Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-08-18

teu th ..esa Before tncm lowered
the mountains through whose passes
themnn whom they were after would
have 10 pass in his search for safety
in the half settled wilds beyond.
As the two men rode along scan.
ming in each direction the snow Gov.
cred mesa, Lansing suddenly wheeled
his horse to the right aud when
Crnndall joined him he pointed TO
narrow trail where two horses lad
passed through the snow.
That's him. He's driving ono
horse and leading another, and ho
hasn't passed by very long. either
See. tho snow hasn't had timo 10
drift in IL, said he.
With the discovery his whole do
mcanor had changed. Anow look
came into his eyes and his voice
sounded strange. He oven graspcd
his weapons IN manner different 20
ihat he had heretofore displayed.
"IIc'g night ahead. aud we want %
look ont, the older mnn continued
rs they began TO follow the trail. AS
they approached the summit Of each
hill they would stop their horses.
and Lansing would dismount and
crawl 10 the top so that he might
look, without bong discovered, into
the valley beyond, in order that they
might not como on the fugitive too
suddenly.
Thcy had travelled this way for
several miles. when, refining in his
horse, Lansing pointed to what
seemed I'm old road leading of 90 the
right Of the one they were following,
and said
That's the cutoff into tho basin.
/ thought he would take 1t, but no
probably doesn't know the country.
You had better tal;o It and ride on
ahead until you strike the road we'rc
on again. Then, If you can't mud his
tracks. you had better ride back to
meet me until you do. Twill follow
the trail up"
The young man tried TO expostu.
late with lansing for the great risk
he was assuming In thus following
the trail alone, but his companion
was obduratc, and cutting the argu-
mcnt short by again warning the
young man 10 be- ON his guard, he
rodo ON, following the trail in the
snow, while tine younger man, find.
ing objection useless, took the "cut.
or road. He had no difficulty In
following II, and wondered why the
man they were In pursuit of had not
taken advantage Of Il. The whole
pursuit seemed almost like n dream
to him. Tho snow. unbrokcn save
byhis horses football, stretched away
milo after milo in every direction,
with hero and there a Pine through
whose branches tho wind seemed 60
sob and sigh, making the only noise
that broke the stiffness Of the wintTy
afternoon. 1t added 10 this feeling
Not u thing In sight He began to
depict in his own mind the manner
OF man they were pursuing. lie had
almost forgotten his name.
After all, what had the man done
that he, Frank Crandall, should be
seeking his bloodi Perhaps, like
himself, the man had mother and
sisters 10 gricve over any misfortune
that would ovcrtalse him These
and hundred kindred thoughts
passed through his mind. The sun
was fast declining M he passed from
tho cutoff" into tho main road
again. The air was getting chilly
with the coming Of evening, and Ia,
snow in the distance took ON color
of pink and purple where the rays oil
the setting sun touched the noun
tain peaks. He scanned the mar
road eagerly to see If the man they
were IN pursuitof had passed, bu
llc snow that Covered 1t was I'M
9goken.
Then he rode back on the mali
road in the direction from which h
had come, TO meet his Comradc ant
tho fugitive. Ho had just asccnde,
one of the many rolling hills whci
In the distance lac discovered u ma
riding one horse and driving another
At the sight his heart almost stoo
still. He dismounted, and lcadin
his horse 20 one side concealed hi
In u clump Of young pines. Then h
returned TO the roadside and waitet
The man was urging his horses fol
} ward but they seemed to be wonric
r and made but slow progress. Graz
c dali felt his heart beat faster an
2 faster ut the length Of time it too
: the man TO reach him.
I He examined his revolver and iiil'
cooking each, 10 see that they WEI
In order. II seemed to rclieve I'll
tension Of his nerves. After he Ia
: done this, he knelt down 80 that i
!, could fire with surer aim, and wal
y ed. He did not care much no
q whether the man resisted or no
If tho fugitive resisted, no woul
d have 90 stand the CONSEQUENCE of I
sistance. IL was nothing 70 NM
q He could hear the football Of the ~
N preaching horses in the snow, nm
.e he cooked his rifle SO MS 10 DO read!
II The setting sun shone full in ii
d mans face, but Crandall forgot
% look for the scar that the notice la
9. said was on the right cheek, althoup
/. he had resolved 10 dose PARTICULAR