Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-05-10


had made the effort to get his daugh-
ter out of danger. We concluded to
wait till morning before moving far
ther. Before night came on it dawned
on US that Harry Baker thought
Amelia Lockwood was the prettiest
thing he had ever seen. That it was a
case of love at first sight there was no
doubt, and we really thought it was a
good match, for she was as bright and
modest as she was pretty. We regard
ed Harry as the most promising lad
we knew, but we were not prepared
to have her make such fool of him
as she did.
That evening around the fire he ar
gued quite vehemently that, as Lock-
wood had never sold any whisky to the
Cherokees, and had only carried it TO
use as a free treat when trading, it
was a shame to punish him and his
family so severely for so slight an of
Tense. We answered him only by
chatting him good-naturedly about the
girl. She slept in the tent and her
father was near by, rolled up in his
blanket, securely handcuffed. 1t was
my place to keep an eye open till mid
night, and Harry was on duty after
that.
The next morning when the light
woke us Harry, woman and prisoner
were gone with everything they need
ed. We were too dazed to speak for
several minutes. Our boy turned out
law? Such madness appalled, US.
What was our duty in this case? AS
we discussed his ingratitude and in
justice to US we arose to such pitch
of anger that we determined to cap
ture him and let Judge Parker make
him an example for other regener-
AIDES.
They had gone away afoot, knowing
that it gave them better chance to
cover their trail and hide among the
bluffs of the river. There is no doubt
that they would have escaped us easily
if we had not accidentally found
where a log had been rolled down the
bank into the river as ferry boat for
the girl, and thus discovered that they
had crossed over. We were quite sure
now that we would come onto them,
as they would be careless, thinking
they had successfully thrown US off
the track.
About mile below there was a
passably good ford for our horses, and
by noon we found where they had
reached the shore.
After that we were able to track
them till we got good idea of their
direction. Feeling that our honor
was at stake, we used every precau-
ton to vindicate ourselves by a neat
capture. We knew that they would
go into camp early in a good place to
hide their fire, and we kept a sharp
lookout for smoke as sunset ap-
preached.
They were more careless than we
expected them to be, for just after
shutdown we located them in the pocL-
ct of a gulch. We left our horses and
crawled to the edge of rock not 60
feet away. We had them where their
capture was easy, but our hearts be-
gan to fail us. Lockwood was rolled
up in his blankets beyond the fire,
Harry and Amelia were sitting side by
side against a rock, and he was talking
in such earnest lover fashion that it
brought up to us every loving mem
DRY we had.
It'll cover them," said I to my COM
Panion, while you go down and tie
them"
''Let me cover them and you tie
them" he answered, in a tone from
which knew he was feeling just as
felt.
We watched them ten minutes OF
more in silence.
Give heard that Lockwood's family
is very we'll respected, - remarked.
Lockwood isn't such very bad
man himself, to my way of thinking"
he replied.
HARRY might become a bad man."
I said, eff his reputation was ruined"
ST hate to spoil the happiness of the
girl" he answered, tenderly, thinking
of one he had at home.
I took an envelope from my pocket
and wrote on it: Harry, it's too bad
you couldn't capture Lockwood after
his escape from us this morning. We
know you have done your best. Re-
port the case to us next Saturday.
My comrade was able to read it by
the light of the fire. He nodded his
head, put a stone inside the envelope
and tossed it over so that it fell with
in few feet of the cooling couple.
We didn't wait to see the effect, but
went to our horses and rode on to
Fort Smith.
The most grateful man ever saw
reported to us the next Saturday, and
why Harry and his bride insisted on
making us the most honored guests
at the wedding.