The herald., 1893-07-19


er all, poor Biz left hss body there, and
| got sul broke up. Husss tt wsy II
happensd About thu~s vsaku sftsrvard
we was 'dAggtr Aloav slow and tired ono
aftsrnoun whcu We ccune q ebo sbanfv
whrc the psddl~ tod uu he - tie
bsana We h~w 4 riehs "a 81 s., do.
scri2ttoA- xh0S W. o. nsHc runs,dn
stream and On ~ e6hsu bah tharp wors
the very bean patnh snk tts huun, - ens
end Of ID We uupscksd lr ~ -,
and Bill was row tsl1n che gold pan and
tryin for color rsGhs cfY, 6u6 ] ~ h4n to
wait till mornin. 40 we had = esk supper
before dark.
"I started gettin soaue sticlu 10 buiId
fire, and Bill went 10 HE peuuks A. ths
coffeepot and Try ysn. and ina th.n
three greasers on horsebnu1k xcAe IN ue
and up to tho door of ~ houss. wksre
they got off their horsss. Afsas = Nttle
palaver with an aid hsg tkAA oarns 10 the
door one Of them came ovur to us ana
said 'Bueuos noches' very polite, a
greaser would be polits II he was roin
to cut your throat the next minute. AZ
he passed our baggage he kind a-stasted
and looked at it pretty aharp, and Isaw
he was takin note OF the bean sack
1t was standin there with the ouesr
mark in plain view. BY and BY he
pointed to the sack and asked where wo
got it and what was In II. told him II
was sack Of beans, and We bought h
over the line in Arizona. Protty soon
he asked us to come up to. the house ana
spend the evenin. We said we wouM
after supper, and then he went of.
"Half an hour later, as we was squs&
tin by the fire drinkin our coffee, ~
three Of 'em come down and stood
around. Swarthy faced, with mean look
in mustaches and murderous eyes, they
looked equal to any deviltry, and was
just thinkin what precious lookin set
of rascals they was when Iquit thinkt1
altogether. had to, COS was stretched
out on the ground unconscious. What
l saw happened quicker'n can tell IT.
The two near ones whipped out their
6-shooters and had us covered, and the
other one grabbed the bean sack. Bill,
always quicker than me, jumped mp.
a-reachin behind him for his gun, but
before he pulled it there was q report,
and he fell forward on his face with o
gurglin yell-a pistol ball in his throat.
made jump to get up, but I felt .
crushin blow ON my head, and that's all
remember.
when come to myself, was lyin
on some blankets on the dirt floor of
DOLBY shanty, with an old Mexican hag
bendin over me. beg her pardon for
callin her hag, for she saved my life, but
when woke up I thought sure she was
satan. She told me had been crazy q
week, and l reckon must had brain
fever. / told the old woman all my
story and all about the beans, but she
wouldn't talk about the murder Of my
friend till three weeks after, when I got
strong and well, and told her I was
going back to Arizona. She up and told
me next mornin. and, stranger, you'll
agree that me and Bill was two Of the
unluckiest cusses livin. That very sack
ST beans we had been packin all over
Arizona had nearly $1,000 worth Of gold
in it in dust and nuggets!
"The three greasers who attacked us
were her nephews and were just what
did not say SO. They had murdered
couple of miners up in the mountains
and robbed their camp Of about 30
pounds of gold dust. Not wantin to use
it till the affair blew over, they hid the
dust in one of the sacks of beans. There
were dozen or more stacked up in the
old ,woman's shed, and she had raised
them, herself, with her grandson, L.
.year-old kid, to help her. They marked
the sack, but did not tell her about the
gold in ii, and while they were off on
some more deviltry the old woman up
and sells some of her sacks Of beans to q
peddler that happened to come by.
When the robbers came back again, they
missed the marked sack, but it was too
late to get it, and they pretty near beat
the old woman to death.
"They'd forgot all about 1t by the time
we came by, but they knew their mark
on the sack and saw it had not been
open, and the only wonder is that they
didn't shoot us both down without askin
any questions.
"My donkeys were feedin around the
ranch yet, and had my blankets. That
was all they left me. I gave the old
woman one donkey and saddled up the
other and lit out for Tucson. But first
made little wooden cross and cut Bills
name on it, and put it on his grave where
the old woman had made the robbers
bury him close to the bean plot he had
hunted SO long."-St. Louis Globe-Dem-
ocrat.