Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-04-20

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concerned him, an he grabbed me by
the arm an sed: What's up, Anne?
Ont with it. Where is he? Is he hurt
Well, it took the breath an all the wits
ont of me, an l blurted out: Yes.
Coyote killed him last night at the
Mcrino an then lit out north. We
thought he WIZ after you. Simpsons
bringin Jack out now.
"For a minute there wuz grip like
a wise on my arm, then his hand drop
ped an half turnin away he commenced
talkin to himself.
"'Poor Jack! He always WIZ moth
er's pet, an when he joined the army
how proud she wuz! He waz han some
in his uniform. Killed in saloon
Thank God she's deadl'"
''lt seemed a year to us as we shuffied
from foot to foot before he moved. Then
he gave start like he wuz pullin him
self together an turned to us, the very
devil shinin out of his eyes. He looked
ten years older, but his hand went to
his hip, an we knew he hedn't lost any
of the spunk he he'd when the Apaches
killed his pardner, Jim Ross.
"'Coyote! Why, he wuz here this
mornin an drew his pay Said he wuz
goin to work over east on the Santa
Ysabel Boys, Jack wuz morn life to
me; he wuz mothers pet, an l must
kill tibet snake. How many of you will
stand by me an help ME hunt the cur
DOWN.
every one of us swore we'd not stop
till we'd strung him up.
"'Then get bosses out of the corral;
take plenty of fresh ones. Pack up your
grub. How soon will Simpson be here? ?
"'He ought to be here now. l an
swered.
'In half an hour we rode out on
Coyotes trail, leavin the old man to fol-
low. He wanted last look at Jack, an
we didn't care to be around about tibet
time, because we wuz anxious to have
a whirl at Coyote.
at wuz about two hours before he
caught up with u.s. He wuz sittin firm
in the saddle, his head up an his lips
pressed firm together. Barker pointed
to the trail, an he just nodded an put
spurs to his hoss
Next mornin he had us up at 4. an
we struck out. We passed ranch where
Coyote he'd once killed a cowboy, an
when we told about Jack the rancher
insisted on some of us whose bosses wuz
wipded takin some of his.
Toward night we began to catch up
on our game an saw tibet his boss must
be gettin tired. We pounded away till
nigh o'clock an then camped, cause
our ponies needed rest an we might
miss our man in the dark. At daylight
we wuz in the saddle again. The old
man hadn't slept a wink. but he kept
the lad.
ut wuz 10 o'clock when we caught
sight of Coyote. He wuz ridin slow an
maxim for Humphreys peak. KNOWN
tibet if he reached the mountains we
never could get him.
1--WE made a short cut fur the ford
tibet lies at the base Of tibet bluff an
rode like the devil wuz after us, but
there wuzn't any of us could keep up
with the old man. He wuz ridin big
black stallion tibet he broke in the
spring-the fastest boss in the country.
"Coyote saw us an realized it meant
a race fur the ford. He he'd little the
best of us on distance, but he hedn't
calculated on the old mans black stall
lion when he turned around in the sad
die an waved his hand to us. There
wuz cuss from every man as he set
tied deeper in the saddle an stuck spurs.
"How tibet half breed devil could
ride! We We're gainin slowly, but he
wuz much closer to the ford than we
wuz Still the old man wuz 500 yards
ahead of us an his boss goin full an
free. Pretty soon we saw puff Of
smoke, heard a report. an the old man G
hat went off. Fur minute he raised
his gun, then lowered it. leaned for
ward an gave the black the spur.
EUR ten minutes we went on tibet
way, bosses an men strainin every
nerve, when Barker's boss went down,
PLAYED out. an we left him swearin like
pirate
"Within hundred yards of the ford
Coyotes boss stumbled an fell, an he
rolled over an over. We gave shout,
fur we thonght we he'd him, but he
jumped up an ran fur the ford. Then
he stopped an looked back. He could
make it if it wuzn't fur the old man.
Up went his rifle. an we saw Palmer
lay forward on his boss neck The
other shot had showed him tibet it
wouldn't do to make any better target
of himself ti,an necessary
"Again the puff of smoke, the report,
an the black stallion staggered. ran Is
yards an fell.
"Our btaf's sank as Coyote threw
down his y'.n an plunged into the wa
ter, but thu old man wuz on his feet in
a second $40 ran ahead.
GAS Covote climbed out of the water
the old man knelt down an took aim.
We wuz all holdin our breaths an
prayin thet he'd get him. an when the
Mexican reached the top Of the bank an
looked around he fired. Coyote threw
up his hands an fell. an we let out q
yell you could have heard mile.
"When " reached the old man, he
wuz standin with bowed head, his chest
risin an fallih like a winded broncho.
We all crowded round him to wiring his
hand but lie only said: It's done.
Let's go back to the ranch; the cattle
needs us.
"Dutchie an Lew rode over to
where Coyote lay to be sure of him,
but there wuzr t no need Of tibet. He
was stone dead--shot squar' through
the chest.
"The Old man sold the ranch about