The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-08-15

look came into his eyes. ssBoys, here's that
overseer Who set the patrol q our track
down below, and Who wasn't satisfied With
that but must tu1n out 10 help them.
think We have made good haul OF H..
All our arms were in the wagon, and Ne
first thing they did was to despoil the two
gentlemen and the overseer ok, everything
Of value, and than aeAoh- one was la9h1d to .
tree. O'HAra was ordered to nit down
beside me, and the black took matters %
oooily that nothing vas 2. sid e hin; TIE 1s.
supper, and he cheerfully obeyed. When
they had eaten and drunk and lighted their
pipes Sam turned to me with:
land 20 you didn't tell the police that
you gave me food and pistol?'
mo, sir"
ont Chat I laid myself down for two houra
almost in your camp. Even when they told
Won Who was and that q price was get upon
my head you hadn't word to say"
s.No, sir."
well, You boys have nothing TO fear. We
have nothing aReinst, you. After DAY OF
There was no sleep for anybody until
after midnight, and don't think the two
gentlemen or the ovefooef slepe ct AL. ]
know they were wide enough awake when
opened my eyes in tho mornlna. All Of
us had bite to eat after the outlaws had
finished, and then the wagon vas robbed
Of whatever they fancied, and hauled OF
about thirty rods and upset in q deep
gully. The oxen were turned loose with
the sheep, and when We 9et ont 6am and
two of the men rode tho hoEses ana the
rest Of 10 went on foot. One outlaw on
foot went ahead and the others closed mp
behind Us, and the general direction vac 70
the north. Every mile took 10 into 2 WILDER
and more unsettled country, and II ~as 20
broken that / felt that I could not got out
If turned free.
At about 4 in the afternoon 10 reached
the rangers camp. which was in wild and
desolate spot. don't think they intended
the gentlemen any harm from the etaft,
all felt certain. Hs realized il, too, for
observed that he was constantly on the
watch for an opportunity to bolt. 1t came
az we entered camp. Realizing that they
meant to pay of the old score he suddenly
their guard, and If an accident had not
happened to him he would have got clear
on. i Half way to the ticket stone
turned under his foot and threw him. and
as he got up one of the men shot him
down in his tracks. They left him lying
the there and vent 70 tdo into sayn s, bat as
that he had got ont Of II too easy. The two
gentlemen were very closely guarded, but
VHara and myself were allowed to walk
about a. ws pleased. They had taken oyer
81, COO from the two and bore them no
grudge, but for five days and nights W
were prisoners in their power.
On the morning Of the sixth day, when
il was plain to be seen that they. were of
for another adventure, the four Of us were
turned loose and told to mako our way
home. They headed n. to the west, which
was the wrong way, and ~ travelled twenty
miles in that direction before We found out
the trick. We were nearly week in the
scrub, living on roots and berries and de-
cayed wild fruit, before We reached set
Element. and were then all Of thirty miles
lot when We finally reached homo, and
while Mr.. Cullen was taken With fever to
die in about ten days, Mr.. Williams was 60
broken up that he lived only long enough
to get down to the coast. A year later Sam
and two of that crowd were caught, tried
at Sandhurst, and O'Hara and I saw them
drop from the gallows. They had asked us
to identify Sam in court, but we had ex-
cused ourselves. He was bad man, with
the blood of many victims on his hands,
but he had given us our lives and played
fair