Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-02-10


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dollar q tao n bzrug supplies o.
his quarterly visits 10 M09sze- The
other day tEo hEn.ers were passing
the old veterans eaazZ H= sat - MS
hunters 1=3 tAeT stopped
Look what 7 found o. El- l90--
step last night hs -zi2 1zl held p
zaa's ear
Before the ha1te-s egzi6 reep-er
IRON their s1-p use SUDDENLY 70 say
anything the veteran said
iii tell how ! .nznk i nzs. have
co@e 70 be On zy doorstep. S5ne
time during last n.ght kind b woke
~, and heard misses that soanlsJ
ike some one talking n szothered
sort D EzT- ! listened z1l maize ID
Esr MAD the voices cane from tBzt
e3uup b bushes yoaZer knew
there eouIaa1t BE- voices uu ess there
was somebody with tEez ard
Watched out % rae upstairs window.
TIE moon 1as shining brigas ard !
hadn-t watched loug before ! saw t-so
men crawl OFT . tEe bushes ard snezE
+ toward the dor. When .hey got 70
{ the door they began - force it open
f Taen I made up ny mind that thsy
+ wanted 70 get n without asking. ard
Z vent down the ladder % the lover
F room and threw uy body against the
+ door.
Open that Goor.' o1e 81 the men
Eollered, or vel boz yoz- mead ofz.
I've got a szgOr3 IRA: ! brought
Z home with ne when I left the ar-zy,
and that's I'll the wez2ol I've got
& reached for that Tas men pushed
and showed anti the- forced the doc
on crack, and one II them got MS
head through fetched the sword
+ eigewaTs down On that head a. bard
as could The ran droPged as Il he
had been shot and iar grooming On
the sill 7 other dragged him out
just n time 70 sar. his friend from
4 getting another jab with the sword,
and / shut the dor and put a table
and grindstone and a barre. against
IT. while the one man was looking 10
see what had happened - the other.
! L wash long. tbouZa befer. heard
z loud report a1i bullet came q ear
through the door, which amt very
thick. and ,ghizzsd b. my car Then
there cane q crash against tbs door
and It y IS forced uarfly open- saw
part II the body 81 man aud I made
jab at il with the ss.orl The man
grabbed the blade. bat after a struy-
gle yanksd it away and gave anotaer
jao. and hard one ! hearI q yell
and some one no Tered:
Ny Coli I'm stabbed,
II pushel the door shat AMI barr
caded i. There were groans and
means a-Dlen.y outside. ] went ur
the ladder again by and by and looked
out Of the window And what 10 you
think ] saw? One Of the chaps max.
ing for the woods with tother one on
his back kne.v they wouldu't re-
turn. and I vent 70 bel When 90,
up this morning / foand this ear on
the doorstep. And you can see for
yourself that trail Of oloOl lea sing
into the woods +"
There was no mistaking that fact.
The hunters FOLLOWED the trail un til
Il entered the thick brush and went
off toward the head Of Panther creek.
That's the way / think this ear
must have come To be on the door
step" said the veteran. when the
hunters came back. If you find a.y
one VINO has lost an ear, tell him n
come up here and maybe he can find