The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1904-09-29

o completely, being mostly eaEsged himse
p In Hlgdying the LEGAL breds cf whisky 4
Touhiiote City, ard bucEing up SgaIui
= fare hank. the poker gams aud other erool
q, ed lsyouts. He sowcd liberal and the dea
D. ers RAPED
O8e day be cane from Tombstone al
u tracked me TO NV roundup camp at Laguns
J. Whefc ! hsd twenty Mexican vaquero
brstdstg and cutting the spring crop q
u eslygs. The rAifone found US al At sup
/ per, 40 While VIC ate he told me the loea
Z gctsp how the Toubltoue Strangers hss
!. gath.Fs IN three bad men and stretched
= their sss BY way o. encouraging yir,ure
how L9N.l.lyed Joe had shot up another
c Mex car, ard how Mr.. Ryan, the richest
. Haq "a A. s1na, Was putting In big deysl'
& upmEH's on the Jim Crow mine. Then be
pAfsed N a biz lin h'c cigar Ct the special
b.ctd AXE, wlieh is pretty nearly strong
enough 10 buck
Er-Chalksye, says he, sive your men
all he dep yau em. At ulinight youli
pull out for Won Gap, and at Etress OF
dawn gslh,r he whole Of our horses. Ron
them a hid az you can to Holy Gross, ard
throw hem luto the house,
| ltdlsusy ssys /.
Ne horse iuslicrs. They've hard OF
cur bslf.brtd poaies, and Saot'n Bryant
warn ane We musa't let III, Sc po0r rob.
btra fsll iuto or-7tepp!alioa, doa't you
know so N unt guard at the house and
see that the men have plenty q ammuni,
TOR
Ics.r.
A f,nd Of mire has turned this gang
loose on my stock Thcre'q been crooked
work
Eysl's so.li
llaw-yCs. What mskes you think Of
R5su'
Wall, / dunno, boss but seems TO me
this RIan has msde bad m ci3lEe agin you
befOrs. / was plumb kind and polite Of
him sxend glsndered horses to drink at
lo' vgsr h lee, ard hire Apache Indians
to mlRaer ) ou, not TO mention other little
plays sheard Of Fitce. He's got wealth
enousa to charter tbs outGs OF robbers
he's uSsn as sntkes; he's sworn to wipe
yCu QUE Whats the matter with me goln
to thi I'm Ciog nine and shooting this
ysre ssnn BY way Of preeautior:
Inds!d, 81 Yguil do no such thirg,
han -factis, pr,miled Lsdy Balahan-
not lot to shoot Mr. Ryan. He reared up
to leave me and grabbed my paw. Well,
Chalhese, ssg he, think | must be fl to
see that my vifs Is not alarmed by this
new gSse Of Ryan's. You'll find me at
the hcaIe.
By room < day brought our herd OF I
pcni,s to Hoy CTofs I'D 1s.rcd them at !
tse dam, which held some two or three {
scres>ot water llst urder the western wall
Il the hacerdg. few old trees ebeltered
the pool, one Of which had lately been
struck down by lightning. 50 1t happened /
that turning the herd up from water my
riders got l6tle mare srarled in the fallen
branches, 10 which she broke her leg and /
bad to be shot. gave orders to have the a
body hauled away at sundown, then threw a
he herd into the stable court, mounted (
guard on the northwest ba tiop, sent ser. Il
want with my compliments to the Patrone, n
md went to my quarters mighty wishfnl to a
,stch up lost sleep. o
| bad not slept an hour when The sentry b
ifcd, and man from the guard-house v
anne running. jumped into my boots, e
grabbed my gun and bolted to the gates,
where Balshannon jliaed me at the spy o
lole.
who's coming? he asked. Il
A white man, Patrone, and a boy on the d
lead rus. et
svsng the gates wide open, and we Il
tood watching the riders, a middleaged II
toctmss snd young cowboy, bnrninR b.
he trail from the north. As they came Ia
Wirging up The approach reckon the
orses imelt Wifi OF blood from that al
cad mare beside the water pool. Horse, 60
0 crazy at the smell Of blood, aud though
be man held straight on at plupgiDg run Ia
Or the aYses, the boy lacked strength to W
1ntrol bis mare. When she sweryed he ky
purrCd hen she reaEad and began to buck N
he saddle came adriit, and the youngster tn
ent over with Y, caught by the slirrup,
aable 10 get clear. When the mare felt tr
i'm dtggipg, more terrified than ever, she 81
shed cut, and would sure have kicked hin 4
glory but for Balshauron. My boss wss tn
quick shooter and deadly accurate, 10 sig
at his fItst bullet caught the mare full
tween Tie eyes, and dropped her dead In su
It tfsss.. raised The long yell for my 70
en- az we rushed to get the boy from uE &c
II her body. sthi
IL fsssed 10 me at be time that the ED
msc never reibed, bat made clear I'd
ring from bis gsllCping horse 70 ihe soi
outs, reaching the mare with single os
mp ssssre she hsd time TO drop. Grsb-
ok Leg head, he svuo9 his fall weight, lee
d threw her falling body clear Of lhe boy sto
htn veresehcd the spot he was kneeling art
side Ala 10 tie sand. gut
5tunrad, be said, ihal'4 all, SIR, he look. |
up q. the Patrone, and saw that tears tle
ne starting from bis eyes. Sir, you've J
ged 1g son's lie with that shot, reck. sci
, vdee b,oke wshs sob you've made
80 siend. nc
Nolnns brcktr, hope: said Balshar-
r.
70, sch. The slifup sem. to have
listed bis foot. VI
scot some men for a ground sheet In vef
lch the boy could ba carried without 100
70. Bslsharnon sert for brandy. ao'
'slli kaeeling beslde biz son, the saans- eaa
locked up into the P4trone'E face. VA
ioa are Lord BalahauuoL be asked. =
X your seipee, my g3od feliow-8eilf 'hs
10 any Of 10 Rresseis speak our Ian oha
sge' ite