The sun., 1896-08-02

Cling and broken nne OF norsemen reached
was lined with wagons and boys on tho burros,
while out OF the town and over tho vailey men
md women swarmed like ants.
TITS awful for you to have to die for mo-"
said the messenger, as the two men leaned upon
shirt shirt was" was pasted to his shoadsr. His shoe
having filled up. the blood was now oozing
out sITSSn USs snS re1sS sss tho dark man. rub
bine the ends Of his fingers oyer the wound In
his breast. ITS useful ending Of a wasted
between, you and the-and Hyerfano Bill. as
Xnd tSe ast wild penSe Of the @
soul plunses to at that last leap. Stunt there
steadily va at his companion. when / was near
ne."S come. and % instead Of darkness there @ was was
dawn--an awful dawn-the dawn of new life.
and the glare and G1 rgS
6lpeY" he asked, as he leaned against a rock
sool o n and S sSeets And And again there was % 81
trying pi to s" listen to the life blood that was trick
ling into his lung. and wondering how long 1t
% i TO 81 hs or
bunch grass. and, holding it still. raised HIS
head and listened The m, men sat -, up and
preaching army came from the canon.
They've been reanforccd,' said the dark
IN Two Sos sSp to sash "a
any way, it makes no difference. Look out
there's 2 woman" he said osxeitedly. as the
.Hsllo, gall" said the dark man.
Here! herel' cried the messenger from be-
hind the rocks, and moment later she was
ssGspdd sarsd SS S sm hold 5 her sFs
then, pushing him away, she looked him full
in the face, and asked in tone that almost
STs e n sSt ss np
pcared to be utterly unable to answer or even
she stood up and glanced toward the caficn.
"Hss all right. gal-you've made no mis-
ss'S saSed the ms sfFnhssI fs said the
pointing. 70 his companion. why don't you
stranger and offering the gloved hand.
Take this package to Mrs. Monaro IN the
s9tnSe on the ep Son
take the trouble to be kind to her shall die
in your debt and remain so. so long as I'm
boy. They won't fire on you. and don't care
to kill anybody. else, now that L am already
overdue In another world.
she took the gun mechanically. and turned
TO face the posse that was at that moment be-
ginning to mS5 f5om .Soa,aS .ae Se fSS warden
let, pI2R aFR that IN sing slfin 't''' sneF win MS
what the row was all about, attempted to rise,
and in his excitement stood on his broken
ankle. and the quick pain caused him to fall in
Look after the boy" said the dark man,
and the Warden's daughter dropped the ugly
weapon and lifted her lovers head from the
Drop that gum" repeated the Sheriff. A
cowboy shied rope at the dark man, but he
"one minute" said he. opening his shirt and
showing his death wound, You'll have no
11.. inGy mo-
Where's the murderer shouted an excited
citizen. -, ,.., 80, A.. s
pointing 10 the wounded Sheriff. The Sheriff
scowled .., 49, -.,
cipai speaker, and a fat man with a red face
came forward.
This messenger is innocent; l mean to
kill the first man who offers to lay a hand on
letter. a i Which have taken the liberty to OPEN
tank. you'li lind Where cached it in the river
ali there by his side. He vas afraid 81 being
when he was assaulted by these idiots whom
he mistook for robbers. and how well he fought
his own wounds and the dead man down in tho
guloh will show you"
The sg'd Ta aseas %ne
mistake had been made. fell upon the be-
Wildsred and wsg. s9s, Rsa h %oman
confusion and excitement Cries OF hang
them, hang them" came frequent and fast
from the rapidly increasing crowd
The Warden, who also Understood, lifted
his laughter. held her in his arms. and kissed
away the tears that we're iiltering through her
smiles.
II don't believe It," said the Sheriff to his
companion
because you're a chump," said the dark
man.
What's It all aboutp" asked the messenger
Where is the murderer" cried a new
conner. brother of the dead deputy. and then.
catching sight of the messenger, he ran
straight towa rd him, holding out a cooked revol-
yer as though II. had been sword with which
he intended to run him through. When he
was within four or five feet Of the wounded
man the dark man struck him fearful blow
with forty-fve. The went down. the
dark man coughed. and Il great Hood of blood
gnshed from his mouth. he clutched at his
throat and fell forward upon his face.
When they turned him over he was dead.
My poor dead FRIEND" the messenger al
most moaned. dragging himself toward the
prostratc form, and don't even know his
name"
II do" said sheriff Shores. who had Just ar
rived upon the scene and pushed through
the crowd. It's HuerfanO Bill, the bandit" :"