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There must be a dead Indian under the
house" How many times, that has been said
Rcross the gambling table in Helena And
yet how few people know tho origin OF the ex-
prsssionl Its meaning was well known. how
ever. as nobody was heard to use 1t unless the
cards were against him.
Still. for all that, u dead Indian. or what was
left Of him after fis dust had mingled with the
soil his forefnthers owned, lay under one OF
the gambling houses of Helena from tho time
the BUILDING was erected until y short time
change. In the early days ~ tho town. an Indian
grays wns found. Hnthcrthnn disturb the homes
tn" builder concluded to let them rest there.
The hpnss wont ur. aid tor years tn. cards
place OF tho rcd man. Tho rr"rrirtor Of III"
house knew he was there. and whenever luck
ran against the game IT i,'rdii" TIE custom oi
the dealers Ia lay tn, h'nme IN tn" ''lend
Indian" by and by p"ouln who wnra playing
against the bank tOn'. up the expression. and
when a steady run Of i'.l luck followed thom
II was the custom t. remark. There must no
= dead Indian indrr tie I,",ae.' Twic" within
its doors Tor lack of funds nr oiher an filci"nt
causes Whrn the rreSant owner, decided to
improve the nuil'ln; he concluded that he
would NOV, the Indian, an 1t WAS done.
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women hive separate schools in Paris now.
but arc taught BY the samo masters. Two
health and s = perfect uMnderstandlng nc Of the
the climate is trying for. an American II q
student cannot speak the language she is not
get the best of his advice and INSTRUCT ons.
merican girls can. and some young girls do.
study in Paris without chaperon. as they do
In New York but inany, Of tho women who
would not like to have their daughte 60 alone.
In point OF expense it costs q woman about
81 900 year to be comfortable in Paris and
to enjoy all the advantages the city affords for
study. but It has been and Is done on $500 and
oven on $500 year by women who have ge-
Mus for economy as we'll as for art. As in New
orS' o It costs Is woman We nan more than nan:
yited out more. which saves fuel and food too.
risian students code It smacks Of vulgarity to
wear expensive clothing. Men spend their
woman must remain at home at tho cost Of
lights and fuel Studios rent cheaper IN
hire is cheaper The mistake the novice
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:aa . then No. that Ty' Psss ssets ss0d tns ts
America. @ and iI I've been. there aver sinse. and
hns r S,nysrs ySrTs snd MntSh
IS sISSs Is,s.a ai ..ss sslsniSis..y 'sr
ssS ss. sssss ssy sSa yxsss sss ad tdsy!Ss ySs e
.Wsli. Thought"
.9i course ycu did. You yeTgs ysI.S younS and and
srs sns you see Bat IN never mind about that
ssu g%E S Exbsrn soS s yse
Yo1 so Soa yss %r srn sse
what can be done Your case a,nt half ss g. bad =;
as / might be Yon are Fong to % so1,s srf. SSt all
Hnd tS Tho rest siris. its Just a. OK psoted:
sss " ns sfs tss sos. c dcns Ss'Ss s.;Sns
"fts or great mistake. .it's tho biegest mis-
your YOUR owl own ease. < mar, ought .iways e have
.sss 4. ..i 0sSt n fss IN
coming one of the biggest brewers IN Amsri.
o n %sce eG Tssa n roash gsa Teathsr NOV ],
hn learned how TO make har1ess.however;
f. too to .rs ;s cvss .Is tsS Snd S
You You sesSxhats, ,sc become ofthem If anything
ut has been. my idea to lot tho eldest one
ssoh: come. Suppose the firm don't want
II hadn't thought Of that. but
''N0w. look here: you want to get right down
to business and stop dreaming. You are capa-
ble of immense things-rnsn. you can make
perfect success In life; all ron want ia some
body to steady yon and boost you along on 1T the
right road. DO you own anything IN the ous'-
So--not exactly: but II Icontinue to, give
satisfactlon I suppose can kcep my. N.Y.
