The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-04-25

and next instant brought the heavy
stock down upon Ike'5 head and felled
him to the earth. The man sank down
without cry or groan, and after wait
ing half a minute the old man gasped
out:
May dc good Lawd dun furgive me,
but had to do it fur Miss Sunshine's
sake"
He picked up his bundles and has
tened on 81 10 minutes later was tell
ing Steve Brayton what had happened.
Glad Of it," replied the latter.
Reckon orter g up thar and make
shore he's dead. fur | sorter think his
name are Ike Baxtor. Haint got no
time, though-not Jest now. This way,
Uncle Ben
They passed between wogreat bowl
dcrs which had fallen from the bank
above, followed a ravine into the hills
for about 200 feet, and aftera climb up
the right hand bank found the hiding
place among the rocks. There was a
small fire burning against great bowl
der, and on a bed Of leaves aud branch.
es lay Royal kgnton with a bullet
wound in the calf Of the right leg. It
was "a bit Of good luck for him IN the
midst Of adversely that the bullet had
passed clear through without touching
tine bone It was q painful and tenn
porauly disabling wound, and be had
los, much Of his strength before the
bleeding could be- checked, but he was
inclined to make light Of the situation
as BIayton and Uncle Ben appeared.
The old darky knew Konton only by
sight, bat the sight of him lying there
in that helpless condition was q call for
him to throw himself down On his knees
and moan out:
20 de Lawd m TO- do Lawd. but
what AN Miss Sunshine gwino 20 say an
do when she knows dat be has bin
shotted wild a dozen bombshelisj'
Kenton soon made the situation plain
to him, and then as the two talked about
affairs at the house Steve Brayton
washed and bound up the wound afresh,
made up a comfortable bed, arranged
one Of the blankets for a shelter aud
saw that Kcnton ate as well as talked.
Tho adventure which Uncle Ben had On
tho road was felt TO DO another menace
to bo guarded against. After leaving
the house where they had taken break
fast and encountered The Confederate
sergeant they had hastened up the sido
Of the mountain and headed direct for
Rest Haven Within all hour they found
that n number Of men were on their
trail, aud two or three times during the
day they were obliged to hide them
selves Tor an hour or two. No shots
were exchanged until about o'clock In
the evening, and then they were fired
upon by three men ia ambush. Kenton
was hit and fell, but ho struggled up
and made a run Of it, with Steve Bray
ton covering his retreat. Pain and loss
Of blood finally brought the wounded
man down again, and ho appealed TO
Steve 10 leave him and mako his own
escape
Couldn't think Of it, Yank-couldn't I
possibly play any eich dirt on man
who has iout 'longside o. me 80 often"
was the hearty reply. Thar was only
thi q of 'em when they tust popped at
us, d I'm sartin shore thar hain't but
two now, and mebbe one O. them is wuss
off than yo' ar! hain't been shootin
five or six times jest fur the fun Of It!
If yo' can't walk, yo'vo got to be car
riod!"
Heeding none of Kenton' protests, the
faithful fellow got him on his back and
picked his route through scrubs and over
rocks until he reached the spot where
Uncle Ben found them. He knew it was
within mile or two Of Rest Haven,
and ho was about starting for the house
when the old man came along.
I'm take a trot up the road and see
how the niggers dead man is, said
Steve when he could do no more for
Kenton. Its my everlastin opinyun
that tho chap will turn out to be Ike
Baxter and ! shan't be overly sorry IL
sich ar tho case. I'll hev to git the
body outer the way anyhow, befo' any
body stumbles over It,"
In the course Of 30 minutes he reached
the spot, but no man, living or dead,
was to be found. He made a thorough
hunt, but nothing could be discovered.
fro BIZ CONTINUED.