The daily Alaskan., 1904-07-04

and bring him in, dead or alive. You know the rewurd-S5.OO0"
 -AloneT
 -YeS You can work better by your self than with a lot of bunglers"
 'sRlzht you are and I'll go in uni' form. Ttu ba O shooting anair any way, and always feel better facing gun when I've got my toss on."
 1 tracked Irwin by asking people iI they had seen a mounted policeman and came up with him while he was trottiug along a country road shout ed to him to stop, as I had something to say Co him. He cast quick glance nj ne, hesitated, then impatiently rein ed in hls horso. l didn't wish to Kill him tf I could get him Into a trap and iisarm hlm. rods up to him leisurely and said.
 -T see you're on the force. Where do you hall frOmT'
 -I'm from SQuirreltoni looking Tor Irwin"
 -Get any trace of himr'
 cone cIcw points to Sparksburg, an- other down there in the river bottom. fl you're looking for him you might go ono way while 1 go the other
 aAu rIght," l said tO inspire eonn- denca ~When ve get Co where the road forks I'll go to tha river bottom.
 Presently drow rein and dismount- ed under pretense of tightening my saddls qirth. From behind my horse 1 drew my revolver and. bringing it to hear on him before he could see what I was about called on him to surren- der.
 IIe had Co choose between two forms of death-my bullet og the gallows. With tho former there was a slender chance with the latter none whatever Pending low behind his horses neck, hr gavo him a cut and dashed o1, fol- lowed hv my shots. Meanwhile l mounted and went after hln, Now md rgrln he turned and fired at me, brt got down lat on my horse and there was not much for him Co shoot st Finally fired O shot that made h.ra totter; then be fen from the sad dle vus beginning to draw rein when ny horse, on crossing a rotten covering to a culyert broke through, and I went flying through the air. land lng about fifty feet from Irwin. My revolver flew to a point at the side of .re road between us though e triae ra-rC- Co him than to ne. ] started r-. when 1 got a tvtnge that laid me out again My leg was broken.
 Ns soon us [ could think ot anything rE.g1s -s pain I raiseL my head and r-r- Ir-.s crawling on bis stomach to. ---l r-~ weapon. TTe had moved only f.v feet, and his progress vas go er,w thnt lt would tako him some time t7 reach C. Evidently he had either Dr-t-l with bis own weapon or had E,e.hargod nu tho cartridges ] saw 0s once that it vos a question of lie OF Na7tA with ule Co secure the rcvo!V' e- myself and began @ crawling which -rg TO mora rapid than thut of my c-auy.
 Every nowI and again would hear a Erua0 from irwin, which was usunlly echoed by ono from nc Irwin made fen gect while I was making six, then Ao stopped, took out 0 handkerchief and. binding it around his leg, twisted it with bis knife as a tourniquet While hs was doing this he was watching me, who made ton feet while ho was al work with hlB surgical apparatus Starting again, he was handicapped by having to hold the tOurniqUet, which he had TO means of fixing permanently Nevertheless desperation gave him strength, and he made better headway than ! It was singular, this tortolse race between two fellow beings with lgfo for tho prize, death for the forfeit Several tines I thought I should faint but knew f I did would probably never roturn to consciousness there fore neyFed myself to keep my senses and continue on uy way. But in Eve minutes I did not mako fve feet, nor did Irwin do much better.
 Presently Irwin stopped and caiculat' cd hls own and my distance.
 What do you say to a rest pardT' ho asked
 There's DO rest for the wicked" replied without ceasing my efforts
 'Very well YOull get one pretty soon Since I stopped the flow of blood I'vo ceased to lose strength. caR sec you're giving out pretty fast only proposed tho truce because l didn't like to see you suf'er"
 There was now about ten feet for both of Us, and l felt sure that despite hls plucky words Irwin was bleeding from uu artery, and, though I was ex- peCtng to lose consciousness every mo ment 1 pushed on. l reached the weapon while be was yet three feet away md put out my hand for it- The efSort was too much for mel tnlnted
 When I came to myself Irwin was where I had last seen him, stone dead Ills Gshen face was toward me, his glassy eye staring at mine, his right hand extended toward the pistol, which z vas Erasping. I looked at the cham bers and found to my surprise, that they had all been discharged TherG was not a bullot in any of them.