Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1892-04-16

! Il WOuIunL OBJECT IN Une leaSJ, re-
piled Dan.
well, amt going to let you out just
| yet, said the woman with a grin.
Then I'll have to stay, guess" re-
piled the youth.
| The woman was silent moment be-
fore she spoke.
| Wouldn't try to make your escape
from lone woman, would your" she
| asked.
"Why should wish to escape?" asked
Dan.
Maybe you don't know who it is that's
got you prisoner and there was pc
| culiar glitter in the woman's eye.
81 don't care, just so am released as
soon as possible" answered Dan in
careless manner. HAS your husband
/ gone away!"
! "Who said had husband?"
| "No one-I thought one of the men
might be-
"Then you'd better keep your thoughts
to yourself, interrupted the woman.
/ Dan remained silent.
"You think the mems all away, do
! yOUs SdIu tile WOludu, anu LID l}c you IL
try to escape?"
81 have said nothing about it." an
swered Dan
"Well, wouldn't advise you to try
any tricks ON me" and the woman laid
her hand upon heavy pistol which was
only partly concealed in her bosom.
"You needn't be alarmed" said Dan.
Remember, didn't say the men were
all gone" she said, a cunning light COM
/ ing into her countenance. Then she
| hastily left the room, slamming the door
vigorously behind her.
Dan made no attempt to eat the food
that had been brought. 1t was plain to
| his mind now that the woman had been
left alone at the cabin. The men were
doubtless making preparations for the
nights work and might not return till
the next morning.
With no one but an intoxicated woman
upon the premises, Dan realized that
most favorable opportunity for making
his escape had presented itself. and he
was determined to take advantage of it.
! Taking up the lighted candle he went
! to the door and began to examine it.
He cautiously turned the handle, and to
! his utter astonishment the door swung
open. The woman had forgotten to
lock it.
Dan hastily closed it, being careful to
make no sound. He wanted time to de-
eide upon some plan of action before he
made any attempt to escape. That the
woman would not hesitate to use the pis-
tol she carried should she discover him
trying to leave the room Dan well knew,
and it was his purpose to proceed with
great caution. Arming himself with
a heavy stone, which he took from the
wall, he opened the door noiselessly and
stole down the dark corridor on tunnel
that led to the door that opened into the
cabin.
As he drew near the door he heard the
sound of mans voice in the cabin be-
yond, and came to an abrupt halt. He
was about to retrace his steps to the
room he had just left and give over his
plan of escape for the time being, when
! he saw CLEAN of daylight through a
crack in the door, and decided to go for.
ward and ascertain if possible just who
was in the room.
Approaching the door with the great.
est caution, he peered through the crack
in the boards. He saw the woman who
had left him short time before sitting
by table in the center of the room, evi-
IDENTIFY conversing with some one sitting
opposite to her Dan shifted his posi-
ton and as he did so he saw man sit
ting on the other side of the table-a low.
heavy set man with bushy black beard.
The youth could hardly suppress the
cry of astonishment that rose to his lips
as his eyes fell upon the familiar form
of the man. He recognized him in an
stopped at the inn the night before he
had left. Dan now remembered the
strange conversation he had overheard
between this man and his tall compan-
ion. and he wondered what could have
brought him to this out of the way place.
That the man was villain and a
fugitive from justice Dan already knew
from what he had overheard that night
at the inn. but he had not suspected him
of being in league with a band of rob-
bers. Was he in league with them?
] Anu II not, Wudl Idu DIOuSul llil W lllo
lonely cabin in the woods?
Dams mind ran rapidly over what he
had overheard at the inn, and he sud-
denly remembered that woman had
been spoken of-one who was to come to
| Fort Scott and assist the two conspira-
tors in carrying out plan they had laid
for defrauding some parties out of their
property. That the woman in the cabin
was the one referred to Dan was now
fully convinced,
why is it that you did not come to
Fort Scott at the appointed timer asked
Aaron Suggs. Didn't tell you the
matter was of the greatest importance?
"The boys had other business on hand
and could not leave" replied the wom-
an. Come, take drop of this and
don't look so black" and she pushed a
bottle toward the man.
Meg Frone," exclaimed Suggs in an
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