The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-01-31

full flavor Of peat bog about 1t. is he
dead. or on'y hu-r-rt?''
bet you life, that Whisk' fell he
dead" replied Baptiste. THAT fell he
SCOT tree. 70 time. an Sand'son he kill
for soor he dead whatever. He try SCOT
me, but l stan him of an come quick
tell police felp."
March him in to the major" said
Hetherington to constable.
Before the major Baptiste's harangue,
boiled down. read: Shot at 10 o'clock
on the Missoula trail, about 1S miles
from Golden"
what was the man like who did the
shootingT" asked the major.
Tall fell wit long neck" was the
graphic description this query brought
forth.
Indian, breed or white MANI" asked
the major
Don't know. Me t'ink he white.
Tall fell; tam long neck. That fell he
got Whisk' Sandson stuff, too, you
bet. Fo, five t'ousan be get in APP
par'o."
who's tall, with long neck?" ask
ed the major shortly, turning to the
sergeant major who was standing in
front Of his desk.
81 will find out, sir" replied the lat
ter, saluting as he passed out.
THAT long Englishman, Anvil SAINT
ley, has q neck like an eagle, and Con-
stable Grady says that he's been work
in the racket to beat two of kind
lately, SIR" was the sergeant majors
graphic report when he lined up In
front Of the desk again.
"Let Sergeant Hetherington take two
constables and rations for two days
and get after this devil before his
tracks get cold. Commence at the
body. Send it back to Golden. Tell
Corporal Ball to look up this Santley
outfit in town. If he's got the stuff.
he'll have 1t cached somewhere about"
That was the beginning all in one
day, the dead body lying out on the
silent trail so stiff and cold, with the
glazed eyes staring straight up into the
mountain blue of the smiling sky, and
the hurrying of men In brown jackets
and dark, tight fitting. yellow striped
pants, as they saddled and bitted the
strong limbed bay horses which were
to gallop and gallop after-the wind.
Sergeant Hetherington and his mer-
ry men picked up the tracks the tall
man told Blazer they would find and
followed them for many goodly mile,
which time thereof the tall man with
ba Il
along the mountain side to the ford.
Many miles beyond Dan Stuart's place
!, the tracks vanished. Perhaps some
one else had put bags on his horses
b feet and led him across country.
r Corporal Ball was the official rec
s ognition of Mr.. Balls efficiency but
# "Lanky" Ball was the goddess form OF
expression his lathlike superstructure
}, provoked among the fellows.
It "Lanky' Ball was more fortunate
d than the sergeant; he discovered some
thing.
], Twenty four hours after he started
II out he discovered that he could not fine
1T the man with the neck like an eagle
Anvil Santley-therefore he had disap
t, peared, had lit out, had hit the trail
o. had packed his outfit and busted
lie These were the bits of local colore(
is knowledge he picked up.
f. 1t was from Nanny Nolan, WHIT
kept restaurant in big tent ant
he sold whisky on the side, that he foun(
out about Santley. "He got steered VI
b. agen a skin game to Dan Stuart's, an(
they corralled his last remittance from
OF home. It's about time he did get out
a for they had him stone broke. But b.
Is was a gentleman all the same" sal,
nanny as she stood with her hand
Mt on her fat hips and looked up and dow
or the corporals ungainly figure.
to Looks as though he'd done tn
III trick" said the major when Corpora
Ball made his report
g. "He's got a good start and will like
MT ly head for the second crossing on tn
ed Columbia and work his. way down int
pit Montana There's rough town at tn
Mt crossing, and he's dead sure to hea
for that"
be And then because the sergeant wa
ny away with two men and because tn
ny whisky men and the gamblers an
a those who were cussed simply becaus
et they couldn't help it needed muc
wv guidance In their daily life and bt
er, cause the post was always short Q
Is men anyway the major had to put
on special constable on with "Lanky" Ba
l to 60 after Santley.
you'll need good man, rustler, I
OF help you take this Englishman, for he
as a husky chap" said the major. who
cd you getY
GU Bulldog Carney's the man, sir.
Ter replied Corporal Ball.
GU Get him." commanded the officer.