Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-10-28
THE FIELD OF ADVENTURE,
THRILLING INCIDENTS AND OAR
ING DEEDS ON LAND AND SEA.

Aervy Men on the Range-rhe Des.
perado and the lndians-Cattle
Hold Up Train.
| y ONE old plainsmen were sit.
~ ting in the smoking compart-
| 4 - ment OF car on the North
ern Pacific when, Just after
sunset, it came in sight of the dark
dark red house trimmed with black,
with its broad piazza overlooking q
tiny stream, which the Marquis de
Mores built on his headquarters ranch
at Medora. The view of that house
started some of the old plainsmen to
telling stories of the range.
81 was on train coming out here
one day." said one. "when The Mar
quis had his private car hitched to
the end OF the train. 1t was at just
about the height of the trouble he had
with the rustlers, and if [ hadn't
known about it before, I would have
learned the fact sure that trip. l had
met the Marquis as cattlemap, and so
when he happened through the train
aud saw me, he invited me to have a
cigar with him in his car. 1t was &
good cigar, too.
''Well, we sat there talking until we
were about fifty or sixty miles from
Meaora, when the conductor came in
with telegram that said 800 men, all
armed, had gathered at Medora to
give the Marquis reception that
would end in killing him. The CON
ductor wanted to know what he should
do with the car of the Marquis.
"'Oh, said the Marquis, 4 wouldn't t
bother about that now. Wait till we
get there and I'll tell you what to
do
so the conductor went ont feeling
about as nervous as he had ever felt in
his life, as he said arterward, for he
knew come of the gang to be very
much in earnest in their determine
ton to kill the Frenchnan. But the
Marquis was not disturbed little bit.
He Gidn't ever mention the subject
after the conductor went out. After
couple or hours or so the conductor
came into the car again.
"'Here's your station, he said, and
they are all waiting for you
"'Thats all right, said the Marquis,
lust set my car on tho siding op-
poslte the platform.
"We pulled up to the platform, and
it was well covered with men, every one
of whom would have been glad to see
the Marquis strung up to a telegraph
pole, but that Frenchman, as smiling
and clipper as ever he was in n ball
room, stepped off the car, nodded to
the meu here and there whom he
knew by sight, and walking right
through the gang, went up to his
house on the hill there. 1t was his
nerve that saved him. They were
Just tough enough to like it,.
'We had some lively times in those
days." said another. 81 remember
being on the train about here one
night. 1t was the east-bound train,
any way, and about as dark as it is
now, or little later, perhaps. We'd
stopped at water tank and ] was
smoking here just as we are now, when
one OF my men came into the car. 1t
was hundred miles from the ranch,
and | was nightly surprised, for he
was badly winded and could just talk
i'll whisper.
"'Quick T he said. Hide me some
where. There's six of 'em after me.
"'Get into the berth over mire,
said /, telling him my number.
" It won't do. They'll be in here
and search every berth, he replied,
and SO | Just put him in my own
berth and got in in front of him. |
hadn't got my head on the pillow
when they came; and they looked into
every berth, too, but when they saw
me they didn't recognize me, and that
is all that saved both OF us. New
York Sun.
| Tho DpSDeralo and the Indians