The Bessemer indicator., 1893-02-04

BtfbukcTb Woro ouCSES TaLklI8 u
horse. thief who had stolen a vslua.
bls horse AZ a ranch forty miles east
and sold It at Pickett Station, and
who was believed to have come this
way.
As sho listened 10 tho conversation
sudden nameloss fear oame Apon
her makng her feel flint and ILL., A.
soon as supper was over she took her
shawl and hurried home.
Somehow she was not surprised to
flnd tho door open. She entered
hastily. Sam was in bed and breath
ing stertorously. He had evidently
been drinking as his clothes were
scattered about tho floor and Mat,
looking out the back door could sac
his pony standing patiently where
Sam had loft him. waiting for some
one to come and feed him. Mai,
leaned over the sleeping man and
kissed him gently. her eyes full oil
love Then she turned to pick up his
clothes and put them AWAY. The
trousers we're heaty. and something
iiheled In one OF the pockets In.
stinctively Mat thrust her hand into
1t and drew it forth. clasping several
gold pieces. As she did SO her ewes
opened wide. and sho stood Us II
stunned for Il time. her heart chilled
with the same strange fear that had
stricken her awhile ago and impelled
her to hurry home
She rushed 10 the led and shook
Sam roughly. Sam. Sam!-wake
up!" she almost screamed.
I The
her stupidity. .H'lo M.Mat! Ycre.
be ye' Gimme kiss" he snid in a
dull tone.
'Ses twell ye tells me whar We
done got these ycre things 4" Mats $
voice sounded broken and shrill.
Sam sat up and rubbed his head,
looking Mt her in drunken wonder.
"W-wS. them-them thar honey p"
She shook him ilerre;N nnd said In
| u lower homo n tdhS Of earnost force;
Tell mo. Sam Toms whar We
got these ycre coins! Quick. now :"
Her tone partially sobered the mnu.
who eyes opened wider as he asketl,
quefu'ohsly:
es "What "A hell ye SO all. Hrcl fussy
bout9 l hain't dono nothin'." And
he laughed In haif-dranken. half.
nervous %ny.
Sam whar did ye git emp"
lie sat dumbly staring Mt her.
Sam" her voice wns ftll of hor-
rot did you steal that thar hosso
No answer; but Mat saw by his
eyes she had guessed the truth. Slow
ly the coins fell from her hands 10
the floor; slowly hor head bent for
ward until her face touched the pill
low For minutes she did not movo
not until San, who had bedh Star.
ing ct hsr ~ci.ddrihgly. reached ont
his pig hand and laid it caressinsiy
on her head. Then she sprung to her
feet her hot eyes elnsins. and her
form trembling with anger and hor-
rof. She did not sreak. but 4 .cd her
gdzo on his face for Il few seconds.
Hc did not meet her look. and pres
chtly, She turned and ran out OF the
door.
Sam, almost sober now. callod after
her but she did not answer. lie got
out OF bed slowly and started to dress
himself, He had almost finished.
when Mat accompanied ~ her father
and tho two Strangers returned.
''Ihar he is-an' thar the money. /"
sho said. and passed on out throw rh
the back door. Without looking at
Saih, .-s
:
/. Thefe VAS a Jail at the cross roads;
it was n primitive affair but solid and
substantial II was n dugout In the
sidehill. and had heavy oak donF
md great stoel hinges and lock. 1t
Was plenty strong enough to hold q
dozen men. all anxious to escape
and Sam Toms did not try to escape.
He only sat still In thu low damp.
darksoms room and tried to undo--
stand how il had all HAPPENED. 1t
must be n drunken dream but no.
he was almost sober. Ind knew where
Ae vas and how and why no was
there But-he could not understand.
Had Mat-was 1T really Mat who had
given him up. There must be some
mistake.
The big, strong man finally began
to reuiize 1t all. lie lay down OH tho
bunk and cried himself to sleep. like
a child.
1t must have been about ono G clock
in the morning when some ono silent
ly entered tho house of old Bill Bunh.
constable. This some ono entered by
tho back door went stealthily into
The room wiiere Bill and his wife
slept rummaged about for ii few
minutes md then emerged from the
house. 1t was q woman and she had
something in her hand.
Sam Toms was awakened. little
after this by - rafting jarring sound.
He sprang up just as the big oakon
doors swung back and revealed the
figures OF a woman and two saddle.
horses.
Il como fer ye Sam said the wo.
man. with n sob. II dono bruny
both ponies an ou' clo'os Les go.
Sam; we en- git cross tn rivah befo'
mawnin,' Come"
He clasped her in his arms. and
they clung to each other Il little whilo
Then Mat said. moro steadily:
Como. Sam. Les go ovai t
Mexico-an mebbe we en- try an do
bottor ovah there.
And they rode forth in the bright.
FREQ moonlight down towards the
Rio Grande. r. l.. Kctchum in She
Argonaut
a Queer Accident.
In Berlin the other day u workman
was boring holo in n wooden wall
In order to put in screw. whom he
received strong shock. ana. ignor-
ant OF tho cause. he left the gimlet in
tho hole and fled. At the sumo time the
electric clock of tho ''Urania' oppo-
site the house suddenly stopped, and
the electricians who manage the
clock for long timo could not i'm
agire what was the matter The
workman while boring had pierced
the thin wooden wall and the lead
covering of the electric cnble which