New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-18

of them Could Id worse of than the men not one
- IA Nootu carry a saddle much las = - IN
Hach man mad saved A last oL iesS rtoer
their ouIv deiiveran ae mat perhaps would be
PIE 70 name. All but East Si5n "a 700 norrl-
Ne mad 10 be made betuaa, - wheh
cliyftv and ~. I her out behind a little ac-
oariS anu anu put his last charge tbrnncb a.
game little heart Now he ms. nIough her
800 SoIiie other way. if he would Iat bic -. ~
1870 Spirlt pass on unincumberad ~ - 90.
Parched frame The knife he -. ~ a sun
80 49, was miserable hack Of a tbing g. - IN, Iis
a ,, Ing Doodcco or chunking bacon He fai+
q ihonentary regret as he ran hi 81 "a, ne (, lelL
us Jagged edges that MAJ - 5etS along
a o III oe op Ii TO make his end with so mean
- eapoI- me oig Swede in a moment ~ r,ad
ness had raised his pistol as jf - IN u MAD
5oS. sagIhe1 wall boys. here's to q y,etta-
$3.50 buI ne, had not shot The cold iron
seemed 10 cocl the rashness Of MS I-.,J- -
the mirage Of hope lured ther, -, Or VI an, anu
-tIteF the second day the NissolIriar.e Ill
oes4h TO grow less. his raving sIIi,sided M
weak. inCoherent babbIinp- 80 . mo 4
1pstIher ana ne lay staring wide avad int n
- les .tess shy. As they had done everything
- LileS uld TINS silently. stoicalIy A shallow
ped was scooped and the canvas taIt ~
me wagon for a winding sheet When n
broken circle closed in around the omen e--a,-s
the boss cleared his throat and sai5 t.E5 dNe
Lore we go any further. some one must make \
prayer, sabe2" ' '0Ae
I4ey sabed. but although every mans soul
IhlSht De consumed with a yofceIess cr- n el,-11
power above himself for the raDose ~ IT, AZ
parted soul and release from a like fate tbev
Wi
thought Of taking the name of God reverent1y
Ihstncuvely they turned 10 East Side
.-I Us your lead. East Side.''' they said And
East side. cropping blindly backward toward
liir memories f his youth. tried TO recall SOM
li-hs OF religious import. Slowly through his
desIccated brain perCoIated u line. from n Churcb
hymn, From CreenIand's lev Mountains bTt +
allho4gh the thought was pleasant in this burn
ing desert the words were not to the point
besides that was all he knew of it He SHOOT, !
ms head sorrowfulIy in the beginning"-ha
thought he had struck the right lead therein
the beginning. God created'- But again he .
was stuck and could go no further
Lead up. East Side','' they urged Then n.
tght broke The backward cropping had brought
MN down 10 the days of his childhood to the
words his grandfather had been wont to say 7
as with bowed heads the family. to the third /
and fourth generations. was gathered around his
table on Thanksgiving Day So under tn
burning sun. whose only shadow was cast by
the focks Of carrion birds thar circIed aboIr1
the remnant of the outfit they stood over tn.
grave of their dead companion waiting for y
Ike fate, or death by their own hands 10 be
torn Dy coyotes perhaps before the breath was
out OF theT bodies. the six gaunt men with .
bowed, uncovered heads, while East Side" pro-
nounced in solemn tones
oh, Lord for what we are about IN recai,-a
make US deVouuy thankful Amen
A prayer was 4 prayer to East Side" Any
thing that began with LORD in r-vercut tarr,1s
and ended with amen was a PRAYER His
grandfather had been cody man, ana he had
saId H. therefore II was appropriate this oe-
caslon- The effect was the upon the
others, for the words smacked Of the phraseolo-
gy Of the wandering exhorters they had heard
.
even less TO do the men were more taciturn
with each other. but there was n0ticeably less
among them, possibly because they
haTbOred their strength more jealousy and sthe
eXeruon was unnecessary. or because their
mouths were too dry TO artcuIate many words (
It was now six weeks since they had set out +
across the sink expecting TO get the cattle
of their hands and have a little time in the (
city before starting back to the camp but the /
wild eyed, sorry looking things seemed unprom-
lsIng enough now even for a glue factory
As East Side" lay the ground looking I'D
through the holes in his hat-they stood upright
and walked no more than was absolutely neces-
sary, for that required expenditure of
strength-laZly watching the fOcks Of birds
that swoOped and poised in the air above him
he discovered. OF thought he did that they cast
a shadow against the sky-a tiny gray shadow
that he watched for the utter lack Of anything
else 10 watch When the birds flew lower, the
shadow seemed 10 grow larger, but when finally !
they flew away there was still the shadow
larger and darker. With a wild whOop he
sprang TO his feet forgetting the value Of har-
boring his strength as he grasped the import Of
that shadow. It was cloud, Every man