Arizona republican., 1901-04-01

He go three, fo' hours he meet nudder man-long hair, heap whisk all same goat. They findum rock. Sit down talkum long time. An, Um! Yes. Me think so talkum purty good fur Asa keeta hear. Me sly all same snake creep, creep on belly long time. Purity soon me hearum plenty good talk
 The old man stopped and smoked sol emnly for several minutes. I was all curiosity to hear the end of the tale, and Asakeeta enjoyed my anxiety hugely. He was a born story teller.
 "Black he say: 'lhjun purity mad like dam. They tellum me me killum squaw. Me fraid plenty. Me purity soon skip, run, vamose. Purity soon me catchum young squaw, sellum cows, sellum everything. skip like broncho. |" Billy goat he say: What s matter. Black? You fraid? Me think so you heap big fool long time now. What fo' you run fo'? Mebby so Injun think so you klllum, that's all right Me think so, too Then he heap laugh. laugh like hyena long time. Black he no laugh much. just little. that's all. He no likee. Billy goat he say gin: Injun do know fo' sure you klllum. They think so, that's all. Mlha no tellum nothin', TO tellum nothin' now long time. Injun no seeum you killum. He jus guess, that's all. Me bet yo' fo' bits Injun no findum bones. You stay. Catchum young white squaw purity good. Then he laugh gin. All same devil he laugh, me think so.'
 What you think now? Mebby so Black he killum?'
 [ "I think so," I replied
 You think so betta killum Black purity soon?"
 1 No. Asakeeta. we will not kill. but We will capture the fellow and turn him over to tke sheriff."
 | When We go?" The Indians were dissatisfied with tha programme. [ Tomorrow morning. carly" ! In the morning We started and short ly afternoon reached Blacks ranch. He was not there, but his man told us he would probably hs found at Frost's ranch few miles distant.
 "Th' gals stayin' there. yo' know. since tn ol' woman vamosed." 1 What does she intend to do now?" asked.
 { 70, come back here reckon. Least wise that's what Black says. an he ought t know. Says ! they're t be hitched purity dernsd pronto. Says tn old woman wanted 'em to. Says she made 'em both promise to splice in side a no time after she's buried. Everybody says its purty good match fer tn gal. Don't know s I do, though, knowin' Black S we'll"
 We rode slowly. as we did not care to reach Frost's ranch until dusk. was sad and determined to see that the rascal was punished as he deserv- ed. The thought of Vahathas horrible fate froze my very marrow. As l rode along I wondered what had become of Graham. He had rot been seen for weeks. and the fear was general that he had been foully dealt with, or had fallen down some canyon or hole and pershed miserably. Searching parties
 had been sent out. but not knowing
 where to hunt their efforts were futile
 I determined 10 secure position fol Vahatha as teacher in the new Indian
 school just completed. In that posi-.
 tion she could earn her living, at any
 rate. and have an opportunity of doing
 much good. My brain was engrosset
 with plans for her future work, whei
 we almost ran over the object of oui
 search.
 The Indians, quicker than l. had al.
 ready covered him with their guns
 and when explained our errand to hin
 he became ghastly in his abject terror
 t,t rpaaklxy D1aainU bfp
 between two of the most stalwart war
 riors, with orders to shoot him an tn,
 least suspicion of an attempt to escape We turned our horses toward the sher frs office.
 Now it so happened that We had ID gone five miles on our journey whei we entered deep canyon and were me by fusilade of bullets. So unexpected was the attack and SO loud and awful } were the detonations as they hurled . themselves from siGe U side of the can yon walls, that we were all paralyZet with fear and beat a nasty retreat. should not have said all, either, for As akeeta did not retreat with us. Whel we had collected our runaway senses Il safe covert some distance back, W first missed the old chief and mourne' him as dead We missed our prisoner too, who had taken advantage Of tn
 confusion to escape.
 We were grieved and chagrined But We could do nothing more, So pre- pared to return to our homes. Just a we were ready to go the sound of foot steps was detected by the keen ears O
 my Indian comrades. In a second al were keenly alert. Everybody wa tense and rigid; every gun held Il f readiness for immediate action. The from out the still blackness there cam , a low chuckle which we recognized a coming from the chief. In a momen r he was among us, a look of exultatio on his face and a bloody, long-haire
 scalp dangling from his belt. After I few moments spent in silent congratu l lations on the part of my dusky friend and more expressive and emphatic one 9 on my part. we departed for safe 7 ground.
 T Chief Asakeeta was a shrewd ol ! warrior and knew the killing of tn
 Apache would be avenged by his pee | pie. He immediately made prepara - tons for the onslaught. A party c e the tDldest, hardest young men wa l. sent back along the trail that night t . reconnoiter