Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-11-17

40 not 90 on tonight be said
You may mest trouble There Is
gang OF horse thieves about That
Is a Que horse and buggy you have
there. and you might be relieved Of
i as q man WAS down tho valley only
yesterday, Il was a bold piece %
work aud officers are after the fei.
los. stay till morning You're vel.
come.
THANK sou, friend. replied the
stranger. '.but I'm not afraid. NV
old mother lives np 10 the noun
tains haven't seen her for three
years and / wAnt 70 got home.
wrote her ! Nonld b. there 10 NOR
row. ana u doai travel tonight /
Won't make IL lis bright moon
light anl don't anticipate auy dan
ger besides ! ,hink ! eau take ears
81 myself Thank for your warn.
ing. IS veil as for your generous
hospitality HooI uight and the
stranger dr3ppe4 cola lato the old
man's haud. spFARg into his buggy,
aaa drove away
II wAs yet early bedtime when
second traveller halted =, the same
house abd inquired II ans stranger
b 81 passed ,hai va Ia3 ola man
recognized al officer u the .aw. and
he lsti almost dazed ~ suspicion
crossed his mind that the man he
had entertained earlier IN the even.
Ing uas the laring horsc ihirt Win
ina, conviction be rcesauted the cir
camsgAnco % the officer dwelling
uppH she mans apparent haste 10
procrod and utter disregard % horse
thieves. says Western writer
The stranger aas rlaing lo.surely
Aiung. drinking iu tho qWia. bean
iirs 81 the summer night aud whis
ting soitlY - himsc,i Ia manner
quite uubocom.ng = huntad despeT
aAa Tho huge rocks hy .hc rosd.
sldo cast sonhrr shadows ia the
moonlight aud the horse freq acHtly
I shioa ~ his owa sbA4nw fell upog
SONS big rocks ihcy we're passipg.
bat the driver HaA not timil and no
[ thought OF hDra8 thieves crossed
I his mlni unltl hc haArd the eA'lop
ING Of au approaching horse 10 she
roA Il seemed a daring ADD reso
I late face sha stranger beh"id az be
/ glanced through the Elaas 81 the
I form bshlud him. and ho dciormluci
I his course accordingly
I Halt" ordered the newcomer
''iiy shat Authority questioned
tha occupant Of she bagRy
tNho does that horse belong 10 p
Mo. was ihs firm reply.
since when
Yesterday" replied the stranger
! u slough, 20. sncercd tho horse.
/ man "Ill relieve yun 81 u now
I Halt and deliver ii up or I'll Gre
Tho command vas followed hy a
qalrk report. bat not from tho
speakers weapon
.fhatll teach ono horse ihioi 20
minl his own ossincss. said the
stranger 90 himself
II hopo didni kin tho fellow
10 said again and again. ~ he wa'
a horac thict ia rather have given
him the horse anil buggy Ma DC
was 700 haaty
Daylight dawncd and our Traveller
was beginning 60 fool more cheerful
when no again heard the claiter q
hoofs Not ono horse was over
taking him. hat many
What now ?" he thought
Ito was not long IN doubt a de
tormincd.iookiug set 81 men soou
surrounded him. and under pressure
81 a dozen gun muzzlos. ne was
forced 10 head his horac down th'
valley. lie knew from the improca
lions OF the men aud tho suggestive
coil of rope dangling from the lead
cr'a saddle that terrible danger
threatened him. but not n word o
exclamation was vouchsaied unit
they reached point some three
niles below wherc he had shot the
horse thief
II. as he supposed. no was IN tn
tolls OF the gang, hn knew that re
monatranco was useless aud that h
,nust ncct his fate Some coats we r
uiIsd mn undor big oak trco, am
,ear them sat two men. Hero hi
captors dlsmouutcd aud secured IN
borae and thnirs to scattering sap
Hnys lie knew from frcquen
glances cast down tho valley tina
they were Whiting yet for reinforce
monta Tncy had not long TO wal
until dozen men came IN sight
rhev we're well mounted and WEI
dressed. but were evidently great,
oxrited. They proceeded at once !
tSo milo OF coats the stranger ha
noted. Some were thrown aside r.,
vcnling. as he had half expected
The dead body Of man, doubtles
, lilo victim of his shot Hc coul'
ovorhoar part Of their converse
IA dion. and by degrees he came to un
9 darstand that IL was the count
sheriT no had killed Tho doa
J. mans horse had not paused after u
rider fell until Il reached the hous
whero Il had stopped in tho evening
pottle after bottle OF liquor wa
drainod to nerve tho men to tn
: Jsed Of vengeance they felt Gallo
!. mon 10 nerform. lilo pleaded Tor
! chance 60 prove himself an homes zones
, man hut tho excited and half.intoS
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