The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-07-07
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ahr. b2caed up by ihe colo
isctal Wii,l S,ryson knew only too wei
was tue uuI% u, end Of Il tia
Lr q, not l.. cate. As he threw IN hi.
Ia! ''t a." o''.N WIS rU4.ed open from the
L'.I''r, ',l" Il nG"n daahed out and mel.et
L. li' g. Of IL" prairie. A mo
/. ut .a''. ...t the hooipeats of Il hOrs,
cam" . 3ounding clear and sharp OF
tAr still s.".
IL" hIon who had been asleep till now
aW"icLcl by the noise, sleepily raised
themselves on their elbows. The woman
Ilad not !.tuN.! the pistol from Stetson's
Il al. nat now she dropped the weapon
quic~ly ann started to run. In an in,
slant D,t..uI WAS after her, and wild at
being Ii ,ylttcQ had run her down and
cau-"t h'r before she had gone 50 yards.
as r" gasp her by the shoulders the
hoo. cats W." dying on the air. and the
woman looked INFO her captor's face
with an cNultamt smile.
Stctson brought her back to the cabin
and III Il half slammed way told his story.
The WOllan was quiet and did not seem
to hear what they said. Despite their
chagrin at having been worsted by Il
woman, the men could not but admire
her pluck and skill. Then they argued
Is to what they should do with her, and
finally decided to take her into town AS
soon as il was light. They locked her in
I'll" cabin and then sat up and talked the
rest Of Inc night. They felt that it would
b" useless to attempt to trail Craig in
the dark, and. to tell the truth, they were
just Il Int fearful that the woman would
escape them unless they kept a sharp
lookout.
When morning came, u big party set
off in pursuit Of Craig. nut they had
Scant hope # ovcrtaliug him with a
horse under him and his many hours
start, The e~asterncr's wife still remained
locked in tie cabin. Sage Bar for once
found itself nouplused. Law and order
had been reversed by Il woman, and the
town had the offender in custody. But
smoke and ponder as it might, Sage Bar
was ut a loss to know how to proceed,
All the laws of the settlement, unwrit-
ten though they were, had sprung from
an acute sense Of frontier needs and re-
ferred TO men. There was an indefna-
bic feeling among the Sage Bar soluns
that these laws could not be applied with
proprlcty to women, and so they talked
much, smoked and drank much more
and did nothing.
When the Hines party came in, tired,
hungry and empty handed, no solution
of the difficulty presented itself, and SO
with admirable judgment the town de-
ciled to free itself of further RESPONSE
bility by setting the woman at liberty.
The castcrncr's wife was pale and evil
worn ont when they brought her
Out of the cabin; but she said not a word
when they told her she might go and
walked Oft in the direction of her home
with Il smile, half of defiance. half Of
satisfaction. That night the party which
had gone III pursuit Of Craig returned.
La' ing made a fruitless search.
Two days latter, just as Sage Ear was
preparing its evening meal, two men
were seen riding oyyra swell from tine
northeast. Five horses We're driven
before them When the men
got nearer the town one Of them was
recognized rs the castcrurr. lie was
'iding barchcaded, and beside him rode
mother, dark and swarthy, his arms
,ound tohis sides, his horse led by Craig.
All Sage Bar assembled about the party,
while Craig told the Story Of how me had ;