Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-10-17

Jumped from her hOre and led the ami
NAL through the trees to quiet spot
where the trio OF strangers would not
likely go. She was not far wrong in
her guesses Of the purposes OF the St
Louis young mans visit Jimpson led
the two through the break In the woods
into the clear patch that surrounded
the few houses there. IL did not take
them long to find the stillhouse Its
door was broken down and the trio en-
tered. The native girl of Arkansas
peered through patch Of underbrush
behind which she was secreted and
watched the proceedings
As she looked at Jimpsoh she received
her first lesson. and perhaps her only
one. in mans Periidy She thought
there could never be a Ineaner wretch
in all the. world. He had squeezed her
hand the night before and said some
thing about love. II seemed rather
nice to little Hennie TO hear him talk
50 to her, and now to look at hiInl She
cried a few womAnly tears as she
/ watched the operations of these men,
who seized all the utensils and destroyed
as much of the house as they could
She dashed them away as the trio sad
died the horses and prepared TO mount
We'll work back now, said Jimp-
son II know of several plants-the
ones told you Of
What about the Spencer'sf' asked
Brown
IF it were not for the little girl there,
don't you know" went on the matter
Of fact st. Louisian, Il would take 'em
this evening regardless of anything but
the law
III get him for that. sobbed Hen
ME. going for her horse. I'm get him.
sure
The three men rode ahead, the Ar
kansas girl following them at a safe
distance. One still after another was
demolished. only the Spencer plant be
ing untouched The men rode back
toward the Spring river. the girl COM
ing closely gter them The revenue
officers reached tile edge of a cleared
place and dislnounted- The Spencer
plant was Just acruSs the patch
They mean to rest the folks" said
the gin. IAN I'll not let 'eIn-"
The THO broke into the cleared piece
Of land and started aerOss it. The
clearing was a fourth Of a mile wide
probably, and the girl knew that she
could not do anything il she permitted
the men 10 precede her. as it would
not be possible for her TO come into
the clearing behind them until they
were well out of sight In the woods
In the meantime they might seize the
plant and shoot her brothers. She
urged her horse along, hoping to skirt
the clearing and meet the officers as
they left the path and came into the
woods again. The Inter were slow,
however, and when she got to the
other side they were just starting across.
Then it was that a happy idea came
across her mind. She would break
into the clearing and, If necessary, dc
some shooting on her own account.
Her simple Ozark mind did not grasI
the dangers OF such n move against
three armed men. She slipped from
her horse. and quicker than a wink
broke out of the woods. The men saw
her and stopped. She turned to the
woods and waved her hands, as IL ex
I pecting help. 1t flashed across Jimp
sons mind in an instant that the own
ers of the house over near Croom's mil
had returned, found their plant de
stroyed and at once set out to give tn,
alarm. He pictured the woods full o
. angry. armed moOnshiners.
Come on" he called to Bowman
and McHenry, and the three ran back
ward TO the trees behind them. Ther
shot rang out, the st. Louis young
man dropped his gun and yelled witt
pain
"rm shot~ he cried. Then another
report rang out Jimpson's companion
deserted him, and jumping astride theil
horses rode away. Jimpson lay on tn,
, ground with charge of shot in his leg
1t was painful wound, but he man
} aged to drag himself into a spot tina
I the warm evening sun did not pene
trate. As he lay there horse neighed
1t was his own. A second later another
whinny sounded In answer. 1t came
from the clearing. Jimpson turned
around In time to see the Arkansas
girl dismount, painting and crying
II done it, she cried. To get even.
You're served right and you know it,
Mister Jimpson, but I'm going to keeT
fer you. II you'll tell 'em at the house
that done il by-by-what do you say
-Accident-yes, that's what ] mean.
But l am a revenue officer" said
Jimpson between groans What will
your people say TO thAtr
They'll never know. " responded the
girl
And that u bow 1t came 10 pass that
Jimpson, the St. Louis man. became
the husband Of an Ozark girl He
ceased TO be . revenue Of3eer and be
came one Of the most skillful moon
sinners In Arkansas Ire spent the
second year Oi his married life In the
penitentiAry, bat after that he Was
never caught Kansas City TmeA