CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1898-01-27

agent 10 spy IT oui. He was smca:t
one, and he nearly got me. Taia r,
low-his name was Dari-we7t dirrc
to Dumas place and said that he h.,
got into little froub,e n ;hr staf-r
and he wanted Dumas 70 take care -
him until it blew over. That fIatterS
Dumas pride and the old man tcS
him in and made much of him. Dart and
Dumas became great ehur..s They
went duck hunting toaoth.r. they
fished and drank together. IS soon as
! saw Dart l suspected L.ia. ard he
wasn't Sow in guessing what brcurat
me to see Dumas so regularly. D-r:
tried to pump me by beirg hail fc,,cv
and by cursing the customs Ulcers. ]
was only boy. but / wasn't so casil-
caught as all that. defended the Gus
toms men and cordemnei smn~g.i-s
Dart just winked his left eye in knew
ing sort of way. Fortunately. as ii
turned out, Dumas didn't give away his
tunnel He admitted to Dart that his
place was headquarters for SNUG
glers- but he didn't commit himself any
further.
Il had made three successful trims
while Dart WAS staying with Dumas,
and ] guess that my success had made
me bit careless Ny fourth trip VS.
the last smuggling expedition that
ever engaged in. and II came so near be-
ing my finish in all ways that 1t
thoroughly frightened me. It was a
ferfn- ~
reached Dumas place about eight
O'Clock Dart was sitting in the barroom.
and Joined him We drank more than
the usual quantity of ale. and when
Madore came in wbistling to indicate
that my keg was strapped on the gig /
said:
We'll, Dart, I'm going just as soon
as Madore can hitch up
II think I'll take little horseback
ride myself he answered. and see if
can't clear my head of this axe
This disturbed me. forI conltlr-t say
anything for fear he might get on to the
right track and suspect my gig have
since thought that Dart suspected that
picked up my goods somewhere alorF
the road. and he expected to detect rne
and drove out inst as Dart came out OF
the barroom TO get his horse sadd,ed-
Three miles down the road and jus.
after had crossed the line heard
horse ralloping behind me. I knew II
was Dart. and that he would overhsc-
me unless 1 could reach fork mi.
ahead and confuse him as To which rs2l
l had taken. Whipped up my MARI ard
we flew. As looked over her head ir &c
the darkness l saw a light that was
evidently lantern just about where the
forks of the road were. Dart had co--
nered me- / knew it. As soon as seSr
that lantern l knew that revenue &C.
GERS were with it. l couldn't s-in I-r
keg because the straps were tangled T..
In an instant had made rr my riiE5
what to do There was fairy icst
field on my left with no fence ca tt
road. Without stopping my mare.
speed I turned into it. My gig bumpe,
clean off the ground. II was rouS'
riding. but realized that 1t was z.
only chance The noise that | nradr g
ing across that field warned Dart ar
the other officers what had happened
aud they yelled to me to stop | didE'
and then followed dozen or more shot
from their revolvers. The bal,
whistled over my head. don't know
how got to the woods. l found
score of old wood roads. and selecting
one of them. walked my horse in anC
waited. I heard those fellows beating
the bush around me for two hours. !
had slipped the keg out and concealed
f~ l,,r- \ .gV.NF -, he - y
even though they had no evidence
against me. The officers gave IL up, and
drove home at daylight minus the keg.
My mare was used up, and friend of
mine tipped me off that the game was
up, Dart was special agent, and he
was going to dog me until he got evil
dence enough to arrest me. l thought
II all over. and l concluded that If /
stayed so near the Canadian line the
temptation 10 smuggle bit would be
so strong that / should weaken. and
probably end by being captured. had
saved snug little sum. and with it I
went TO New York. l have lived there
since. and am heartily ashamed of my
early smuggling,
''Dart is connected with the secret
service, and few years ago me, him
in the Hoffman house in New York
Dumas place had been closed, and Dart,
after we had drink together in re-
membrance of Dumas old ale. said;
We're you smugglin or nc; the night
we chased YOU into the fields?'
That question IS outiawed.' an
swered. and You didn't catch me. Let's
talk about something else
Coming over this railroad. where
once drove with my smuggled goods,
has brought IT all back TO u-e. That's
au-N v Sun