The oasis., 1898-03-19

driven away. So last December it
 came -"
 At this point Mrs. Bercich inter.
 rupted and took up the story, as fol. lows:
 It was in December last. l saw
 four men coming up to the ranch,
 and they stopped and began looking
 around the premises. l went out to
 see who they were, and saw it was
 Colin Cameron, Campini and Sidney
 Thomas (they were Cameron's men
 and BTOderick, constable. l asked
 them to come in the house. They
 said they were looking for some doors
 and windows which had been taKen
 out of the old house at Hildebrant's
 place, an old house which had been
 deserted for years. Why said I
 what you cume here to look for such
 things We have not any doors or
 windows from the old house; come and look and see. Look every place and see. These doors and windows
 have been here for years in this housel We got no use for any more doors and windows. Look around.
 You can't find nothing here So then Cameron and Campina came into the house and they looked around every where for them doors, in the cup board, under the bed, under the stove, behind the curtains, and said: You can't ind doors and windows in them little places, Cameron said he had search warrant and would look everywhere. Then they said: We wil go out Co the hay stacks and stables. So l went with them, and Frederick and Thomas was around out there looking around, and soon as we got there Campina goes up to the stack and kicked up some hay and there was an old window, and he said: Where did that come from2' And saIds- 'Campini. you must know how it got there. You knew where to nDd ib. ] never saw it before Then he said: We will push d8wo the stack. l said If you do v0u must put it up again Then Camuina. be got up on the stack and Cameron was down near the hay manager, and Cam pima pointed Co Cameron and he reached down, brushed away some hay and pulled up door from under the hay.
 ' asked them what all this thing means; who put them things there. We never saw them before and you come and know where to find things at our hay stack, which we never saw. And then BrOderck walked up to Mir. ! Bercich and said you are my prisoner. | You will walk to Nogales. And Cam | DaOi said to rne: Well, 1 have been | 1shing for this fish for long time and | have caught my fish at last. l sad. ! )e careful that you have not gone too | lar. You will be found out yet. The le0ple know we dOu't steal And he aughed, and said: We got you at ast. It took long time, but we got 'ou.
 When Frederick told my husband le would have to walk to NOgales. le told him he could not walk or ride horseback as he was a cripple and too Id; he must take him in his buggy, 'nd we told him our wagon was broken nd he could not take that. So after while we fixed up the wagon and ny husband was taken to Nugales."
 How much were those doors and windows worth?' asked the Star of ir. Bercich
 IN more than five dollars" said e. "They were worth nothing to le, for l had no use for them. I ney- 2 saw them until Cameron aud Cam ina took them out from under the ay.n
 Well, what did they do with you?. sked the Star.
 Well, they took me oyer to Nagales hey would not let me stop and have " trial by the jude at LochieI. forty g liles nearer than Nogales. Cameron s lid he could not get justice there. f hen l asked them To take me Go Crit : snden as it was nearer, and lt was ard for me to travel and conld not | and the expense going sofat. but mol { ey took nae Go Nnifal >np V put noe in me l wak'ePer f.
 am 65 years
 Isgraced Live
 new nothing