The Forrest City times., 1893-07-14
A PLUCKY WIFE.
How She Saved Her Husband from
 Judge Lynch.

Sage Bar was excited. Six horses were missing from Bill Hines drove. Fifteen minutes after Bill had reported his loss at the Bar party had found the trail and ridden off toward the southwest. Presently, as they were crossing a wet bit of land in hollow, Bill who led the party, looked sharply at the hoof prints sunk deep in the soil and reined up quickly.
 Look at the shoe mark" he ex- claimed, pointing down at the trail.
 By guns. it's the customers hoss shoe" calculated Sam Pike after an in- stant's scrutiny of the hoof prints, among which were several larger than the rest showing the clear impress of a shoe The others were those of un- shod horses. Then the party scanned the marks closely. Then the men looked at each other with ugly frowns.
 No one answered for moment. Then Sam remarked: Ut looks bad for ther easterner, sure. Tn haint anyone got hoss shoes like them in tn district 'cept him. I'm sorry f tn feller's put his head in a rope's end boys. But we'll have ter foller him up. Who'll go back?"
 A couple of the party volunteered. The men separated. Part of them moved forward on the trail. The oth- CTS turned their horses at right angles to the former line of march and loped on toward the easterner's cabin.
 The customer, otherwise Jack Craig, of whom they had been speaking, had been in Sage Bar only short time. He was tepderfoot, out and out. When he came to the bar he brought his wife with him. She was a bright, pretty little woman, but they hardly knew her in the settlement. Craig always had been reserved, and the two had kept by themselves in the little cabin which stood a mile or so away from town. So Sage Bar had come to con- slider the pair a queer lot" and to designate them as "the easterner an his wife" which was intended to be anything but complimentary.
 When the trailing party reined up in front of Craig's cabin they found the object of their search sitting on log before the door, smoking. From his dress, bespattered with mud, it was evident that he had just returned from riding. The party exchanged glances of understanding.
 Sam Pike came to the point at once. Craig" he said, ''yer wanted down ter tn Bar"
 "What's that?" demanded the east erner, angrily.
 "Yer wanted down ter tn Bari" Sam repeated. For hoss stealing. he added.
 Craig's face was ahame in the instant. He sprang from his seat, throwing back his hand to his hip. But the others had him covered, and his hand dropped loosely by his side again. Its = lie" he said, "and you know it.' i Just then woman's figure appeared in the cabin doorway. It was Craig's wife.
 "What's the matter?" she questioned anxiously, seeing her husbands atti. tude.
 ! Craig spoke up quickly: "Go back Dolly. They've got up dirty story about me and want me to go to the Bar. But Til come back in little while" | Sam had great fear of women's tongues and tears and immediately or dered Craig to mount horse which an other man at word secured from the stable near by. The woman had looked on dumbly. seeming hardly to compre hend wha. was taking place, but as she saw her husband walk over toward tho horse, she ran to him, and threw bott