rcnd don on anything Of the kind. They'll bounce
YOU the minute you get htt!e ald M and worked
think 1t 10 doubtful: very doubtful"
you suppose II l should 80 thore and have
talk, with your people-look, -, ,hore-do you
think Ssyd FIe could do IL
after nn.. got little familiarity with the ousi-
The German WIS silent ior some time He
waited with curiosity to soc what tho result
was going e be. Finally The German M n; said l:a
these old countries they meyer give fellow
show. Yes you come over TO America.come
to my place in Rochester; bring the family
along You shall have . show in the business
and the foremanship besides; -, Goorge-you
ssid your name was George make nsssrS nan Saa
. chance here. but that's all going to change
by gracious. I'll give you LIT thatll make
your hair curl!'
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this preparation periods Of production alter:
s Ho ra T psant Of stuf bs and and the wH5
Salon or the Academy before she has finished
her noyMitiate. M Few WON women have neans or
1%S mS ssf sf % 9na t. ts
and strength In their subsequent work.
tba nsr stnda
clnating place It is. whether II Is located In the
garret OF a busi mess block or in the handsome
Is bound to be homo contre and to create a
homo atmosPher,G about .oIaI he. even Il her pgers
syH q. w" s
ness oi benzipe. This home element and iSse ceP-
er than confusion. distinguishes the woman's
SNOW NOW comes come s tho practical test. VIII she be
the st dsena n hSb sSus1, WI
vestments. But the work OF women artists is
continually increasing In originality and I'M
psss Which saa
realize handsome incomes.
xbsr" we doss bSip married
com mards the higher prices of the two. One
capable woman. who In addition to her studio
pares ali tho meals but tho dinners and makes
her own gowns. earns more money than her
h rstSn ao % Of SptsfS sasass H. art vsld A%S
was hung together. all the critics conceded
that tho womRn's work was nv far the mora
original and strong. or course. IL a woman fails
Il Is becailso she is q woman. II n man does
not succeed it is because he lacks genius'
Women are Ionrning that In art. az In Oh other
yidnai who succeeds. The sale ~ MD
tures depends largely. too. on n certain
knaok or tact In presontinS than
to dealers and purchasers and also on social
standing and patronage. which enable the
artist to introduce her work to the attention
OF POSSIBLE patrons. In all Of which women are
frequently quito as capable as men. indeed'
women are often better sellers OF thejr nic'
lures than men. quick to catch the drtrftof
pupijar demand and cater 10 IT. ard nara
providont In husb9nding their resources mnI
managing their incOmea """
Among tho successful women artista NJ New
York Helen Phelps occupies distinctiv"
place because OF her original and Tinnrnns
nainting OF tho nude. It Is generally concedei
that tho hardest thing In art is to paint from
the undraned model. and II is an ar nhaso i IN
which women rarely excel. In Miss PhaIps's
work tho purity and sincerity az puTnose
and inspiration are strongly felt in
tho chasie beauty OF the finished worE
particularly In tho small nude f,supns
which arc drawn with iidrlity mnj vlpor
coiorpd with exquisite delicacy. i"r which
she finds Ieady market In puritanical Nav
England. The artist. who II a newcomer IN Tia
st colony hsrei y, e.. was pupil oi julien pnd
guorsau. and her pictures have been acc seSeDted I
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stowe herself away under the caves Of some
bedroom; in one Of, the clean little closets Of
the Salvation. Hotels" rs the irreysrent
ans Christian Association, boarding houses.
or begins the process Of slow starvation
IN what is known as boarding herself
Two or three girls sometimes room together,
and witt an upturned bandbox for q table and
a lamp fora stove have the widest kind OF
cocoa gnd crncaer reyels; One happy thing
about about re art student is that she refuses to
Two girls from some oi the proldest homss 81
tho old South entertained their class all one
HaIr {ear relating their eeonom.s and aessrbng
tinRuished grandmother could see me nOw,"
said one OF them at dinner, as she impaled .
sausage on hat pin to lift it from tho saucepan
GT 1nd deposited 1t on the bit q brown paper that
and prvaatlons arc not alleyiated by any touch
q what the world calls heroic or romantic.
