The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-07-22
An Episode OF Arizona.

An Episode OF Arizona.
"That isn't a bad reward
mo II a fellow could catch MIN ne
would make pretty good wages Let
And the second speaker began to read
the postal card that the postmaster az
Hard Scrabble had Just tackled 10 N
door of the store that constituted the
"ofiice" so that everyone might read
TAKE HIN IN!
Five hundred dollars reward Will De
mad for the arrest and delivery OF RuDe
White TO the Sheriff of Yavapai county.
He IS about twenty-five years olul DIN
feet tall, and slim, with a llght compleH-
ion. and has a big scar on the right slde
~ his face He is wanted for robbery
and other crimes. II killed in RESISTING
arrest the reward will be PAID on satis
factory proof of his identity. men last
heard from he was making for the Iohto
Bv the time the reader had finished a
crowd Of half dozen or more men
surrounded him. .bo
Tonic Basin country it wouldn't be mucn
of a trick to take him in, sa1d the nIst
sneaker. renectively, as If debating win
himself the ACCESSIBILITY of making the
attempt ,.. ,oio,, 20 no
,alran in and the Teller that tries II is
going to have his hands full. Ihey nav
Reen after him for two or three year
and amt got him yet Ihey say ne ~
the crowd. -, H.. 90
soon as he sees him from that descrlp-
lion hazarded the first speaker, II ne
GOT nm close enough TO see the scar; ana
then all he'd have to do would be 70
turn loose at him II he didn't throw uP
his hands when you told MIN. Beslues,
nobody but him would try TO cross over
The mountains into the basin with lne
snow on the ground Blamed If l doh |
think I'll go after him; , hin,
well. somebody ought to round MN
in " asserted some one In the croWu ;
"bee's been foolin roun hyar long enough,
les havin' his own way, sorter az II a, my
country belonged to him. burned IL
wouldn't go with you. Hi, II l didn hdf S
to take this grub over to the boys III
""W'Pen. II any Of you want to go. al
right. I'm going" replied the man au-
dressed as HI. A.. III Tan.
e,ns had been on such expeditions. lie
was one of those men for whom darsssr
seems 10 have fascination. AZ n,s
remark Frank Crandall, youIf ien LII
who had been standing quietly by, Vol,
unteered to accompany him. the cro"u
| turned toward him with more ihter ',Se,
| than they had thus far evinced duIihs
| the entire proceedings. 1t was Dut
| fnw months since he had come among
| them. fresh from the east. 70 take ch,--se
NJ one OF the mines which had been
| closed down by the winters storms for
weeks he had been cooper i up ID for
| isolated settlement, and ne longeu ioi
| something 10 break It's mOnotony -
'Wen, get your horse and gun anu
| come" replied Hi, and in an instant ths
two men had left the room 10 arm u bii,,
| the loungers gathered about the stove 10
discuss the probabilities OF their success.
In a few minutes the men rode past tiIe
door, each armed with r'n n,eH &in a o oi
warming: Re keerful, and don't let MIN
| got the drop on ye. al
The crust of the unbroken STOW cracK Sei
orisply under foot as tne '%S IT in
| their rear. For some time relther SPOKE,
| bat at last the silence was broken ny 10y
| Lar sing asking his younger companion
Did you ever try this kind oil 'nins Oe'
NO" replied the young man; Il never
well. then. you want to be ke eel III
If you don't lose your nea thai yU we re NAV
mn on him before we know T.
And il we do, what then?" asked the
| young man. ,,,orce
shooting and II he does and you aren
| bjt the first rattle out OF the bcx. why
| Won want 10 git off'n your horse ana ~
| behind something and shoot rack; II
Their amt anything to git behind. keel
vonr horse between you and him, ant
| keen a-shooting Whatever you do. don
| iet yo o. Your gun. But what we want
| TO do Is to see him first. and then we've
got the play on him; and all you nave
and II he don't throw up?' asked
| Crandall. J.. ,r,.,
"Why, then you let him have IT, The
reward will be paid Just the same.
| The apparent Indifference with whicf
| Lansing spoke of the entire matter mucf
as II he were discussing the best metnot
| of hunting a wild animal shocked TIT
| Young man: but he had committed MIN
| self too far to withdraw. Besides. HI
| had that feeling that all men have whsr
| they are young-the curiosity 10 know
| whether or not he could rely on MIN
self when danger was threatened.
1--WE should strike his tran on I'M
| hills here. If he is really headed for I'M
basin country" said Lansing.
| They had been riding for severa
| hours in silence through the snow. un
| broken by aught save the scattered pine
Before them lowered the mountains
| through whose passes the man whon
they were after would have TO pass II
his search for safety In half-settle'
wilds beyond. AS the two men ROD
| along, scanning in each direction IN
snow-covered mesa. Lansing suddeni!
| wheeled his horse TO the right. and whei
| Crandaii Joined him he pointed 10 mar
| row trail where two horses had passe'
| through the snow.
That's him. He's driving one hors
and leading another. and he hasn'
nassed by very long. either. See. tn
snow hasn't had time to drift in" sail
| he.
With the discovery his whole demeano
| had changed. A new look came into nj
| ewes and his voice sounded strange
| He even grasped his weapons In man
ner different TO that he had heretofor
displayed. 4,
look out" the older man continued
| they began TO follow the trail.
AS they approached the summit OF ean'
| hill they would stop their horses. al,
Lansing would dismount and crawl
the top, so that he might look, wlthppn
being discovered, into the vailey NC
yond, in order that they might not cpi.'
on the fugitive too suddenly Iney b ma'
travelled this way for several miles, MITE ,a
refining In his horse, Lansing p y,
TO what seemed an old road Leading o o.
TO the right of the one they were io"o"
Arhat's the .cut-off' into. the basin;
| thought he would take IL. put ne prvoa
| bly, doesn't know the countrsi lou M, ns
better take II and ride on aneao T Ti,s
| YOU strike the road we're on AGAIN. nc
| II YOU can't find his tracks, you naa ps J
ter ride back 10 meet r'S