Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-09-17

him He was strongly and finely formed
He possessed Il blonde head OF classic
mold, and d steel blue eye under good con-
troll. His inward struggles kept him at a
tension that gave hiIn d reserved and
somewhat DreUccupied manner, and his
every action seemed the result OF delibera-
ion instead Of impulse. The giving away
TO impulse was the thing he was irving
10 avoid. He felt that some day mis- moral
courage would fail him and he would
stand stripped 10 the gaze of his friends
tie coward that he knew himself TO be.
No nIuLzlsh ascetic ever scOurged his
eSFySiuuS falling. How we'll he succeeded
il triumyhing over it, his fame in Lava
canyon. and. indeed, ii the mouths Of men
as lar IS the sage brush grew 20 east
and west attested.
There came one cruel day when the
SHvfi1 was forced to apply the whip to his
tortured spirit with double force The town
OI Lava canyon was built on stretch of
plain s-opiug down 10 q river from the exit
~ = mountain gulCh- Within this cullen
vas tangled wilduess. Two miles back
rom tn town il COnyerged 10 u assure
half a mile deep. like d sword-cut cleavirg
the hills The sides, for its whole extent
were Inaccessible except to the rattle
snakes that mad their deHs among the
bculders- Within the edge of the gulca
where the denseIy wooded sides began TO
sirdlghten u sleeper angles, stood the
"hlt=-palHteI cottage of Emmett Reed, the
postmaster. and Leading dealer in hard
Ware, cutlery. arms and ammunition Here
beside thu mountain stream and among the
tn9ss-growu rocks, played the Juvenile
Eeeis-little mors than rtlshes in size
watched over more or less carefully by
t-padicea, aged twenty, eldest daughter of
the house.
To these confines, late one afternoon.
came Arizona Dan. worst man in the
county. after breaking half a thousand
collars worth Of mirrors and glassware
u the principal places of entertainments
and IvrrgsIIIriUar Of
various citizens, TO their graf bodily an
Su.sh. Dan Was not too drunk 10 entertain
. wholesome fear Of Rad Conrad. and 4,
was his intention 10 cUnC. al himself until
u4rkEeSs should lend him cover to escape.
on being appTised Of tn 'se events. the
~-rllI oI the county. recognizing his duty,
prepared 10 effect Dams capture. A brave
man III his place who properly estimated
the value II good citizsn's life in COM
i-Flspn with the vital spark OF a dagener-
ale like Arizona Dan. as a furtherance of
the survival OF the htJeSt idea would have
s-tfiHJneu a posse, and by moral force of
numbers would have secured the surrender
u Jhs offender without the risk of blood
she'd Radclln Conrad was not the man to
10 his He Stunned all appearance Of lack
Of courage. as he desired, in his heart, to
saun the danger.
What arms did he havs?'' asked the
sheriff of some men who had seen Arizona
Dams retreat to the gulch.
Nary one" said d saloon keeper, who
had suffered from the fugitive's icono-
clasm. 'Hs left both his guns in my
place"
Ths Sheriff untouched his revolver and
showed IL across the counter.
Keep that for me-" he said. 'Iu go and
get Dan"
He passed slowly down the street. walk
iug in the direction OF the guIch, and the
men gazed after him admringly.
Never knew what bein' afraid was, Rad
ECYer"' said the nail-carrier
He 'uz born that away" said the
county clerk. a man as amt got no skeer
IN him don't deserve no credit fur havin
sand. He wouldn't take his gun along
cause Dan had left his'n. With a creetur
Ike Dan it pears 10 me that's a little reck-
less. Dan overweishs Rad matter of
twenty-five pound, the very least"
In the guleh things were as usual to all