Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1889-01-04

Work The rainy season nou set m ohu
sky heavy with clouds hung over the val
Icy. A strong wind came down from the
mountains, driving before II a drenching
rain. The night was blngk. AMI a half dozen
lanterns carried by the mob did but little
toward dispeliing the gloom about them,
In the eastern outskirts Of the town
stood a tall eucalyptus tree, and toward
this they dragged their helpless victim.
They were soon there aud the rope thrown
over a limb.
Jack had stood the ordeal without a
murmur. Ho looked defiance at the.
crowd around him, aud when the sheriff
asked in y thick voice II he bad anything
20 say before the moose was placed about
his neck be replied firmly. Nothing"
''String I'M up. then, boys" yelled the
sheriff. 'let's git rid Of i'm as soon as we
can; It's too did wet and cold 10 b
foolin' around here"
The moose was quickly adjusted about
Jacks neck, around him was y living.
circle aud At the other end Of the rope
stood a dozen sturdy men. anxiously wait
ing for the sheriff to give tde signal to
settle back on Il. lie WIS but a single
step from eternity. The half dozen Ian
terms huttered aud gasped in the rain and
surrounded the victim with a weird,
CHASTITY halo. when ! count three,
boys" said the sheriff, pull back on
i'm" and Immediately he cried lone"
and then two, his voice had Just begun
10 swell into the three, and the men ct
the end Of the o with Tightening
muscles had Just begun 70 brace them
selves FOR a long pull and n strong pull =
when there was the chatter of galloping
feet and tho rush of a black lady through
the lines into the middle Of the circle.
Before the half p~aralyzed mob could re-
cover it's senses the shcrin's daughter
had cut the ropes that encircled her
lovers neck and bound his hands. She
shouted 10 him to mount the horse in
front Of her. He was up in an instant.
and before the men sent sprawling in tire
mud by tho horse had recovered their
senses Jack and the sherif's daughter
were rafting AWAY through the darkness
with the speed of the wind toward the
mountains Several shots wero sent into
the darkness after them. but they went
wide Of the mark.
From that night to the day her remains
wero discovered Zarifa Martinique was
never seen by the inhabitants OF the San
joaquin valley. nor could the retreat Of
her lover, who became a notorious out
/! law, be discovered. Three fingered Jack,
as Raymond came to be known In aftel
T years, became the terror Of the San Joa
quin valley, and no less than seven of thu
men who had attempted to lynch hin
Q were sent to their graves by bplSsSR0f
y his rifle. Eight years ago he was capt
q ured in a desperate saloon fight in lie
!; Cliff and hanged for his crimes. Befor
u his execution no sent for Jose Martinique
n and in an interview told him that hi
ID daughter had lived with him FIVE years
then died. and that hHhad buried her re
10 mains In the mountains near his retreat
! where nobody could find and disturb them
I On the gnllows he cursed Martiniqu
= roundly, and charged him with being th
2. cause of his turning his hand against tn
&c law and the people.
Jose Martinique became demented an,
&c roamed among the mountains. continuall
y searching for the grave Of his child. Iii
o. body was found ono morning at tn
&c bottom of Sulphur Gulch, where he ha,
died Of exposure and exhaustion.-Chi
N cage Herald.