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

ing impatiently over the slow approach
of their prey. Pearl Hart, on the con,
trary, was as cool and unconcerned as
in the days when she stole watermel
ons and totcd her blacking box along
Chicago streets in search of custom. 1t
was all in the days work-a slightly
larger contract than she had hitherto
undertaken-that was all
AT length the robbers vigil drew to
n close. The rattle of the coach and
hoof strokes of the horses re.echoed
from the walls of the canyon and ths
| girls eyes glistcned like those Of n
crouching tiger about TO spring upon n
victim. AS the lead team swung into
Wow she leapcd from her hiding place
and stood covering the trail with lev
eled revolvers-onc pointing straight at
the drivers head the other at the win.
dow of the stage.
Throw up your hands and be quick
about it! - she shriled
The ringing tones of the terse com
mand, replete with deadly menace. car
rled conviction to the cars of the stage
driver. He had lived too long in the
west to deSplse an order of that kind
when backed by the gaping muzzles of
brace of sixshooters, oven though it
was uttered by a fragile. looking strip.
ling whom his sinewy hands could have
With desperate clutch at his lines, he
pulled the leaders almost upon their
haunches and coming TO a sudden halt.
sat swearing strange oaths to himself
in an undertone.
Pearl laughed triumphantlv as she
saw herself mistress of the situation.
Calling to her comrade. she ordered the
passengers to get ont of the stage. They
were three in number, two white men
In
without murmur. Her first care was
to relieve them of their firearms, and
that done she proceeded TO search them
all. FROM ono white man she secured
$500. from the other $50 and from the
Cbinaman So. Turning her attention to
the driver, that individual produced the
sum of SIS, which he handed to her with
rueful grin. The girl smiled back at
hum and thrust tho money again into
You may keep that" she said.
laughing. 81 believe you we earned il
by driving three such towards across
Having counted her booty the Young
adventures returned to the three pas
dollar
Being, a good fellow, [ kind of hate
TO see folks quite dead broke, she re.
i
all And now take run back along
inc trail for the good Of your health -
mere was no resisting the force
OF this suggestion. backed as it was
by, the gllttering barrels of the speak
cr weapons. and the trio walked has.
tiIy down the road Pearl watched nm
til they had disappeared around a dis.
tant curve in the path, and then turned
TO her companion.
Come on, Joe. she cried merrilv.
and the two, plungiug into the mouth
or a canyon, made their way by
circultous route back TO the spot
Mounting, they rode swiftly away. and
Then occurred one of those curious IN.
stances which shows how supersttous
dread can shake the nerves Of one
whose hardlhood in encountcring ordi-
nary dangers knows no bounds. Enter
ing The confines Of long box CANYON
an uncarth]y chorus of hoarsc prunts
and str'dent squeals suddenly assailcd
the ears Of the astonlshed bandits.
Pearl reined in her horse and stared at
her companion with face from which
every. trace Of color had fled
My God, joe she faltered, "ain't
That terrible. What can it be9 Maybe
this place is haunted
The -prospector. hardly less start
led than his confederate, listened with
open mouth to the harsh. grating dirge
that rcsounded from all sides Of the
canyon: Then suddenly his perplexed
soowl faded and broad grin took it's
place.
'It's all right he cried. in tones of
great relief. They re nnthing but
bullfrogs. gal, big croakin' bullfrogs.'
And Pearl Hart, as desperate fe !