The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-12-06

! a, '"'' ~ pdSSeu so VUlbkly
'ha' l was not sure. However, waited
couple OF hours, and then, seeing
hoehlns further, concluded | was mis-.
saken' and went down into the shaft. ]
illled the bucket with very heavy ore,
cImbed up, and had it about half raised
when a man came walking up the creek
pea toward me. Then l knew was
right before.
lie was an ugly-looking customer
Dig and brawny, with a fat. Scandi.
haFlan face, and carried o Wincbeste,
on his arm. l had little stick that !
slipped into the windlass handle near
the axle to keep it from turning back.
ward and, leaving the bucket lust
"here 1t was, suspended half way UP, |
started toward the cabin to get nv
arms lie covered me with his rcrcat.
ing rifle, and ordered me to halt.
he said.
Il reckon you can see, Ircplied, put
ting as good a face on it as possibly
could. .-.s.
"'Iou mean you've jumped it, yor
| cursed thle1'
mo, don't. There wasn't enough
work on 1t to hold 1t, and it was asmuct
mine as any bodY's.'
| y ou lie!
I ne iookeo az ne over the sights with
MS WICKED, gfeenlsa eyes Tor tull mln-
ute. Then he said:
| Dld you ever pny"
Yes, taltered.
lhen pray now. III give you two
minutes to 40 1t.
by that time my mind was clear
enough TO take IN the whole situation,
anu haa no douot that ne intended to
murder me then and there. With me
out OF the way there would be no one to
'os',ly w tiie lhsuhlo'ehC WORK. ana
"ouio simply DO res"fueu' IL inc story
Vi my ueath was ever 'olo' as claim
jumper VINO hao peen JdStly dealt WITH
l ielC my knees pegih 70 tfemDle aho
tired another tack.
III you XIII me, SAID my partner
Will De oacK ana see that you hang 1oi
IT,
| IL nx your partner the same way
you clalm-1umping eur.
True enough. Nothing would bt
easier than to assasslnate Burke on his
return, and we had so lealously guarded
the secret OF oar trip that no one would
know where to search for u.s. We would
SIMPLY olsappeaf' as huhoreos OF pros
pectofs do' never TO be seen oy men
again anu speeolly 10 De lorgoeeen' /
| h"o no hope VI mercy ltohi tlle ihsta iU
loohoo lhto .hat man cruel laoe' le'S =
WIN d slchehlhg quaim anu "llo
drumming Ill my ears 'h'' my 'llhe ll"u
coine.
oh' iof heaven sake aon hiuroe'
me! cried. 1 Will go.
The man nadu HU rtply. For nir
ment my head swan, ana then. with
sudden return of vision that was eXcru-
ciating in It's clcarness, | saw MIN stoop
slightly, rest the gun-barrel over the
windlass handle, and marked even that
sight contraction OF the eyello tha' ]uSs
preceaes sho' me heA' "o'i'eh' 'nolo
was crash an explosion anu CT all
mingled into one L sa" tle MAN 'urh-
Ing heels over heaa down 'ne emo"hN-
ment' the winchester nylhs tnroogh a
cloud OF smoke up ln'o the ar anu all
the whlle heara iouo moho'oi'o"S'
whlrrlng noise that was IKE sohie sisah
TIC CLOCK running down.
II did not realize it at the time, nut
this is what happened: when ne rested
his gun across the wind!ass he dropped
the barrel right across the little stick
| had thrust IN TO PREVENT from turning
and knocked 1t out. suppose the
bucket OF ore weighed one hunored ana
fifty pounds, and the great iron hanule'
swinging clear around gained such Ter
rifle momentum that "heh IL struch nlhi
fair in the face, which it did 1t lifted
J. nH bic foot like a cannon hall. Inc