No struggling woman genius has been obliged
~ yet " sol! her hair and front teeth. like
ln, rantlae' i9r deeorating menu cards and scent
doned the idea that her superior. genius pre-
cludes the necessity Of technical training
shc goes to work SO iously and cOnsclentiOusly
Yp sIimrle spbiscts Y learn correct proportIop
tho modelling class and handles actual
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like romance. She lived during her Girlhood
which artists ] oeeasionaily Visited. From their
work she became be- inspired with the belief q that
she could handle e brush. and & through the H.
was ena6ied to STUD study "a at tn the Lei League. % Later ter
she studied with Julien married an artist, and
As tGaay enc fRe o the most successful women
6na Mrs Bake Baker; who has studio in the shes:
ior for women to tor study and exhibit tker re Wors
than N for & her own aehieysm ents; shs vas eng
loyal cham pion Of the woman's caus. In tho
secety Which @ holds , It's exhibtion s IN sse I esry
81 Heads s ssa sti!i ilfs 'n RI
% IN The % lie 's and hss painins
eoTers she h has stpdied at the League "a
strong work in landscapes. and paints wood
PteESrs Int n ths style Of vh EhS@
the Instructors tried to dissuade her: and told
nag ssf' Sc a. sn
are poTrat psnters Who have Saa bsen eSs 1sas
snS sss.% q tSs .Se Asofs
make each a handsome @ income me- Mrs. s Ia%6
was her h1sbands pupil before she married
NIL q rraT ~ ntr ~ W. niso pup
ttonally skilful etcher.
Rhods Holmes NICHOLS Is another artist
has studied In Rome and Venice .Hor nota-
bic pictures are sunlit effects in Venice.
artists Sefe R Re% Yf M ss ss s9s sona
really artistic and vigorous work. not Of the
scent sachet and fancy work order. the schools
inspired. by the record Of success to
devote themselves to. the profession Of
art It must be admitted that few wo-
resources are able to support themselves with
out teaching or doing some kind Of pot boil
feed many noble. ideals and fond ambitions.
However. It may be safely promised that the
work which ne had reluctantly been dragged
to see. might be safely applied to many others
whose names have not been mentioned. ~
see o woman's work. lnd It is not the work
OF woman at all. but Of IN artist"
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ly idealsiand traditions In girls thrusting
her thumb through q palette than In her
welding tho scalpel or expounding the statute.
The chief disadvantage which initiates against
her success is that while the woman student
usually has less money than the man
It costs her moro to pursue her studies ut any
Of the great art centres. She must live In o re-
spectacle locality and take her meals in re-
spectacle eating houses. and for those refine
ments Of life she must pay equally respectable
prices. The man student loses nothing in 80
cial or artistic standing on account OF his resi-
dence or environment. He is not exacting In
the small rclnomcnts OF living. and dimes like
a prince in n common beer garden. He sub.
mits gracefully to keeping his top hat If ho
has one. on the shelf with his coffee pot. while
his loaf and cheese find honorable place
among his brushes and charcoals. Tho woman
must dress better than tho man. pay almost
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SNAPS FAMOUS MOUNT:
Greek Monks o. the Slope of the Hoary
suusule where Moses Received the Law.

Greek Monks On the Slope Of the Hosry
gummit whore Moses 1eesivod the Law.
Mr. Charles Grad Is the latest traveller to
Mount Sinai and its famous monastery. whore
few monks Of the Greek Church lead IN
isolated life. The mountain is called also
Mount Horeb. and its Arabic name Is Djebel
Muca. or Mount OF Mosos. Tho story Of Mr..
Grads visit to tho sacred mountain is pub
llshsd in lie 7bur du Monde and Is illustrated
with views OF the sandy desert and barren
mountains Of the Sinai peninsula Sinai is not
visited often by travellers. Some scholars who
have explored tho mountains assert that one
or another summit 10 more likely to have been
tho Sinai OF tho Jews than the mountain which
the Greek monks believe was the eminence
that was wrapped In cloud and smoke and
shook with thunders - Moses ascended 1t.
