Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-09-18

That night lay awake the words OF
the bully ringing. in my ears. j tried to
forget them, but it was useless.
! BY the morning 1t had leaked out that
! L had clicked" the bully, and was the
talk and hero Of the day.
I pass over a period of four months.
/ Unusual luck had attended the efforts
of Harry and myself during this time,
and we are worth a nice $4,000 in gold
apiece, and thinking of leaving the mines.
/ For the better safety Of our money we
/ had dug a hole in the ground under our
tent, deposited it there, placed q piece Of
wood over the hole and then covered 1t
with mud, and five miners, Harry and
myself had formed a band for mutual
protection.
Every night at twelve o'clock Harry
and used to look to see if our gold was
safe.
Four months had gone by and we were
growing rapidly rich.
Midnight had arrived and we were
again about to look after our gold.
God! Am 1 blind?
The gold was not there!
With ten-fOld force the words of the
bully came to my mind. But he had not
been seen since that memorable night
four months ago.
The air in the tent was sitting could
not stand it.
1 passed out into the cold night air, and
oh, how refreshing it felt"
Harry remained in the tent, as much
affected as I was.
AS 1 walked on I observed a faint
glimmer Of light in one ofthe tents.
1t was that of a worthless VagabOnd,
by name-Jem Langley.
All the other tents were pitch dark.
With a nervous tread I approached
and peered in through hole in the can
vas.
Could I believe my senses!
1 saw Bob Riley and Jem Langley
bending over a small table and counting
money from some small bags which I
recognized as mine.
In less than five minutes I had aroused
our committee, and the gold was again
in our hands, while the thieves were
safely locked up to await the arrival Of
justice.
A week went by, and our fortune was
| increased by $4,000 At the end of the
week we had determined to go.
It was dangerous to 60 in the day, as
! every one who left was watched to see If
| he took gold with him.
! All night we travelled, with the excep-
/ ton of an hour to rest. Toward the
break of day we started again.
We had not walked for more than an
hour when we heard footsteps approach
ing, and presently two men appeared,
! looking fresh and hearty.
Hello, my good men, cried out Har-
ry, tired of carrying the bag; will you
| please to carry our bundles for US a little
| Ways?"
1t was reckless of him to say the least.
! We had now arrived at a narrow path
where not more than two persons could
walk together. We had proceeded on a
! little way, in pairs, when I heard two
pistol shots, followed quickly by a third.
! saw Harry and ore of the men fall,
and felt bullet Whiz past my head.
! Before l could turn, almost, the other
man was on me.
"It is my turn now. I do not forget"
| Now he was down with me on top,
when suddenly the positions were re-
versed.
There was a knife in my belt, and
! both struggled to get it.
God His hand was on my throat, my
knife in his uplifted arml
1 saw it about to descend, and raised
my hand mechanically to ward off the
blow. when there was another shot, and
! Bob Riley fell overload.
a party of men came in sight, and I
saw it was the Justice and his escort, on
their way to the mines, who had saved
my life.
In a minute everything was explained
Harry was dying from wound in his
side.
It seems he had been watching the as
| sOciate of Riley in crime, who proved to
be Langley, but he was not in time to
/ dodge the shot.
He had, moreover, drawn his pistol as
! he fell, and fired, luckily killing his muir
derer.
"Joe," he said. in faint and hardly
articulate voice, gasping between each
word "Joe, Pm dying. Bury me
when-I'm gone. L leave my-mOney
-to-you, hoping-you will do good
with it-and aid the poor. Goodbye
and his soul left its earthly tenement for
the better land above.
I hired some men, and we took his
body down to the QuesDelle river.
We made a coffin and placed all there
was of him in it, and buried him on the
south bank of the river.
Food for FFtttaDfuey F3tas