Gunnison news-champion., 1908-04-03

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Yrxsus the formation 81 80 land. I
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similar in ali essent al resyss-css The
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toawood OaOdbine anA psuo tr~se.
and this tsaGle VI foliage extesese ~
;. me distance w the sides u teo
hills In The midst u this seAss-
brssh-a most excel,eat scrsse-sss
tiay cabin In this tiay coSte I
have lived. = closely watched prts<'ees.
fltm ttsi aa, uatil ! escaped
Tie deG.sAant stirred . little ssses-
liz Mas he thinking 0 NiGhtssrd
with the dark frozea face-Who Aad
not answered to his call
4 AK left ne sossa after. ~ di1
moi uabiad me. rather boond Ne the
ti.ttnr There was no aoe thea ~
was,h me He deigned 10 iaeOrR -
ahst h. had found it ratker tacoavse-
ieat to kill me after the RELIEF perty
rode up. as thea there WeS ~ ebs0-
lutte surety II his making . clesa Ost-
away. and being caught In the sct
would be bound to b. unpleasant very
UNPLEASANT jast then. 80 he had alter
ed his plans a little-for the preseat
He gave me no hint either that tine
nor either Of the two times l saw IN
subsea is ntly. as to what vas TO se bis
ultimate dispcs sal Of me. l cOSlA Oaly
ui,rose that after this trial Was we'll
| over in his favor, and fear a tn1tct-
ment for arson and murder had blown
oyer-if blow over II did-he would
then quietly put IN end to me. Dsel
| men tell no tales. The shanty In the
| gulch did not seem to be much u .
rendezvous for secret meetings. l led
y lonely existence. My jailers were
mostly half fbreeds-usually Charlie
Nightbird. Two or three times Jake
Sanders0n Was my guard"
Then from the doorway came .
knad. clear. resonant voice, . Joyful
voice, . voice whose tones fairly OOsel
rapture.
'Hellity damn, The Three BARS .
gettin' busy, MOWse-Aair."
Judge Dube started. Ne glAre1
aAgrily In that directtOa.
Remove that mani" he ordered.
curtly. Ne liked Jim. but - could
not brook this crying contenpt q
court. Jim was removed. He Weat
quietly, but shaking his head reprooch.
fully
Il never would a thought II o the
Il never would "a thought It,"
There was 4 movement in the hack
Of the room. man was making his
way out, slipping along. cat-like, try
ing TO evade attention. Quietly Cor
don motioned to the sheriff anl
slipped a paper into his hand.
Look sharp" he whispered. his
steady eyes on the shifty ones Of the
sheriff. IF you let him get away, Just
remember the handwriting on the
wall. It's our turn now"
Presently there was a slight scufae
by the door and two men quietly left
the improvised courtroom.
Dae before yesterday, in the after
noon. continued Williston, Il man.
aged to knock Nightbird down at the
threshold as he Was about to enter. l
had secretly worked a beam
from the low. unfinished ceiling There
was nothing else in the room l might
use for weapon. They were very
careful. l think I killed him, your
honor and gentlemen Of the Jury. 1
am not sorry. There was no other
way. But | would rather it had been
the maker, not the tool. BY the time
l had made my way back to the LAZY
3 l Was too exhausted to 20 further.