Most OF the authorities. however. accept the
tradition which makes the mountain on whose
side the monastery stands the true Sinai.
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the continuous. systematic. and extended
study that lays tho foundation for strong and
original work.
The first question to be considered BY tho
ambitious young woman from Denver or
wherever. who has painted some daisies on a
banner and feels the fro OF genius burn. is
how and where she shall study New York 10
usually the Mecca In this country toward
which the ambitious artist travels. and in one
OF the four great schools OF the city finds out
how little she knows OF the Art that is spoiled
with capital A. II the girl has little money
and a modest ambition to become designer
OF dadoes rather than Of dresses. or teacher
Of art instead OF fractions. sho tries te enters
Cooper Union. that haven prepared for worthy
young women. II she has already attained
sufficient technical skill to pass the competi-
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class depend upon the II KY ILLusrRloUs GRAND
committee's approvalno1H COULD skE NE now.
OF a submitted drawing Of the full length
statue. In tho school OF the Metropolitan
Museum. as tho instruction is not free.
the conditions Of membership are less
exacting than those of tho Academy. the
only requisites being q letter OF introduction
from some resident OF good standing. and
specimens Of tho students work. However.
the concensus OF artistic opinion gives the
Art Students League the preference over all
other schools In this country, not only for
superior technical training to the beginner.
but for broad artistic culture. In the founding
Of the league women played an important part.
men except they arc not among the instructors.
The first year OF the girl students life Is not
one OF unalloyed happiness. Heroic measures
are adopted at the league to destroy the buoy
ancy OF conceit upon which tho unframed art
ist floats In imagination to the summit Of
famo's citadel. The girl whose studies in color
and portraits OF tho relatives have adorned the
home parlor Is put to work upon the prosaio
drawing OF block hands and feet. The inter-
ested friends at home meanwhile mako life
cheorful for her by writing for some OF her pic
to zee how che Is getting along Vota
begged 'iH from sum the family ye' INCOME m1 s Or
boarded up for herself cover the expenses OF
city e where where i 4 the glayens
necessnries that spoil tho best cslcu lAtions in
economy Board bills and tuition fees that
meet her squAreiy In the face she Is ready for.
1t is the unexpected that phases her. She
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tiveexaminaticns at tho
Academy OF Design she
may enter the Academy
school. where after the
payment Of a small en-
trance fee instruction
Is free. There are no
elementary classes. no
teachers to finish and
retouch the work OF
students, and instruc-
tion Is given entirely By
lecture and criticism.
Applicants for admis-
sion submit to the
school committee q
shaded drawing from
the plaster cast, and
promotions to the life
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Nthe study Of art a wo-
man enjoys equal ad-
vnntages with men. and
encounters less re-
sistance on account OF
her sex than In most
professions. The best
art schools in this
country and In Europe
accept women as pu-
pills. though they do not
employ them as In
structors. The great
masters are accessible
10 women as critics.and
conventionallty fin DIS
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Another, figure paintts,, Of talent f Ma. M:
taken up her residence in New York. and is
York art circles. She was a. student IN tho
South Kenaington Art schools. and her pic:
and we'll hung in the. Royal Academy in Lon
studio are Wayiarsrs:" large &C, canvas show:
XhYh Is painted with rcsliftIS force and
Govent Garden, with baskets Of flowers. But
Miss brooks ia better known by her charming
studies Of little girs,whieh she paints IN great
effect, Dora Wheeler Keith is equally sue;
genre work. Chase and Bouguereau have been
her masters. and her most important work is
the day. which she has been at work on for
well known. Her Academy pictures have been
"Will o. the Wisp" and "Blackberrying."
Amanda Brewster Seweli has won the
Dodge prize for the best work in the Academy.
and has exhibited at the Salon. She is .
Shown Shown some Algerian stud lies which were pro-
the struggling artist Mrs. sewelrs story reads
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WOMEN WHO LIVE BY ART.
THdT,A GTRL STUDENT MUST no TO
SUCCEED rs An ARTIST

LesE Years OF Study In the Leagues and
Schools = ssome,ircs . strmxGie with
Poverty - Esscntini. OF success = Her
Home snd Her studio-some OF the wo-
men In New York who Have Succeeded.
