The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-15

ceive was in the assurance that as soon
as day should break she should be driv-
en- out in the direction which her hus-
| band had taken. II know I shall meet
that covered wagon, said she; IT just
know It, but / want to go anyhow, and to
| know the worst
According to promise she was allowed
| to start out from HAYES City at a very
carly hour on the succeeding morning, a
friend accompanying her in carriage.
| They had driven out a distance of four
| teen miles without meeting any one,
when there began to dawn a ray of hope
| that the dreadful vision of the dream
would prove to have been merely a hal
lucination But the poor woman looked
eagerly forward for the purpose of get
ting the first view of that which she most
dreaded 10 gee.
Long as 1t was in coming, the wagon
came in sight all too soon Rising up
over the summit of an elevation in the
/ plains and looking down the descending
| grade she saw, coming slowly toward
| her and her companion, covered wagon
| drawn by two horses. Throwing up her
| hands so as to cover her eyes she ex-
claimed with all the force of positive con-
Niction
MY God, there's the wagon"
After :he sight of the wagon she re-
| fused to be comforted and only urged her
| oriver to increase his speed, sobbing as
IL heart-broken as they rushed on.
The woman's dream had been more
| than dream. 1t had been real vision.
There had been no deception The vehi-
Gle was just as she had described it, and
in 1t lay the lfeless body of her husband
all just as she had drawn 1t.
Inquiry revealed the fact that the
| shooting had occurred as it had appeared
TO Mrs. Ramsey, and just as she describ-
ed 1t to half dozen witnesses before
lnslxy f,Aer
come upon the thieves in the afternoon of
the first day out, thirty-five miles from
| Hayes City, as they were concluding their
dinners, and preparing to continue their
journey. They had mounted when they
| discovered the officers riding down upon
| them. The thieves knew Ramsey, and
their first thought was to escape from
him at all hazards They accordingly put
| spurs to their horses. leaving their sto-
! len animals behind. The officers spurred
| up their horses also, and were soon chas-
ing the thieves across the plains. The
two parties were not less than sixty
yards apart when Ramsey said to Shep-
herd, after having summoned the fugi-
! tives to halt:
''Well, 1 don't see that there is any.
thing to do but bring them down. You
take the one on your side and I'll take the
| fellow on my side
This speech had hardly been spoken
when the two thieves turned in their
saddles, with pistols presented. 1t was
plain to be seen that there must be a
deadly duel there and then.
Wont you surrender" shouted Ram
sey.
"Never1' was the reply.
Then we will kill you'
Fire away
Give it to en- commanded Ramsey
There were four pistol shots coming
- hon. 10
| ley.
One of the thieves, the one at whom
Ramsey had shot. reeled and tumbled
from his horse dead. The other reeled.
but die not fall. and Shepherd spurred
| on after him, not noticing that Ramsey
did not follow. After galloping a short
distance the second man fell from his
saddle, mortally wounded.
Turning then for the first time, Shep-
| herd, who was unhurt, discovered that
Ramsey had been knocked from his
horse. He had been shot through and
through, the ball passing near his heart
! There was a ranch few miles distant,
and Shepherd determined to make an eff
| fort to get his friend to 1t. He also de-
cided to leave the thieves where they had
| fallen. Dutch Pete" proved to be the
| man at whom Ramsey had directed his
| aim. He it was who had shot Ramsey.
| But Ramsey's shot had gone straight
| passing 96t6 1eart. me
| other thief was also nlortally wounded
| and soon died. Their bodies were covered
over with stones and left where they had
| fallen. The stolen horses were gathered
together and returned to their owner
AS for Ramsey, he was taken to the
ranch referred to and was there given
i every possible attention. But after lin
i gering on in great pain, he died at IL
i o'clock Of the night succeeding the shoot
! ing-at the exact hour when Mrs Ram
sey was having her strange and startling
/ dream.
:. The body was then placed IN the ranch
| mans covered wagon, and the cortege
started for. Hayes City, meeting Mrs
| Ramsey on the road.
| The anguish OF the woman was pitia-
bic. She refused to be comforted after
her husbands death, and two weeks after
the funeral she was raving maniac.
Four months afterward her unhappy
spirit deserted the flesh and she joined
her husband in another world.