tho same name u
one Of the vigilantes, and . letter il.
tended for tho thief fell by accident
into tho hands Of bic nameeake, and
that IL how their scheme wss discov.
cred. The letter was quickly sealed
up and put back into tho posto1ice,
were q few hours later tho thief call.
ID for Il and 90 Il. Il ran thus: II a5
"0AIv1sroer- Jsls Everything o
K. Big divvy. You and Nod meet Jim
and mo On Friday night at end. Of road.
Will come On gravel train. g.i Ike /;
"Well, tho thieves had failed b
como; but this wss Friday night, We
had como on the gravel train, Snd my
posterh name was Jim, and I called
him BY name In the bar room, and
now perhaps you will 'understand
Why that lopg.legged young brate
looked 20 strangely at %. hE2iif'P1
''Uueonscious Of danger, we slepl
6oundly until about 4 o'clock, when
swakened BY . strong hand graspiog
mo BY tho throat. The room VA
filled With masked mon ; my hair
stood on end, end I felt sure that my
end had conc, and that I had taken
my last on tho soad. The. two
etraugs men wets' 'piniosed, and two
Of tho mAsksa 1eai were thriving %
wake Jim ap, tat hs was too drunk,
and only nuttered that it was TOO
early to 90 to work, and hS' would be
d-dif he would get up. Then one
of them beAt tho soles II bic feet with
. club until he roared with pain, but
he was stih TOO stupid t6 realize the
situation, and With half.olosef f.s9Ns
grunted oat, Say, OLD man, quit your
id foolishness aad letb take euthib.
IEisd to explain; bat they would not
hehf : word. Tho procession was
formed With the two thieves In id.
vance. The silence Of deathi reigped {;
not . word owaso spokes. p lvlooksd
imploringly atout csptofs. Iishiver-
cd oil over, my teet6 chatterd and
my kuees 'beat'the devils tattoo ] bat
Jlm was brave, fof Jim iwas draak:sd
'TheJ dragged, him along, apd'sS
~ reached the head Of tbe istaire I
looked down!and eaw etandisgfat tho
6et Q man With . bulls eys liaternia
bio hand whom I at ones reeokuised
asjan old acqaaietance. In sgosy;1
oall out 30 hing a:.8 .l&lo;i !.
"'Thsve Il some terrible mistake
here. FOR Gods cake explain Il: You
know mefqsn odg s.sIs:. ai' 10 +!
:, "Heimmsdiately turned thsF Init
fall On my face: Ny heart wildly.
In . moment be said : Hold on, gss.
tlemen. TherolA ~a~Daa- ,yea don't
want. I know him! Tho prooeasiop
was stopped, and jim and I were 10.
leased and Sent back to our room
with the polite caution that sudden
death awaited az II ws dare 10 leave
Il again that night We didn't dars
worth . cent jim was TOO drunk to
underetand what tho .fuss was all
about, % I rolled him over 10 bed,
and ID two seconds DO was snoring
again q soundly - ever. There va
20 moro deep for mo that night and
I waited patiently for daylight. Az
Doon - tho Arst rays sf ths Gun ? came
ID through tho windows I made .
Itart for tho bsr-room, that would
have delighted John B. Cough or
Francis Murphy and called for iran.
dy r Brandy 4 After three .or four
doess Of it my spirits revived . little]
Ind I Strengthened up Z bit. The
bat-keeper, who had 6oen ouietly
watching my shake, and apparently
taihtt enjoying II, said, lssshiugiy:
"sWell; Judge, you and. your part
ner bed . nAsrow oscape Lest night,
lids't you g. a.t q, ,-a,.,r.,a -
. = ssid 4 Z, 'Yes, e bat p!.l what % you tnor
'opening the bask door, hs ,.id !:
Look !"n1 dM look, and ~ nv
!wo roo0.mates q The previous 1iett
haeGing peacefully from tho limb g q
Isntasy and sssyslessssos.lookipg
4 AltS&t q ~ latsr aud. jim
leQe 1gaw1isg dewn' staita sd ~
Didn't soue6ody wake % NJ tiltkh1
Yes said ], eene asd- iokee drink|
Ind ~ tell 1ou jall about IT, AZ ~
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