The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-28


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I thats-and so the more one tries to stop
j me, or the more obstacles find in my
| way, all the. 1nore, determined am 1 to
go ahead :. My first Impulse was to. take
| my revolvers. and thin out the men
! there in Santa CruzE-greaSers are just
| greaSeIS TO me-soz that the trail be-
hind would be open; but that was
curbed by the recollection that was in
| Mexico, and, the, thought. that it would
be unWise foT,lne to come in conflict
| with the laws, of that country, Then ]
/ concluded to go ahead just as though
Francisco had kept silent, at=least until
| out of sight of Santa Cruz. an
/ effort would be made to murder me fon
| the way TO the mine, I did not doubt,
/ but that was a game at which two
| could play and was quite handy with
| a gun.
| / got started about noon, and was fif-
| teen miles on my way when the sun set
and L stopped to camp. = Unpacking Ell
Sable, I..hobbled him.. and turned him
loose to- Craze 'ther5I cooked and ate
my own supper, by which time it had
/ grown dark. Five years. prospecting I'M
the A pache country had taught me to
| be foxy when. in; the enenys territory,
and so IssneW caught Ell Sabio, and
| packed him again, and moved on two
1
| where I turned, out from the trail a
| hundred yards or so, and went to bed.
1 was asleep by the time I touched the
| blankets; the next thing I knew,
was walked by something pushing my
| head about. and with one hand In
-stinc hing for gun, my eyes
| few open. to find daylight coming. and
> Ell Sabio standing at my. side. showing
| atzsmy head with his nose. Getting
| lonesome he had walked me for COM
= oany. Throwing back my blankets, and
: getting UP, / caught sight of something
I moving on the crest Of a hill a short
| distance away, but it. was gone on the
| instant and In the dim light I could
! not decide surely that it was man.
| Nevertheless, 1 would take no chances,
and re-packing Ell Sabio, / got back to-
the trail and started again.
Getting into the mountains that
morning, I found it hard going.ssAnd I
found also that francisco had not ex-
! aggerated Eel Sabio'ss.good qualities;
wise and brave, and sure of foot, I'M
questionably. he was. With never a
| misstep, he led the way along the
| toughest of trails skirting the brink of
frightful canons,l where shivered to
follow, and up and down the steep
places, without ever firing. And he
proved himself to be very friendly, and
socially inclined, now that we were
better acquainted: in fact, he seemed
to have no doubt that he was full
member of the family. Whenever I
stopped to cook a meal he would hob
BILE around, watching for a chance to
put his nose into coffee pot or frying
pan waiting as patiently as he could
for his share, which consisted of a
spoonful of salt. For, desert he pre-
ferred more salt, but my boots, or hat,
| or any other article of clothing that
was salty from perspiration, would
sd tlSfy .h1n1-he ate away half the brim
| of my hat before T discovered that he
had such a chronic craving for salty
things.
had. seen nothing more of that sus-
picious human, but did not let that
cause me to relax my watchfulness;
and, when night came, I repeated my
| ruSe Of getting away from my camp
| ing place. and hiding in the rocks. And
| Ell Sabio again played the alarm-clock
on me,sbut this time calling me at 8
a. m. was very sleepy, and started
| to nit him with a stone, to teach him
not to come so early, when it occurred
| to me that / would be wise to start
while it was still dark. felt sure that
some of the sgreasers had followed me
! from Santa Cruz, expecting to sneak up
| and knife me while I slept; but they
| might have rifles, and a greaser oc-
| casionally hits what he shoots at, even
| q moving figure. AS it was, saw moth
| ing Of them, and the day passed I'M
eventually. The next night found me
at the crest of the range, where the
trail ran across a level spot perhaps
two hiles; on all sides, however, the
peaks lowered hundreds of feet above
and again waiting until darkness COW
| cred my movements, / turned out to
the foot of one Of these to sleep. The
elevation made the air piereingly cold,
and so L went to bed with my clothes
OH.
One sleeps soundly after days
tramp in the mountains, and, besides
that, I had been awake since three
that morning, so I was like a dead man
ten minutes after I hit the ground. The
next minute it seemed to me- though it
may have been hours later, 1 was
aroused by a violent shaking; and get
ting my eyes open, I found myself in
the grasp of two men, one at my feet.
and the other at my head, the latter
holding a knife against my throat. In
SANITY I reached for my gun, but
slight sting. at my throat stopped my
hand {sf-as
That's right, don't commit suicide"
jeered the man at my head. I'll cut
yum throat.if yuh make another break
like that 4 could not see his face,
but his English told me that he was
rot a Mexican. ~ 800.
what do you. want?''I demanded
Nothin' but that money you're car
ryin' to tn mine he answered.
"You've hid it somewhere, now dig
up
"Y OH are, fooled there" I said. II
| brought nothing but a draft, and left
| that in bank in Chihuahua" The COM
panY had fallen behind with the la
! borers' pay and the treasurer had in
tended sending this money in cash,
but changed his mind at the last mo-
ment.
"Rats!' snarled the other. THAT
amt worth a cent; don't yuh see t;
Tn onto yuh game with both feet?
| Now dig up, or I'll have to Kill yuh.
"But I can't" protested. All the
money 1 have is a few dollars OF my
own. take that If you want. it,
"Hell! - he Calculated angrily. All
right, if yJlh won't open up now, yuh
will after a while; we'll just see what
hunger an thirst II do for yuh. Lets
| tie him up, Jose.
Turning me over on my face. they
bound my ankles tight and fast, and
then tied my hands at my back, draw
ing the thongs so tight that squirrned
with pain. Then they picked me up,
and carried me about two hundred
yond that of the average man, but am
pig headed-at least my friends call 1T