Tombstone epitaph., 1890-05-03

work. The rainy season had s~t :n, aud a sky heavy with cioEds hung ever he v,.l lSy S strong wind came down from he mounta:rs, driving before it drenching
 rain The night was black and half dozen lanterns carried by the mob did but tle
 toward dispe!ling the gloom about them
 !n the eastern outskirts of the town stood tall eucalyptus tree. and toward his they dragged their helpless viaSn
 They were soUn there and the rope thrown over ii,lb
 Jack had stood the ordeal without a mur.nur He looked defiance at tho crowd around him: and when the sheriff asked il q thick voice if he had anvthiar to say before the moose was placed about his nccl; he ropljnd firmly. Nothing"
 String 'i,I up. then boys" yelled the sheriff. let $ git rid of i'm as soon ;.s we can. it's too d-d wet and cold to be foolin around here"
 The moose was quickly adjusted about Jacks neck around hirl was a living circle and at the her end of the rope stood d dozen sturdy men. anxiously wait ing for the sheriff to give the signal to settle back on it He was but q single step from eternity The half dozen Ian terms futtered and gasped i;l the rain and surrounded the victim with a weird, Ghastly halo When count three. boys, said the sheriff. pull back on in. and immediately he cried ''one," and then two. his voice had just begun to swell into the three and the men c.t the end of the rope with tightening muscles had just begun to brace then selves for q long pull and q strong pull. when there was the chatter of galloping tCct and thc rush of black Lady throurh the lines into the middle of the circle. Before the half paralyzed mob could rs cover its senses the sheriff's daughter had cut the ropes that encircled Ter lovers neck and bound his hands She shouted to hin to mount the ho-co in front of her lIe was up in an instant. md before the men sent sprawling i.I tl.e mud by the horse had recovered their senses Jack and the sheriff'S dauchteI were rattllng away through the darkness with the speed of tbe wind toward the mountains Several shots were sent into the darkness after them. but they went vide of the mark
 From that night to the day her remains were discovered Zlrifa Martinique WIS never seen by the inhabitants of the S:.rl sOaquin valley. TOT could the retreat O. her lover. who became notorious out law. be discovered Three fingered Jack, a3 Raymond came to be known in aftel years, became the terror of the San Joa. q;!i:l valley, and no less than seven of the men who had attempted to lynch hin were sent to their graves by bullets from his rifle. Eight years ago Ec was capt urcd i'll desperate saloon fight il Led Cliff and hanged for his crimes Before bis execution Ec sent for Jose Martinique, and iI all interview told him that his daughter had lived with hirl five years. then died. and that he had buried Ter re mains i:I .:c mountains rear his retreat. where nobody could find end disturb them On tho gallows he cursed Martinique ro1ndly. and charged hin with being tAo cause of his turning Lis hand against the l1v and the people
 Jose Martinique became dc-lcntcd ald roamcl among tLc mountains. continually searching fo. the grave of Lis child Is body was found one morning ct thc bottom of Sulphur Gulch. where Ec h2I died of exposure and eXhaustion.-Chi fc-" Herald