The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1901-02-21

dosssdly sod eoabsiaiiy. Gness u o,
y srcosd here ~ lons :. yos siil. W.
. b. served iiksiso rsif 10 ifsp. thst's .
= bat IN sisy jssi the sre.
o The nsppu's spp'ehsesiors ssre.
y dees. veil fosndea. ~ Michsu3 s0 sos
. 10 discover. TIE stiset came sooper thi
ibsy expected. sod Iihe iishinias stfok
:. Fen on lsy slsspins upou biz blanket
. shile Michsud %, upon some Sims vii
7 his bach sssirst wsll and riffs scross b
keees. TIE Csnsdisn had removed 90
pie Of boulders shich 6lled hollow .
der The Ioss ~ Bis aidr, tnus mstins
ssy ci escape II escape shoald bscom
necessary. P,iusriIy. towsvsr, be wsu
"a 10 listen. 9Th his sss close TO ID
sround, for sny SQUADS Of s.esitby d
proseh
Bot the attack did net oors 10 tbst nal
psf. Miehsnd was aroused toward mori
log By soddeo rush of feet ouisiie, and
insisBtly ihsre YES . crash o. the door
iis paoebeon Stats they bad been peseed
TO e,osspiecss -bofs, into 40 room. iol
losea BY crowd Of dsrk 6sures ton
bllDe IN at the opening.
Instantly Feli1 dueked into the hole bs
h,d made uodsr the logs. and was outside
10 . twiukling. SO Hsxs wss tho only
rat found 10 the trap. Micnsnd val,
cd only long enough TO bear ssbon scuf
ds. and TO knov that Fenton hsd been %
cured and vas beyt nd bis present sssist
snce; then be sped away among the bash
and rocks. No one pursued. however. or
came ont 10 look after him. II the on,
laws knew OF bis presence aud be ielt
sure that Htzs would not enlighisn them
--they did not consider bis escipe ss dan
serous to their enterprise. Miohsud did
ool believe they wolld kill Fenton II they
could 10 any way use him.
The C,psdi,n posted himself upon q
height where be could overlook the shack,
and waited for Daylight. There WAS no
stir among the men until about sunrise,
wben The whole party marched out, H.zs
Fenton smorg them. each man besiiog
pack OF beaver upon bis shoulders. Mich
nd OF once made sn accurate guess at
heir plane. He waited until they we're
veil on. OF sight and hearing, and then de
cended to the deserted cabin.
The msrsuders hsd taken nothing but
he more vslusble bales OF beaver aud OF
or peliries. in packs OF rome 70 pounds
scb. Michand furnished himself with .
'lsDket, ss much meat % be could easily
airy. aud leisurely sci out upon their
rail.
He hsG little difficulty 10 overtsking
bem, loaded as they we're. He was very
sry 10 bis spproach. watching them from
oyer and at distsnce. As the country
as exceedingly rough, he had not much
ouble 10 keeping ont Of sight Once be
81 the general direction OF their course,
. had no need TO trail them. :.
They havoiaa ts ths ssr,L~a.t. and
ichsud knew they had come without :,
,aies. They we're packing their booty h
the big lake Of the Yellowstone, where q
ey had o.noes hidden. or II not. could ),
" them them out Of logs. Once on the
eat wstercourse, they could easily drop
,wn TO the Missouri and cell their plum
Il for enough to give each Of them some
/ or eight hundred dolisrs. =
All day Michsud followed. st one time y y
ting close enough 10 see that Haze Fen !. i.
D, with bands tied behind him, wss !
oked like burro bis study shoulders
Mt under the weight that wss strapped ).
on them. Miohsud hoped for no great y,
success tbsn TO set the unwilling toiler
%. To that end be ives ready to incur =,
= personsl risk which did not involve =,
vious foolhsrdiuess. That night be :,
tohed vsqatz's camp ss 30 owl watch ~
bnrrows OF whistling rabbits.
But the men slept 10 row, with their
I to their campfire Hsz, Icy 10 their fol
dsf, end o man, gun 10 hand, stood X
ard Evidently they we're running no Oh
necessary rlsks. 10 the morning so sIc
II wss Michaud thst be could hear the br
ms voices ss they cooked q breatisst of sp
ing fool hens" which they had knock vi
over the evening before. he could zee sn
grinning face OF their blsck Mexican sh
der. Who sppesrsd to be 10 high good an
NOR. OBJ
gain the Csnsdisn followed through e inr
70 slew msrch. Another night passed. eta
the vigilance 10 the camp proved no ths
lifting. bu
Ia the following forenoon the route
, cross long stretch OF rough, exceed ss
ly embled bench lands which. from fan
description Michsud gave me. think fee
It hsve been sncient lava beds. the
o crossing ibeee nrdnous streiobeF. the 10 a
laws follosed and old elk or bofi,lo s.sl
]. and tossrd noon their line had be Iy
10 stretched ont over . considerable die "
,e along the psib, A high wind VS. cpl
wing nesrly 10 their faces Here Mich {
ssw bis opportunity for bold stroke. 1t ,
1iib the stealth Of so Indisn and the ciiy
ng Of Boone, be went swIitly forward. fell
ping under cover of rocks snd crawl
rapidly over exposed hcmmocks. 90 sig.
be had oyertsken the rear stfssgler. 10 /
ping softly bebiud until the man dc hon
ded . little pitch, Michaud sprsns gre,
o bic hardened shoulder, and the Eel call
vent down With smotbered yell. psr
. wss quickly convinesd Of the useless sbll
OF . s,russif, and g eertle prick from the
h.oo's kriie bioushi bic bands scross bad
back. wbefe they we're tied With the ed
lss OF bis osn pack. Michsnd then 20