The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1898-11-25

tnuIm anu COuIU see tno outlines Oh Two
figures on horseback Il half mile in front
in the uncertain light of the early dawn.
The outlaws furious riding soon put
them out OF sight, but the purSuprs rode
on and presently observed IA solitary horse
man riding toward them. When Er came
up they recognized their beloved pastor,
who WAS returning III the carly morning
from IL revival meeting i'll neighboring
town.
He stopped and spoke with them, but
declined to join them, as he was very tired
from his labors, and his wife would DO
anxious if he did not return.
Il saw the two horsemGn coming to-
ward me, and they turned off the road
and gallopod to the west just about r
quarter of "a mile below SlawSOn's ranch
l dare say they are the fellows you arc
looking for, and You'll soon catch them.
And with u God bless you" he was gone.
A large crowd gathered ut the meeting
that night and after several hymns had
been sung and an eloquent prayer hnd
been offered by the beloved pastor he arose
to begin his sermon. He announced the
text, blessed are the pure in heart, for
they shall see God, when there was com
moUloh near INC uo"r. ms P@isoh ltCo
blanched, ana, murhlurlnE IcW words
about not having atrehGIh !" ps"SecH, nc
staggered down rom the pulpit ana TO-
ward the door ut one siA1 WhlcA lea TO an
other exit.
At the samc time Back Mccoy rushed
wildly up the aisle, shouting: stop that
man! Stop hint Hes the theft
The words were scarcely out of his
Ip44-.h l.FDrn I,!ufitptlHiE.E Tgivupl
b.. vas roughly .'.- !t"o.|'i- were
n.H!.&i..d, ANA b. i"t'A. u g." bIra la' .-
btna iur tENs i.".i-A'i't iaD R.'l ci TIC
prorir. SHmo OF Tie "rt'.T /. i,I. advise.
order md succeeded in q"ttjnc Tn. croNl
and insisting tAi.t in justice 10 me ma.
accused they aho".H near WHAT LUCK hAt
to say.
- was aLo'E'N 70 :: o""' '',' t"'' ."i'i'
and lhe a!n.i,h'o i!s''.1G ''s''.''Ic'5,@
Whhe ne tol" MS story. WHICH ""7 SUI
stanual!Y TINS .,.....-, 49,,
lie ana l,''e Nc"s'tr con f-i",u ~
seArch after thr tsS' "' She men rI'u'i1'"
nome: - It" il'i'' on we! es''''e '!lt',s ..
man - ''E ~ WV 't';',' ~ ,,,
covered that he was urconscious-rcr
dc,d Rut rhcv discovered something Of
YT03fpr llnnDIt1prp SlGrl OF all as
p,Iiscs the robbcr was none other than
the parsou's wife
They took her to tho nearest ranch and
cot n doctor. but she was dead The doc
tor rccopnized her rs " Desperate Kate,
cb,rnrtcr known throuchout the west,
who VOL deserved her name The other
dasrorodo ,vos undorhtrdIv the Shooting
narson In nroof that II was he, Buck
nroducnd a wide sombraro hat long curly
win and n mask. which he found in some
bushes The impostor had evidently dis
csrdcd them when he thought they were
in danger of being captured He must
have carried the black felt hat in his
noclat md substituting that for the SOM
brero tnrned hack and met the posse
throwing them off the track and allowing
his communion n chance to escape
Tbrv nroceeded TO his house but the
b,rd h,d down and - search revealed suf-
Grinnt stolen nroDrptv to substantiate
puaI,r, e+ar,. II We oftorward learned
+b,+ bn ,,rS.,Comoncho EiIl " tho PARTNER
- ,Io.,,,,o,, L-oto ), o,J =, Linc of des-
nor,docs
Out OF that IRE OF neil h5 Las "uasiill"s
on the 24th OF June TWO soiGlers Uore d
WOUNDED comraoe lhcy lolG MN pil.i-