The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1894-01-04
AN EPISODE OF ARIZONA
That isn't a bad reward"

see, and the second speaker began t
read the postal card that the post
master at Hard Scrabble had Jus
tackled to the door of the store tha
constituted the office" SO that ever
one might read:
TAKE HIM IN.
$500 reward Will be paid for tn,
arrest and delivery of Rube White tc
the sheriff of Yavapai county. He i.
about twenty-five years old. six feet
tall, and slim, with light complexion
and has big scar on the right side ot
ms face. He Is wanted for robbery
and other crimes. If killed in resist
ing arrest the reward will be paid OIL
satisfactory proof Of his Identity
When last heard from he was making
for the Tonto basin country"
By the time the reader had finished
a crowd of half dozen or more men
surrounded him.
Nov, if that feiler is headed for
The IOutO basin country, it wouldn t
De much of d trick to take him." said
he first speaker rehectiyely, as if de
)ating with himself the advisability
Of making the attempt.
If you hear me. he amt going to
De taken IN, and the feller that tries
It is going to have his hands full.
they have been after him for two or
hree years, and amt got him yet.
they say he's right on the shoot" re
narkod another Of the crowd.
Nv ell, feller ought to know him
s. soon as he sees him from that de
tription,o hazarded the first speaker.
# he got up close enough to see the
car; and then all he'd have to do
would be to turn loose at him if lie
hdn't throw up his hands when you
old him. Besides, nobody but him
would try to cross over the mountains
iutO tuc basin with this snow on the
round Blamed if | don't think I'll
% after him"
We'll, somebody ought to round
i'm up. asserted some one in the
rowd. hes been foolin' roun' hyah
Dug enough, jes havin' MS own way,
,orter as if the country belonged to
am. burned if | wouldn't go with
on, Hi, if | didn't have to take this
rub over to the boys in camp"
We'll, if any of you want to 60, all
ight, I'm going" replied the man ad-
'ressed as Hi
1t was not the first time that Hi
lansing had been on such expeditions.
le was one Of these men for whom
anger seems to have a fascination.
t his remark Frank Crandall, a
oung fellow who had been standing
iuietly by, volunteered to accompany
lin. The crowd turned toward him
With more interest than they had thus
ldr evinced during the entire pro-
.eedings. 1t was but a few months
lnce he had come among them, fresh
rom the East, to take charge of one
II the mines which had been closed
;OWn by the winters storms. For
weeks he had been cooped up in the
Isolated settlement, and he longed for
-Omething to break its mOnotOny.
'Well, get your horse and gun and
.ome, replied Hi, and in an instant
ihe two men had left the room to arm
aud equip themselves for the chase.
While the lOungers gathered around
he stove to discuss the probabilities
II their success. In a few minutes
Inc two men rode past the door, each
armed with a rifle and a SIX shooter,
and the crowd, stepping out, bade
.uem goodbye, with the oft repeated
warming: BE keerful and don't let
him get the drop on ye.'
The crust of the unbroken snow
cracked crisply underfoot as the two
men rode on, fast leaving the little
settlement in their rear. For some
time neither spoke; but at last the
silence was broken by Lansing asking
his younger companion: Did you
ever try this kind Of thing before?'
No replied the young man, Il
never have
Nv ell. then, you want to be keerful.
If You don't lose your head you're all
right. The only danger Is that we
may run on him before we know it
And if we do what then2" asked
the young man.
well, he viii prob ably commence
shooting, and if he does and you aren't t
hit the first rattle of the box, why You
want to git off'n your horse and git
behind something and shoot back. If
there amt anything to git behind.
keep your horse between YOU and him.
and keep shooting " Whatever you
DO, don't let go of your gun. But
what We want to do is to see.him first
and then we've got the play on him,
and then all you have to do is to tell
him to throw up"
And if he don't throw up?" asked
Crandall
why. then you let him have it
The reward Will be paid just the
same"
The apparent indifference with
which Lansing spoke of the entire
matter, much as as if he were discuss
1 ing the best method of hunting a wild
auimal. shocked the young man; but
he had committed himself too far tc
withdraw. Besides. he had that feel
/ ing that all men have when they are
young the curiosity to know whether
or not he could rely on himself whe1
danger was threatened.
I'VE should strike his trail on the
hills here, if he is really headed fol
the basin country" said Lansing.
They had been riding for severa
hours in silence through the snow, un
broken by aught save the scattered
pines that here and there dotted tn,
mesa. Before them lowered tn,
mountains through whose passes tn,
man whom they were after would hav,
TO pass IN his search for safety in tn,
| half settled wilds beyond.
As the two men rode along. scan
ming in each direction the snow w-cover
ed mesa, Lansing suddenly wheele,
his horse to the right. and when Gran
dali joined him he pointed to a marrow
trail where two horses had passe,
through the snow.
That's him. He's driving on