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twice as much for her
clothing. and expend
double the amount OF
time and nerve force In
adjusting 1t with the
simple neatness that
distinguishes the wo-
man OF refinement.
In the Paris schools a
woman pays twice as
much money for half
as much instruction.
Her weekly fees are
double those paid by
the men. and the in
structors visit her
classes but once each
week to twice a week
at tho mons classes.
Finally. a woman rarely
Il A~N~~k fop
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EToM Tbs Tadi1H1JSVIs JoNTndT.
A story In London Truth begins with this sem
tence: why Arthur Hisluck went tn the bar
was a mystery" 1.-THE gentleman' Il nam . liz ny
indication. he went because he Was invited.
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NEVADAS ROAD AGENTS.
EXPLOITS or SOME DARING AND NOrA.
BILE HIGHWayMEN

L a 4 y
r,,,o,,s 800. .,...,
NA'"'i'S s,, or s1Mn ,,,f,,s DamiSo and SorA-
| :.
tn. r.'mv Day. Of saisp,ss na,no. !.
M..S T,,rs nns |",ss.rs ,se ro,. s..srs:s Ts:s
'r' , s"see.-f"i &c" so,"',o"'
,,""" .,'. N we "a, f'o"f''.' en''rrt
ognomies that Indicated native yicicasness
Of the good citizen type to which they belonged
until acciden; sent them on at II tangent. while
JACK JACK. Davis, 49,, the most notorious OF them all.
i might ,, readily have been mistaken for studi.
trnordO"rv rs n".ts @ on, OF aasy rosmah 01 r OK.
,r"ra nanS o,m,,,us. ,in. mu ,neosnoss Inoy
and on an oana ous ,S
leading men Of their respective communities
The judges. lawyers, and and bankers ] V Of the Com.
poker. could have welcomed no one more
To ss %o o sno ss stages sa ssr,.
ns 1sds Of OuH from tho milne.
1S vs stage ss robbins s1sSs became sns Of n '1s s:s
Tho te & anu ust ,.,,sot ~ Nevsa
COACHES s sss ' s genera. Sr RS
SsSn a the iss Se
vile: Heuness, Dutch Flat Reese River. Hum.
raSSs% c1%a be otasr
srss q % esrts@nts @ Msst I n the sS aepSeaaslons $
sSs %i f. sssss s SS
bsoasSt e Sf3fo il HsS were q de-
sn1.s s sy. sS a: ssss s:s
sn In The robbers S.S Ssts
tssn Ssas ies i fssy sI'fSs had se!s. @ hsssiPe
ssse
Ss': 's e.
s EsilrSsa sepdastes gsIEnsilias the hsi sssinss!:
and within % Ave miles The S9ach a would be st1p
Psy either from sJDsIs
Sis sdsliss si. ~ n's .sa .u0. SUSPICION
vcon seEer " 5neEs & Hs5s % ysry rev So1.
sEcss Vas 1svsr muos doube
enoas t4e
EisI iI 81 81 5Sss HsrI1:. % Al = Hsss5s%sn: @ % Mo::: M:
f y fcnsr. s ana ns.r LoyS: IN tSoo 1or ths
fSSsuit was not very .satisImsetory: aarriss
&
:hossss tss%: g nSs ssa .sssllsss '9..ss:
sas ana &
sstqEe a. e. sn sss
fGE oths5s f Tendss
:: 81 nsmRsssa {s!Ss!ts e sRs e!sss s s9nss:s
snd % hs ~. r.: TiIled IN i ssn6ljns saloon II VIZ:
sinfs City c99SSple 9Sp g. 81 Ss Years % sfterThs.d.
iaaly az y ,3; s.sr; It was EVIDENT that boidsr and
M
::sss
t9 o as% r
ladies, ladies, .S.in.. and The. etfaiE was (con.
