Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1894-12-07

was done. aHi a5 the other. ST. rar
| Bob called 10 ~" 10 'p.. n.f.
! would have bCDn glad tu o. h
horse r. l-ca 20 bud go 70. p dana.
he Was M hy the ha o, .lm t.o
revolver mover thought of dismauut-
| ing, but receiving another salute OPEN
ed up with ci.,At Of my heavy cartridges
at the doorway. When finished, II was
vacant | hoard tn, bottles break as the
| balls went crushing into the Woodwork
of the bar Dici, iu the meantime had
| ridden back 20 SEQ what the troubIcWa,
and was firm. his - rflo -, iast a- he
could. L l. WAS certainly being
walked up. You could So" LIGHTS ani...e
ing all along the street but
came our way on accom- If the
i think the p Julo tAou.ht ST..
landlord, D. ,y in the Woo, at,
the unruly GA O..
One fellow | shall never forget
came out of the house and was il.
aiming TO fire as shot He made per.
feet picture of the tragic as he gave
little spring, his rifle fell - the ground
and soon nc himself staggered into "a
J sitting posture | had LIT nim in tho
| shoulder. \ SECOND later | saw a flash
from the barn and IL a buuia;, scnsa-
tion in my neck. Jabbii gmvsDar. iu
my horse, To my glad surprise lee start
ed on run after tho others. Dick lost
no time in following We found VII
son suffering irum severe VoWd in
the check. y ball bad glanced iI.,l %
tree and cut him quite badly My
had just n scratch.
We pushod the horses along at a,aul.
gallop for some distance, in spite o.
mud, and then halted for con ulta
ton. 1t was perfectly silent in ~
woods. advised going ca 20 L.,
Dick, however raised objections, sa'
ing there were lot, Of short cuts
which the l. lite, could ,t g..
of us, especially as they had f-..l toI-.
and they would certainly ~ o. IT,
knew Of an old claim Up CT x wis
the road crossed "a little WAY abo
where we would bop.rfcc. 'ysl..
could throw thcm off cur tai
decided 10 Try. Whom we arrived at
creek, Dick sent Bob and Wilson uptlr
creek, telling them 20 keep in thuN,itcr
shallow, rapid streams common o. tine
section and the directions were tot
difficult to follow. Having .tmt.dtL,A.
he and ] crossed the crcel, and c..tiu
ned on tho road for neeily li'o
Then we came - ro'lvlid- T.. se
To the top Of this, we followed IL uu
we reached the crotE about ha.f "a r.
below our fin crossing. W. c.. -
up 10 the roadway and ovcr t.,e ..
route again, and at last on AID after ce.
friends Thus we icft plaza tail ;t,-
ing along the road FROM tho c..
should the scGrcAiI ( party cXauaHe or
tracks.
As we tunnel on up the creek
Thought | heard voices back Of L., lar
was not sure. We hurried along, the
rushing Of the water drowning the rat
tie Of our horses hoofs against the
stones. 1t Va, ssa.c time before w.
overlook Bob and Wilson. and an >,ot.
feeling tired ont, horse, AID mtu. va,u
Dick led the WY 8 tie H.. racGJ
the rcdwoCdS, u CcI goal
We found there 20 1-.r cabin TCthcr
ing cur hor c@, No NC..t j., 3e AID
built q big fic If dry wood, a.,. az .o2
ing cur fadllcs and hclm IS lay Gown
10 rest low We did sleep! 1t WAS
broad sunli ~ an.la Z rroou- day when
at last We uWOhc After va = il the
creek, bad ia TT len FIR Wilson's
check. il would have been AID 10 real
ize thaJ OR prcvlols evenings o. RI
oucc Ny@s /. orc ta.l HCr,Ut. The
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and this reminded us that we had moth
ing 10 cat 10 ,hoot would attract 40
tention, AID although we had seen deer
about We left thom alone.
Bob's ingenuity came to our rescue
He had noticed several coy,y Of quail
in and about the clearing which on lis
atToach scuuicd through sap III a
thichct Acting on this idea, lie con-
structed fence in shape Of V, and ~
the gpcX fiNel "a cage trap, SO that by
pulling 8 string it locked the quail in
We went out as heaters and soon had
fine covey running alolE his new road
way, and when he sprang the trap we
were Possessed Of over 20 fine quail
These we brOilcd, and no one objected
because they had not been hung up two
weeks before.
We rested all day undi,tuTbed and re-
tired 20 another nights rest. Getting
up carly the next morning, we ate a
breakfast of cold quail and started for
Ii. When wo came 20 the road, it
looked as though small army had
crossed but as the freshest tracks point
ed toward L l. we kept on toward
Id, confident of not being disturb
eel. Once there we felt perfectly safe, as
old Id was noted for his sterling
qualities and Dick knew him well.
On our arrival his greeting was in
decd cordial. They had heard of the l.
l. affair, and hearing nothing Of us
feared we had been captured by the pur-
suing party. We remained with him
two days. During that time the rumor
became current that the l. L-ites had
got wilma of our whereabouts and were
coming up 10 clear Us out and Id,
too, if he made any objections, but we
never saw anything of them. On leav-