Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-11-05
LOOKING FOR BURGLARS.

part VI the state. MY headquarters
were at san Diego and from there I
made "A number OF trips into the
country
was sitting In front OF the Horton
house one afternoon discussing with a
resident Of the city the easiest way
TO get 10 ranch situated several
miles beyond Tia Juuna on the Next
can boundary, Presently man.
with whom my companion was ac.
Qnainted came along and was intro.
dnced TO mo AS rancher whose place
was adjacent 10 that which desired
10 visit on the following day.
The newcomer told mo that lie in.
tended 10 return home thst evening.
and said that II cared 10 accompany
him no would eail for me with has
team when ho was ready TO start. |
thanked him for the courtesy. ayalled
myself Of the opportunity presented
and later was lourneying toward our
sister republic behind spanking
team
The sun had fallen behind Point
Iona when We reached Tia Junna
and the night was an exceptionally
dark one The drive had been pleas.
ant my companion being man Of
more than ordinary education and
good cOlloluial ability We had OK.
haustcd good many subjects
| destruction Of Tia JuanA by tie rivers
overflow a year ago last winter aud
ne rebuilding al point removed
from is original site tho gold fever
az Alamo and the affairs OF the Inter.
national company Of Mexico when
my host started 10 tell me OF dispute
he had had that day over tho spelling
~ tho word burglar"
Several weeks before friend had
written 70 him and told him that "a
1 burglar had entered his house 10 san
I Diego and had robbed him OF every
I thing he could lag his hands upon.
hut continued my companion
II was surprised 10 find that my
/ friend who j. a man Of good educa.
iioa spelled burglar btu. g.l.a.re-r
III every Instance
vcniurcl the opinion. IN half.
/ Joking sort ~ way that perhaps the
/ san DicgRn 10 whom my friend had
l referred was educated in the old
school and therefore preferred 20 nse
Woris that were obsolete.
liurglarer Is not correct and never
was was the quick and almost snap.
pish rciorL
1 al once subsidized and my friend
after quite long silence gave the Oh
horsc vicious cut with his whip
I which With consciousness OF having
gRl cd his peace % mind by limiting
that his friend had even tho shadow
Of an excuse for his spelling OF mis-
spelling. / thought he would rather
have given 10 me aud then re-
marked
4 have an unabridged Webster At
home. I'll look this thing up when We
arrive"
learned nfterward that bet oi
G5U had that day been made on the
polnt ai issue. and this doubtless &C.
counted for the Feasibility that my
quite natural remark had produced In
my newly made friend. But my dis,
comnture did not end here
Although tho property OF my bene
factor adioinod that belonging 10 the
rancher with whom | had business
their dwelling houses were fully u
milo apart When ] consented e
make the trip at the Horton house Il
was early In the afternoon. calcu'
lated that would have ample time Il
secure AN interview with the gentle
man for whom | was IN quest ans
make Tia Juana in time To catch th'
last train 10 the city that plight
Ms friend pointed out 10 me thai
tho oynning was far advanced: that hi:
neicbbor would certainty have re
tired and that ns IL would be mpos
slhle for me 10 reach san Diego again
that night had better accept hi
ho.pItality till morning when hi
promised that he would drive me L
nv destination and then back TO Tit
.Iunnn seeing that the person whom
/ was travelling 10 see was AN abso
Into stranger 20 me had no cxcus'
for not accepting this oder so
did SO
| did not for q moment doubt tn
good intentions oi my companion, al
though | must confess that rs wa
being whirled through the blacknes
Of the night--the horses seemed e
hive doubled their speed since ih'
sun went down--iolted over pitch
holes and carried around corners
could not seq but with which the AMI
mails were evidently quite familiar
could not help thinking that II
! were worth kidnapping the man DO
side mo could have me far over ih'
border line into Mexico without thu
lenst possibility OF my knowing IL
Alter my companion had declared
: his intention to consult the fnmou
photographer and had offered M
accommodation for the night he be
came eloquently silent Nor had
anv particular inclination TO talk
for tho darkness was so intense an'
Tho pace OF tho horses appeared to IN
. crense with every stride they made
lhat / seemed TO forget everything
except that was being whirle'
helpiessly onward into region ina
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