Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-07-19

the NlhuOM, ana, a llttle later, the |
door was thrown open, and n woman
stood before me. She was not very
prepossessing; and there was o scared
look upon her face, ms she said:
Who are you. and what do you
want here2''
Il am a stranger travelling through
the country on business. This morn /
Ing was told should find cabin |
hereabouts, where | conld get enter
tainment for the night
"You had better go away. This
is no place for an honest man. They |
may be bnck soon and your life will
be 10 danger"
She would have closed the door
but raised my hand 10 prevent il.
At that moment she uttered a cry
OF tcrror.
"Whnt is it," said.
Murderer! look at your hands"
she cried.
held them up. They were cover
cd with blood which had got upon
them while feeling in the dark 10 find
Waat Ii was that lay across the road.
The blood Of the murdered man.
The next moment he had slammed
the door ia my face. and then heard
her secure il with heavy bars.
A man could hardly find himself in
a more lorlorn condition than that
1 | was now in. No road which n man
could follow before him; dead man
( living in the forest behind, and a band
I OF cut-throats liable ut any moment
10 put in their appearance at the
cabin.
The sound OF running water put
me in mind that there was n chance
& Tor me to wash the blood from my
hands. Guided hy the sound, lpass-
cd around the cabin at the spot
where. doubtless, its inmotes got their
water. Here, proceeded to give
them n good washing. although in
the darkness | could not tell whether
u had removed all the stains. was
about 10 move away from the spot,
when was startled by the sound OF
voices hardly n dozen yards away.
Listening, caught the words uttered
ns they drew nearer.
LET him lie there and rot An
ahove-ground grave is good enough
Tor dog Of a spy"
Doubtless he was speaking Of the
man over whose body had stumbled
But some one may find IL, and Sc
got us into trouble. said another.
There is little chance OF that. Nc
! one hardly evercomes this way ow. =
"You forget that there is n strang
creomewhero near here now. W.
have got to see that he dOn'tget out
of here alive"
NV blood ran cold. Ofcourse h
/, oouid mean no one except myself
! Eyes, he has seen too much already
! II he came along the road he must
have run across thedead man. Wh'
knows but what he may be in TIN
cabin now? He would want ehelte
! for the night and the light in tn
window might bring him here. "
, They had reached the doorway now
i and one of them demanded admit
/, lance. The door opened, and the.
went in, closed il behind them. Nov
WINS the time TO make my escape,
= minute later they might learn
: the woman that I must be some
\ where nearat hand. Almost holdin
my breath. and moving SO that no
!, n dry leaf rustled beneath my feet,
!, rrep away into the darkness, going
4 knew not whittier.
i'll Tony dying day shall not forge
} Tint night in the forest. Mornln
i found me more dead than alive, bu
Il to any great JOY it was on the edged
n n considerable town.
d Iat.once sought out the authorities
j and told them the story oimy night
adventure. They knew of the wher'
a nboute of the cabin, and had Ion
/ susneeted it TO be the home ofagan
: If robbers and moonshiuers. Whe
i they got there, they found 70 empt,
!. Taking alarm.at my escape. ienrin
~ ahnt had learned too much, the
y Mod fed to new quarters for safet,
q The body OF ttemurdered man wa
n l,rouyht in and buried Who he wa
y ,r.. never known to AZ certainty, bt
n n ~ns suspected that he was son
r. one who was trying to earn the r
~ ward offered for the clue to agang
moonshiners by whom he had loi
" his lie. ,,...
10 they had been caught and had PAL
\ The penalty Of their crime at the ha
h ter's end
:. Every now and then chat night
+ dancer comes vividly to my mllN
and / reverently thunk Providenc
p ,.hn eorried me safely througll.--A
thur l.. Meserye, in Yankee Blade