The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-08-20

n E7at sectlon 70 ee q crime worse
than murder; sad she was by no means
free from the popular estimate of
grave nature.
Oh, / am so glad Of thatr' cried she.
On dbu htfuliy, But, then, how was its
Why did you run away?"
1T was Dennis doings, their laying
It to me. He did that to clear himself.
And after that you know as well as
do that there would have been no use
irving to prove myself innocent. They
ALWAYS hang horse thief first, and
then consider his guilt afterward. l
had to run to save my life. !"
DO you know that there is = reward
offered for your capture?'
Il know that the regulators are af-
ter me. y answered the young man sui
lenly. '.They came prctty near catch
ing me, too. this noon. just escaped
them, and came down the canyon by
the mountain trail. have had hard
run for it, and with no sleep for twenty
four hours. i am about used up. | felt
as though / could not go another step,
when / saw your house. Now-you
have been very good TO me. / shall
never forget"
''But what are you going to do now?"
interrupted Sacramento. ''1ou are
not safe here.
II know it. But l threw them off
the track this noon, and | do not think
they are within five miles of me. Now
have had something TO eat / will
take to the woods again. hope may
get clear away IfI don t''-his voice
trembled and tears came into his eyes.
IF l don't shall get 4 hanging | sup
pose. Oh, what fool was not to prefer
home to this sort of thing! And yet, l
wouldn't care so much either, if it was
not for my poor father and mother"
And here the poor fellow fairly broke
down.
"Hark!" Sacramento exclaimed. She
had been crying, too. She could not
help it.
They both listened. In a moment
they both heard plainly the sound of
horses coming down the trail The girl
turned with instant self-possession:
go in there! Quick! Quicki There
is not moment to lose. Here, take
your hat!''
After handing his hat to him she
half pushed him across the room and
in to her own little room that led off
from it. Then she hurriedly cleared the
table again, barely finishing the task as
the horsemen halted at the door.
There were three of them. One was
her father. Sacramento knew the 9TH
er two men by sight. They were rough, |
but of the better sort of those who |
made up the dwellers of Kelly Gulch. !
The faces of all three were stern and |
and they evidently had |
been riding hard. They dismounted |
together.
Sac" began her father, as he en-
tered the door, '.hev you seen anything
of young chap afoot or a horseback
coming this way?"
Sacramento had expected the ques-
ton and was ready for it. And she
if possible, to answer without
lie.
"a young chap about IS years of
age, and five feet and half high, rath-
er good looking, with red top boots?"
replied she.
''Yes! yes! That's himr' cried one
Of the other men. HAS he been here?''
II was only quoting from this hand
bill. said Sacramento, taking the pa
per from the shelf where she had laid
It.
"Then you hain't seen him at alp"
asked her father.
Il have been right here all day. and
nobody has gone by except Pete LARA
bee. 1t was he who gave me the bill.
Are you sure that he came this way
the-the horse thief?''
''No; but we didn't know but he
might The chances is that he sloped
off to the mountains, meanin' to go
through Stovepipe pass. They'll get
him though. afore sundown.
''It's sundown now," observed Sac