The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1906-08-30

OF IT, TITS no use making fuss
Jones' There are eight Of US. Oblig,
me oy attending to your signals"
Jones knew the voice. IL was that Of
John Rex. Reply. can't your" said
Rex. cooily. Captain Burgess Is In 4
hurry" The arms Of the soma phore Al
the settlement were. In fact. gesticulat.
ing with eomical vehemance.
Jones took the strinxx n Ais hands
and with his signal book open before
them. was about to acknowledge the
message. when Rex stopped him. ..send
this message" he said. MOT seen, Sig
nal sent to Eaglshawkr'
Jones paused irresolutelv. He was
himself convict. aud dreaded the NAV
table eat that he knew wopl5 follov
this false message. .If thax s,ss ~.
out" he said Rex cooked the car.
s,ne win SO decided meaning in his
o'asS eyes that Jones banished his hest.
'as''n az once and began to signal Gag
slS- inere came up a blinking Of metal
800 murmur from below. What's
keeping yer. Dandyy"
AN right Get those irons of ana
'nen wen talk. boys. I'm putting salt
on Old burgess tail" The rourh les
was received with a roar. ana lone.
looking momentsrily down from his win
uow on the staging. saw. in the wanine
isnt' group Of men freeing themselxss
from their irons with a hammer t.ka,
rom the guard house: while two al
ready freed. were casting buckets %
water on the beacon woodpIls tn a.
Try was lying bound at a little dis
lance. -'''s us
Now said the leader Of this en-,
Prise party. signal to Woody Island .
zones perforce obeyed. ~Sav a, =
ape at the mines, Watch Ons-,rsa
low" Vuiek.
, Jones' comprehending the forcs a, i
MS maneuver. which would have ths Il
meet OF distracting attention from the /.
,Scx: executed the order with a grin .
LOU re knowing one. Dandy Jack |" !,
.Sohn Hex Acknowledged the commit =
'ent oy unlocking the carbine s.4ols -
u your hands, Jenny vetebi Cor.s g
p ana tie our friend Jones. Gabhett OF
ave you got the axesT' ssThere's only q
's' said Gabbett- Then bring thar th
~ any tucker you can lay your hands th
l nave you tied him? On we 70 of
Gu AMI In the space Of five min no
= rom the time when unsuspectinr a.
airy nad been silently clutehed BY two 49,
ms VINO rushed upon him out Of ths
auo" OF the huts. the Signal Hin sta Ak
n was deserted.
At the settlement Burgess Wa OF
: NINE men TO seize the Long Raw bu
ar and get half an hours start Of me the
." signal was an unprecedented thu
lieVemenfl What could wards- -,
oke have been about7 Warder Troka -
"eSer. found eight hours afterward ''"'
armed. gagged and bound In ths per
uo' had been guilty Of no negligence loo
:" could he tell. that at a eert,g, and
nal from Dandy Jack. the nine men tbel
had taken to Stewards Bav wopl5 ma
sn him; and. before be could draw trib
istol. truss him like chIcksn, Tn. 80.
st OF the gang. Rufus Dawes h.d
inferred for the hated duties Of MI
ing. and Troke had fell hlms.ls -. TITO
> How could he possibly 9ue-. ,h., cas
e was plot In which Rufus n. tots
III men. had refused to toln7 heas
onstables. mounted and on foot stitr
aispatened to scour the bush round than
settlement Burgess. confident. from, NOR,
reply OF the Signal Hill soma pbors \,
the alarm had been given AZ EagI.-
isthmus. promised himself the re-
ure OF the gang before many hons put
giving orders to keep the communI. eiair
ms going. retired to dinner. III. wori
let servant had barely removed ~. tweI,
when the result Of John Re-. show
luity became manifest. The sem them
re at Signal Hill had stopped work ,nor,
erhaps the fools can't Sec said 80 y
es Fire the beacon-and saddl.
orse-' The beacon was fred An OF 70
at Mount Arthur. Mount Com nz
alton. and the coal mines. To the Asiat
yard, the line was clear. But AZ place
Hill was no answering light. Bur- p<nsa
stamped with rage Get me nv
crew ready; and tell the mines - :
snal TO Woody Island" As he =
on the jetty. a breathIess me-.sn- .i's
fought the reply "a hoa,s. - Ameri
e-tree Point Five men sent from stan o
hawk In obedience to orderxvs A &C
- understood Il at once. Ths receIy,
> had decoyed the Eaxlehawk Al . q
Give way, men, And the
hootins into the darkness, made -
'ng Bay. Il won't be far behind p
aid fho rornn.rI.~k