The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-29

migrant trains, an after KILN the men
an chlllun 'ud kyah the Young wimmin
on down heah whar' they'd die NV abuse
an grlef. They's caves up in the rocks
whar' they useter keep 'em. Sometimes
some Nv EN- 'ud git away, an that's how
LOST Womans Kenyon to git its name
but thet air anuther story
The rustlers I'D keep 'emselves sup
pied with horses and beef cattle from
the ranches ter the west, an the emmy
grant trains furnished EN- with pervi-
slons. They wuz lots Nv gold seekers
them days comm, over the southern
trall, an they wuz lots Nv trains NV two
ur three ur half dozen wagons that wuz
never heere Nv after they crost the river.
Well, these fellers KEEP on a runnin' off
stock an a KILN prospectors an emmy
grants until the ranchers an miners on
yon side Nv the mountains concluded to
take han. They got tergether an orgy
nlzed committee of vigilantys, an TUX
the trail right after a raid. They wuz as
hahd riders ez the rustlers an pushed
EN- mighty clost, The rustlers lef' the
cattle an scattered, taking the diffuut
directions ter git heah; but the Yigilantys
wuz good trailers an didn't stop ter feed,
so by the time the leaders rid ter the top
Nv that ridge Nv sand hills we passed
back yender ter the west they seed the
last NV the rustlers a ridin' inter the big
wash.
The vigilantys laid low tell night, an
then sent out scouts, who fOun' the camp
in this yeh gulch without no trouble
Then tEEIlZ deaided cone the III
Nv the wash an wait tel Jest about day.
Ihls Wuz done, an just about break O.
day the yigilantys come hellity split up the
wash, leavin' some Nv their number
scattered about among the rocks ter pick
oil any Stragglln' rustlers; butt said
Georgy, between putfs, as he applied a
blazing twig to his freshly filled pipe
they wuzzin't none. The rustlers had
one picket out, but he'd gone in Just ez
twuz gettin' light, an the vigilantys wuz
at the mouth NV this gulch the rust
lers knowed whut 'ud happen. Well,
sub, they wuz sirgivus OF row then.
The rustlers made stan, but they wuz
TUX at disadvantage and wuz shot down
right an left. They couldn't git away
fer, you see, theys no outlet to
this place, so about dozen ur
fifteen uv'em surren ed. Well.
sub, ez soon ez the shootin
stopped they tell me, eight ur ten white
wimmen come a crawIin' out from among
the rocks, loolkin' mo- like wild beasts
than human. They wuz wimmeu what
he'd ben captured from emmygrant trains,
an eZ soon ez they tOle ther story, an Nv
how others he'd been brought thar an
abused tell they died, them vigilantys'
minds wuz made up mighty quick. They
say they jest stood them rustlers up agin
the wall down thar whar the mnles is an
shot EN- down. They ScOoped holes thar
among the rocks an tumbled em in, but
the coyotes didn't let EN- stay long. No,
the story never got inter the papers
They wuzn'ta Telegraph ur railroad
within 500 miles of heah, an besides, this
air on Mexican soil. Thets how come
this ter be called Kenyon NV the Dead "
| did not doubt the story. Those silent
witnesses scattered about there on the
ground bore unimpeachable evidence of
its truth. Although through the entire
narrative GeOrgy interjected they tell
me-" and "they do say" yet l conceived
the impression that he was there at the
"killin'," but you could tell nothing from
that bronzed, griz1led, impassiye face
half concealed by curling wreaths of
smoke.
Wearied with our thirty-six hours con-
tinuous tramp across the sand, we rolled
in our blankets and were soon in a doze.
How long | remained in that condition 1
do not know, but l awoke to find
myself raised on my right elbow
and peering into the black wall of night,
my rife at a ready" Have you ever
awakened suddenly and had the i'm
preston GndJ SOul6 one w Us III your LOOlu.
Well, that is the way felt. | stared and
listened, but saw nothing, and the silence
was absolutely oppressive in its intensity
Rearrauging my blankets, ! lay down,
and in a few moments was asleep. Again
| was awakened by that feeling of pres
ence; again ] found myself in that half
reclining position. grasping my rife and
staring IN the darkness every nerve and
sense strained and alert, awaiting some
sign from that something back there in
the night. I had slept for some time,
for the camp fire, blazing brightly when
/ lay down, was now a little heap Of
smold ering Goals. On the opposite side
Georgy was lying quietly, wrapped in his
blankets and sound asleep.
From somewhere away up the noun
tain, a long-drawn, wavering, halt-human
cry came down the night. | knew 1t was
a mountain lion l had heard similar
cry hundreds Of times with Indifference.
Then why should this one send creepy
sensation up and down my back? God
Look at that A skull not twenty feet
away was suddenly illuminated by
ghostly light and flashed a horrible grin
at me through the darkness. l half
started to my feet, then resumed my po-
sition. Pshaw it was nothing; only
lightning bug" that had found its way
inside the skull Suddenly there was
rush of something overhead like heaYy
wind through the gulch, but there was abb
solutely no noticea BILE breeze. A moment
later the four burros came crowd1ng and
iostliug up near where we were lying,
and, budding together, stood with their
heads turned out and stared, trembling,
into the. dark. Again there was that
''whish" and rush of something through
the air above US the mules covered al
most to the ground and uttered half
human means. A moment later Jhere
was a distant 'thumpety- lump" and rum,
BILE as of gallOping OF horses, a qulYer OF
the earth, like the passing OF locomo-
tive. followed by a rafting sound tar up
the gulch, like the irregular discharge OF
firearms. Heavens, that skull has moved;
IN is on the other side now no, 1t Is an
other. and there, over by the opposite
wall. is q third, all grinning at me alter
natelv through the darkness in yellow
ish. ghostly glare. Over yOnder is an
other. only its eyes showing, but they are
burning with a round, steady, greenlsh
flame. Great God 1t is moving Slowly
carefully circling around, but always
coming closer. The burrOs see II now
and crowd toward the hre AS
they move there is a "whirr-r-r' dlrectly
behind them they had intercepted raV-
tlesnake era wiling to the water. was
fascinated by those great eyes creeping
crawling, circling, but always approach
inc seemed to have lost all power OF
motion, could only gaze into those GLOBES
of green fire.
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