Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-08-30
recention. and not one of them received

reception, and not one u VN0NA
the least injury. or,r+,v
Gathering themselves up promptN
thew few to cover behind an outcropp'hs
of rock close at hand, at the same in'
slant that the empty vehicle win
the horses at full gallop, plungsA lnto
the raging torrent. e
A veil of CONSERVATION arose from
Gaddler and his friends, but they uiu loC
dare turn in the stream, knowing 'n@U
slch a measure would result IN their Le-
inc carried into lonely canyon immedl.
otelv below. and so with a voley OF
curses they all struggled through inc
food. gaming the heUpposite bank.
Back. alp cried Gadd er, with lu-
rious cnrse. "Of course this trick won
save them Out with you, Giily' anu
II was easier said than done, the
| boavv carriage dragging the horses sever
| 81 rods down the stream before they
conld be detached from 1t, but at last'
more dead than alive, Gilly reached Inc
hank at the heels of his struggling
steeds c,,,,y
aAnd now hear me, Sam Gaddler!"
snddeny thundered a commanding Voico
from the crest ledge overlooking inc
stream. "YOu and your men are my
nrisoners! A step, or the least resist
ance, and you die!"
The sneaker was seen at 6 ance u
ho Colonel Harvey Whipsaw, OF kattie-
snake Ranch, and all around MN inc
rocks and bushes were alive with Two
ecores of "boys in blue" he had sum
moned from the nearest camp
Ono look was enough for Gaddler anu
bis friends. and at the end OF hal ooz
on minutes they were all in irons ano
well guarded
Tn good truth, the gallant Colonel nae nae
hoon ovon more active than was at Hrs
: apparent. o1o,,+ t,,a ar
/ root of Jerry Skidder for working mlh'
n which he be1 no right, but ne na'
givnn Hiram Skidder such scare ina
Ibat individual. with his son and daugn
tor was already on his way back 10 III
, co9o where he made miserable fallur
in business. and sank into that poVerV
4 and obscurity he so we'll merltea'
t # was not In the nature of Ferry an
/ Elfe however. to mock at the calamlt
o which had overtaken the schemes G
thair enemy. They merely took 1roi
5 hir nerson the money and deeds OF WhIc
l. he had robbed them, and tnen ashc1 M
u for warranty deed OF the very n"uO ~,
n some palace he had been building III VI
solitudes of Montana with the money
), had stolen from their mines ~.
6 "Tll never do this-neNer!" tne V'ii"'
k protested. ro,on
t "Oh. yes, you will, assured Colon
,e Whipsaw, with the approval OF 9he d
,e tain commanding the detachment oi 81
diers. and within a few minutes UheI
is after the crestfalen ruffian had olVeSt'
s, himself forever of all his ill-gotten Ooo'
r
it It is hardly necessary to say tnat "a y,
10 Gaddler did not marry Eaisy SKldue
ut Instead. he was consigned TO prison /
l q long term of years, and Daisy marri
ry a cattleman who had been the deaVh
two women before her, and the coui
ara now living thousand miles apai
b. Jerry having sold out all his Darreh III Il,
n, y, Montana to the Colonel and journey
he ~ to the westward with his daugn'
re-. until stopped by the Pacific ocean
ell AS to Fife and Perry they were ni'
to ried in due course, with great re oiclu
ON the part of their numerous lriel
Id- and the operatives of their mlnes
th at once took possession or inc pa,'
to which had so strangely come into ., tn tn
hands. and there they are sui hVil
et- WITH, with growing family around them n
he all the happiness and enjoyment WI
go Is ever given to mOrtalS. Col Whips
is one of their warmest friends aho
frequent guest, and is in every "
les blessed and contented, although ne
,le M not secure the Musselshell Millions