The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-29
BEHIND THE ROCK.
Two TrnEe dies In n Wagon Trail In . wild
Region or n Mountain.

Here on the mountain slde with the rough
wagon trail passing the door and winding up
| ward among tho trees and rocks in an unde
cided way. as If fearful OF losing itself in the
solitude. is mountaineer's cabin. An old
| blanket answers for door. There is Meth err
sash nor glass III the places for windows.
| On log at the door are woman and a boy
| mother and son. She is tall and gaunt writ, :
| Killed. and gray Tho boy is not more that 1
years OF age. She is smoking her pipe Will Q
| both gaze into the woods opposite and ar
| silent. 1t has been so for an hour.
Its time Tom" said the woman. as sh Q
Knocked the ashes from her pipe and rose up
| tits 4 o'clock in the afternoon Of a July day.
| The boy follows her into the house without n
| word. There is bundle lying on the eurthen
| floor and gun standing in the corner She
| lifts up tho bundle and he shoulders the gun.
The bundle contain ms hoecakes and some;meat
The woman passed out and the boy followed.
They, did not ,walk. side, by side as they de-
straight ahosd TSrro WIS no haste:nS ioitsrs
trail only lew ieet ahead Of them with rush.
but they made no comment;
They had descended the trail about mile
and halted wheret he east and west trail cross.
ed. 1t was u lonely spot. with only rocks and.
" 1t was right yero! she whispered as she
him YIN dead s shot hr"ueh 1 the head by o Abe
Iayl9r: who was ap ~ That WIS long
and aige. The time has come" " '"
%ss bs a f. ssS tass b sss S Gss
ing Away back in the past he could remem-
ss Of 6sss Po s s
twenty feet from the door The grave of hi
had essn eefoTs rs sysf cysry day tor
NJ, one day nearer: Ton,-one day nearerr
and look Cd up and down and about. Then tho
woman RspnHd gs t5st said aid Tom that. vb, .ha
Taylor ep nmb .Hs fH'A l'm ena's ~nar Abe
An hour later the echo OF an iron shoe strik-
and vsM
Its only Steve Bailey" whispered the wo-
as 1h vent ad% the sse o
o'clock more echoes were heard from tho
rneky ard for minute the tree toads
It's Jim Wharton on his white mewl"
the Rd man
An hour later the boy slept as he leaned
@Tened his 'v eyes q find his mother Cooking ny
him with smile on her face
as she brSM bread ana or eaId
:" Then him will he.n dead man." II oswevpd
r9 as hs sefas T wsre Watching and waiting
So ats. s.. TO- ii. Now and then they looked
At each other. but, not word was spoken.
times in the six years nnmed the woman had
imagined herself there Just as she was now
On 2 thousand different occasions she had
Abe Taylor ambushcd Yer pap down at the
Crossin. I'm GROWN ye up to ambush Abe
Tho summer sun was drawing nnar the noon
day mark whom merry whistle echoed from
hand in warning. Tho hoy showed the barrel
Of the gun over tho rock fora rest. He did not
turn pale: he g. dig liz not breathe faster
him; as the footsteps OF horse were heard on
me MAJ, vas in merry mood, His whistle
that very day he has! been hiding behind that |
rock with hate and murder in his heart. As he
gaspcd two or three. times ana was dead. He ,
had stood and loo ked down Mt him without
regret or pity, and had gone away to boast Of
squas tic spot until he had passed s"s diib5;''
There was II flash: Il report. a shout and the
echo Of tn" horses footsteps grew fainter and |
fainter: md finally died away alt together down
the trail. -, -,
They moved owed ont ,.,sether from behind tho
TIE TS ahd s1cou LACK at CORPSE on the trail
and the heavy charge of buckshot. strikinsthe |
man II tn" no s ',d h., almost "ut, his body ia ia
- Hm's who'd -connnon!"
So sHd the wom[ after couple Of minutes
glance behind to see Il h" foloWs
cabin they dow, and tbs sn %o nHU1 81 bera "s
!"s sl,Iis stc I'M his hnds lis En@s and
W"s dun got es en- now w "0'"A" S'''
Yes, dun got ev en-" he answered.