Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-01
A BEAD ON GERONIMO.
Plainsman MoFsus Encounters with the
Chief.

o. change 20 uaNNtdt tiihs ~ -.
eyes flashed fire. and he N"s i,h1
blocd Of a fellow crcrure. This hprli-
cIaai desire was not the result OF iefn
por,ry alteration. hut % undying hit.
red born In -nomefes OF peru Hns
dser,aIr. 10 last a. hong as lie ltselt'
The grim, wrinkied vis1Rc or Hefph'-
mo, ex.chitf II renegade Apnehes. MS
me cause which wrought the sunde"
change IN the plainimon.
uThat ugly face WIS visible acfoH.
The siehts OF my rife barrel gnli
many Tines one night" SAID nc whie
man. and then. turning 60 the ltdiih.
se added. "You and 7 came pfttV
near dying In che same pace anu /.
the sime time. although you hl""
know about IT," ,.,
The remark was translated. Heroni,
mo merely shrugged nls shoulder Nv
Erunted. a. n to lndlcafe THIS " ni
not signify. t. stand face 90 rtcf WIN
man wbo mas had m6rglgc on
ones geaip i apt 90 refrei'h she most
rerrrant trf-uofy. During the suinnler
of iS5S i.asier J.. MunHt. now q Mon-
tnrra puekman. vas running iI'lshs-
Ing outfit from Albuquerque go a con
e,r,ff,f.pn camp az what vas ~ th,
end Of the grading on the AtnnUc ~
Pacific railroad Tie cimp W.. nrlr
it0 miles III m Albuquerque. md s,inf.
thirsx like sfyanfy.fyc miles from f''
VN.nssisr. ,Ge NEAREST military s'uil1n.
Tho rins bad M; been lad. ana the
f,eirfainr business furnished employ
,nsni fdr a number ~ mfn and cams
p,s.enssfa Wrfs rlmeiimes opfficd. o.
,,eii as freight. Tor su1Fi ~ the Poop
eran trtVeilrr on .hr pait N the ~
tler preferred 60 have company. ~.
nrnfs df the dsprtt' .clnns " hani pr
rfnegade Aruchcr reached Albuquerque
frnm time 10 time. ana such complaints
w,rs made nimosl every dty NJ Foit
Wing.se. At this pcfiod q vas q sam"
frortier thsr dld not have ~ perllii-
cal Indian stnre. All thc frelEh ~ be-
long 10 that prcuittr class of Wfai'fn'
err who never borrow trouble.
The aiy before she 6Ei- horse f'afns
wen. 10 vart frrm Albuquerque
young man accompanied ~ Elh
usldm 10 yours II ase apphsd or il-
aage 20 she ruilroad camp. 10 those
a,yu /, was necessary tur u stranger
10 furnish plausible autobiography
before he was admNtsi o. the fiuicrrh
rsis.Sina made necessary by fflp
across she desert. Toe young man ~.
p,airad that he and the Riri tpt1 enpei
from Ohio and that h. had a relative
running n graders pu.nt al she tanp
who Ind promised hm employment.
lie admitted thr he had no money 80
10y for his passage. and tic rine OF
bls reiasiye wns not one known 90 the
frelghters. on the whole, his story was
NOT 30 convincing as u should have
been. and his request would have been
refused pefemporiiy Ind u mo- been
r,r che giri. To NJ tnfncf nlc1ilnE
she added bsaeechlnz looks. After the
danger ~ biins KILLED by thv Indians
had been put before thim IN blood.
curdllng narratives they sih adhered
60 their desire to ~, aud % they wer.
,oh shey were wsOme 90 passage II
shey though they could stand The
hafishipa OF a frclKhtet'n life.
The days were very hot, aluhouFh the
nights WIRE cool. The nrst camp was
made early In the forenoon. The Eiri
did her best 10 prove thnf enc was
grateful. and IN. way she helped the
Old camp cook Improved IN navor OF
che pain but substantial food. In cet-
tain environments u does not take peo-
rle t1ng to gts acquainted. and by the
time tie camp wus made for .hs night
everybody wnn ealing the giti Nellie"
her nrgs name, he enjoyed the novesy
OF she thing. and scented a. much al
home as though she were frfilnF fhe
piss and chickens on her mothers fnrnl
IN the buckeye Htase. fliiiing ncrc ana
shsre. she made the Kind 81 plcturs
thag IL always appreciated by frontiers
men. and after the lrr, twcniy-fouf
hours there wus not q man In the camp
who had NOD cauFh, hin.stlf msrvciinR
,hat an ordinary. locking chap like her
hu.lund cnuld catto such "a prize.
Meanwhile the caravan moved slow
~ .rross tre parchsd plains, AMI II
sh.r. were any thoughts OF hostile In
as.n- th.y uvr, in connection with q
,,,,s,m IN rome daredevil deed shat
,,.,,,la ,,,.te an. doer a hem In Nellie :
sxs.
Fo,,v mi,.. from Anuauerauc the
NJ, nirhi e,rnp was made, Tho young
..,,,.is ~, aronu1 1,s c,mpfirr ilten-
a. % me rtorisT. hui wrh "a tact
~hleh ana tne nsrtatorr cred, all tales
"a f,at1.,. ana t.rartuAtE W.r. avoid.
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