The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1905-11-02

hptf later he wM reeghir ANskeueos
40 Morgan sitting on his iexs, ans bis is'i
comrases busiiy engaged 10 tying bic hands
He s'russl.d Tor . moment, spd then ksv'
vent 20 hi. s.ioashmsni.
whats this sscu', f.lio~ss be a,kef.
Shut yeuf obi M Hail. sreed ! vas th'
grim cemustd. You've played 10 t'x lacl
20 far, hut your genes up-tavsyf
THE new pspthsr made NO further shor
to rr,i., or to speak. He VAS pat sstrid'
his horse ard I'D fast, aud Then. hadinl
his spimsi, Morgan and Farley set "a fol
| the ranch.
IN. trio arrived Jas, before dsy light, Il
time to nnd III, msn all In. PROBABLY ~
angrier lot Of ofpupchers VAS never teen thar
those q, Ba- rwc-vs when Morgan arc
fsr'es bad given an sccoupt 81 the t'ah'
r,,y had ten taken In BY csuple ol
bslf.br d., working among them ~ tpie.
two of the very thieves who had ran 6 4
th.ir live .took the year before, and she
were plotting with the Iodians 70 make Z
bigger bau'.
The brothers, looking sorry aud grave
enough, were allowed 10 eat hrrsktast, and
the fsst bound, were thrust intothe bdnk
room while the IN, c,nsider,d what should
| be doLe.
TIL. wss nnslly settled by Allen In BIZ
usual vigorous fashion. Wen take ouI
birds TO The edge OF the reserve, he said
and bstg ZEN to their osn cottonwoodf,
where the Crows and Cheyennes can savyy
our sign talk.
Al tuarise csvslcsde Of eleven riders,
two OF them with wrists tied, len the ranch
and rode swiftly down Sun Dsnce Greek
They stopped at several ranches. gathering
what force they could. They thus picked
up a reinforcement Of seven cow-men, oil
glad Of An opportunity to teach the lbdiani
Q lesson.
With their ponies tied together, aud with
pale, set faces, the young captives rode In
the midst OF this relentless tqusd.
The party cros.d over the OIu', reach
Ing that creek before noon, and then went
down Its narrow valley toward the reserve
line The dust Of their trailing could be
seen far scross the bad lands.
Their advance could hardly have failed
to attract the attention Of keen Eyes on the
watch, apd the men had gone but q few
miles down the valley when single Indian
appeared upon bluff, and sIgnaled them
by waving his blanket. Their response wal
a volley Of bullets, which pattered upon the
crest Of the rise.
The Indian lodged out Of sight. The
men were now near the point where Hugo
had been boul d, aud the appearance Of IN
Indian MAS not matter Of surprise.
The men hsl.ed. As they debated wheth.
er they should rush the hill,," Hugo
spoke.
Fellows, he SAID, this won't do. There's
Chey ennis enough below here to eat you
up, and they II do It II J ou 20 to shooting.
know where their camp II, and | know
what you Intend doing to US, but you'll
never do II now. You can thoot US where
we sit. Very well, you'll never live to tell
Of It. Better let US 60, aud ride back to
your ranches. There's no use Of telling
you so, but you've made the biggest mis-
take Of your lives in taking US for rustlers.
The men listened, but their answer WAS q
stern forward movement and rafting
clipk as cartridges we're thrown from mag
sxinc to barrel. They took the trail again,
convinced that they were right and deter
mined 10 20 ahead.
As they filed on, the two brothers sud-
denly hung their bodies forward. and rode
for distance lying on their horses necks.
The pup chers regarded this move with cor
temptuous indifference, although they well
understood 1t as some sort Of sign language
Of captives who could not use their hands.
The "outAt," 10 fact, was spoilIng for =
fight
As they rode ahead, the valley Of the
Oxus borrowed until not more than quar-
ter.mile strip was hemmed between cage
grown breaks cut with wasbouts, gullies
and deep rAvines.
The still atmosphere Of the nearby hills
seemed charged with hostile presence.
The imminebcc OF danger was something
fairly tangible, and every man felt the elec.
trio iingle of IL.
The cowboy troopers became rigid 10
their sa,s, aud probably there WAS not
man Of them but drew . breath Of relief
when, out Of the deep cuts on either hard,
troops Of wild riders launched themselves
into the valley.
On they cane, stripging out OF the trav.
Ines until, at . guea. two hundred were
aligned on the right ard IN the lrft.
The co w.men hhlrd. n one poke for
some seconds. Thu 4 en- opened ibis
mouth. Fellows, he said, reckon we oil
are due to get our hair lifted.
By their sileucc and their level gaze at
the hordep on zach bsnd. Ills punchers gave
assent. TT Billy RusseiI, foreman Of the
X[. rapc' turned 10 Allen.
Hauk, he said, we'd best have listened 10
the boy back vonder-he sure talked right
At this the prisoners Iaughed-a Joyous,
hearty laugh, that had In II the right OF
honest triumph. The color had come back
TO th.ir checks, and their eyes held the
CLINT Of hopeful courage.
Now see here, men, said RAYMOND, ]
guess the time has c me to tell you who
we are. You've All besrd Of Hesry Cstlin,
lid an trader At Rosebudf Well, we're his
cons. We'd been East TO school for eight
YEAR,, ercsp. summers, and last fall We
wanted TO ~ tie range. A. our mother
/. . bali. blood Cheyenn W. we're afraid
you'd have I. IN fur us a. Indisns, ard 40,
~ you didn't sire us up, We kept still.
That's the trouble chhny
Last night when you fellows jumped on