Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1896-10-30

the top AMI zee all parts * the interior
Of the station. | rose stcalthilY 20 an
erect position and looked over tho cdgo
Of the partition. The first thing l saw
was tho box, standing on crd ncar q
window in the extreme end Of the STA
ton, and as l looked | saw its top slow
ly rise and a mans head protrudo itself.
u was a thick, b~rutalia,d fave, with
grizzlcd whislsers. instantly it dashed
across NY mind that il belou ycd to
Grizzly Bill.
1.-THE sight sent my heart Into my
throat with n bouna, for I realized only
too we'll that the cutlaw would stop Gt
nothing to get the money which he
know was in my posse sion. 10 him
murder WIS child's play But after the
first emotion Of fear l felt perfectly
calm. In truth, l felt as though fato
had thrown this Desperate in my way
50 that l could conquer him. | don't
know why / felt thus; probably 7, OK
pcrienced tho same emotions that u sol
der docs who gees into battle with fear
and trembling, yet v no, when actually
IN the midst of danger, feels as cool and
collected as though no were out OF reach
of all possibility Of harm.
IL got out Of bed, picked up the coal
shovel and ecuttle and made rs much
noise cs possible. as the night had been
M unusually cool one u flre was burn
ing, ard az 1 passed the stove l grabbed
my revolver and thrust it into my right
coat pocket. Into my left pocket l thrust
some nails and q hammer. Then, whis-
Ting rs loddly az possible to misicGd
the desperate in Tie box, left the little
office and walked across the floor Of the
freight part of the station. VIZ I'M
modiatcly in front Of the box ! spraug
az it with tho fury Of man 1gll ting fer
his life and overturned it. Il fell TO the
floor, top mp, with a resembling Crash.
Instantly l was astrido the box o.lt.lE
nails into the lid Us hard and fast a. q
man in terror for his life could do. Ard
all that while I was yelling Mt the i'm
pr.soned outlaw at tho top Of my vo. 70,
telling him that if he so much ~
breathed l would instantly kill him.
bat my threats did not appear to
brighten him much. From the interior
of the box came a vollcy Of muflcd
oaths that would have nstonished Il Dig
ger Indian. l never heard such horrible
profanity. / fired my pistol twice in the
air to let him know that 1 meant bust
ness. After awhile he became quiet. l
carefully examined the box ard found
that there was no dangero Of su1focatirg,
for at the upper end were q number of
tiny perforations which freely admitted
air.
81 sat astridc that boz untilny assist
ant arrived ut z O'Clock. II WAC % long
and trying vigil, but the magnitude Of
my victory buoycd me up. lily assistant
was almost too much amazed to sneak
when l told him Of my capture. 10
quickly went to the mines and told the
superintendent to hasten ut once with u
sufficient guard Of men to the station
and take Grizzly Bill into custody. It
didn't take long to do this, ard when
Bill was hauled by 10 gentle hands
from the box he was the anrrlcs5 out
law ever captured. Flo fought like a
tiger, bat it was CT no use. The men
who had him captive knew how danger
GUS he was. He was securely bound and
later in tho day taken to Piiceville,
where he was subsequently sentenced to
a long term Of imprisonment il ali east
ern p~cnitentiGry.
'That little adventure, " ccnclGdcd
the major, proved to DO the turning
point il my career. / was promoted to
an important position in the city, where
L prospered, as you sec. 1 am today
quite content with myself and tho world
in general. Thus you SEQ Grizzly Bills
undoing was my making. st. Louis
Globe-D Democrat.