The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-30

aad ve dsclded = apDay 20 the ~ fes .
sob % t1de n over anti pcmsgh1ng better
turned ~ Upos afTtvai at the rsnckHan's
place - found hin to b . coarse. igno-
rant ana brutal fellew. Who. - - after
ward learned, had been compelled 20 ny
from he native place to escape punish
ment for q crime. He was . Sulaea sel-
low. with stik. bushy hair. swafthy com
pIexion and black. piercing eyes. disliked
and dissrusted HIN from the instant saw
him. and 20 did Wilson. We hired out 10
him. however, ana went 20 work the next
day. We wsre sot long IN finding out the
kind Of fellow our hai3hreed bon wa
I'VE had been at work only two DAYS
when he gave Wilson tongue lashing for
allowing some of the cattle TO wander
away. when I heard the ranchman open
up on Wilson expected 90 see the latter
shoot the fellow without further talk. but
he managed 70 control hau,self. however.
and that night. when We went into our hu,
On the feeding grounds. he told me what an
effort II had cost him to keep from kiIline
the ranchman. and declared that X that
sort Of thing occurred again there would
b . funeral on that ranch. and that he
would attend personally to the little pre-
liuilnary matter Of supplying the corpse
for the occasion.
"A few days afterward a party Of pros
pectors paared that way. and. unknown 10
me. Wilson procured from them Q bottle
OF whisky and proceeded TO take frequent
generous doses Of the liquor. which speed
lily aroused everything mean In his nature
He became reckless and allowed the cat
tie under his charge 10 roam at VIII and
the result was that some Of them strayed
away. fact that the boss vas not long In
finding out. and when he did md It out his
rage knew no bounds.
when I saw him ride rapidly across
IA nj
saw him gesticuiating wildly with his
heavy whip. ! realised at once that the
hour for the promised funeral was close
at hand. I saw him raise his whip m
II 10 strike Wilson and At the same time
a pistol shot rang out. little pun OF
smoke rose above the boss horse and
the ranchman fell from his saddle. He
was as dead an door nail when two OF
the other herders and myself reached
him. The instant the shot was nred
Wilson put spurs to his horse and Was
OF like the wind couple OF the herd
ers gave chase. but he had too much
the start Of them. and they soon aban-
doned the pursuit.
II noticed that after the shooting some
at the herders gave me looks tka: in
dicated that the act OF ny partner had
preJudtced them against me. The mat
ter didn't worry me particularly. how
ever. and ] gave II no further thought
\
was then the only occupant OF the place.
I had been In bed probably three or four
hours when ] was suddenly aroused from
my sleep by q strong grip on my arms.
and found them pin3oued and revolver
pointed at my head. ] was unable TO
understand at nret what u all meant.
but l soon found out Ny assailants
were a couple Of half-breeds. favorites
Of the dead boss. and ] realised when
recognized them that they proposed to
wrcak vengeance on me for the act OF
Wilson. One OF the fellows forced .
sag into my mouth and made the strings
fast at the back Of my neck. II was no
use TO kick. had been taken by sur
prise and was overpowercd. and I just
simply made up my mind that there were
going 10 be two funerals on that ranch
instead Of one. a. Wilson had planned.
lone end OF q lariAt was then fastened
around my neck and the other thrown over
q limb and the scoundreis then pulled me
up and made the lower end OF the Iariat
fast 10 the tree. can remember that I
suffered OK ciating pains In my neck
and back. 4 my head seemed to Be abb
solutely BURSTING. Then ! began TO lose
consciousness and experienced sensation
a. noattng. hnew Rothing after that un.
III found myself at the SIDE Of small
stream In q ticket with Wilson bending
over mo. Ny throat was - swollen that
! could not utter . sound: my eyes seem
ed 10 be bursting from their sockets. and
my head ached fearfully.
Wilson was bathing my face and neck.
and when I came to a realizing sense Of
what had happened ne told me that when
he dashed across the prairie after shoot
ing the boss he had presentiment that
harm would come 70 me for his act. sim
ply because I was his partner. lie mad.
therefore ridden back TO the ranch under
cover OF darkness and gone 10 my hut,
found II empty, and while leaving had
heard voices In the direction OF the tree
where I was strung UP. lie overheard
enough 10 satisfy him ~ 90 the condition
OF affairs. and ne lay low until the scoun-
dreis left the scene and then he cut mo
down.
1T was several days before recovered
from my rough treatment, but Wilson
stood right by me and pulled mo through
In good shape. We got out n that coun-
try a. soon ~ we could. and a few months
later william wna Killed In TeIAa "--Den.