The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-11-16
HER OUTLAW SON.
L. W, in Atlanta Constitation.


 At the time when Captain Jim Huxtable was at the very height evil reputation when scarcely stage got through the mountains without st least a desperate struggle with the road agents an old lady presented herself at the office of the Dead wood Stage company in Denver and desired to engage seat for the next day. The clerk opened his eyes with astonishment at the old lady's temerity, and ventured to ask if she knew what she was under taking Very we'll the old lady knew and she had no idea of being persuaded from her purpose. Her son, she said, out there in Deadwood City She had not seen him for ten years, and now that she had come all the way from Georgia to take him by surprise, nothing short of death would stop her on the road.
 The next day when the stage started for Dead- wood the old lady was In her place. There were only three other passengers-two stAlwart pioneers with all their worldly goods tied up in their blan- kets and gentlemanly looking man In black who sat directly opposite the old lady. At first the three men looked on their fellow passenger of the opposite sex with evident doubt. To travel over a rough country full of dangers with timid woman who might throw herself on their protection at the first symptom of any thing unusual was far from an aluring prospect. At the end Of the first days travel however, all such fears were dspeled by the conduct of the old lady. Fully able to take care of herself, undaunted by the discomforts of stage travel and willing to take interest in everything she soon proved herself pleasant companion, and anything but burden.
 The two prospectors and the lady were on inti-
 
 ond day. The gentemanly- looking man in black, on the other hand, maintained a stoical reserve When questioned on any subject he answered, but never joined in the conversation and If he listened to what was said he had appearance cf doing SO. Most of his time passed sunk back in the corner of the stage with his eyes closed apparently asleep When the foot hills were reached and the danger ous part of the journey about to begin, the versation naturally turned to the daring deeds of Captain Jim Huxtable. The prospectors told story after story of how the outlaw had first appeared years before in the northern part of Coiorado how for time he was lost sight of, and then again had made his appearance this occasion in the vicinity of Daadwood, only more terrible than before be- cause he had with him companion reckless of all danger and ss willing to take human lie himself They told of incidents when these two had halted & stage load of men, and while one of them kept the passengers and guards quiet the point of hs rifle the other had deliberately cut the mail bags, extracted their contents and robbed the terrified passengers of every thing valuable they had about them.
 Gradually other outlaws had gathered round their standard until they were the leaders of As dangerous band as ever terrorized a country. The prospectors said that Captain Jim Huxtable's partner was only known Captain Sid, and this information was obtained by hearing his compan- ions call him so when a robbery was in progress. The features of both men were unknown, as they invariably wore hand kerchiefs their faces when "holding up" stage. The man in black paid little attention to these stories and for impatient movement occasionally when some more bloody anecdote was told, he appeared not to notice what was being said.
 Once or twice he muttered something about the folly of frightening an old woman to death with out cause, but these were his only remarks. His solicitude for the old lady was quite unnecessary No idea of danger seemed to disturb her placidity As the stage was crawling up the lofty mountain eide she told her fellow traveller about her boy He had been little wild in the far-way home in the south, she admitted, and when people began to look at him askance he decided to 20 out west, |