The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-03-12

wsn D0fI Hero VIII bring my pr1de
and build my home. This is my
world"
But the mist grew gray, the aweole
Of Ire faded. the sun went down be-
hind the hiils, and the chill Of evening
deepened on the tran, and as he re-
approached the scene Of mans inhu-
naniEy to man the thought Of camping
thee beside those ehazzed limbs CALI
ed foe hecotc resolution. He was hun
gr7. too. and as the ar pAneAsd he
shiTered.
AZ the best the. sherzH cannot reach
here before Midnight" be said, and
settled DOWN % his uusouEht, reEolting
vigil.
His one Fsllee lsys4n the meuta4 COM
position Of q long letter 20 Lee Vir-
Ginaa, whose life at that moment was
q com6ork 70 him If such paEzfy,
such gweetnzss, can eoEne nom TiO-
lenne and vulEakity fnen surely a new
and splendid Stair can rise even out
~ a. askss az thaEe murdered men.
PerhRps this b The end Ct the cd"
be musa6 'perhnps tisis 10 ths begin
ming Of the rsHgF snd a. ne pondered
the last 1azhk cyzmson dad out OF the
west so n6sst ne hate and violence
die out OF America" he sud. leaving
the CHAR. sweet aiEsof liberty behind !"
He was near to the poef at the mo-
menE, Tor he was ESQ the hover. his
aIleg1anes. 20 the great republic stood
the best HIS faikh IN democracy ;was
shaken but net Destroyed. q win
v'azf,s he decided. sTnfs shall be the
sign II this deed toes unavanged
then VII put "a my badge and my
uuifoxm and 50 back 10 the land where
for q hundred years at least such
deeds as these have beW impossible"
He built q ire ~ night fei1 TO serve
both As q beacon and as q defense
against the cold. He felt himself
wetrdly remote in this vigil From
his far height be looked abroad upon
the tunbled plain as II upon an ocean
diuly percsptible. yet august. at this
moment" he said, curious and per,
haps guilty eyes are wondering what
my spark OF nreiight may mean"
His mind went again and again b
that tall old man In the ditch. What
was the meaning Of his scazed and
scErowful gkancef Why should one
30 peacefully employed at such time
and n such place wear the look OF
a hunted deer7 Whist meant the tre
4 NOR In his votce7 a 9sfyz -
Was It possible that one so gentle
should have taken part IN this deed,
'Preposterous suspicion. ana Jet hs
had q guilty look"
At last, FAR In the night, he heard
the snort Of horse and the sound Of
voices. The law (such as It was) wa;
! creeping up the mountain side In TIT
person Of the sheE1n Of Chauvene
county and was about to relieve tn.
ranger from his painful responsible,
rs guardian Of the dead
At last he came, this of1cer OF thu
law. attended Qike a Cheyenne chief
by a dozen lesser warriors OF various
conditions and kinds. but among then
indeed. second only TO the sheriff
was Hugh Redfeld. the forest super
visor, hot and eager with haste.
As they rode mp 10 the IRE the once
called out: ~Howdy, ranserf How
about it7'
{. Ross stzted briefly, succinctty, wha
be had discovered, and as he taiize,
I other riders came 10 the hin and gath
cred closely around to nstan in word
less sflence-in guilty silence. tn
ranger could not help believing.
Red6eld spoke. Sheriff Van Horne
you and I have been. running cattle Il
this country for nearly thirty yearz
and we've Witnessed al1 kinds Of shoe,
ing and several kinds Of hanging. bu
when it comes to chopping and burn
ing men get on. shah personall
offer a reward of $1,000 for the ar
prehension OF these niscreantz. and
hope you'll make It your soienn cut
% hunt them TO earth
~You won't have lar TO 60" remark
ed Ross significantly.
"what do yOu meanr' asked th
sheriff.
II mean this slaughter, like the ott
ers that have taken place. was tn
! work Of catt1emen who claim thi
range. Their names are known to u
all"
A silence fogiowed-so deep silenc
that the ranger was convinced Of th
fact that in the circle OF his listener
stood those who. IL they had nc
shared IN the slaughter. at least knee
the names Of the guilty men,
At last the. sheriff spoke. this tim
with sigh. 81 hope you're all wrong