The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-02-18

speech dsspsssd inte bis. old loos q sutlI dls-
:sis sss%,y ns t scs vast 10 ispd!
no iawyet3 For tell you straight out MAJOR.
there sl9't 20 hope tor ys when the Law once
gets s1e 2, {s II Nil hfS SoS so IL"
The sherln's face grew darker. After pause
But, +. sdded. IT'S i Strikes me we'd better wait
till we get clear O. these woods before you
think SuT ia Sn, r.n Ss 6ss had worn
on. but the IRE now completely eneirelinG
them opposed ank passage ~ or out 81 ' ma
equally impenetrable 70 vision. They we're As
Rirdled By horizon OF clouds, g.
I'm going to try TO sleep" said the Major;
re. yoS Sqme you So ISs %H said the sheriff
he isT down, closed his eyes. ard. to the
Sherif's astonishment presently fell asleep.
sat II and G' watched him rs the day slowly dark.
out in more lurid intensity. Tho face OF the
captive and outlawed murderer was sinRulatly
%ns snrsard via and S Ssfpese man u U
man stirred restlcssIy and uneasi!y, his face
sssped suddenly. Tom
Tie sheriff lent over him. The sleeping mans
upon upon ii. forehead. lie was, dreaming. .,I
Tom. he whispered. take me out OF this
Ducks cset.of. leave m en- short card sharp s.
smoS9 EN-. " There isn't TU one don't Ioathe and
hate. aud would grind under my heel else
where, I'm u, gentleman. Tom; yes BY .odl
County 90 il the Ninth Savsiry, That cub q
West Point knows It and despises me. seeing
knows tt recommended him tor his first
strines; for all he taunts me. dn-n him
The pri.onsS e dd not hec% Y lin The shsri
shook him roughly, SO rouGhlytha the Majors
waistGoat and SHIFT dragged open and dis,
At the sight OF this abased and faded magnifl.
cence the Sherlf's hand was stayed: his eye
wandered over the, sleeping form before him:
Yes. the hair was dyed. too near the roots It
was coming OF the pointed moustache and
imperial: the face in that light was very bag.
sn adI NOUN ons were ike deep easSes
The MAJOR, was: without doubt. prematurely
worn and played ont.. . ,
seemed to eject what his rudcr hand could
not The sleeping man stirred. awoke to full
Are they 6ercY I'm ready" he said calmly
40 said the sheriff she, DELIBERATELY hCsr thinp, only
what what you asked Of me. and il we get to sacta.
mento all right why I'll do IL and give ye that
day and night at your old lodgings"
The Major reached out hi. hand the sheriff
hesi,s'ed and d. then extended H. hi own The
it would seem. the last time.
For the cub OF West Point" was like most
cubs. irritable when thwarted. And having
been baked OF his prey. the desertcr. and pos
sibly chaffed by hts comrades for his proftiess
invasion OF Vineyards bar. he had persuaded
TO effect a recapture. Thus IL came about that
at dawn. filing along the ridge, on the out
skirts 81 the FIRE. his heart was gla tdened by
the sight OF the halt breed. with his hanging
hammock belt and battered army tGnic. EVIL
IDENTIFY still C fugitive. not n hundred yards
away on the other side OF the belt Of fire.
running down the hill with another rag
ged figure at his side The command to
halt" was enforced w single rifle shot
on their flight. Then the boz officer snatched
a carbine from one of his men. volley rang
out from the little troop-the shots OF tho pri-
Yates mercifully high. those OF the officer aud
sergeant levelled with wounded pride and full
OF deli berate purpose. The half breed fell. 50
did his companion. and. rolling over together.
both lay still.
But between the hunters and their fallen
quarry roared the chprni de triss flame and
fallen timber. impossible to cross. The young
oricrr hesitatcd shrugged his shoulders
wheeled his men. and left the ire to correct
any irrogularity in his action.
1t did not. however, change cont em pora eous
history. For a week later. when Wynyard's Bar
discovered Major Oyerstone lying beside the
man now eco9niZed by them as the disguised
Sheriff Of Siskiyou they rejoiced at this unfail-
prowess. That he had again killed n sheriff
and fought a whole posse yielding only with
his life. was never doubted. and kept his
memory green in Sierran chronicles, long ate
Vineyards Bar had itself become u memory.
THE END,