The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-04-19

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J couId stop them % fsst % they tried
ooms up. Bat ss vss worried - TO u
srub qaes,ion
Indi.ps sin'l 10 ieois. esen II they d
liie II sometimes. snd then Nsssloss soo
usde up their mipd that 90 bad might
little srub With ua They found that OF
from the look, OF the camp, spd. - the
kpowed that mountsin ~ sell - - die
they didl', Try TO come SpiL
For couple OF dsys We got sions .
fisLi. We sss bnasiy. oi course, br
We snDssd ourselves poppin . The !
di.ns whenever they showed from cover
snd when se bit one. - us did Ios sD
then. it was slmos, Is good sss meal. A
ieast We tried to think itwss.
Bot so empty siomsch IL . pretty touel
thing 10 forget, spd We sere breinnin 4
won er box loog xe could boli ont. vhel
one moirio se seed the 0irl Il Viii,
Horse Rar.' She YES . sonio along on
! trail st The foot OF the monbtsin. II vs
evideut tbst she didnt hnow thai the IL
di,ns ~ss there. but kpowed they wss on
sod vas comin to warn us 10 . genera
way.
A. soon ss We seed her We did our bes
10 ht her kpow tbst she uss ridin int
quick trouble, We started . smude,
vita . blanket and fired q couple OF shot,
TO sttrAct her attention. bhe saw We vel
90 lbe top OF the mountsin. snd sbs
knowed We Was there for our health, &C
sbe turned aud lit ont.
The lndisns seen her about that time,
and they took after her. She bad 9 good
two mile the start. but h,r pony bad beer
on the road fer some time. and IL wss get
tin tired. Still there il lots os spupk in =
good mustang, and all hoped tbst she
would get away oil right. A. she went
down the valley We could zee ih.t she vss
not bead.n for be Ron. bnt fer the stage
station, which was good 20 mile swsy
We was doubtful shout her pony holdin
ont ag'in fresh ones OF The IodtDs for
th / distance, but there want nothln We
could do TO help her. and 10 we stayed
where we was.
1t seemed to make The IndisDs kind oi
wrathy TO have had her comm round that
way. and they began tskiu chance shots
at Us. They didn't bit any Of. US bat they
made US lie low where tefore we had been
stsDdin up and movin round pretty much
ss We pleased.
All the rest OF the way We didn't do
much but wonder how thst there girl had
come out OF the fix she was in. II ~as oil
done to help NJ, and We knowed il. and
thst made us feel like We wss responsible
Tor her. Wonderin didn't do no good.
but we was still st II when We heard .
shot down the valley. II didn't come
from where the Indians hsd csmped, and
We lighted ffe ss 9 sisnsl like. When
the 6,s biz up ttere Vas some more
shots.
II was kind OF dutky 10 the mornin
then. and we coddnt see well, bat We
soon made ont about so men comm up the
valley. 10 o minute we seed they was
VI bite men, snd then we knowed We was
MI right
We cone down from that mountain sl
n ost as fast ss We went up II. bat the ln
ilsns wss gone. They had vsmoosed dur
n The night When we come up to the
men, we fonnd that they was . lot Of
cishtsrs from the station. The girl wss
here. toey said. She had beat the Ipdi
ms ont iu the race, but she was in pretty
,sd ehspe, for che bad one bullet clean
brough her, end smother bad broken her
rm.
We went TO the station ss fast % we
ould. When we got II ere we seed there
Tss nothin that We could do. IL was too
.te for anything but TO tell her We know
We owed our lives to her. She was too
'esk to say anything in answer when We
Did her. SO We Just sat sround and wet
er lips when they got dry ard tried TO
o whs. We could to make her essisr.
She seemed to know ell thst wss eoin
o, sud one OF the eastern men thought
might meke her feel easier II som melody
rsyed. So be. bein the only ons who
poved n uch about 1t. tried 1t, and We
i kpeeled down. He told us bow We oil
moved that the 9irl wss dyin' because she
I'd eivr btr life to save onrp, and be
Id the Lord that We hoped ths', IL 1t vas
ossible, be would fx ii 60 that she would
OF die.
II was good prayer for man Who sin'i
the business professionally. and it seem
TO do tue girl good, for when be finish
and we got up there was . emile on her
Pc Bot it vas the last emile that was
Ter there, for she vas dead.
We buried her under . cottonwood
ross from the station aud not Ter from
e ,tsge road Then we put the rocks
'er the grave e.for you csL't tell Whist
ut OF creeturs ere sround here"
They gave up the old stage line yesrs
%, sod the old adobe station bss fallen
,wn il ps,ts, spd toe ruins ere rooiless
d forlorn. But the grave 10 still there,
a every freighter who passes along the
trail and knows whst the pie oi stones
cans liits bis som bre,o 10 the memory OF
c 'Gnl OF Wild Horse Ran"
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