The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-05-23
StCRlMEITo.

her aliitlsiintot the water.
It ought ID hayeabeen given TO a boy
Al Il was az name TO give anybody
she said quite aloud. "But Tn more
boy ttian girl, anyway
This fact was added rather bitterly,
! abe looked 81 her brown, rough
hands and her bare ankles, and thought
~ tho eboyS's work she had TODD.
AndSit was hard 10 believe that this
wasthe hest kind Of q life for q young
girl like Sacramento. Here she lived
Aloi,e, for her father was down at the
mouth Of the cano all day. The gar
den work she was obliged to do, and the
care Of the cattle fell upon her. II was
not often that she saw any person but
her father, although now and then, in
spite Of herself, she crme in contact
with the rude men Of the mining camp
up above
YsSs sacramento had her dream, one
that she 1scarcely dared own" but it
caIneto her often as she went about her
work,
She knew thAtdown at Santa Barba-
r. and in the towns along the coast, md
far Tar away across wide stretches OF
continent TO the great east, thereswere
giirlsswllo lived very different from her
life and she dreamed of such o life for
herself.
Y, i'll could only 60 away from
heret she cried out, almost as n cries
out for help" II 1 could only 60 down
70 San francisco and goto school there
for 4 single yearl Alb, if T only had
$500
Suddenly there WA q step-not Of q
q hut horse-on the bank behind
her, and then some one spoke. She
knew the voice without looking up. It
was Pete Larrabee, . fellow who lived
down 81 Hahnemann's plantation. two
miles along the trail. He sometimes
rode by He had not heard her last
words at all; yet strangely enough his
8ownwere d repetition OF them.
Five hundred dollars, Sae," said lie,
$500 III goldi Dye want to earn il?
Theirs yer Chance and he threw down
70 her bit of paper cruinpledi into a
ball.
She pickedsit up, and slowly unfold
Ing II. ran her eye over is contents
$500 REWARD.
The above amount will be paid for in
formation leading TO the arrest, dead or
alivc. of Walter Somers who has worked
for 1estiIne past on Maxwell's ranch.
Said Somers n about IS years old and
feet high, rather good looking. with
hight, curly hair, blue eyes and d light
s~n,o,istache. Whenlast seen he had on
q black SLOUGH hal, gray business suit,
with blne flannel shirt, and boots with
red tops marked with the makers name,
The name of the county sheriff was
gignedsat the bottom Of the bill. Sacra-
monte, having glanced it through, looked
up.
Hes been a stealth horses,p ex-
elairned Pete. "Got off last night with
four q Maxwelps best somewheres.
That reward won't do much good,
though. The Regn1atorsH lasso him
and string him up long fore the 1awll
git started. They're havin' a meetin,
now up at the Gu1ch. / tell ye they
are mad. They'll make quick work Il
they ketch him. Yer fathers there.
Ye needn't look for him home afore
night. much.
Then, after a word or two more, the
man rode on, and presently Sacramento
lookup her pail, and with the sherif's
bill still in her hand went slowly up the
bank and across the traa toward the
house, thinking very seriously about
the $500 all the while.
It was some hours utter this, and the
afternoon sun was going down behind
tho topsSof the mountains, that Sacra-
meIlto, having finished her Homework,
was preparing to sit down on the porch
tossd0 her sewing, when she was met in
the doorway by > young man slle had
never seer before. And yet he was no
stranger. The girl knew him instantly,
although the SLOUGH hat was pulled
down W the Haxen hair and blue eyes,
and the gray pants, torn and muddy,
had been drawn out of the boot-iegs so
as To- no longer allow the red tops OF the
boots with the wner name to he seen.
1t vas the horse-thief.
She did not, however, express any
surprise NJ she saw him. She was ac-
custoned to the sight of rough, evil
meniand ut the first glance she had
felt that this one could not be either
very wicked or very dangerous. He.was
not much more than q lad, and had an
airof gentleness and good breeding
about him that sir months Of western
Life. and the miserable plight he was in
that moment had by no 8 de-
ssroyed. He seemed Is be short for
sbraatll, too, and was trembling rs II he
had been running.
Ilnstiaetifelyy he raised his hand to-
Sward his hat and then, bethinking HIM
III, droppedit again.
ssss Could you give me something to eat
md drink r. he asked, in q hesitatin1
voice. Anything viii do. Il am very
hungry. II have had nothing to eat
since last night
Come i. I said Sacramento, graveiy.
I'm her voice there was neither kind
ness nor unkindness, shestrying to real
ize the situation she was in. aCome in
and ait downiss
Then ske went into the closet near
by and began taking down milk and
bread and meat, as she slowly did so
turning over the matter in her mind.
Here was this man who had been steal-
ing horses and for whose capture $500
was offered. in her own kitchen. Ex-
ect!y tae sun she had baan wishing for
The sum that would take her down to