New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-06
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and hushing its cries Il don't think so. The
The horses ran awayl' he said. staring won
face That was raised to his Well, but-why-
how did the stage get back here Z"
l brought il back she replied, lowering ner
head under his persistent gaze. -
You brought IL backl" he exclaimedi you
For few minutes the wounded heutenant
looked down at the slight form OF the wo ai1sd
in her own long black hair. Then, MS he realized
what she had done he took of his hat ana dropped
1t in the road having but one aysaois ,aa al
within it, and he raised the little gauntlet IL re-
spectfully to his lips. You are very brave,
he said, with considerable feeling i,s am glad
The Johnstown stage was later than ever that
night when it drew up 1t front Of Abe Goldsteins
store, in Puck City. simultaneously with lts
arrival the drinking and gambling saloons ana
other places Of public resort suddenly became de-
serted. 1t was said that q woman had driven
the stage in, and that man with his heaa
bandaged and his arm in a sling was sitting along
side Of her. holding baby. While Wells-fargos
box and the mail-sacks were being taken out, 1or
Goldsten's store was also the express and post
panied the stage down the street 70 the hotel
Here dozen strong arms fairly lifed the woman
from the box, while the baby was only rescued
from its mob Of volunteer bearded nurses by the
energetic intervention of the muscular landiaay.
The lutenant himself after being enthusiastic
cay asked 10 drink in the aggregate liquor enough
10 have stocked wholesale whislSey store, was put
to bed and messenger dispatched for the surgeon
at the fort.
Meanwhile party of horsemen swiftly and
silently rode ont OF the town In the directl4n
lieutenant was informed that Whistling Dick
had been found dead in the road at the head OF
Stoney Creek grade A false gray beard had been
picked up near the body, and was thoughtalpMly
struck the other fellows trail" said his informant,
in that clump of scrub,oak lie was wound dfS1
tlara cr1ft ,la in IN.
finally corraled him down in Stoney Creek But
he was game and played that gun OF his for all
it was worth before we took him IN: r., You never
would have guessed, now, that it was Jim GatesDy
himself, the company's new driver. But THAT'S
who it was, for a fact. I've heard since that the
express folk kind of suspicioned him oil standins
in on that last robbery"
One year has passed. Again the silent City. of
Rocks has lost its sharp outlines in the shmmerng
heat of July afternoon. On the bench OUTSIDE
of the stage-house door, Nate the statlon-keeper,
is sitting, reading a month-old newspaper; IN
the edge Of the water-trough opposite MIN; Frank
the helper is mendng horse-collar. presently
Nate threw down the paper and said, wei, u
be burned !" Frank looked up inquirngly. Nate
rolling cigarette from q piece Of brown wrap,
ping-paper. continued: /" Ye rec'lect the old
gcn'lman from the States wot went up the line
about two months after Lieutenant Calverly lald
out Whistling Dick and that smarty OF jim
Gatesby?"
words o,.,o,,s !. os,,od about
that little rumpus? Specially bout the lady
with the kid who showed such heap o sandF
That old genlman was her father
{" knowed that said Frank in tone that
resented having his interest excited to no purpose
"Of course We lznowed it," replied Nate calmly
Didn't he perk up his head like CRASHED cayuse
and tell We so when he brought her down the line
arin about two weeks afterward? or course we
knowed it. Didn't he tell every mothers son
all along the line that it was his daughter why,
when he went out to the Sahatn Agency and got
her TO give up teachin the Iniuns' kids and go
home with him, they tell me that he set up the
drinks fer the whole burned town. But ye didn't
wear how il was that the lady ever come out into
This country to teach siwashes did ye? MOI
Well then. the way Of it was this. She bucKc9
agin the old man in gttin' married enc ioWe nt
her iedgment laid over his, but it didn't pan OUT
worth a durn. Her husband was no good, ana
when he found her father wasn't going to chip
in RI helm 'em along he went back on her. But
She didn't 60 nosing round the old man to be
tulx hack That warnt her style. She Just GOT
an appointment as school-teacher OUT yere; WnCu
was bout as fur away as she could GIT. But shs
hadn't no more'n gone when her husband passed
I'm his checks in n railroad smaSh-up. wen, Ihe
old man didn't know where she were, TILL one DAY
he came across newspaper tcllln bout the stage
being jumped out yere. Then he got on to her
trail, and followed her up and tux her nome;
Praps We rec lect that about two months aIuerWaru
The Iientenant went back to the States Nat rally
Well I'm q sluicc robber eff him ana she ami got
married Yes sir we're it is in the paper. lney
saw the old mans richer than Blue Cullen, ana give
som n couple of hundred thousand TO start on.
,nd 1yot's more among the weddin presents they |
GOT was solid silver tea-set with scrlpuoh on
E. nc how il was presented to Lieutenant and Mrs.
George W Calverly by Wells Fargo & Companys
Txpress in grateful remembrance OF thelr gaIlanO
defence of the .Johnstown stage (hoDerC Ho"e
Fletcher in The Argonaut"