Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-10-12

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in the desperado's mind would do any
thing, and yet he himself of all the go,
900, 900 people in the land was the only
one who could not earn it. A comrade,
then, innocent or guilty, was impossi'
BILE, and yet was absolutely necessary il
the wanderer was to have sleep.
The horse was in distress through
lack of water, and Sam himself was
both hungry and thirsty. His next halt
ing place must be near q stream, YET
perhaps his safety during the first night
was due to the fact that his pursuerl
would naturally have looked for him
near some water course and not on the
open prairie.
Ten days later Mike Davlin wa:
awakened at in the morning to fino
standing by his bed gaunt, haggaro
living skeleton, holding a candle in one
hand and pointing cooked revolver al
Mikes head with the other.
"Get up," said the apparition hoarse
ly, land get me something to eat ano
drink-drink first-and be quick about
it. Make no noise. Is there anybody
else in the house?"
"No" said Mike, shivering. "Yor
wait here, Sam, and I'll bring you
something. thought you were among
the Indians, or in Mexico, or in the Bad
Lands long ago."
"I'm in Bad Lands enough here. III
90 with you. I'm not going to let you
out of sight, and no tricks, mind, or you
know what will happen.
"Surely you trust me, Sam," whined
Mike, getting up.
81 don't trust any living man. Whc
fred that shot at me when l was leav
ing?" .
$50 help me-" protested Mike, 81
dunno. | wasn't in the bar at the time.
I can prove / wasn't. Yer not looking
we'll, Sam"
Course you for slow dawdler. You'd
not look we'll either if you had no sleep
for week and was starved into the bar
gain. Get move on you"
Sam ate like wild beast what wa:
set before him, and although he took
stiff glass of whisky and water at the
beginning he now drank sparingly. He
laid the revolver OH the table at his ell
bow and made Mike sit opposite him.
When the ravenous meal was finished,
he pushed the plate from him and look
cd across at Davlin.
"When l said I didn't trust you,
Mike, I was liar. do, and I'll prove
it. When it's your interest to befriend
a man, you'll do it every time.
81 will that" said Mike, not quite
oomprehending what the other had said.
"Now listen to me. Mike, and be sure
you do exactly as I tell you. Go to
where the bank manager lives and
rouse him up as reused you. He'll not
be afraid when he sees it's you. Tell
him you've got me yer in the saloon
and that I've come to rob the bank OF
that id $50,000 Say that I'm des-
perate and can't be taken short Of q
dozen lives, and there is no lie in that,
as you know. Tell him you've fallen in
with my plans and that we'll 90 over
there and hold him up. Tell him the
only chance of catching me is BY
trick. He's to open the door of the place
where the money is, and you're to shove
me in and lock me up. But when he
opens the door I'll send a bullet through
him, and you and ME will divide the
money. Nobody will suspect you, for
nobody'll know you were there but the
bank man. and he'll be dead. But If you
make one move except as / tell you the
first bullet goes through you. See?"
Mikes eyes opened wider and wider
as the scheme was disclosed. "Lord,
what head you have, SAM" he said.
"Why didn't you think of that before:
The bank manager is in Austin"
"What the devil is he doing there?'
"He took the money with him to put
it in the Austin bank. He left the day
after you did, for he said the only chance
you had was to get that money. You
might have done this the night you left,
but not since.
"That's straight, is it?" said Sam sus'
piciously.
"It's Gods truth I'm speaking" as
serted Mike earnestly. "You can find
that out for yourself in the morning.
Nobody III modest you. You're just dead