The Florence daily tribune., 1898-03-22

were considerably sIrupgual uot taorc
than sis being Vel up within sanusrt-
ing distance, when The fart tllt they
wcTe IN range of The greascua vca lena
onstrated ty the zip and sing Of hul-
lei close alouride
"TAat's busincs," mnttefed the
TROOPER Who rode close on his left reur
"ShGh I try shot ir9"
Merriam shock his head The siipa.
ton had few paiais in is favor
ohedicrt to lis orders % rursr aH5
capture tine gang. Randy hd rl4le
hard, vet over maey q .i,eia3 Dr. ae1
himself tie uog.-Sus
sst arrest, What's o be g d2N hel
no warrari. Hcwls not ever d deputy
sheriff not even tbe humh,est con-
st.tueat e posse cnmitspuE. 7 be or
Ills mcn RETURNED thair lfe and Nat
some o1 tlc-e unnatural nairfa,iz2d
voters ava citiW0s. Ike as uetaa in-
tieiment Ger r7ureer would bt innrin~
over his he2l, d bct hanging him ip the
course, 81 f1yt2isAt True atre WAS
no Elierif wHllig i9 miles ard 'ong bee
fore the civu GHth1rities ccu1 Ec
bcal-gh, iulo p'aa the murlercgs Of
Hiaav would be scuttercd an over THE
face % ihe earth. AH the saue nader
the strict Interpretation % the civil
iew. lisut 'ierriam lnew tho Ae uHd
his pe1ale had no more hu ncs trying
toarrest TAG rcncgadea ihga hes had
to vote at tertiterial e,ection In
1 point N fact. li1e many another office.
and muh soldier az Uncle Sam cu tie
/ broad frontier. be was aware 81 the fact
ttlt even g horse thief hHd more civil
rig21sihHNthe trooper Speditiun,
I thegefogc % tile eye of The Inv was
/ nothing mere nor less thna lawless
dpsh, winding up IN pafsiblG free
fgiit. oal at sgausl the Felge and 5ig-
ritg 90 Nae reaPle OF Hew Ncsit2 Per.
( haPs liu,SioH knew this, t0a, bug the or
eers hefave we're pert uirtory ard Aler-
] Ram everftaE EpsdtoTcp.y, rec son s. hy,
/ pr eNpnetlate. But naw When the
reHesa3es aau TO shooi 'hercaaning
Why la3 he dnue. Ills mcn wslc hot
for bsiile-so wgs Le--hct hc rsiion
/ cSpccis Of iis officers that. uo matter
Z what thc temptation, prov9c3tlon oreN-
asTerati0n. they herp cool bea1s and
teuipcgs only shoo; VIXEN lhe .aw per-
mits aut tlen shoot to kill 80 claim
OF eelt telvnse could be allowed, They
were aha pursuing ard thlrffaEe tse
atlaclSipg par,ys and, though these MbX-
Jeans were folewea red-handed, hot
! fa4tca there could be no question what
a civil jury would say II any Of their
! din8y hides wefe punetured by the balls
qf brutal soidiery.
Zip-tangl--a second shot. Ding-
g- wrrFi-hanel another, ard Corp
eral Euiis daolseh his head and swgre
and Tronneg Mallens charger sqrea,ad
K and lun9ed q a kicledvieiousY sYw3k he
seam Of buEet seaihing his iaak and
4 powng ,le Gauneh. Tley were clos
ing On ;he ruGians fast, then, and the
! ttippiHion WAS oyerpowering II can't
| iide my men in to be shot down like
Z dogs grow'ed Randy. In Tor penny
in foi a pound. They started II, any
way, lie said 10 himself then tgrred in
snda.e and waved high his fofage cap,
1 Close lipl Close up, raen!" he cried.
nicaning TO draw rein. elacken speed
Bit and yet all Ills party together be-
fore closing fer aotioA. The MeNicans
/ were plaiulg wihded. Theirhali starved
btutes had carried them under bloody
squirting gs far as lhey could ard We're
now barely staggering along. What
their riders dreaded was summary
slri4giag up to the railway telegraph
roies # captured, netter die fighting.
+ said the lender and fight II was.
! They were close to the entrance of
liltle ravine That set in among he bar
ren slopes from the open ground to The
east. All the way from tie Santa Clara
+ the ascent had hccn gradunl but dis
tincly marked, and just rs the fore
most rider spurred around hesaoulder
Of the hillside his painting bronclso
stumbled, went down, rolled helpiessly
o5er and lay there dead TO kicks curses
or blows. Three Of the gang lashedion-
ward, lcayi| s their conutrymun TO his
fate, but two of them, better nerved,
reined UP. a!ightcd, and, throwing
themselves flat upon the ground, opened
ngain a rapid and telling fire. from their
WincheHers 'Miral ei TeRieutc,n was
the word, linked with savage Spanish
curse that hissed from the -, Z lips 81
HE nearest, and in an instalt Merriam
became TIE tarrct for the shorp lire cf
tAtAA NHhNs+atN ii+4Naf iNsL~Afft AS4 AANlA
accuracy at 10 greater dieiance han
the 4e0 yards that now separa ~ them
Almost belore lie could renlizei Randy
feN q sharp sting just at the outer edge
Of his bride arm, ara knew that the
blood euuhcd from the wound. Fhen
all Of q sudden his poor tronp lrayse
plunged heaviiy forward. and, grrauilp
, and struGgiifH- went down IN heap.
bearing bis rider helplesslY With him.
Two nliputes more. as some Of the
men dismountsd and with rapid and
effective fire scattered the Mexieans to
saelterwii hin the rayine, Corporal Butts
and iicoper aHcceaded in pnliFg Aler-
rinl ifec from tae madlg lasailg, slrng-
siiug. sirisAsa brute, ard then ii was
found hat thgir paliid, speeehloss lead
rr had received some seiiaus Injury.