The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-07-12

It up, and the q. means 10 take Il TO-
night. He will have only few men, the
rest not near. He will be at the bank at
two, with about twenty men. Take ysof
own measures. All here favor you. He
threatens me with violence unless marry
him at once. He watches The SongstresA
but IL you can leave her at anchor and
land in boat there will be NO suspicion.
Do not punish me more by disbelieving
me. CHRISTINA.
Up. S.-M. and the G. are ON bad
terms, and NJ. will not be active against
you"
bring him. I doubted whether he would
believe very much in it, but 1t looked
probable. Again, he was 80 fond Of
bold stroke, and 80 devoid of fear, that
it was very likely he would come and
see il it were true. If, as we suspected.
he already had a considerable body Of ad-
herents on shore, he could land and re-
connoiter without very great danger Of
failing into the Colonels hands. Finally,
even If he didn't come, we hoped the let
ter would be enough to divert his atten-
ton from any thought Of fugitive boats
and runaway lovers.
To my mind 1t Is nearly a. difficult
to BE- consistently selfish a. to be abso-
lntely unselfish. had, at this crisis, ev-
cry inducement to concentrate all my
efforts on myself, but l could not get
Jones out of my head. 1t was certainly
improbable that Jones would try to resist
the marauding party; but neither the
al h olA h
be scrupulous, and it was impossible not
to sec that Jones might get q bullet
through his head; indeed, I fancied such
step would rather commend itself to the
Colonel, a. giving a bona fide look to
the affair. Jones had often been the cause
of great Inconvenience to me, but didn't
wish to have his death on my conscience
80 l was very glad when happened Il
meet him on my way back from tho Gold
| en- House, and seized the opportunity o,
giving him friendly hint.
I took him and sat him down beside "A,
on bench In the Piazza. was in NJ
way disturbed by the curious glances o.
the three soldiers who were evidently
charged to keep an eye on the bank am
my dealings with It.
began by pledging Jonas to absolut'
secrecy. and then intimated to him, II
a roundabout way, that the Colonel An,
l were both very apprehensivs Of an at
tack on the bank.
1.-THE town." said I, "is In q most nm
settled condition; and many danserou
characters are about. Under these cir
cumstances have felt compelled to leav
the defense Of our property In the hand
OF the government. have formally In
timated to the authorities that We shal
hold them responsible for any loss COCA
stoned to Us by public disorder. Tn
Colonel, In the name of the governmen,
has accepted that responsibility. there
fore desire to tell you, Mr.. Jones, that 1
the lamentable event Of any attack on tn
bank 1t will not be expected Of you {
expose your life by resistance. Such
sacrifice would be both uncalled for an
useless; and must instruct you that tn
government insists that their measure
shall not be put in danger Of frustratio
BY any rash conduct on our part. I a,
unable to be ut the bank this evening
but In the event of any trouble you wi
oblige me by not attempting to meet tore
by force. You will yield. and we sha
rely on our remedy against the cover,
ment In case of loss"
These instructions SO fully agreed vii
the natural bent Of Jones' mind that !
readily acquiesced in them and express
high appreciation of my foresight.
'"Take care of yourself and Mrs. Jone
, my dear fellow" I concluded; that
all you have to do, and shall be satI
fed"
I parted from him affectionately, wo
dering If my path in life would ever Gro
the honest, stupid old fellows again, al
heartily hoping that his fortune won
soon take him out Of the rogue's nest
which he had been dwelling.
ITO hA coptiuuod