Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-12-25

| anu Eh GAlph HILL
 Nevertheless, at two hours past mid night, in the quietest and blacksist Of the dark hours, he stole along the side oi the farmers house, at the heae of two c0mpanions. The one watch log had been successfully poisoned, and lay dead | in his kennel near the we'll Three con- federates lurked across the road directly opposite the garden gate, witt a light ! two-horse wagon, in readiness 70 carry off the prospective spells. The saddle horses of Wild Harry and his immediate assistants were tethered under some trees near the wagon.
 The leader had made sure of cer- tain side window insecurity, :nd eD- trance wss speedily effected ;nto the house.
 Then. dark lanterns in hand, and un- der his intelligent direction, the valua- bles in the parlor and all the other lower rooms were successfully appro prlated, packed in bags and passed out to the confederates, by whom they were depos- tied in the wagon.
 Then the robbers ascended tie stairs to complete their work. The ho lsehold slept soundly, and the feloniols foot steps were as shOd with wool, every movement being achieved with the gid ing rapidity and noiselessness oi ser pent
 The chamber of the old couple was silently entered and stripped Of every thing Of value without in the le;st dis turbing the placid slumbers Of its' Occu- pants. Even the old farmers well stuffed pocket book was abstract, d from under the owners pillow.
 Then, after ransacking the room oc- cupied by the servants to but httle ad- vantage, the two followers of Bit were about to enter last apartment directly over the front porch, when he aternly placed himself between them and its door and motioned them back.
 But it's the daughters sleeping apartment" whisperingly expost.llated one of the men-a villain named Dlller, and reckOned the most desperate and turbulent of the crew.
 "FOr that very reason IL must not be entered" was the lOw-toned respor SC of Wild Harry, who felt that he wOuli die in his tracks. or risk any cOnsequences whatever, rather than permit the sum- bers of his Ada to be profaned by even the stealthy presence Of such rutfians.
 Stand backr growled Diller, resist ing the efforts of his more prudent com panion to quiet him. "The girl must have loads of trinkets on her dressing case.
 You've plunder enough without them; you cannot enterr
 By Jupiter, but I will though" vas tue still more reckless reply. "Ihe devil burn me if I leave an ounce or swag be- hind in a cracked crib, Stand back, Harry, or there'l be a rumpus that nay ruin allr'
 "So be it, then, was the equally das- porate reply, while the third thief pIu- dently began to make tracks down the staircase. "YOu enter this room, Dlllar, only over my dead bodyr'
 The altercation had thus far, angry as 1t was, been carried on in the merest whisper. But the ferocious Dillsr seemed to lose his head entirely. Nut tering a ferocious oath he shifted his "bulrs eye" into his left hand, drew knife with his right, and advanced men, acingly upon his leader.
 He had 10 sooner come within reach, however, than Birt's fist flew out with such telling effect that Diller, completely staggered back, and weIt stumbling down the stairs with a great racket.
 Instantly the house was aroused. There was frightened scream from Ada. and movements could be heard Tn the other rooms.
 There would still, however, have been every chance of escape, but for outside 
 Birt bounded down the stairs, leaped the body of the prostrate robber. gained the open side window, and would have been off into the night like a shadow, but he had no sooner touched the turf outside than there was the report of sev- eral firearms, followed by shouts, curses and the plunging of horses hoofs from the direction of the road.
 Birt divined the situation, in an in- stant. Some member of the gang had given away the enterprise and the house was surrounded by constables and de- tectiyes from Reading.
 Nevertheless, he rushed toward the garden gate, revolver in hand, resolved to fight his way to his horse at every hazard. But the gate was already in possession of an officer, and the shrub bery-backed tiower-plat on either side of the walk seemed to suddenly sprout with armed men.
 Your confederates are alredy pris- onersT shouted the figure at the gate. [" Surrender at discretionr'
 The maddening thought of exposure before Ada and her parents flashed across Wild Harry's mind with hideous dis tinctness.
 "Neverr' was his reply.
 And with clenched teeth he made a dash for the gate.
 There was another shot. He felt a stinging pain in his shoulder, and then he lost consciousness.
 When he recovered, 1t was gray of early morning, and he was lying in the Rheinbold parlor. All of the plunder had been recovered, and the other pris- oners-including DIlleT, who had been found ly1ng senseless at the foot of the stairs-had been conveyed to the Read ing jail Birt alone, by reason Of his wound, had been left temporarily behind with an officer and a hastily summoned surgeon m attendance upon him.
 "There, he's coming to at last" said the surgeon, as Birt opened his eyes and ous one, but hell get over it, and l think he'll bear removal now.
 As he spoke there was a low, stifling sob. close at hand, and then Ada Rhein- bold came out from the corner in which she had been cODversing, beside her shocked, indignant and grief-stricken parents, and confronted her miserable lover.
 Speak. Harry Is what they tell me true:" she gasped. Are you, indeed, Wild Harry, the leader of the Welsh Mountain bandy
 He did not answer her directly, but, turning to the officer. he said in heart broken voice;
 "I say, can't you out of compassion, favor me with another bullet, and this time right through tEe hearty'
 And then. with a convulsive move- ment. he turned with his face to the wall.
 The answer was sufficient; and with a low vail, she tainted at their feet
 Birt was carried away to jail. He swiftly recovered from his wOund, and on being placed on trial with his com panions. was, with them, convicted, and sentenced to a term Of imprisonment.
 So popular he had made himself with the fair sex that, pending and during the trial, his many sweethearts not only de- nounced his arrest and declared the charges against him fictitious, but earn estly entreated their friends and rela- tivcs to go to his aid, as well.
 They cooled and fell off wonderfully, however, upon its becoming generally known that he had actually and honor ably been engaged to be married so Ada Rheinbold. The latter, however, never for an instant torsook her love, unworthy and criminal though she knew him to be.
 In spite of her parents objections, and contrary to the advice of all her friends, she visited him constantly in prison; was at his side during the entire trial, and only separated from him at the door of the penitentiary, to which his sentence