Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-12-22


would not have been detected lie re-
moved the cork from the jug, emptied
the poison from his bottle therein. gave
the jug few shakes, and returned to !
the fire humminS "a jolly air and evil |
IDENTIFY in good spirits. The outlaw Sc
lected to stand the first watch took MS
station under the cottOnwoods Il hun
dlcd feet away, the blazing brands were
lcattered and in fifteen minutes the
four mon wrapped in their blankets APP
peared to TO buried in slumber. Three
Of them perhaps Were but Taylor was
never SO wide awake in his life. His life
never before depended on it. He noticed
that the three outlaws lay down close
together, leaving him alone and several
feet away, and he figured it out:
They have arranged to kill me, and
it will be when the sentry is changed.
When he comes in to wake the other
man up ne is to do the deed. | must be
wide awake and prepared for him."
And now came night and solitude on
the plain. Men who have not expert
enced it can have but faint under
standing of its weirdness-its awful
soemnity-the fear that creeps into the
heart of the wakeful listener and un-
nerves him.
Chee-veel Chee-wee! Chee-wee,
IL is only the voice of the tree toad,
but it makes every nerve Jingle and the
breath come shorter. The notes broke
in on d silence as profound as the grave;
they cease and the silence which returns
is appalling,
Step! Step! Step!
1t is only the footballs of timid rab-
bit yards away, but they reach the
strained ears with terrible distinctness
and make the perspiration start from
every pore.
Rustic! Rustic! Rustlel
The listener almost cries out as he
starts up. 1t is harmless snake MAX
ing his way through the dry grass, but
the sound might have sisnaled an In
dian creeping into camp TO do bloody
work.
Hewlett He-wich! Hewlett
1t is only the note OF queer, wee bird
which fits at night over those vast st
tudes. but it has made hundreds Of
brave men shver with alarm.
An hour has gone 10y in the camp on
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Taylor has a thousand wild thoughts
a score III planS--a longing to have time
hurry up and bring the worst.
A wolf comes situlking over the earth
to smH and smell and growl and won
,
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o,,A nIi,,b+s un h.s,ch n,.,.r tI,a sa,,-
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10 ,oarr. ME nIoom and nofhiny l.aens
thon dow" t3f tba FAM If hrs1iSin., =,
nm tha snIitnla If thew should ,-a[ ~,
Tb.,. .ofriv scant the nir one ,vo,11d
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.Tira must bo ,nos+ ~, - ,,b;e,,o,oa
tho OUTLAW, sa,,tire, -. bo f,ia1l,. strh,oh+
anal ,,'r',,,d InnI,.I .,har+ bi,,,
,,1,ha t,,~I ,,,,,.+ h.. alaaa ,m
wb,.rared TavIor as he noted ,ha an+io,,
~ 4l,a ,ar,i,ol
Tan minutes Io+., tha OUTLAW, ,a1l,oa
softIy I'acl, - tIo s,ea,,ors WI w.
reached fine bodies RI his f,,isrds no lava
bic r,ea On tha ,,,o,,,1d d,o,,, I-','s'
and h.d ,nado two, srn,,, ta,.aui r,,.,a.
whom tla I.+tar .rIdonI,, 49,
vay,nad IookaJ ahont bi,I u SLASH, p
, wav and them discovorod tho somtin ~
and said.
"oh it,s vo,, obj d,o,oa +,,o+
Of +ho borssy v,.s ,voll,i,lc, n,,on wa, ,. En
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