Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-02-06

1iUA OF IHes SJfG1o. Tie creek WaleH y
Q heap hetIeh ale furthah en-
The mile was :am-perpandicuIar,
and brought Ilei. as,s,asside brawE
ing stream. viii az, with splash
ing trout in tie -rsI poets. and wild
ducks skimM;r ! Iarge pond at the
edge OF small me@a After welcome
| draughts for Ma5I AID mule they
veered away to another climb. The
gorgeous evening pageant was nearly
| over when tie team swung around a
| sharp rocky point, and one of the lead
| ers SHE'D far out of the road TIE
| driver brought them about to quick
| standstill, facing back
There's fresh blood ahead That
Cody mule can smell It a mile; IT,
| the only thing he SHES at. Hold these
ribbons, young feIleh, while prospect
/ a little .--..3.
| He came back presently, his wealth
| er-heaten face sobered and stern.
Wake up In there. Them Iniuns has
blocked the road again"
/ Phineas, suddenly disturbed from
his long and noisy nap, climbed out
| with poor grace. The old man has
no business to send passengers over
| land without escort. It's an outrage
| It isn't my business to clear the road!"
| Here, come up here and hold the
team! I'll help the driver" Alfred
| called
/ No! I CANT trust my team with
| him. He DON'T" Uncle Billy inter-
| rupted
| The change had been made, and he
was already stalking after the driver
| Around the point the sight he sud-
| denly came upon made him reel
turn sick and white.
/ Il know it would be too much for
| you, boy; but now yo're hyah get to
work. We haven't a minute to lose"
The road here was narrow rock
cut. Two white men lay across it,
| one scalped, the other with his throat
gaping horribly, and more than a
dozen arrows buried in his flesh. Be
| yond, the ruins of an emigrant wagon
blazed lazily.
| We CANT stop TO- anything but to
cleah the road These tracks come
from Anthony's; and they're fresh
and heap of EN-. The arrows are
nearly all different; that means a lot
| OF tribes He spoke in low, tense
tones while, as fast as possible, he
threw the burning debris over the
lower side of the cut
| Alfred said nothing but Joined in
the labor with a quick skill that made
! Uncle Billy revoke his opinion of the
| small hands. AIfred's back was
turned, yet he could feel-see-those
the gruesome spectacle behind
| What could be done? How should
they be disposed of2-but there was
no time for question.
Can you beah hand hyah, Vim.
| cent, and quick"
He turned. The driver had already
lifted the shoulders of one; Alfred
took the feet.
I Right toward hyah, round the
point"
"You-you aren't going to-to
leave"
Yes, we'll have to, II we don't
want to look the same way mighty
soon."
Cant we put them In the stage?
It's awful to leave them!"
1T may be worse to take them: and
I'm afraid we'll need the stage for the
living if-f we get through"
Alfred said no more; aud Uncle Billy
warmed to him as he saw the cIear-cu1
jaw set and a steely light creep into
the dark violet eyes.
He's game!" Uncle Billy whispered
to himself
/ Gently they disposed Of the Door
mut1lated bodies. and hurried back tc
the stage. The driver armed each
passenger with rife and revolver;
and ordering Alfred beside him, and
Phiueas to keep the lockout from the
top, he swung his team into the road
and drove forward through the cut
with slash and oath.
Dark was stealing on, yet the suns
good night glory still fingered, its
flaming banners striking into the over
head darkness, flooding earth ane
heavens with strange, sinister color
Alfred thought of what lay behind. and
gripped his gun sharply. The team
slowed, aud Uncle Billy no longer plie,
the lash.
| See that Light there, away yon tt
the 1eft?''
Yes"
| That's Anthony's, the next STATION
Some ones alive there, and that some
one is white. or there wouldn't be :
candle light the whole place wouIt
be alight." Relief unspeakabl.
breathed in his words, and halt mil,
passed in silence.
This IS terrible way to earn
Hvtng!" Alfred said at last.
/ yes; but this Jobs easy comparet
to the trick the pony express boy.
used to play"
This Is dangerous enough. I won
der the company can induce men t.
undertake the work. Don't Won I'm,
II IL wearin1T"