Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-04-11
OUTWITTED.

" never make siich "A man
- some ways fate was against Ioe
i's Was AN only son, aud his no,ho.
ANA iive sisters had spoiled him Il.
Was a bright boy Of his age. loo. and !
GOOD one, bnt his father had ma, mnch
confidence IN his molly.coddled son
Joe had an idea tia, he was As cana.
Die az most boys. but his father sonla
always say; when / was half loe,.
age ! Was my fathers mlalnstay.-
ons August day Mr.. Harris had a
Sigh. sunsiroke after working hard n
me nelds getting ready load Of fresh
s"fm 20 be taken 70 market Ia neigh.
boFing town GA the foilowin. day
ihls MAS predicament, indeed. as
w men We're not 10 be trusted. and NJ
liad small confidence In Ices al,ili,y
ai"hr.sF, u" had % make Tie best Of
nlea 10 hell,
y. NNfAeS WAS accomplished with.
"iis nBN unusual event. aud Zoe, II his
great d@lighl. sold every ear ~ corn
ana a. Tue erop was an sstsa fine one
~ feaiixssd quite sum Of money from
his large wagon had, and h. ssll tha
ihfet gars ~ lsIitvF his mother had
siia'le 70 the halelkeplar. u aas about
dusk, and Joe. who was feeling yary
x.aod after his days work. Mished IN.
hlssanre seventeen mikes Instead ~
seven ~ the farm. There MAS font.
pain which crossed the fields ~ i dis
'a'ac~ from the high road. and by
walking he eeuld reach home before
AhhtwA ilas hired man. who rnde
httans~ 10 say, BE- naei no atAr GA the
read. aud yet b. was sure be had
heard footsteps Then the thought
that be Was being followed entered
bis head, and be started to run again
hut the footsteps gtiil followed. As
last resource. he jumped The hedge NJ
tho side 81 ihs path. hoping that ia
ihr dsm light. bis purSuer would miss
hitn. Hut thrFe MSS ~ such good luck
III Store for hlm. aud Id anather mo.
rasnS > hurry ruftian had jumped the
hedge aud demanded The iag az mon.
-
A. quick ~ aink Joe picked ~
stonN aud iung II nj the man. hitting
him ~ the head aud knocking him
fswn Then. wiIiloni waiting 10 SCI
ghat harm The blow had done. be- ioak
10 bits heels retraring his steps. In the
hogsc ~ meeting With some assistance
80 thr high Rad lie had gone huI 4
f~w stcIss mhsn h. ran into She arms
~ huge man. Ahu. heing onIpac,.d
by his cunIanloh. was ready 10 catch
shr boz - he saw him coming There
was no USE In calling for help. and
fee's kicks and crics wene TO no pur.
fsssr other than 10 anger the ruiiians
Tie might have effected hls escape had
nos the other man. nursing 4 black
eyr. returned at this moment That
was the last be knew until be came
20 himself. some hours later. lie was
IN . enFuneld. and the moon was shin.
Ing brightly above him. The Tag Of
uannry was missing. uf course. and to
70 home without Il after what be had
Naid 10 his father. was not To be
thought 81. IIc would follow the men.
zud perhaps a chance 20 recover his
nancy might offer
II tunst have been about nean when.
hungry aud Tired. Joe stopped at n
farm barse ard asked for drink Thr
kindhsaftpi farmer. seeing that the
i4d wss hungry. made him sst down 10
hearty dinnnE and Joe told his story
10 a sympathetic family.
tsTwo tfamps PASSED here about dny.
s.ehy, volunteered tho farmers danEh-
tor acan ynu describe tho mem
lie could. ard his description Tailed
exactly with that ~ the ,rainps seen
bv tha farmers daughter, especially
abont one man haring hlaek eN"-
rbcy had taken the road 70 ihc i'nfth.
she said: hut they were wlckcdi''h'
iue then, and she advised doc MOI =
attempt 10 follow them.
The men we're far ahead. hut hy
making careful inquiries NJ country
s,arr he learned that they had stayed
~ IN. village some time. and could nor
he moro than n couple az miles away,
This intelligence spnrrcd him on, anu
IN two hours he caught sight OF me
,,sir rrosHing n Geld some distance
mead Keeping well In the shelter OF
fences and trees. he followed ~ c,us,
aa he dared. II was . sultrt has' SUI ,'
~. ann genrched everything WIN
r,tIch n came In contact. They were
80 ann,nachlng river, ana Joe
iooked with longing eyes ~ me ''"'
water. - a.. ,..n mon
.,cny..d on the hank. and after ialsine
~, sntne time. they removed uh.,.
clothes. an plllng ,hcn In q creslee y,
~ atone wall. they prepared 70 ems''
,he water. The younger OF ,ns .Wv W.,
~. ano whom Joe had decorated Win
: tiack eve. looked susplclousl ~
$50 direction before he went low
49,. ~, Ssanr lint. seeing nothing TO aiafin
wv ' ~ won, nhcnd with his bath. Ap,
nnrenily neither II inc m' ~. shal.
Is,m The splashcd about IN ,le sun s',a
IVA. water. while Joe. with ,as ass 80
,nw bsart. crcpt. under the sne, .,,,l, ~ y,
me nr rnsbes warily toward the plse "
te,a , Fer Tar he was confident ms mon
- ,sas concealed in them. y ne .or ho,
- s,,,v cot il and get away w''no'' "
'hT T.,,s secmed likely TO be the ca ~.
.as ssd The bundle 81 clothes W nv
arms and had risen iro, rom, ~" m eycln.
a aad cleared the fence before a M eN, an.
a ..a,,an from one Of the men s ~
..",,rrsd that he was discose,e e.n,,on
..sn,. the clothes. with the ese.p ,pc
'n'em ,rousers he felt TO con'ain ~"
uf the 'iv"e III tho river, as he rap