The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-02-21

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out there with the horses. The shots
came less frequently, and the hailoO-
ing, now here, now there, IN the
brake. told Of search that was going
on but whether for living or deadOne
could only guess.
Presently ono Of the horses Ofasnd-
den threw up his head and perked his
ears toward the brake atits near edge.
Quietly, as a snake moves, the cowboy
withdrew his arm from the brides and
fattened out in the grass.
A man, his right arm hanging limp,
stood there il the edge Of the brake
and stared about as q hunted buck
might. AS he caught sight Of the
bunch of horses, all with heads erect
now and watching him. he started and
stepped out from among the eedars.
Next instant, with body bent almost
double, be was hurrying toward them.
One Of the bunch tossed his head aud
sided OF. The others stood and
watched the newcomer He was
among them and reaching out to grasp
Bride when a voice from the grass
called out, keep that hand up-I've
got you coyeredr'
Then, as the cowboy rose almost at
the newcomers feet, he asked, "Are
you Horner or the other chap2"
I'm Horner, was the answer.
"Al right. Just be good and we
won't hurt you But that other cuss
gets the rope if the boys catch him. "
He's out Of trouble, said Homer
Rope won't bother him none now.
Can I drop this handg Other arms
hurt, and I'd like to make a sling for
il out of my belt. :"
you'll be dead square decent2"
with just shade Of suspicion in his
voice
Honest. Keep me covered if you
doubt it. d"
"No; I'll just help You with that
sling. But I'll crack loose a few, just
to let the boys know you're here. =
And he famed his six.shooter until
the echoes rang
Answering shots came from the
brake, and then the cowboy showed
the six-shooter into its scabbard, say
ing, LET me look at that hurt And
q minute later You're lucky, Horn
er, and the boys'l be glad IT'S only a
scratch. Which Of them did it?"
''The Sheriff
Il almost knew it, said the cow
boy. None of our hunt would have
pnlled on you unless he just had to.
The other didn't give Marks no show,
aud so he was bound TO get it, "
The posse, rushing out Of the brake,
was surprised 70 see Horner sitting
quietly on the ground while their fell
/ low was binding up his hurt with the
sleeve torn from Horner's shirt
Aud then il came ont that, instead
Of answering the sheriff's fire, Horner
had simply run into him, knocked
him down, jumped over him and es-
capped into the brush Il didn't have
the heart to plug him in the back, "
said Sheriff johnson. 10 telling how
he had let Horner slip through his
fingers.
The Sheriff took his prisoEc- wn
to Uvalde alone; bnt when Tom Pascal
who rode the circuit then--came to
Uyalde to hold the next term Of the
district court, every man in the p. 2
n. hunt was in town trying for jury
dnty.
1T amt no nse. boys, the Sheriff
declared. I'm not usgrateful, but an
oath's a serious thing. and / just can Z
call you'ns when / know from the go
that all you want is TO let him of easy
or to hang the jury
And when the case came up for trial
there was Marks outfrom San Antonio
with Lawyer Teall, whom he had dhired
to defend Horner; aud there he was,
too, buying the prisoners meals at
the Hotel Martin and sending them
over to the jail On the stand he
swore 50 earnestly that he had since
made Horner a present Of the stuff he
handed out Of the coach 10 the storm
that night that every enc IN court
knew he meant Il for truth.
But there. too, WAS the United
States Marshal: and if Horner had
been acquitted on old Marks show
I ing. he might have Jared worse Al the
hands Of the Government, for there
was the riAed mail pouch to be Intro
duced as evidence
Five years was the sentence. and 4
might have been for life. Aud all the
time he was In Huntsville Hornel
heard from Marks: and when he came
ont it was Marks who helped him to Sc
into the stock business for himself ur
in the Panhandle.
The other fellow Oh. they Just
left him there in the brake New
York Press.
Pipes Damaged by Eiecirieiiy.
Several months ago The natural and