The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-01-08

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M4 ~ OF blood before
sun-up and his
nil Of mcscal
h-,ore noon. Yet That Bites had
IAN ssrrd 10 achieve both these de-
,Srh,sul ends. and Of all the happy
.ssares On the Colorado desert he was
n. most riotously. unanimously hap
~. With what keen delight he had
drawn his sharp blade across the
:lroats 81 Jose Sanchez and his wife
sf,er he had stolen INTO their wagon
- he gray dawn. and what thrills Of
. ;or shot through his breast when he
s.ienced the wells Of their two little
| Children with the butt end Of their IA
her own rifle And then. when he
| hai taken what gold was in the Next
c.us lag. what mescal was in his
demij0hn and had strapped Jose's
rather loose-fitting cartridge belt
about bis unknown waist. with what
seree pleasure he stole away from the
scene ~ his bloody work. and. with
he Mexican's rife on his shoulder. had
zandrred far down the dry arroyo. sip
rng from the demijohn the stupef ~ ing
;n.ce ~ the agave from time to time
rrill ne felt that he was growing
srnwSr.
Then he had dragged his uncertain
nay along until he had come to the
| rxiIroad track. Tie stared stupidity af
| tie bright steel rails. and looked up at
| TIE humming wires in an awed sort 81
~ay. lie would like 70 lie there te-
hind the rocks. he thought. until some
one should come along the track. and
then TRY a shot al him with his newly
acquired weapon. The dcnijohn was
growing light and the rifle was grow
Ing heavy. Well. il was getting to-
warts noon. and rather warm. even for
an apache. and he would lie down in
The shade Of the rocks over there and
rest
], was quiet there and re>tfnl-no
sound save the music Of the wires.
STAY. there were other sounds. but
| they came some time after Coyote
| That Bites had thrown himself upon
the sand and gone of TO the land Of
MOI They came family at first and
n6gled with the murmurings Of the
}es Surely they were the voices Of
children
Had the red beast boon awake he
might have imagined that they were the
haunting voices 81 the wee Mexican chik
dren whose blood he had - ru'hlcSsly
she'd that morning But he heard them
not They were very far from being
Nhostly voices. anvway-fh0 Sc tones
that nov pipei forth so mcrriIv a.
Dufs and Gay trndged down the line.
They were walking in the scoop-oul
along the roai-bed mot on the track.
for that was forbidden
There were other things that were
forbidden. too. and one ~ them was
sfraying 20 far away from the station.
~; hnbs was taking good care" OF
- thrce-year-old sister. and in the
pride Of his six full years he was equal
y The care Of hal! a dozen such as Cav.
TO give Dubs all due credit he did
1ot know he was half mile from
home. and he really was going to turn
tack pretty soon But the children had
found many interesting and beautiful
Ilngs 70 claim their attention First
'nere had been a chase after = Young
oN. that could not fy. and that made
Hs way along in the most haphazard
manner imaginable. Then = horned
'oaa had been captured. and Dubs had
dragged the disguised prisoner along
y string until he had tired Of the
sport and had let him go again Then.
sNays keeping close 10 the railroad.
shry bad entered . great field OF cacti.
Hnere Dabs had tried very hard TO pick
'oonles" without getting the iDsidi-
o. needle-likc spines in his fingers
~ vas fairly successful. but he would
nj let the fruit Of the cactus 20 into
~ sisters chubby hands until Il had
IN stripped Of its dangers BY his
ready lack-knife.
N cn'y had fnm matches 70 build
Are wiv.~ sighed Dubs. I'D burn
M vese pricklcs. jus like " Injuns
80 came suddenly from under
10y snnhonnet, '.wot's dat?''
NF' rs jng,~ and Dubs left the
''nies and started towards the pile
:" rock where lay the Coyotes dcmi-
.nn- and where also lay the Coyote
hns two trudged up the little slope.
sHA Dlbs graspcd the handle Of the
esIA .onn, only 70 let il drop again and
100 tack quickly with Gay in his
s.ms For he had caught sight Of the
'so,e- and he was smitten with a sud
orn desire 70 60 home
',u' Re saw the Indian did not move.
MI n NJ he suddenly became very brave.
NaS certainly sound asleep. and no
49, ~ y feared than papa when he
~ me lounge in his midday repose.
W. Dubs was quite sure he
wcrky Injun.~ like the Yaqu.s
w snoveled and picked on the rail-