The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-05-22
HotV a Real Man Was Made
Out of the UnpronliSing
Material of q Wealthy
Mans Pampered Son

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'''Tain't no wuss than them golf fends. One o.
them would want TO play ell the way to the top OF the
mountain even if he was gon to be hanged there!"
replied the leader Hes just stuck on telegraphins
same as 1 was when began TO play pooll Wanted
to git up in the night and playP
Never felt that way, cept about eatin'P said the
other. "Unless, mebbe, it might praps be ter takes
chaw O. terbacker. But can't what hs wants ter
learn ter be teegrapher fer. Amt his father rich
enough ter give him all he wantsP
81 can't understand that either" responded the
leader.
Away up near the top Of the mountain was al large
cave almost concealed among vines and bushes, and
here the procession stopped
Then Hank Harrison produced paper and a pencil
and ordered Harold to write to his father, telling
him that q band Of perfectly desperate and blood
thirsty men had seized him and were holding him
until Mr.. Endcott paid them $4,000, which money
was to be left at a certain place IN the valley
The most dreadful things were threatened st he
endeavored to rescue his son. such cutting of his
ears and fingers and sending them home, or burning
him by fire.
After one of the men had been dispatched bear
ing this letter to his father large fire was built and
the others proceeded to cook their supper.
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Harold took advantage Of this chance to send
word TO Mr. GLADDEN. about the letter, telling him 70
inform his father, but not to allow the newspapers
10 hear about it, for If it published the brig
ands would read it and be on their guard. He gave
Mr.. GLADDEN. the precise location Of the cave and
promised to send word If anything occurred.
GLADDEN. Immediately replied that force OF armed
men had already been sent out IN pursuit, and that
Mr.. Endicott was with them, and now that he knew
where the bandits were hiding It would not be long
before they were caught
So Harolds mind was at rest, and soon after sup
per he laid himself down to sleep III a blanket like
the rest.
Early next morning the brigand on guard saw
men in the woods below, and this alarming the gang,
it was decided to remove their prisoner to another
cave deeper in the hills and far more secluded This
was Immediately done, and when the rescuers az
rived at the great cave they found merely the re-
mains Of last nights repast and number OF empty
bottles to show that they were on the trail
The bandits now knew that they were being pur-
sued but had not the least suspicion that they had
been exposed; and yet they were not really alarm
ed although they feared that one of their number,
who had been left In town, had betrayed them.
Day after day they slipped IN and out OF the for
est-covered valleys, up and down the rocky noun
tainside, followed always by an increasing number
of pursuers. Although all this time Harold was
sending wireless messages to GLADDEN., who now was
with the tracking party with his instrument, they
never suspected him. They marveled at the close
ness of the pursuit, and were amazed 20 perceive
that the enemy seemed TO scent them as hound
scents fox.
Thev scarce had time to eat. stin less to prepare
decent meals and at last, when they had mounted
so far into the hills that it was impossible to go far
Their their leader led them to secret Eiding-pl8ce
of his own that else knew, secure IN the be-
lief that it was impossible for anyone to discover
This was a small circular pit, hollow, sur
rounded by tail pointed rocks which left no trace of
footprints: and here they hid, just night came,
I'D where the stars alone their nelghbOrs, ale
though a feecy cloud hung like q veil Tor awhile
over their heads
Harold at once licked of the precise spot TO Glad
den and promptly went to sleep. He worn
somewhat by the ceaseless climbing, but he stood 1t
well any Of the others, thanks to his outdoor
life with Phil.
Dawn was breaking over the blue mountains when
the band awole to find dozens of armed men looking
down upon them with angry faces Among them was
the millionaire, revolver in each hand, and he
GLANDS up. all of you The first man that moves
finger Is a dead manp
Were trappedr cried Hank Harrison, the lead
er. "It's all upp
eyes" added jim Huntley, otherwise known as
"Moonshine Jim" "And 'twasnt done by mortal
man believe witchcrafts at the bottom Of it!'
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'wen. I'm glad it's all overP remarked George
Carmony. Nov I'll get square meal at last, even
if 1t Is in jailV
The captured brigands we're bound and taken
away, and Mr.. EndlcOtt was lett with Harold and
GLADDEN.. He said:
MY lad. you are man! never understood or
appreciated you beforeI III never call you molly
coddle again! III make YOU president Of the wire
less company this very day! boy with such cool
ness and nervy courage i am proud indeed to call
my sonP
Nothing, in fact, could have pleased Harold more
than his fathers words. lie regretted, Of course.
that there hadn't been fight with guns and pistols,
for he dearly loved shooting; but when he thought
that perhaps GLADDEN. or his father might have been
wounded killed, he very glad that it oil ended
SO quietly.
When they returned to town he found himself a
hero and GLADYS who had refused to ride with him
that day. now regarded him with admiFing eyes.
Well. bis father, as ne promised, presented him
with an the stock of the wireless company and
made him It's president that very day. and his moth
en- came and cried over him when she saw his hard,
horny hands.
But when ne marries Gladys ] suspect she VIII
weep even harder but that's what he Is going to do
so I am told by Phil for he made them each a wire
less instrument with which they have been core
spending ever since Gladys went 70 Bryn Mawr Col
lege last fall,