The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-01-12
education and refinement. They said
10 lis. in q log tone, fearing to be over.
heard by the watcher outside:

heard by the watcher outside:
boys. although You have given
these notes, you will still be prisoners.
We have faith in you and believe you
are square; but this is no place for
you, and you ought to leave this camp
and as quickly rs possible. The fell
lows mean what they say and are bad
men. They will stop at nothing to
get their moneys in fact they will
think no more of hanging YOU than OF
will do anything in our power to servo
you: and there arc four more of us of
the same kind. Command us!'
We told them how deeply VIC APP
preciated their loyalty to us and asked
what they and we could do SO that we
might leave the camp. They rep1ieol:
The train leaves the station at
seven O'Clock, a mile and a half below
here, as you know. We will bring
four horses here at 6:45. BE sure to be
ready to start Immediately. Get up
quietly at six and put on only your
mining clothes. DO not think OF wash
ing OF do anything to attract the atten-
ton of the guard
l said l would see that they and
their mates were paid in full as soon
as reached New York: and we prom
iscd to be ready for them in the morn
ing.
Little did we sleep that night. Be-
fore throwing ourselves on the cots in
the rear Office I looked out on the
peaceful, moonlit scene, and there,
pacing up and down. was the faith f,,l
sentinel-doing his best to keep warm.
The sentrieS relieved each other every
half hour. And SO the night grew old
and We were full of fears for the morn
ing.
Promptly, us may be imagined, we
quietly dressed and were ready and
waiting for our faithful friends. Four
horses were suddenly brought to
stand at the Office door. Tho elder
ing:
Now, boys, auckland be ready to
shoot if necessary:
We jumped on t:-o of the horses
the Malcolm brothers on the others
and leaving two Of the trusty ones to
take care of the 'Aeld-up' guards. we
Enlloped for our lives in the early
morning.
Reynolds was ahead and his horse
threw the frozen particles OF ice and
snow all over me, piercing me with
cold never felt before. During the
night the thermometer had fallen an
other ten degrees.
The noise made by the men and
horses at that early hour had brought
out theirs of the disgruntled who had
lived i'll the village since the shut
down: and we knew it would not be
long before they secured other horses
and followed US.
We reached the station at 6:35 and
asked. nay. inplored the conductor to
pull out immediately. We explained
the urgent reason for his doing SO;
but he said no power on earth would
make him start before his scheduled
time. TO our excited ilnaginations
the five minutes seemed like as many
hours. At last the fin al second had
gone and Ire sienaled his engineer.
The next station was eight miles
away, at which stop of ten minnie
was to be made. AS wc pulled out
through the woods a mile beyond
Mater we could see. only two hundred
yards away, eight furious nliisers urg-
ing their horses with whips and oaths,
on, Oh, on!
We pulled away from them and
reached Fairfax Oh time. There again.
the wait was as long as indicated on
the local time-sheet; and alth oug1l the
conductor had already seen our need,
no instant of the time was given US.
When we started for the nett station,
twenty miles down the valley, we
could see in the distance the same
body of men just appearing on the top
Of Il rise in the road half a mile to QUA.
rear.
When they saw our train had start
ed they gradually slowed up.
Isaftied.-Illustratc ted American.