The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-10-12


of this little episode were related TO
her. The black face OF the little Mex
lean woman seemed ablaze with indig-
nation. He shall pay for this
'-Senora forgets the two silver dol
lars" taunted Robber Dan; Il thought
the sonora might feel sorry that we
had planned TO rob this fine Ameri-
cano. But its ali right now-is II,
dearest?" he added, mockingly-
Rob him, murder him. yelled
Black Rosa. and she staggered from
her chair. as If she would carry out her
own command, but fell on the floor IN
a heap.
Dan and his pals lifted the woman
TO bed, and the leader remarked that
she would sleep till morning, and toe
neither help nor hindrance- II had
been known for twenty-four hours that
the money-some ten thousand dollars
for the Bull Dimingo pay roll had
been received. but until announced by
Manager France II was not known
when that gentleman would start for
the mine
AT twelve o'clock that night four
men. heavily armed, rode out of Du-
range
Two hours later the stage followed
them, with one occupant on the in
side and the driver alone on the front
boot. Bloomer, the driver. might a.
well have been unaccompanied 80 far
IS the inside occupant of the coach
was concerned But he was used TO
these lonely rides. and when a paSseu-
ger preferred To be exclusive II simply
exhibited to Bloomer the poor taste of
the passenger. 80 he talked To his
horses and sang TO them and passed
the lonely hours as comfortably a. If
he had been surrounded by a half
dozen passengers. and soon forgot the
fellow on the inside
Coming to a bend in the road where
the ascent Of the first steep mountain
Is begun. Bloomer fell into reflective
mood and remarked TO the nigh wheel
er that the fellow on the inside
might possibly rise to an apprecia-
tion o the society of a stage driver
and his hosses If the muzzle OF a
double-barrelej shotgun should hap
pen to appear at the window Of the
coach"
Of course Bloomer was not really cN-
pecting such a surprise for his unso-
ciable passenger; so when the shotgun
appeared. with three others. and ac-
down them ribbons and throw up them
hands, he was himself 50 completely
surprised that he obeyed without a
word OF protest
If he was surprised al this sudden
appearance of road agents. he was
really dumfounded al what followed
For FIVE minutes there was rattle Of
shotgur.s a. If a miniature battle we're
I.5.,r~ r.rrr-h% l.~, - rs-aE
two stage robbers were fatally
wounded and the other two surren-
dered to Sheriff Barney-and the man
of straw on the inside was literally
shot 10 pieces And this Is the way IL
all happened. as Bloomer himself was
fond of telling II:
You see. they didn't put NE on
Never seen sheriff vet that thoughta a
stage driver had nerve enough to play
out his hand in game like that: an
! don't know but feller would Git a
little bit ratified a-wonderin' how he's
a-goin' to come out At the end o. the
game. It's purity ticklish bizness to
be a-sittin on a stage through the
long. dark hours o the night n
a-guessin' whether yer goin' ter drive
back er ride in box But the way II
all happened was like this:
You see that kid what stole the
handkerchief done that for a blind.
His oil woman she put him on She
writes note ter France n tell the kid
ter drop II IN his pocket n steal his
handkerchief. er anythin' else he could
git his hands on. n then kinder loiter
'roun' SOS to git caught Well sir
that Of Black Rosa was a corlzer- She
gives the whole snap away in the note.
n she tells France ter have the boy
put in Jail. n that'd be a tip for her
that he gets the note. Then she sets
mp howl n throws the gang of an
havin' bin drinkin' considerable an
feelin' a leetle bit slIeered that her
play wouldn't win, she was knocked
clean out-eNcited-'n tainted on the
dead square
$50 France, wen he gifts the OF WON
ans note, he just quietly lets Barney in,
n Barney he tells him his system. N
they plays II TO win W'n France he
goes up to his room. Barney he goes n
gifts his team n meets France n the
back door n they goes ont n lays for
the gang. = only one place on the road
where Job O stage robbin' could Toe
done n the robbers git away. an Bar
ney he knows the place, an that's
where they camps n waits for the
gang-an' they gifts EN- dead to rights
THAT inside passenger : wat
knocked me cold They puts the stage
agent onto the play, n he fixes up
straw man-yv at We calls a dummy
he loads him into the stage SOS to fool
me n the road agents both
81 reckon Black Rosa didn't know
how near she was a-callin' the turn
wen she prescribed death for gringos.
She didn't git the ones she was after
in the fust place, but / reckon the
death of her Of man n Pete Johnson
suited her notions better, Wen she
come to size up the job, fer they was
both Cringos-one was American n
t'other a Swede.
They say them Mexicans has al
ways got a grudge aC'in somebody, but
never remembers a kindness; but the
way that play was made IL looks like
oil Black Rosa didn't fergit John
Frances kind words to her wen the
miners was a-joshln her
Yes: perhaps the two silver dollars
did have somethilI' to do with IL - sill
yer was great power n Colorado n
them days. Lewis Eddy, in y. y.
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