The National tribune., 1903-11-05

| to the stars and the walls rest on the
shores of thesoceans."
..Yom were Telling us about your mar
! row escape fr6m'a gang of rebel d. fert-
ers and guerrillas,i wills" said ST. after
they were alp seated. THE mountains
were full of those despcradoeS, and moth
ing but your ard I.arrys nerve saved your
bacon. You finally got away from them
| all right, did YOU p
"Yes. and Fotoid you, we came up to
Sandbreaker. who was waiting on the hill
top to learn the outcome. He explained
| to us that one Of his runners~had given
us away to Black Reeyes's gang, who
hurried up there to be in the mix, and see
what they could make out of it. They
saw that there were only two of lis, and
determined to murder and rob us at once.
There had been a good deal of money paid
| out to the army while we were there in
Atlanta land they had the -iden that every
Yankee soldier was loaded;-with green
backs. Two weeks before two gamblers,
in uniform, who had been skinning the
| soldiers. and caught at cheating, killed
two soldiers in the fight chat followed, and
tried to escape by making circuit out
through the mountains. They had run
into Black Reeyes's gang, who had killed
and robbed them, getting several thousand
dollars. They were on the lookout for
more windfalls of that kind, and thought
from our appearance that we might pan
out as well as the gamblers had. Sand
breaker had met another of his runners
since arriving ON the hill, who told HIM
that the men he had expected to meet
had gotten warning, and were steering
clear of the cove.
"aThey're over in Stilman's Cove said
he. Wen go over there, if Reeves don't
follow we'uns. Let's wait here in hiding
leetle, and see what they intend to
do
"'Oi wish they would come afther us,
the rag-tag murthcrers,' said Larry. whose
Irish blood was up. 'Oi was nivver so
sorry in me born days as to run without
giving them single shot. We could lay
for them behoind that rock, and STAY
livery wan of thin as they come up the
| road
AZ dismounted and crent forward to a
| rock from which / could see DacK to where
they were. Apparently there was vic.
lent dispute going on as to the fault of
our being allowed to get away, for two of
them were In the center Of the rest, ges-
| turing excitedly at one another, and pres
emily coming to blows.
az guess we can afford to have them
indulge in that as much as they please,
said /, reporting the matter back. It's
none of our fight
"Isn't there some place from where
we can reach thin with our SpencersT
| inquired Larry eagerly. Ord give a
months pay to shoot the man that whips
81 looked over to Sandbreaker. He
had gone forward to the right a little
ways. parted the bushes, and was look
ing with all his might at bare spot where
| the road came across another hill, little
| distance away.
".Be keerful. Don't shake the bushes.
he whispered rs 1 slipt over toward him.
he diroatiNn 0f his InoG
and saw some, men coming over the bare
spot. They were riding, and all carry
"'Taint regier cGonfed cavalry whis-
pered Sandbreaker.l as came up. I won
der who 1t kin be? l believe hits Wolf
Sloan's gang from over on Noses's Crick
Some Of the bosses look like theirs. Yes.
They'uns Is a. heap wuss lot than the
Black Reeves pack. They'uns II 90 fur
der and fout harder, an haint even as
much mercy. What'n the world has
brought they'un over?'
| Eyes continued Sandbreaker, swear
ing under his breath tumble Of strange.
North Georgia oaths, 'thar's that sneak
him by that Ger uninterrupted roam beast
he's ridin'. He's the stink that betrayed
us. What q tarnation fool wuz to trus:
him, but he cried and TUX on so bout
bein' sick and tired Of beln' q rebel, an
wantin' to be & good Union man. that
wuz overpsrsusded, and gave him some
word to tote. VT done knowed as well
mint, an lined Wolf Sloan's gang. which
got so tired Of him that they wouldn't
even let him cook OF tend bosses, an
kicked him out, sayin' thsy'uns'd sho'ly
kill him II he ever como back. Then he
got inter the Black Reeves gang BY pack.
in all the news he could IT Tor them.
Then thsy'uns ct sieL q hin. an druv
knowsd that . deg thafa fseeA a eaRry.
but nss6sa nsn - bad hat tuck him,
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