The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-23

Pearl. in both dress and manner.
looked every inch young cowboy,
and the cobblcr, who said his name
was Joe. managed TO strike up an ac-
quaintance with her without much
difficulty. IT is sixty miles on the trail
from Mammoth to Globe, and the trip
was made very slowly In the even
ing Of the last day of the journey the
party camped three miles from the
latter place, and while they were there
the Globe stage coach containing sew
eral passengers passed the camp.
Pearl. whose obsoryant eyes were al
ways wide awake TO what was going
on around her, had taken a close view
Of the locality in which they were en-
campcd and noted every rock and de-
cGvity with accurate Judgment of one
who has grown wise In the ways of
the wilderness. The girl possessed
wonderfully tenacious memory. One
glance always sufflced to photograph
the outlines Of face or the peculiar
tiles of place on her mind indelibly,
and although she told me afterwards
that at that time the idea of holdup
did not occur 10 her, il is certain that
the memory Of that passing stage and
the possibilities Of the lonely trail
served later 10 draw her into the ex
ecution Of the crime which landed her
iii the penitentiary.
On the following morning the party
reached the mining camp, and Pearl
went TO work as a cook and office
'%boyD in "a sort of hotel Before she
had been there a week, Joe, her COM
panion on the trip, went to her and
declared he had good mining claim
not far distant. She was out of
money and said she wished TO return
to Canada, having become tired of
roughing it in the. west, The Chicago
prospector's glowing picture of the
claim led her TO believe that they
could dig up, enough gold in a short
time to pay her way back to Canada,
and she went with him, Several
days work failed TO develop any trace
of gold in the dirt on the claim, and
she grew dsgusted with both her con
dition and her new friend.
She then thought of the Globe stage
and proposed stick up to her com.
panion. The business WAS entirely new
to him and he strongly objected, but
the young woman INSISTED and he I'm
ally gave in.
Perhaps he would not have con
scnted had not Pearl overawed him
by timely exhibition of her skill in
gunnery. She wore in her belt
brace of six-shooters, and drawing
them proceeded to fire at surrounding
objects in the most nonchalant way
was about to shoot, she would pull
the trigger, and in every instance the
bullet sped true TO its mark. She
used her right and left hand alter
nately, and after she had exhausted the
chambers of her two revolvers, pro-
cceded to reload them, remarlting
placidly:
al guess that will show you I ain t
likely to fall down on my part Of the
game, Joe. ~
The prospeetor stared at her fas-
cinated.
"You re the real thing, all right"
pal; we IL hit the trail whenever you
sny so'
Having gained her point, Pearl was
not the sort of person TO hesitate
further, She gave her companion s
enthusiasm no time to cool, and
mounting their bronkoes, they rode
away over the mountains until they
struck the Globe trail, Here was
where the girls wonderful memory
and acquired knowledge of the region
came into play. Dismounting she led
the way to a narrow little path that
curved off the trail and wound around
the side of high rock At the first
bend in the path she stopped and
pointed out TO her companion the
strategic value of the ambush thus Sc
lected On account Of the tortuous
nature of the trail the stage must
travel. the driver at this point could
not see the roadway twenty feet ahead
Of the horses. Having tethered their
horses the two took up their stations,
one on each side Of the road,
For three hours the bandits waited
Joe in fever Of excitement and chat