New-York tribune., 1908-07-26

She was right. L had forgotten the
gold for the sake of the girl
It's on the ground there, | said to
Balser Hand 1t to me.
'''I'u carry it. said the girl. Balser
handed her the bag, and l said to him:
Now YOU go ahead as fast as you
wish. and we'll follow as fast as we can.
No. I'll stay with you. he responded;
but why YOU want to take the girl with
us IS more than | can understand
80 You have no need to understand, L
answered hotly. You mind your own
business and 90 Your own way, and we IL
take care of Ourselves!'
II wouldn't leave YOU, Tom Andy
Bill said Balser, if | knew I'd be full OF
bullets before sun-up. Then was sorry
| had spoken angrily.
Within a minute or Two We were once
more on the Michigan road, travelling
toward home at a fine pace We LEFT
our wagon and harness III exchange Tor
the girl Balser thought we had made a
poor trade; but j was more than sat1s-
fed. Later on In life II But that's no
part of this story.
TWELVE hours afterward Balser and
L TWO mud covered. half dead sPec1-
mems of humanity alighted in front OF
my fathers cabin on Blue. Perhaps you
think we were not glad to get home.
RAND explanations followed, and was
not quite sure that father and mother
looked on the girl and wagon trade with
all the favor that 1t found IN my eyes;
h11t after the mud had been washed from
Nab's face, and after she had put on one
of nv sisters dresses, her beauty shone
with such luster that mother Kissed her;
When ! told mother how MAD mao
saved our lives and our gold, the dear old
mother kissed her again, and told Map
she should be another daughter IN the
ho11se \ great deal of rapid talking
followed and our adventure with the
robbers was told with all the eXcltlng
detail that | could furnish. The gold, OF
course was mentioned frequently, ana
after little time father said: 49,.
-. Where Is the money, Tom Andy b1ll
There it is said l, pointing to the
sack on the table. =, .r.,.
powerful heavy. Did you get II all IoI
the furs?'
Yes answered.
Then he united the mouth OF the sack
and poured out-a great pile OF pulets-
..Aiab looked at the bullets Her ols
ewes opened in 1nomentary surprise ;'llf Ipf
then she sent forth the merr1eSt pTdl u
laughter YOU ever heard .o,1
- Don't say word, SAID i. and 10 ten
Won the truth it was hard for me to keep
from Laughing. You see, l we had tlat p19usnS snT
home the qirl. and ! thought that any
sort Of exchange for her was a good trade, trade:
.Balser walked up and down the room
for = moment. and then said with deter
,nination, Wen 90 back to the swamp am.
and get that gold, Just as sure as ilEe'' 1,e
IN do it Wen have 1t within a 1noil'h!
~ hope you're right, SAID l.
WIE did go back with posse OF t,,,rsb twen,y- is
w five deputy United States InarsIlaiS ,l ,is
The Government wanted The wolves Il uI-
daT ~, ~, Indictment against them tor nav
no no rohbed the mails Balser and got
our lr8 odd being able To identity 1t IN the n
Gtl 1;t,1a sarl in which We had received 1t.
The deputy rnarshals captured a 2Teatt
deal of other gold and Piunder' al u
which was contiscated- .... ,,,,,o..n
"OId Polly Wolf and the TWO WOMEN -
captured in the swamp were e., ii i1kfn Fyeo 10
Cincinnati, where Polly died IN lan = t',nl Ti-
1bnIgh She was in jail, more than nun, I,a
dred miles away from Blue River, she s