=, ID pasIs ssd ieas SssS sasPsetsd y diSsosias
tioiss oi eonsipsias sSideRee qpaid s. breasst
was a Substantial and prospero1s milfmsn'
TSsether WITH squeers, Goef.rI md so@S
near FloWery low cry % n six.miIe i csaon. About four
milss from xiiSinlS &. dsy snd sssHsa e 3
from Wkat sn1rca ns1inw Mo roc U1S cosaa w.s
the mill kapt turning out :
afterwsrd. there never NJ .sny
paying, rock. The mill had been hired 70 fseIi-
bullion scnuired nv their numerous sfaSe 70 rohs
beries. Davis and soIae Of lis oompsnions
snd on on or Wo oher i bn
found impossibie to gather testimony enourh
to convict, and they were discharged. "a.
and fruetee % Raiiroad Wss s1e = Seysrs
blow to these tndustrious milimen. It thr~St-
Was t6epeaiter csrried by train wi Wei the e4SaU.
tion OF unimportant shipments to and fron
outiyinp disfrfcts' Bnf fha Senius and darSS
OF Davis rose equal to the occasion. Since tks
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at the Salon. Her work 10 almost entirely IN
figures and portraits fss snbccts nnc ssree'
Louise King Is the only woman artist
besides Mics Phelps who Il at al know snown ~ az s,a
painter Of the nude. Tor though moss s ., the ,h,
nude model uone exhibits her studies.
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f000eZvOuR. ana tnRC afternoon the rODO0fD
vert on the line Of the railroad near Hunters
crossing. where Jones was left with, the guns
SPOUT four niles s s%ay The
was, that the main party would bring the
10 the event they should pass it without stop
ping Jones was tS 9bstrIct the track e PIP.
guns and tools. When the eastern. bound train
nrysd at Serd abq1s In
engine. the mail and express car. and com:
PEELED the engineer to run doTn tho trek and
made his appearance. The door of the express
and placed under guard with tho hreman II
the mail a9tS being kept the
and eSa coin
aaYn sdH%aptfstsd puassF S sHS SSd ss
S%Iils IIi Sity nisss SSsy,as tS3
WITH the eseeDonD keep ots few SR
@ Reno obtained the first clue and made the
sea r. G TaFf bowaes ssnd ssaa
Sss sEds Of TSsspe SsI the Gspta Tss
friends on the ssrsst IN vrsSa tty. said Tt thss
t,,ii,, t,,s, " ic mrle kls'StInk W"te, 40
onsr. and that the same phenome enon occurred
proof Of his guilt This Is Important ii true.
Us hrtemus Wurd used to say.
At the. iriai In Washop City the following
month Roberts and Gilchrist testified against
the com Danions and were discharged. Davis
and Jones' pleaded guilty and were sentenced
respectively to Gftoen and Ave years In the
penitentiAry. The others stood trial and re-
reivedtorms ranging from eighteen to Otwenty.
three md "nc-ha!f years. Thus was rounded
out the ilrst train rohb"ry committed.
Jack Davis was pnr'iOnvd after serving about
ten years ~ his sentence 1t may no supposed
thht hts prison "Hparicnce w"nned him from
lIiH he!ov'd Jro'o- sion. nut sucl MAS not the
case. One day In tn" early SJs fs and tho two
Hamilton brothers appeared mt u station on
th" rntl fr'm Eureka 10 Tyno. in eastern
Neyall, They oyern"w"red and bound tho
away. ir.scntiy tho stag, came along with
Eugene lnir aud Jimmy Brown. two "a.
ri the, station and threw down ths
lines. Blair descended to tho grDund. whom
Davis sc2mI hold OF his shotgun and tried to
wrest II from him. A terrific strugg!" ensusd.
during whi"r thr Hamilton boys ran away
Hrorn. whn w. stil AEON IN" 'n,cii. watched
III" I, 'si"'ia'r contest AMI waite for his op.
portunity. which presently zane, and he sent
q charge ~ bnckshot Into the robbers breast.
That tln!sh.d II. DAVIS died within a few
hours. itc clai med that IL his companions had
performed l,sir part the affair would have ter.
minated differently, Maybe 1t would. but ~
probably Just as well It ended as 1t did