The daily morning Alaskan., 1903-01-15
SAILS SACRIFICE
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 thOse that are good, we expect to find a pure love far above SirDple passion. But a refined. self sacrihcing love d. ways seems strange among low, wicked people.
 Back in the sixties there was a des- perado in New Mexico who gloried in the name of Bloody Bill" The girl who bestowed her affections on this de- graded specimen of a man had a name not less refined. fl less horrible. She was called "Dishrag Sal" from the fact that she was a scullion-that is abe was a sculHon till 1t was discovered that she was Bloody Brrs girl Then abe was told to move on.
 It was in 1884. think. that took command of a party of men whose business it was to hunt down crimlnala That winter we were ordered to And Bloody Bln and gst rid of him. which meant lf we didn't shoot him In en- deavoring to take him we were to hang him to a tree. We spent a long time getting on bis track. but when we did Eet on lt were furnished every advan- tage. One evening a man whose brother had been killed by Bloody Bill rode Into town. a distance of twenty miles, to tell us that Bin was ln a deserted log cabin not far from his ranch. He had passed the outlaw on the road, recognized him without being recog- nlzed, followed and located him From what he had seen about the cabin, he Judged that Bill would spend the night there but be was not to be depended on for any specified time
 ordered the men to saddle up and before starting we assembled at the eating house at the railroad station for a good supper. There being a dozen Of us and only one waitress for the party, we were being delayed, SO I called upon the proprietor for better attend ance, whereupon a girl was sent in from the kitchen. ] had heard of Dishrag Sal and never in the world would have expected to And her In the person of thls young woman. She was quite neat in her dress and had a very attractive figure and a pretty face, though there was not much intelligence In it. She moved about quietly. but ef- tectively, and appeared not to take any interest in anything except her work. The men talked a good deal about Bill. though no one spoke of going to cap ture him, and one man told how Bill was used to beating his girl and how patiently she bore his brutal treat ment- 1 had my eye on the kitchen maid while be was spanking and fan cicd saw her eyes slightly contract, but the next moment she asked me In a soft voice if she should all my cup with eoree.' and thought no more about it.
 That night we rode against a pierc Ing wind unchecked by woods. driving before lt a sleet that struck our faces Ike shot. At dawn reached the cabin and surrounded Then when t was light enough for Is to see clear b called:
 T say. Bill come out of that and give yourself up."
 There was no answer, 90 I called again:
 we've got you cOrnered, Bll-"
 Still no answer.
 Were a dozen rides."
 Not hearing the slightest sound in the cabin, ordered the men to close ln slowly and cautiously. We had scarcely begun our advance when there was a pun of smoke from a win. dow in the cabin, and one of my best men fell on his face. Not considering any further waste of life necessary. posted my men behind trees, and we kept up a steady Are. An occasional shot in reply informed us that the in- mate was still alive This was not surprising. for our bullets could only penetrate between the logs, and we did not know what further protection there was Inside.
 Finally ordered the men to collect brushwood. and. advancing to a tree quite near. set fire to lt and threw lt against the cabin. I was shot In the arm for my pains, and Q few min utes later another of my men was bad ly wounded However. persisted and at last was rewarded by seeing a small flame crawling up a corner of the building. Nevertheless lt was still half an hour before flames were well start ed By this time l was much cha grined at having lost one man killed, besides the wounded. on SO worthless a life and ordered two of my best men to shoot the outlaw the moment he ap- peared. Suddenly the door opened, and back of the smoke and flames stood a figure. One of the two men l had d. rected to do SO fired The other drop ped the butt of hls rife on the ground The figure sank down. a heap in the cabin door.
 You've Killed a womanr' said the man who bad not fired
 l, being nearer than the rest, ran tn the cabin. and. true enough, there, ly' ng on her face was a woman l turned her over and was thunderstruck to recognize the kitchen girl who had