The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-25

/ SOntafy star, 10 ma q single point
/ in the vastnesS of the prairie
He made the three hours of Billy and
the tenderfoot in a little over an hour,
because it was mostly downhin. So
the agent had apparently four hours
the start of him, which discrepancy
was cut down, however, by the time
consumed in breaking open the strong
box.
He is alone" said Alfred to himself,
so he amt in that Black Hank outfit.
Amt nOthin' to take him north, an if
he goes south he has to hit way down
through the South Fork trail, which
takes him two weeks. TIL greenbacks
in that plumber is numbered, and old
Wells-Fargo has tn numbers. He sure
has to pike in an change them bills
afOre he is spotted. So he goes to
Pierre
Alfred staked his all on this reason
ing, and rode blindly eastward. For
tunately the roll of the country was
sufficiently definite to enable him to
keep his general direction well enough
until about 3 o'clock, when the snow
ceased and the stars came out, to-
gether with the waning moon. Twenty
minutes later he came to the bed of d
stream.
up or DOWN." uueried Alfred
thoughtfully. The state of the weather
decided him. 1t had been blowing all
night strongly from the northwest Left
without guidance a pony tends to edge
more or less away from the wind in
order to turn tail to the weather. AL
fred had diligently counteracted this
tendency all night, but he doubted
whether, in the hurry of fight, the
fugitive had thought of it. Instead OF
keeping directly east toward Pierre he
had probably fallen away more or less
toward the south. Down" Alfred de-
cided
He dismounted from his horse and
began to lead the animal parallel to the
stream, but about two hundred
yards from it. first taking care to as
certain that a little water flowed in the
channel. On discovering that there did
he nodded his head in satisfied man.
ner.
He doesnf ave no trail till she be-
gins to snow he argued, an he nat
urally doesn't expect no mud turtles
like me a-followin' of him eastward.
Consequently he feeds when he strikes
water. This yeTe is water
All of which seemed satisfactory to
Alfred He walked on foot in order to
discover the trail in the snow He
withdrew two hundred yards from the
bank of the stream that his pony might
not scent the other mans horse and so
give notice of approach by whinnying-
After a time he came across the trail
So he left the pony and followed it to
the creek bottom on foot. At the top of
the bluff ne peered over cautiously
We'll. you got nerve" he remarked
to himself. IF l was runnin' this yere
game I'd sure scout with my binders
Off"
The fugitive evidently believed him.
self safe from pursuit, for he had made
camp. His two ponies cropped browse
and paved for grass in the bottom land
He himself had prepared a warm niche
and was sleeping in it with only one
blanket over him, though by now the
thermometer was we'll down toward
zero. The affair had been simple. He
had built a long, hot fire in the L of an
upright ledge and the ground. When
ready to sleep he had raked the fire
three feet from out from the angle, and
had lain down on the heated ground
between the fire and the ledge. He
rife and revolver lay where he could
seize them at a moments notice
Alfred could stalk a deer, but he
knew better than to attempt to stalk
a man trained In the west, Instead, he
worked himself into a protected posi-
ton and carefully planted a Winches-
ter bullet some six inches from the
mans ear. The man work up sudden
ly. and made an instructive grab to-
ward his weapons.
Drop it," yelled Alfred.
So he dropped 1t, and lay like rab-
bit I'm its form
Jest select that thar six-shooter by
the end of the bari and hurl her from
you some" advised the sheriff. Now
the Winchester. Now stand up an let's j
look at YOU" The man obeyed. ''Yo' |
don't really need that other gun, under /
the circumstances pursued the little i
man NO. don't fetch her loose from |
the holster none: jest unbuckle the /
whole outfit belt an all. Good Now. |
you freeze. and stay froze right whar |
you are
So Alfred arose and scrambled down !
to the bottom.
Good mornin'." he observed pleas /
antly. He east about him and discov- !
cred the mans lariat, which he picked /
I'D and overran with one hand until he
had loosened the moose. !
You all are some siza BILE" he re
marked. I'm conversational tones, IAN
ike enough you eats me up IL I gets |
clost enough to tie you. Hands up"