The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1900-03-01
CHAPTER xyrv.--CoyrrSuEp.

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] borrowed an arqucbus from one Of my
men, ana the arrangement was that we were
10 chhrgc out after vollcy, the lirst shot OF
which ! was TO ire. All being now ready, u
was ony necessary Tor us TO wait. would
herey adn that N order 10 prevent DIS.
coNcry Dy thc ncighins oi the horses, we had
n'uAzIcI ours ns lar as possible; There was
now dcan sicncc, thnt was only broken by
the rustic OF the leaves overhead, an occa'
sonh' crack amongst tue dry ooughs as
squirrel moved against thcm' or the uneasy
movement oi horSc' which caused ciink
'n'n,pit, anu straining SOUND made
Wy INC icathcrs oi thc saddicry, that was not
W ienii'y 80 ioun as u seemed; but caused
yacopo ana Bandc Mere TO scowi Hereby ut
'he unfortunate rldcr' scowi which was
only c1naied NY Their stolidly hmpasslye
,nccs, whcn Their own beasts sinncd. We
hhh not long 10 wait; presently we heard
VOICES shouting, the clatter OF horses trot.
'ing, RAPID rcitlng IN at the ascent, and n
huihocr "i followers aud Iackeys. some
mounted on Horses, others on mules, with
'd mules beside them, came past, and went
on needless ci the eager iaccs watching
,hcm through the trees. One or two OF our
h"rS's hccamc so uneasy that was afraid
o. immediate discovery, but so occupied were
~, "n,' ~, W p"up,l"s lose,hc,, al at once,
,ua;. u"t "nta WIN 'n's, ahu 'hc ,nWhchlns oi
,",a a'i''''"'', "nu W So',c cases 'he enor's
- ,s"'".., w, We '.pa'nc' , unnot,ceu. iheh
80 Wv "", ,"o't '"',''ai' anu 'ne suspense
~ s.,','.su ~. 20 p,chn'ng polnt; IN whle
vi Wv 'e,' ',.. Wy n,p oea' o' war morse hooi'
n,iu o"I ,u"',y ca'ne III view. FIRST came
..'',a.'n, "o' 'an, 'nin man.
'rpeI ,n pu,p'e e,oak' WIN iu. cap
um ,,',,a "a 49," III a.' t roue u s'rons ampiing
,h.' ., ".u =" W, s',e wns ,ne eonhlnanuer OF
ne .'.' "mcu'a'e,y oen,hu were Tour
yyp', '"e" 'nc niu'es WIN the duca.s,
49,. t"'au .".sc "sani SIX other iahces. whilst
.a,N.'S. M'tnou' u sworu amongst thcm' But
'rn. w ~, s.,h IN 'ne Utmost unmo win surprise
81, .s - "v n',' ,,"ol VI .ne escor, was none
,n,,ii ~ ;.,a,'n hHues n'nseh. ihere
s,~ 49, ,hs s,I,nm J = ,ane .h ..s y,sor was up ana !
.J IT,, 'he s.nom iaee, the ,ong red tnustache,
anu "','', ,a, .a.s". 'nc co'o gnnt OF iseruc,
yi l.; '' eu W! arIuepus ana
g. ,ad a. 'as. '9"en y, my
s -; ,, au VIZ n"n wa, s.' ueuu. cou'u not
,.,is, ~ y vas '''u WIN. mc, ou. my
ha ,,,,,,J l.. IL, -, ~ III a.o."e' ,ioneh'
,n,,,ni;.i'aJ =. -. ",, ahu ~! ie,ens, az
,s.ii - vas a'eauy w n'y nanu'
nro.,t, io .eonu a' 'nc nhe 1I
-, -. a.. v"s me' 'ne" cuch
.s"'',,,S % "y "'npo". IN
,o'I', ~. -, ~" h. o' .au. u"ay'
onah,,s y, H., p.a. "' ~ pJ.n.eu ,, 'he AT,
20 n-.s. ,La ,r;".ar u n',.;.y y o.su',
- 60. 80. So. a m 'o,D i"s ,; nee'nea
so,, w. ',n, " i ,'nu i.ne nsn.h.hs'
Li,,, n,iano . sha a''i ,g"ey RON IN .ne Al,
snJ s,ror,, 20 n,,, as;J. ~. ~eu '.n, ~ my TIu TI
,,'. ~ ~ pu' asue ~! 'e"se"ce' Inc
"Eiro s;nno,. " ,rhi.r y s.asP' rPr.,
VIII an o,yor, ;orraI 10 Iaopo ,', noa.'.iy 81,
,;r ,nl ,,,iIaJ A. ,.;' '"T III ,I.Ae ;. .ne
f,i,o,,na L,, r.. sPos
,rnonors ri, ri. 80, ., anu wv VI 'ne
thor, win a shor, MI ,a,ro ~, We ie,, Ie o ~
sol ss Goron Li,u's 80, .,.,,,I " J ~ "
cciv,d nov, eod nna;r sLos. 49,. n"u III,
md snr,c,;mcs = cry ns r,;n ,t Id;d G%sy jail,
IN ,,to I;fn L,,, ,rno,ar ,,,, Wv y, W. w "a"s
L,j ,o ,mn hin, ,hraooh ,,a h.. ~ nne ai .. ~,
ma, fclI Sor,ynrJ ,nJnr ca,,ors - nv III, ~
a vclj sh,iI nor.r tar,,, H. nm,, % 80. WI
D'cn.rong,,os ,nJ .,.o..nI IL, hS.J'r a.'t
whether hc recogn;zcd mo or No, I 10 n",
know. bu, hc sonoh, ,v;,h , .,;ii .nJ ro'.", ~
ncss / have pcver econ .,uojoJ A, I,,,I
Lost nv tctnncr and on, s,Y,golv q, b;,, ia
nnrr;ci n, ,bc forto ~ liz IiaJa h,,. -.
iurious was Tho s,rolc ,ha, !, hroLa ,i,o So
,yr,non in his b,nJ anil ,ir,os, ,,,,Is,,,"J
him. Rrininy bocI. si;IIcnlI,, ho n,a;,iod 49,
other cut 1 made M him and J,,,,ina
wheel lock pistol from his holster, fired il
STRAIGHT M pc A, tho Gnsh s,,r,o ano
dashed between IA. heard n scream % wb;ch
5rozc The blood in mo mud n boJy lrchoJ
forward and fell 10 INV side, whilst n riJcr.
less horse plunged tbrouch Tho n,sss AMI
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