The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1905-09-02

Heved n my innocence ,,..
during the day and tried to cSss. Ne
! passed the night praying =, ~.
age to meet my fate like =. cour
the morning I was brourht an. In
JAN and taken about half a mil. Om The
town. A halt was made in fre, out Of
large tree and rope was thro~ o.
9 lower limb. The moose wa. ..a over
around my neck and my hands tisd e
hind my back. At my own reo u Oe.
my eyes were not bandaeed rs quest
nal was given! The moose w.. ae zig,
taut and with a Jerk l wa 'awn
into the air. swung
20 God! What sensation,
through twenty bells in as MAN. vent
onds! The last thing that ms. sec
swimming sight was horsemon . my
ing up the road! NY head .. aasn'
bursting and there was ho.a. nea
roaring IN my ears! Then 7 hae
something like a faint renort 1, q,
next instant went sinking .,n,. .ne
into space! Then there was . .msa
shock! knew no more. uen
When I came to, l was lv,n. :.
the foot of the tree. The crows at
rounded man who held rifle whan
| had recovered sufficiently was Is
formed of the cause of nv sndaa
bringing back to life, The rome W.
which | was suspended had been a..
In two by bullet from the rife ~ .ss
man who had ridden up 50 hurr,od,-
This man, Jim Winters l,r..
among the hills about two miles ths
other side Of the town. The niybt =.
fore a man had fallen at his door ~
parently in a dying condition. WIZ
tiers carried him into the Int ona
found he had been shot in tho ho a.,
1t was Lasalle, known to Winter, =.
Duvolle. He was suffering agony and
thinking he was near death, confessed
the story of the shooting to Winters
Winters, who had heard of my pre1ca.
ment, fastened to town, to inform the
authorities of the real culprlt. Whom
he heard Of the hanging he rode lke
mad to stop it. As he. thundered down
the road and saw me swinging bs
shouted and raising his rife, fired
and saved my life.
II was brought back to JAIL To ba
kept there until the truth of Winters
story could be proved. A deputation
among which was a doctor, was sent
with Winters, and Lasalles ante-mor
tenn statement was taken. After an
examination, however, the doctor told
Winters that the wound was not ia.
tai one, and that the man would re.
cover. A CLEAN from Lasalle's eyes
warned the doctor that the converse
ton had been overheard, so he caution.
ed Winters to be careful lest Lasale
should make an effort to escape. Win.
tiers laughed and said he guessed he
could hold his own against wounded
man.
THAT afternoon l was released.
When the miners heard that Lasale
would recover they vowed vengeance.
A party started out the next morning
at sunrise to take him from Winters
cabin and hang him to the nearest
tree.
when they arrived there, they
found Winters lying on the floor dead
A bullet hole in the back of his head
told the tale. Winters rifle and La
sale were both gone. 1t was marvel
Gus how he escaped, wounded as be
was; but 1 suppose desperation aided
him."
did he leave no trace?" l asked.
Darlington paused.
"No," he replied "Jack Holmes
though, who played with us, was In
Canada a few years ago. l met him
last summer. He told me he could
have sworn he saw Lasalle once for a
moment in a crowded street in To
ronto.''
"Who keeps the grave here in such
good condition."
II dor
"You?"
Eyes, Clarke. 1 loved her."
He was silent for a moment anu
then went on
Eyes, I loved her. / have been ae-
cused of lack Of ambition because
have refused New York engagements
But what is ambition when there !.
no one to share its rewards with you:
I prefer to play out here where oH,,
played with her. As 60 over tne ou
circuit am reminded Of her, ana tn''
is my happiness"
l grasped his hand in sympathy anu
we rose to depart. As we s'arteu :.
our feet we noticed man kneelng a.
the foot of Alice Paynes grave ou.
denly he took pistol from bis pocke''
raised it to his head and fired nc
fell face downward on the grave
We rushed to him. Darlington lea,D
ed him first and raised him. Az ~
did so he cried ,,w
my God! it's Armande Lasalle:
He wa. dead!LWaverley Magazine
Charm that Failed.