Gunnison news-champion., 1908-05-08

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The e.nsss u piHioH . this her. com
Psny shall ~e ress N. ford or shall
~e no; -
Why jim. said Pssl. a lasxh In
his blue ewes are yoa afraid What's
come sycr you.
\ethiu ! ain no coward neither.
and II vou ~asnt III. fsoss Id shoe
yoa ! ~as jssi thinkin' o-sons.-
body ~ho d care--thsfs ALI
Ju-i Cor a moment a far-a~sy icok
came into the Young raRchnaH eyes.
Then hc Strengthened himself In his
saddle
L Tor one. am going 10 see this
thing through. he said ,erss.ly
What do you say Johnson
4 never for one minute calculated
% doing . thing else replied the dep
uty marshal who had been standing
some~hst apart awaiting the end of
the controversy. with q good humored
-mii~ In his twink ling blue eyes.
Paul urged sads into the water. he
vas followed unhesitatingly by Nun
sou. Johnson. and Baker The others
held hock. and finally. after a short
consultation. wheeled and retraced
their steps.
Il amt no coward. neither" NUT
tered one. as he rode away, but |
plumb don't see no sense In bein
drowned Id ruther he killed a round
IN up Jesse
The horses which had made the
initial plunge were already In water
up to their breasts. The current had
An ominous rush tn IT,
Il don't care didn't mean TO hold
over and let our quarry get wind of
this affair. cried Lsngford over his
shoulder. Keep your rifies dry. boys
Suddenly. without warning. Sade
stepped into a hole and lost her bal
aace for q moment She struggled gal
,antly and recovered herself. yet II
weakened her. II WAS not long before
all the horses were compelled to swim.
and tls. force of the current immedi
stely began driving them down
stream. SDe WAS plucky little Cow
pony and loved her master, but it was
about all she could do to keep from
going under. let alone making much
headway against the tremendous pres
sure Of the current Langford's dan
ger was grave.
STEADY. my girl" he encouraged.
lie fiung his feet free Of the stirrups
SO that. If she went under. he would
be ready to try 1t alone. Poor SADIE He
should hate TO lose her II he released
her now and struck on by himself. she
White river to run so sullenly and
strongly. 1t would he almost impos-
sible for man to breast 1t. And there
was Mary-he could never go back TO
her and claim her for his own until he
could bring Black back. too, to suffer
for her fathers wrongs.
At that moment, Sade gave a little
convulsive shudder and the water
rolled over her head Langford slip
ped from the saddle. but in the instant
of contact with the pushing current.
his rife was ierked violently from his
hand and sank out of sight. With no
time for vain regrets. he struck ont
for the shore. The struggle was tre-
mendous. He was buffeted and beat
en-, and borne farther down the
stream. More than once in the en-
deavor to strike too squarcly across.
his head went under. but he was a
strong swimmer, and soon scrambiius
up the bank some distance below the
ford he turned and sent a resonant
La1 to a has =. 4
Justify He had been the only one ua-
horsed. He threw himself face dow1.
ward to cough up some Of the water
he had been compelled TO swallow.
and Munson. running up. hesal slap
ping him vigorously upon the back.
lie desisted only to run swiftly along
the bank
Good for you" Jim cried approving
". assisting Langford's spent horse
up the bank. Coming up to the party
where Langford still stretched out fun
length. Sade rubbed her nose inquir-
ingly over the big shoulders lying so
low. and whinnieS softly
Hello there" cried Paul spring
ting excitedly to his feet. 'Where'd you
come from 1HouSll you Hdl trosStu
the bar. Now I'll just borrow a gun
from one of you fellows and we'll be
getting along Better my rifle than my
horse at this stage of the game. any.
way"
The little party pushed on. The
longer half of their journey was still
before them. On the whole. perhaps
II was better the crowd had split.
There was more unity of purpose
among those who were left The sun
was getting hot. and Langford' S
clothes dried rapidly.
Arrived at the entrance of the cross
ravine which Williston had enc,
sought cat. the four men rode theil
horses safely through its length. tn.
waters of the June rise had recedet
and The outlaws presumably deserted
holding was once more a peninsula
The wooded section in the near dis
tance Law green. cool and innocent