The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-07-21

frightened at their mothers manneri
were crying loudly. Those gathered
about the woman finally succeeded in
quieting her and at last procured an
explanation from her. such a hor-
rid, horrid dreaml" she exclaimed.
oh, / know it's truel 1 saw It just as
plain as day-plainer han / see you
Just as real and terrible as II / had
been there. I just know that Alex Is
dead. / didn't want him to go. I never
In my life so longed to beg him not to
go. I wish 1 had"
After this the woman became more
quiet and told those standing about her
that she had dreamed that she had
seen her husband and Shepherd come
upon the horse thieves and attack
them; that the thieves had started to
fee on their horses; that the OFF,
GERS had followed and fired upon
them, the thieves returning the
fire. Three men had fallen al
most simultaneously from their
horses, two of them being the f~ugitives
and the third her husband, who had
been fatally shot. Her dream had
continued so as to take her out to
search for her husband with the hope
Of meeting him upon his return. In
stead Of meeting him alive she en-
countered a covered wagon, which she
described, bringing in his body, see
ing which she had screamed so loud
that she awoke both herself and the
others asleep in the house. h re-
fused to retire again that night. The
only comfort that she seemed to re-
ceive was In the assurance that as soon
as day should break she should be
driven out in the direction which her
husband had taken. Il know l shall
meet that covered wagon" she said;
Il Just know It, but l want to go, any
how, and to know the worst Ac.
cording to promise she was allowed to
start out from Hayes City at a very
early hour on the succeeding morning
a friend accompanying her in a car
riage. They had driven out a distance
of fourteen 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 mere
ly a hallucination. But the poor wom-
an looked eagerly forward for the pur-
pose Of getting the first view Of that
which she most dreaded to see. Long
as it was in coming, the wagon came
in sight all too 10 Rising up over
the summit OF an elevation in the
plains and looking down the descend
ing grade she saw, coming slowly to-
- - - - .-w,,nnFnm "a nnNr
cred wagon drawn by two horses
Throwing up her hands so as to cover
her eyes she exclaimed with all the
force of positive conviction:
my God, there's the wagon" After
the sight of the wagon she refused tC
be comsorted and only urged her driver
to increase his speed, sobbing as l
heartbroken as they pushed on.
The woman's dream had been more
than a dream. 1t had been a real Wis.
ion. There had been no deception. TIL,
vehicle was just as she had described
it, and in it lay the lifeless body of hel
husband-all just as she had dreamed
it.
Inquiry revealed the fact that the
shooting had occurred as it had ap
peared to Mrs. Ramsey, and just as she
described it to half a dozen witnesses
before leaving Hayes City. The Officers
had come upon the thieves in the after
noon of the first day out, thirty-iv'
miles from Hayes City, as they werl
concluding their dinner and preparing
to continue their journey. They ma
mounted when they discovered the Of
fcers riding down upon them. Tit
thieves knew Ramsey, and their frs
thought was to escape from him at al
hazards. They accordingly put spurs
to their horses, leaving their stoleI
animals behind. The officers spurreC
up their horses also, and were soor
chasing the thieves across the plains
The two parties were not less thar
sixty yards apart when Ramsey saiC
to Shepherd, after having summoned
the f%ugitives TO halt:
well. 1 don't see that there is any
thing to do but to bring them down
You take the one on your side and III
take the fellow on my side"
This speech had hardly been Spoken
when the two thieves turned in thei.
saddles, with pistols presented. 1t wa
plain to be seen that there u be
deadly duel there and then.
Wont you surrender" shouted
Ramsey.
"Never!" was the reply.
"Then we will kill YOU"
Fire away"
"Give it to en-" commanded Ram
sey.
There were four pistol shots coming
so close together as to sound like
volley.
One Of the thieves, the one at whom
Ramsey had shot, reeled and tumble