Los Cerrillos rustler. (Cerrillos, N.M.) 188?-1891, 1890-10-17

A soon - me AaNNer ha4 entefea
the corridor he was heartily greeted b
Black Jim. and the ~ retired . o the
further end and sat down 20 be out q
ear-shot u the turnkey. There they
talked Tor a long tao hours. and thea
Thomas came forward. aud said:
Il discover that I have left some
important papers ~ the hotel. and
must 20 for them. Will IL be- against
the rules III call again this evening"
We had no rules about visitors. a. this
was our first prisoner. and Andrews
promptly replied that the lawyer could
return and remain until nine o'clock. !
saw some money slipped into his hand,
and be was all smiles as he bowed
Thomas out ! went and told mother,
and added that believed Thomas was
4 friend OF Black Jim's, instead Of be-
ing his lawyer. but she replied that An
drews was a faithful man. and was prob
ably satisfied hat every thing was all
right black Jim went to his bunk, and
| took advantage Of this fact 10 remove
the sash from tho rear window Of the
corridor over the bench the pair had Do.
cupied during their confah. This done,
| sent up TO the hotel. our village had
only one. and / vent direct to the sta.
BILE to see II Thomas had come in a
buggy. Nothing OF tho sort had ar
rived. Then / discovered that no
stranger wa stopping at the hotel. /
made inquiries of several citizens. and
no one had seer a man Of Thomas de-
scription. Then | asked who had been
Black Jim's lawyer at the examination,
and was told that his name was McCor-
mack.
! returned home TO give mother these
facts, and while they aroused consider
able anxiety. she could not fully credit
my assertions that the so-called Thomas
was there 20 help Black Jim get away.
She cautioned Andrews without telling
him what l had discovered, but he as
sured her that he knew Thomas 20 be a
lawyer, and that there wasn't the
slightest foundation for suspicion OF
anxiety. This silenced me and reas'
sured mother, but was by no means
convinced.
Darkness came about five o'clock, and
at half past five | let Thomas In again.
lilo had a pretty large bundle under his
arm, and / noticed that his boots were
muddy. lie handed Andrews som
cigars, got off a joke or two, and was
admitted TO the corridor. Tho two hat
no sooner started for the further enc
than | started for the window. Care
fully lifting out the loose sash / found
that ] could plainly hear their CONVEX
sation. The first words ] caught wer,
from Thomas, who was saying:
at least a mile, / guess. It's du,
west Of here, with an old log house II
a clearing. The horses arc " goo'
ones"
whats the weather outsider" asked
Jim.
'Going to be dark"
"Well, it will be as easy as rolling Of
a log"
"Any thing in the house worth taxi
ing?"
Cant tell till we have a look.
|. wonder whore the devil this cold a.
zones FROM
Iaro~ back, softly replaced the sasl
and then en- 'ered the corridor 70 tell Al
drew. He SAT in his chair half asleeI
|. and 1t occurred to mt that II cane
him off his post the fellow WYNN gu
pect something. l entered the oWei
ing part and related the particulars {
mother. | remember how white he
, face grew as she listened TO mo. Sh
was for at once sending me out for som
|, OF the neighbors, but when we came I
reflect we remembered that father ha
taken twenty of the best men in hi
posse, and we could think of no one VIII
I would be likely to accept our call. An
drews was ut his post. and he could nc
be called away or conferred with. w
had as arms a double-barreled shotgun
4 revolver and a rifle. The turnkey la
: the revolver, or vas supposed to hay
1t, but in looking around tho corridor
found IL hanging on a nail behind til
door leading into the dwelling part.
was loaded, and | myself loaded tn
, other arms, taking them into the dwell
: ing part to do so. The keys 10 the froT
and back doors were in the locks.
removed them without Andrews know
: edge.
Now, to understand what took plac,
you must have the lay of the Jail.
was only one-story high. There was
, door at either end OF the corridor. Mit
way there was a door and n passagewa
to the dwelling part. which was con
nospd OF three rooms. There were tvs
windows in the corridor. both strongl
! defended, and the doors were yer
massive. The door into the dwellin
! part was only an ordinary light doc
. When nine o'clock came | stood in tn.
doorway, with mother looking over m
shoulder, and we had all the weaTor
' on the kitchen table. ] had the iror
, door key in my hand, ready to Il
4 Thomas out in case nothing happened