Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-05-12
HIS LAST FORD.

"Ca-, --. -l-r a.--t 9ve- -le--f Tlet
Coyote point -a.s vas addressed 20
ne ay nv guide ana assistant "Nr
A.-a, Al---- d. b loved 20 u- called
lsd a--u ---r .7- 20 -L.s w Nan :
II -a-1-Ee p .r-e-.G-.Har- survey with
H--- ---.- .1i hand 1--we. s-- 2 -aIl-aaG.
~. putting ~ --= 2l-l; Al q saloon.
m 1u.v -.-a. II N.ll4l. lad INST
'A--. -all -oa1 ,an-i5--el All
zo-i4n. ~l- took gCl-s fancy 10 me
1-,ag,- --.l-i LIN Mr.. Adams and
= E-rel 20 ~ win IRE .'-s-c .a- he fun
4: ~ -4IE- L=zr-lL- that -- Vas
I1-- familiar with tne e1unrrv -lan
snv ~ aroCEi there. I was only TOO
E.-a ~ --1U.-v him. Al Ee..=l vas
se--- ne Ey-a knew th- --.H-.rl. -lasses
AKA Tue .g-at.Ju %: me tanks -oezv
na-sls II -av,r=- where waller tom The
winter rains y melted snow = --.d Til
.-lz Il --- summer
Il had len u month SIN. v- had
c1I12etl u -L- .luEs y L-a-~ title
-tre4m known 70 the Indians ami M-El-
ans - Ia Rio Put-co. and We were up
4 the u--Italus north Z -l- -rgy
xug-e the --.~- II Flagstaff Is wv .J-
Gated.
" had finished 3 rather -1s--.r lin
neZ %: aartn nj uard tack. Win s. -l-a i
piece Il v,r.sal. part o: "a ie-- wlI-a
Anne had allied the uI-lt before, ans
were stretched o7t uIl=r a pine r-ee
L wing "A r:fatuL oGc horses,
7shI-- --r a-i 1rsaddlad ard L-o-.=d
vcs-a .-or-:-- tLe oc-4slo--l TUFTS u
a:ras, wl.-l --Ev usaT.
turned nv head .-zli~ the dlrsc-
ton indicated and uuI-t.=1 .,rl1i
''NElat x III.
Wei II VIZ nigh On SIX -ear .-o
.1st Est -ae -let 1.uf=. You $50, -ay-
o-e VIZ I'D --zu. Ealt ,aii-l II a--;
Irzlc1u. IN I-aDer c-ltrer never
1re4tbsd. lTe could throw rope ct
ter any u l. an ride the meanlst
o-uu--y -1et ever went MP the alr.
Il w-z p1ucaIn -attle :c- Palmer
B-os : ! 2 u-ani. about So mile
Z --I=ls: I Prescott There WIZ jim
B--l,- II Dandy D1tc4-r an Le-c
Leonard Coyote an me There WIZ
4uart - w--c. 5-t We VIZ The Only
one, u II The -im= speak yt
The '-.d nan. a. we called jim
Palmer. VIZ auo1t 81. with white laII
an aearr l. 0.- as vearin ali. He
WIZ always a-lgln souethIn FOR I.
boys. an when Jim Barker lad IN.
smallpox the id man never left hin
HIS brother JACK wuz ltz-ent
4o-r II 4 cnap. = full -eu year younger
an ned o@-l 4 CAPTAIN r lieutenant
y scnathln 4 the army Office Il Wash
iu-ton. We never Knew exactly. Jzt
heard .hst ae h=4 ned trouble with 7oInt
society woman. an she ned turned ain
down. 50 le signed Al came out Z
aeIu MS l-other. VINO loved MIN al
watched over MIN ike father.
He aiwa+'s wore a nzcktie-so:ne
thin the old man never ned N. | ;ues:
.!sastwavs l never see MIN wear 0net
an occasionally As i get N MS hIgI
moss N ride into Prescott. get drum.
an a -ibe w -tA-- - 1-4A u 4kA4L 40 -
because he was the old man brother
Ta-u -hs OH man would drive in ~
get h!m without sayln word 20 a .ivlI
sou!
"C1e night WIZ inst after III
ro7nl 1p-gIl the boys he'd worked hart
an wanted ,lttl, fun The Old mai
gives 1s rac1 800 an told rs not u
show up till / WIZ gone He Enew ",
would 0a aaCE next night II the Ia,
foll-wlu. cause a hundred wol!dn z,
far them i.ys.
We al rode into town. keepIn p-ett'
vel together, all ceptiR Coyote, wn
slipped away carly II the eyeE!n.
.Ahoat > clock \ the mo-nin W
p-arced into the Aerlno saloon. "
didu .st very lively reception. al
old simpson raised MS hand an sed
.Sh. bows. Jacob Palmer got NJ. dose.
Yua could ley heard pin drop Ever,
one # : had thought the same thing
What 4 the Old man think Then u
came the guns. an We al crOwde'
round -lllr-ou 70 know who i done Il
AL We heard llln say was Coyote. al
We rna5ea d .-uak for the door
"'W-.l. We hunted rLer town owe
tvvlxt tast III daylight. al the .1T
Joints an Mexican dives. m aLlIl
found r1r tt-r he taken Lls hoss al
lit ont north
'Tasu we supposed le WIZ sc.l
after rhe I'D man. IN there WIZ n
lurul=si ,c-aul-lu tur G-s=-s rou eve
sec. Al we rode not an heavy fur h
ruu.a -lxI-un said he j send the Ood
rlg1t after D. L d wagon.
The 1oys sro,u the Rancho SaD!n
Joined us al made a party au"7t :
-trJa-
As we turned the bend an came j,
-izht Il the house jim Barker sed
Thank God there the DID man. q,
tEr az felt easier When we reined ].
around L!la. he ed. What. YOU don
want more money. do you Then looEl
at 1ur iriplin lrouchos, No: some poo
devil has stole moss AZ got 70 pay IN
lt.
I'VE had svurg down oGt Il on
saddl-s, an t-e 1uys all .JoAtd a. lie
IN knew IA got 70 tell II. though L
rather hev been drug bv COW, bu
there wuZ No way yur of IL.
"He law sCuethlR wuz up IN kne'