The Forrest City times., 1897-04-02
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would capture him, but how?
! l cast my eyes about the shanty.
/ There we're no firearms, no rope where
with to tic a prospective prisoner-ln
snort, nothing at all which l could use
In making such desperate capture.
But, stay! On rough wooden shelf.
not a great distance from my hand,
/ We're two bottles. one containing
ehloroform liniment Happy idea! /
would chloroform the Apache Illdl
II | should live thousand years, I
could never account for the wild i'm
pulse that spurred me on to perform
that rash ect. AS have said, ] am not
a particularly courageous man. and
can only account for what did by sup
posing that l was acting hlindly and
+ thoughtlessly on the spur of the mo-
ment.
Drawing my handkerchief from my
pocket, / stepped to the shelf and laid
] my hands on one of the bottles. But
| recoiled when | reflected that the
odor of the narcotic might affect me
while I was administering it to Kid.
/ Selling a towel. | tied 1t about my
nostrils, fold on fold, so that, in breath
( ing, | might use 1t as a filter, SO to
speak, for the air that entered my
/ lungs. A moment later had saturated
the handkerchief, and was slowly ap-
preaching the recumbent form of the
/ redskin.
! Kid slept well-at least his loud
breathing gave me this assurance-and
kept my eyes on that old Winchester
as | slowly advanced and halted beside
/ the cot. had neither time nor inclina-
/ ton to remark upon Kids countenanee
as smoothed into peaceful liz IS by the
/ all-conguering hand of slumber. I
merely applied the saturated cloth to
his nostrils and held it there for minute
! after minute, while the perspiration
/ started in beads on my forehead and
my rash courage oozed gradually out
my finger tips. At last, sure that the
indian must be under the influence OF
the drug, dropped the handkerchief
/ ~io Ia uiiicu lIOll the SndUIy.
My nerves tingled with excitement.
/ Now that l had my man. what should
90 with him? Reason suggested that,
to make him secure beyond all perad-
venture. he should be bound, and /
/ went to the stable to secure a rope.
AS turned to retrace my steps to the
house, the thought came to me with
crushing force that Kid had rarely
travelled unattended by some brave with
criminal tendency. Might 1t not be
that he had halted at the shanty to
wait for some red companion to Join
him? " hat fool I was. In another
instant had leaped on my horse and
| was a-iloping like mad for the Phoenix
mine. | would get the entire outfit of
the Phoenix and make secure the final
capture Of my half-taken prisoner.
have reason to believe that the dis
lance from the Blraball to the Phoenix
has never been covered so rapidly be-
fore or since as it was by me that
night.
When I declared that had captured
Kid, the renegade, the Phi enix BOYS
even jeered at me; but they all turned
out. armed themselves, and followed
me back to the Blueball.
The candle had long since burned
out and all was dark in the shanty.
threw Gordon Of men about the
house. however. and then entered II
cautiously accompanied by three Of the
best shots from Phoenix.
Not a sound was to be heard as we
stepped into the cabin.
Hes still under the influence of the
chloroform," / remarked, as struck a
match and lighted a fresh candle
When l finally turned my attention to
| the cot l was amazed to find that II
was empty.
The Apache Kid had disappeared.
On the table lay pack of much
thumbed playing cards belonging to
Joe. One of them-the ace OF hearts
was turned up, and on II was hastily
written the following:
When you chloroform your next
Indian use something besides benzine
"P. S. take your gun, having lost
mine. KIN"
The note was correctly spelled and
the chirography was fair; but then Kid
had enjoyed the advantages of a good
Indian school-some say he attended
Carlisle
But how was it I had happened to
mistake the benzine for the chloroform
liniment bottle, and why did not the
Kid rise up and annihiiate me on the
spot?
l have never been able satisfactorily
to answer these two questions.
A Russian Remedy.