The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-04-26

when bone and muscle and nerve were "A,
and the whole body cried out for sleep
onset might be swift and reckless, once h
but the preparation for that moment W
tious and slow and often beset with dinhcsm
The few jewellers in No-man's Land really
GUS Of getting rid OF the outlaws were AIM
show any such anxiety, to give anything ri
bling information, or even to offer shei6
the officers. They knew that to manifest
interest on the side of law and order vcu2
to incur the enmity Of the gangs and b
down reprisal swift and bloody. McDa
and Burson realized this and however sN
the conditions Of weather and WEAKNESS b
them rather than impose any risk upon
whose only offense was to dwell among
bad neighbors.
At one time the deputies were after a
Of Ave men, wanted for murder and theft
were driving from Higgins into Noman's u
with hack and team, their saddles LOADED
behind, as usual. 1t was late in the year n
and suddenly in the swift Texas fashn
norther came down, with piercing wind {
fine. driving snow. II the reader has ne'
seen a Texas norther or Dakota blizan
will hardly understand their predicament 4
wind leaps up In wild gale almost In u
slant: the air from being balmy takes /
sudden bitterness that withers the body
numbs the heart and pinches the very ="
Then the snow comes fine and blinding-s6
and hard as glass No living being Vas q
created that could survive long in the iau !
a storm like that. Cattle know when nofs
Is coming and gather into thick punches
heads to the center. Birds speed away 70
south. ahead OF 1t, or find shelter IN nois
and crannies until the demon has passed b
storm like that always means dea1n y
Texas norther and the Dakota blizzard =
strewn the prairies with bones d
Mcdonald and Burson, In the fact OF s0u
tempest, tried to press on. hoping 70 "
shelter of some sort-anything that
break the wind. But everywhere was onV
wide prairie. level as the sea and ios'
In the swirling drift. 1t seemed to tnen
they drifted for hours. battling asanA
norther. though 1t probably was less INA.
hour, when they came upon some sAel
prairie hay, which indicated the haol'a'"'
men. Without seeking further. they ms's
the shelter Of the stacks. burrowed tnem'a'
and their horses into them. allowing inc :. y
to feed literally from the hay. There
remained all night and until the aftern0''
abated then and the officers. undiscou'.s
pressed on, reaching the outlaw camp 's
the afternoon, instead of at then law
morning hour.
The surprise was quite as complete
ever, for the last thing those bandits eApe.
was that two officers should suddenly app
out OF that white devastation to take .ns ~
Jail. They were too much astonlsneu
tempt resistance and were on the'' ~"
Wichita Falls that night. following "e
which so many of their kind hao .aAe -,
Indeed 1t was this capture at tne e's
1888 that marked about the end OF 'ile ~. -.
work in that particular section. ine
crusade had demonstrated that No-naA :,
was not big enough to hold pahu ~ ~.
thieves and two deputies like Bin a' =.
and Lon Burson at the same time 80.
encouragement to band OF hard'"o'~ 's
laws. just as they had got their p,sn, :.
lished and things we'll under way " '.
denly bounced down upon and put ou' -,
mess by two men who had no reeaio -
customary rules of fighting but Jus,
right in with lot of impertinent wv \
an assortment of handouts and ai"a,s !,
big hack ready to start at mon'o''
for Wichita Falls.
What is the use?" one OF the nes.
is said to have complained. "A ieio" IN
than gets started when that fool co"''
upsets everything" rou
What was the use? Such OF ". hing
Land fraternity as still remained i,ss NJ /
out OF Jail set out for other ne''s a. reu
Some Of them located In the NOR Som
tricts OF New Mexico and Arizona" Of
them settled in the remoter pas, c,r,p
was known then as the Cherokee 9, tha
they joined with congenial spiries I'D IN
ritory and, pretending to be +satt,ed
culture-for they were in more .ss,r old
try-lndian country-continued ''e
nean n thu now ntAnd.