The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-12-25

She said she would. but at the same, time told
9bb%e t Chances y hS %ero huR STSt rate rate for Gfhcii
both Coming back to Dry Cheyenne feet
nTst; ,voI BIT e t ahe dS and I sReaI spSfa wes twenty %SSy;
fore some Of the boys missed Jim, and the
the dance. and word WINS sent TO Mart, He
came down from his ranch. crazy, mad, and got
t sSsy tSey h %an 6 f SaHf shs ri ia Of and SI' tS RSn dan nSa
Widow M%SS6ool p the midst q t the rd iSs' nT.
rivals at once, and quietly asked Jim II he had
a pistol. Jim said he had two, -
"T6en she and Jim took their places for the
started q row, and began to close in on Jim
Kidd. He backed up against, a door at one side
Of the ballrpoS2m and whipped out MS two SIX ak
fEeSpq Cooke. fs Ma FFsR FIREMAN brennan on and a." another 9TH Tn 81
Mart's men, dead IN their track. In the excite
and he was yanked through it so quick
heard he IIf The door gSoltedp and heard the Voice Of
the Widow McCool; The merry widow knew
the th s% %n s and Sse h., bad Is seen : bt that the ,S SSo bS Jd% =
window on the other side. She had slipped out
Of doors. got into the bedroom through the
room, and bolted the door again before any one
in the darkness and excitement OF the ballroom
knew what had become OF him. But for that,
Jim would have been a dead man in less than
Just as quickly as she had yanked Jim into
Of oft It b by the gSindGs O,rd They tfsS Il m tSn ted the hed first sst
@Ss s mf5s on Mu99ff $ ana dn he w widEo SRSM sGST w ws9s
strsaking 4 away on the road to Douglas: Jim
but the fuRitives rode all that night and, all the
NEXT nsAs day Fh sPs &c gSey to left Pop tEeis on exb sSnasS
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widow I. had lsit GhSsdTS SI 4 for f Rec East; only the
and thereabouts wondered,fo years what had
enough to steal herself from MaTrtHuntoon and
his gang and to take Jim Kidd with her; and
MAYBE w sae So aTs T i0 New &s yet; in the palmy
that region were wont to indu'ge in that Joe
neeuiiaPr brand S'''t Joe eR had co en9 into that nar deleet.
able country with $500 in gold. which he was
to make his fortune with it By investing It in a
gold mine a friend Of his said he had discoy-
friend, with other travellers. we're on their way
to Pueblo In The coach that carried the mail.
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above their heads. One Of the three robbers
was set to guard the held-up passengers. with
the first one, of them that moved hand or foot.
while the other, two looted the stage, Joe was
ton for five minutes. looking square into the
muzzle OF a rifle. when he rolled his eyes down
E Sut he to d fisdf : m2 He g ss% q ca thtns to 19ok Iea at
eight inches long. one Of the terrors. of that re-
gi99. hurrying along directly toward town.
his i intense sas SG 2eiie a. It tn ev s5R ID 9 the o ebss; 9st an aG
PASSED on i, IT only went as far as his heel.
thing Joe knew. the hideous and deadly thing
was climbing his leg under his trousers. as he
claws in his flesh. Joe knew that the least
movement he made would disturb the sensitive
and and erimonious yarmint and it would instantly
quota Of deadly venom: And. there, joe stood.
RADIO on euard, would I'll! him with lead. The
moved a muscle Of his leg the centipede would
track inthe flesh. something in itself, almost
how soon the centipede might get mad at
something and sock its venom points into him
Would ~ soon Sa' be- through RiT ahoW with inu searchin 1Go the
while the centipede was exploring. him. thus
one leg. tSef'p across a Jps's st BACK Siy 70 %f she other Yie up
20 up again. GTtdid start back up the leg once e.
anu " NhS Ou Tie pOllJ VI uTOIU1nR MS manu-
In hope that the robber would put him out OF
his misery by shooting, him. when the. cent?
pede turned and went down again, and kept on
going nntil 1t came out at the bottom of the
trousers leg and went scurrying away. Joe
shut his eyes and gave one long breath. and
was on the point Of relieving himself with a
yell, let the consequences be what they might,
when the individual with the rifle exclaimed:
Say. pard! you got more nerve than q six
boss, wagon could lug! Damned il 1 could a
THAT cold blooded reprobate had seen the
centipede, go up into J0e's trousers leg. and
knew all the while what Joe was suffering, and
just stood there and watched what the result
was going to be! The robbers made off as soon
looted stage and passengers went on to Pueblo.
And that YES the sort Of nerve {9e Iathrop had
afterward Joe was one ofa posse that pursued
q gang Of robbers near North Juan. in Nevada.
Joe discovered one Of the gang hiding behind a
rock. He shot the desperate, dead, and when
he saw his face Joe declared he was happy. for
he recognized the man who had held him up
during the Pueblo stage robbery that time and
gloated over his experience with the centipede."