The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-03-18

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Then Dot, my horse. shed from the
road at a recumbent black figure. Ii
was the indomitable Yik Kee, who
had crawled all the way from the
stack on his stomach, so that he could
not be seen, after lying in tie ditch
until the blaze had faded gu.
Humph ! no catchee Chinee, heap
sore, he said laconically, rubbing his
stomach.
He mounted Dolly, and we rode on
to Whites rancho Harry rushed out
at the sound of horses feet. at mid
night. There under the twiukling stars,
| looked into his eyes, and told him the
whole story. He showed no guilt, but
only said we must stay the night al
the rancho, for the men would come
back to Jacks for him. and then
mounting his feet colt rode of down
the road. | confrou'sd his mother
as beat | could. At daybreak We
rode home. Mary was IN wild state
of alarm. Where had We been ?
Where was Jack and how cruel tn
leave her alone. She said that at one
o'clock three masked men had come
to the house and searched it and the
premises. but had not molested her or
the children, only asking where Jack
was, very sternly and sharply.
At noon. Jack, Harry, the sheriff
and party of armed men from Den
yer rode up, stopping only 70 tell me
that they would be hack nj night. |
dared not tell Mary, and she worried
all the afternoon at their strange con
duet. At night Jack and Harry came
home looking tired but happy. Then
Jack told Mary and she cried and
chung to him rs though che could
never .et him go.
IL seems tie pleasing ranchman
from Chicago was one of band of
cattle thieves. He sold the hides to
Harry, who, honest and open himself,
was slow 10 suspect wrong dealings of
others. The sheriff had caught the
men skinning cow that belonged to
Mead, and had captured the gang and
taken them to Denver.
The men concerned in the attempt
to lynch Jsck were sincerely sorry
Their regrets would not have availed
them much, however, if they had sue
ceeded in their purpose. They gave
each If the children ten acres of land.
thev gave Ted sixty-fve, and me.
whom they pleased to consider very
pIucky, they gave $50 acres. | felt
rich enough b, ami time has made it |
very valuable land. The man IN
guard was our warInest admirer. He |
thought Ted, Shop I'D |, wonders OF |
courage. He sal when | came down |
on the bridge with the open knife, he
thought his last hour had come.
Old Mead committed suicide not |
long after this He WAS always queer
No one ever knew that Yik Kee set
the stack sfire. tell you Jack re
warde,i the faithful feIlow-gave him
p good farm, taught him to work it,
anl butt him house. Tie funniest
thing was Yik Kes had = wife and
ihree queer little children in China
,nd Jack sent for them, and YIk Kee
and his family are as happy "a they
IAN be. The children play with Jacks
he has twelve now, and they get
along finely together.
In 10 married Harry, which.
suppose was fureseen from the begin
1ing-sI least Jack says anybody
could have seen it. The most serene
md satisfied face at the wedding was
he celestisl's. In my inner conscious
,e.s, Notwithstanding he is a heather
Chinese, | have the conviction that
Is great hero as is seen in modernI
lines is the man OF lew Words-YiE
Ree. Our Continent.