The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-09-10

AT any rate, upon hearing the third
message my mind instantly reverted
to the huge box in the freight corner.
The partitioning of my little apart
ment did not extend as high as the
roof, but merely to a distance of about
five feet above the level of my bed.
and by standing on the bed 1 could
peer over the top and see all parts of
the interior Of the station. l rose
Stealthily to an erect position and look
ed over the edge of the partition. The
first thing l saw was the box, stand
ing on end nea a window in the eX-
IRENE end of the station; and as l look
ed l saw it's top slowly rise and a
mans head protrude itself.
1t was a thick. brutalized face, with
grizzleled whiskers. Instantly it
flashed across my mind that it be-
longed to Grizzly Bill.
THE sight sent my heart into my
throat with a bound, for l realized only
too well that the outlaw would stop at
nothing to get the money which he
knew was in my possession. TO him
murder was child's play. But, after
Ii first emotion of fear. l felt perfect
ly calm. In truth, l felt as though fate
had thrown this desperate in my way,
so that l might conquer him. | don't
know why I felt thus; probably | *
perienced the same emotions that a
soldier does who goes into battle with
fear and trembling, yet who, when act
ually in the midst of danger, feels as
cool and collected as though he were
out of reach of all possibility of harm.
Il got out of bed, picked up the coal
shovel and scuttle ard made as much
noise as possible. AS the night had
been an unusually cool one a fire was
burning, and as L passed the stove l
grabbed my revolver and thrust it into
my right coat pocket. Into my left
pocket | thrust some nails and a ham,
mer. Then, whistling as loudly as pos
sible to mislead the desperate in the
box, l left the little Office and walked
across the floor of the freight part of
the station. When Immediately in
front of the box l sprang at it with
tie fury of a mau fighting for his life
and overturned it. 1t fell to the floor
top up. with a %resounding crash. In
stantly l was aStride the box driving
nails into it as hard and fost as a man
in terror for his life could do. And all
the while 1 was yelling at the impris-
oned outlaw at the top of my voice,
telling that if he so much SIS breathed
l would instantly kill him.
But my threats did not appear to
Tighten him much. From the interior
of the box came a volley of mutf1ed
oaths that would have astonished a
Ligger Indian. I never heard such
horrible profanity. l fired my pistol
twice in the air, to let him know |
meant business. After a willie he be-
came quiet. l carefully examined the
box and found there was no danger OF
suffocating, for at the upper cd were
q humble: of tiny perforatiOus which
freely admitted air.
Il sat astride that box until NY as
siStant came, at Z o'clock. 1t was q
long and trying vigil, but the magni-
tude of my victory buCyed ME up. My
assistant was almost too much
amazed to speak when l told him of
my capture. He quickly went to the
mines and told the superintendent to
hasten at once with a sufficient guard
OF men to the station and tlke Grizzly
ELL into custody. It d!1n't take long
to do this, and when Bill was hauled,
by no gentle hands. from the box, he
was the aRgrieSt OUTLAY ever captured.
He fought like a tiger; hut it was of
no use. The men who had him captive
kreW how dangerous he was. He was
securely bound and, later in the day,
taken t, Pjkeville, where he was sub
s%cquently sentenced to Il long term of
Imprisonment in an ElStu N pcniten.
tiary.
That little adventure concluded
the Major, proved to be the turning