The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-10-27

Transaction Was Satisfied.
We had finished our game of whist on
the train when one of the players, a red
headed man, said: "Yonr speaking Of
narrow escapes reminds me of one l had
years ago in the Sierras. Buckeye
House" he continued. lis a public tav-
ern amid the mountains of southern
Plumas county and is a lonely spot,
being surrounded by dense forests OF
spruce and pine. On the night of June
4. ISL stopped there and was told by
the proprietor that a highway robbery
had been committed in the vicinity dur
ing the preceding day. This made me
exceedingly uneasy, for ! was carrying
s12. 800 i'll sreenbacks into the mountains
to invest in IA quartz mine. The money
was wrapped mp in my horse blankets
and slowed away under the seat of the
buggy. while | had about 300 in gold
and silver in my pockets.
shortly. after leaving Buckeye the
road ascends a deep leclivity and then
crosses a narrow. rocky. brush covered
plateau. Three mile farther on | passed
Palmetto ranch, an }bandoned stopping
place, where / aga II entered the dense
forest tharvrew clCsa to the highway.
1examined my rev yer carefully. placed
fresh CAPS on it and laid il on the seat
beside me ready Tor instant use. Moth
ing occurred unIil | reached French
mans hill, when as | was climbing one
of the steepest parts ! was suddenly
s~topped-so suddenly, in fact. that | had
no chance to defend myself. \ man
sprang into the road aud caught Ipv
horses by the brides. while a second
robber appeared from behind a tree,
holding III his hands Il shotgun at full
cock. The man with the Il was a tall
fellow with a Qu,ut eve and n rel
mustache. while the other man was short
aud stout.
"'Throw up yOlr Laatlst' cried the
squirt eyed man in a harsh voice. I
glanced at the IauzZle If tho gun ANA
then at the revolver on my seat. tn
with your hands, or I'll give it 70 yoE,'
and the look on the robbers face indi-
Gated that he meant what he said, SO |
reluctantly gave NJ all my ideas Of de-
Tense and slowly and mechanically raised
my hands above my head. at the sam
time cnrsing my i'll luck, for robbery at
that time meant ruiu 10 me. Git out
and keep Your hands up,' cried the tall
man. till jim takes Yer money and Yer
popgun.' got out and walked to the
head of the horses as commanded and
the short robber deftlv examined my
pockets and took what gold and silver !
had. saying as he ratified the coins. 1t
pays to drive hogs.
Hogs" exclaimed. What do you
mean by hogs:
"tOh, that's all right. He told Us You
Were coming. and we laid in the brush
for you, wa the response.
Il glanced up at that second and saw
a murderous look on the squirt eyed
mans face, while his finger was on the
trigger of the gun. As was standing
close to the small robber, the weapon.
of course. covered us both. | gave an
involuntary start, which caused the short
man to look up. His face blanched white
as he exclaimed, Take care there or you
will shoe US BOTH at the same tint
stepping back SO as to bring my horse
between himself n his companion gun.
Il lnvolunfarlly followed his example,
when the short man SAID In a low tone,
i Delleve mat rascal meant to Kill us
both. Now he continued in a loud
voice, at the same time taxing my pistol
from the seat. you pile right IN mt be off
! had supposed, OF course, hat they
wouid search my buggy, and now that |
was about to escape with my precious
greenbacks my heart beat furiously and
the blood rushed to my face as though |
a just undergone great exertion. !
hastily obeyed the inJuncrions of the
robbers to drive on and keep a-going.'
and as o as was out of gunshot |
whipped up and drove at full speed until
| overlook a little old man, shabbily
dressed, driving a lot OF fat hogs with
the aid OF a small dog.
1.-The Old man looked at me with some
astonishment as l drove rapidly up and