Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1893-02-25


Alan was the first to come around
he rose, vert to the border Of the wood,
peered ont listle, and then returned
and sat down.
well" sad he, "yon was a hot burst
David"
slid nothing. nor as much rs lifted
my face. bad seen murder done and
great, ruday, jpvial gen lenan struck
out Of life IN a moment The pity Of that
sight was sti.l sore within me, and yet
that waa but p&rto my concern. Here
was murder done upon the man Alan
hated Here was Alan skulkiug in the
trees and raining from the troops, and
whether his vas he hand that fired OF
only tie heat that ordered .uided but
little BY my way Of il, nay only friend
in that wild coau,ry was blood guilty in
the FIRST de held hilyrin horror;
could not loue urOn his face; would
have rather lain a.one in the rain on my
cold isle taau in that warm wood beside
a murderer.
Are ye sill wearied|' he asked again
no said |, stiil with my face i'm the
5racEen. M, | am not wearied ROW
and can speak. You and me must
tWine" lp4rtl, said Il liked yo1 very
we'll Alan. bat your ways are not mine
aud they're not Gods, and the short aud
the long of tis lust that we usttwine.'
II viii hardly twiue from ye, David
without some kind Of reason for the
same. said Alan, mighty gavely If
ye ken any hlng against my reputation,
its the least thing that ye should do, for
old acquaintance sake to let me hear
the name of tt. and if ye have only taken
a distaste TO my society it viii be proper
for me to judge if I'm iusuited,
Allan. said |, ''what Is the sense of
thisy Ye ken very well yon Campbell
man lies in his blood upon the road Do
you mean You had no hand in itS"
II will ted You first Of all, Mr.. Bal
four. of Shaws, as one friend To another,
said Alan. that if were going to kill a
gentleman it would not be in my own
country. TO bring trouble on my clan
| would not so wanting sword and gun,
and with "A long fishing rod upon my
back.
well" said |, that's trueT
"And now" continued Alan, taking
out his dirk and laying his hand upon
it in certain manner, Il swear upon
the holy iron had neither art nor part.
act nor thought in it"
81 thank God for that!" cried |. and
offered him my hand.
He did not appear to see it,
"And here is great deal of work
about Campbell!' said he. "They are
not SO scarce that ken"
"At least" said |, you cannot justly
blame me, for you know very well what
you told me in the brig; but the temp
tation and the act are different. | thank
God again for that. We may all be
tempted; but to take life in cold blood,
Alanw And could say no more for the
moment. "And do you know who did
it?" | added. DO you know that man
i'll the black coat?"
II have nae clear mind about his coat"
said Alan cunningly: but it sticks in
my head that it was blue"
"Blue or black, did ye know him?"
said |.
Il couldnae just conscientiously swear
to him." says Alan. "He gaed very close
by me, to be sure but its strange thing
that | should just have been tying my
brogues,"
"Can you swear that you don't know
him, Alany" cried half angered, half
in a mind to laugh at his evasions.
mot yet, says he, but I've grand
memory for forgetting, David"
"And yet there was one thing saw
clearly" said |, "and that was that you
exposed yourself and me to draw the
soldiers"
ATS very likely" said Alan, land SO
would any gentleman. You and me
were innocent of that transaction"
1.-The better reason, since we were