Daily Arizona silver belt., 1908-03-10
Tbe JGiler'S
 Daughter.
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nuuSluE looSc ONct hSi D"NN' iAS prisoner was stalwart young fellow of twenty.
 Horse stealing"
 "Couldn't y find nothing better t do than that?"
 "I didn't steal any horses A man with grudge against me put up n job on me"
 ''Is that so? Y ortnt t swing if y didn't do it."
 The prisoner went on reading Il pa per that had been given him.
 I'd let y out" she added In low tone, 'only pop keeps too sharp a watch on the keys. and there ain't much time"
 The young man turned from hIs pa per. You can help me to get out if you wish" he said.
 How"
 Can you get sawT'
 "Nothing but buck saw"
 'That won't do. Bring me file and case knife"
 Pops got a file among his tools. I can get the case knife easy enough"
 She went away. returning with the articles asked for. The prisoner. GOV ering his hands with the .bedclothing tbat the filing should not be heard. proceeded to make a saw of the knife. With one or both he proposed to. cut away the bars to his window. This he did while the jailer's daughter strum- med on q piano directly over his head be heard.
 When he had finished. the girl came again. and he said to her: "Goodby. If get out safely. some day may come back to reward you
 I've been thinking I'd go with you" she said. her eyes glistening
 He looked at her earnestly for some time without speaking. What he was thinking she didn't know. At last he said
 "All right. Meet me soon. after 2 o'clock tomorrow morning outside the wall"
 When tue prisoner heard the jailer's clock wheeze out in the morning. he removed the bars. got out of the win dow. climbed wall and stole away. He was joined by the girl. and togeth- CT they ran for time. then when they could run no longer walked and consulted
 Its only five miles t the railroad this way" said the girl. Reckon we better get on train
 Haven't got any money. Besides. we couldn't likely get train till morn. ing. and they'd get us sure"
 "What'il we doT'
 Hide some place near by till the ex- citem"nt has died out. There's thick et. We'll ga In there and sec what We can find"
 They went into the thicket just as n rancher near by was going into his stable 10 feed his stock. He saw them and wondered who they were and what they were doing there. When several hours later posse headed by the jailer. frantic at the loss of his daugh;cc. came along and asked the raRchcr if he had seen a man and girl go by. he told them that he had seen them go into the thlcket
 Now thc thickct was large. and there were places in it hard to get through. It was ransacked. but the fugi,ives were not found. The sheriff. who was with the party. sent the jail CT on with couple of men, while the rest completed the search. He intend ed to burn the couple out and expect eI the jafler if present wo:,d raise an objection. fearing for his daughters life.
 The couple had wormed themselves into a tangled place where they had not been followed. Presently they smelled smoke. The man paled.
 We must get out of this" he said And they dragged themselves from their hiding place and moved on. com ing to an open space. The man paused and looked about him. Then he began to scrape away the dead leaves and everything that could burn. The girl secill.: his .object. joined her efforts to
 
 roaring and when il reached them il found them in the open space covered by what loose earth they had been able to scrape together. The posse followed closely in the wake of the flames. Passing some fifty yards from the couple covered with dirt and ash es, they saw nothing more than cou- pie of earth heaps. The prisoner and the girl lay still till they could no lon. ger hear sounds from the hunting par ty, then arose and threw off the dirt and ashes.
 They stayed that day in the burned wood and when the night came on, guided by the north star. walked till morning, when they again rested in wood. In this way. travelling nights and sleeping days, feeding on berries and what else they could find, they put miles between them and the jail, Finally they brought up at a large ranch. and the young man led the way to the house as though familiar with the premises. A man came riding to ward them on horseback. When he saw them, he refined in his horse.
 Father" said the young man, I've an I .l s.x