Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-02-14

which these wonders come and Rof l
will not! Here will I bring my bride
and build my home. This II nay
world
But the mist rev gray, the aureole
OF Gre faded. the sun went down be-
hind the hills. and the chill Of evening
deepened on the trail. and as ne re-
approached the scene OF mans fnhn-
manity to the thought Of eampins
there beside those charred limbs cali
ed for heroic resolution. He was hum
CRY, too. aud AZ the air ptnched he
shivered.
AT the best the sheriff cannot reach
here before midnight" be said. and
settled down to his unsought. revolving
vigil.
His one relief lay In the mental COM
position Of a long letter to Lee Viz
ginia, whose life at that moment WINS
a comfort to him. III such purity.
such sweetness. can come from vto-
lence and ~vulgarity then surely a new
anu BQIEldlo 6tdl0 Cdu Al6G 6tCI Oai
Of the ashes OF these murdered men.
Perhaps this is the end OF the old"
he unused. perhaps this Is the begin
ming of the new" and as he pondered
the last faint crimson died ont Of the
west. $50 must the hate and violence
die out OF America he said. -feavfng
the clear. sweet air Of liberty behind"
He was near to the poet at the mo-
ment. for be was also the lover. Els
allegiance to the great republic stood
the TEST. His faith IN democracy was
shaken, but NOT destroyed 81 win
wait he decided. This shall be the
sign. Ii this deed goes unavenged
then viii I put OF my badge and my
uniform and go back to the land where
for a hundred years at least such
deeds as these have been impossible"
He built a fire as night fell to serve
both as a beacon and as a defense
against the cold. He felt himself
weirdly remote In this vigil. From
hts far height be looked abroad upon
the tumbled plain as If upon an ocean
dimly perceptfble, yet august. AT this
moment" he said. curious and per-
haps guilty eyes are wondering what
my spark of freight may mean"
His mind went again and again to
that tall old man In the ditch. What
was the meaning of his scared and
solrowful glance? Why should n
SO peacefully employed at such a time
and In such a place wear the look of
a hunted deerf What meant the ire
NOR In his voice?
Was 1t possible that one SO gentle
should have taken part In this deed7
"pr-posterous suspicion. and yet be
had a guilty look"
At last. far In the night. he heard
the mort of a horse and the sound OF
voices. The law tsuch as 1t wasl was
person OF the sheriff of Chauvenet
county and WIS about to relieve the
ranger from bis painful responsibility
as guardian of the dead.
AT last he came. this officer of the
law. attended like a Cheyenne chief
by a dozen lesser warriors of various
conditions and kinds. but among them
-tALSE0s stS0HO Ouft ~ LIE SASAth~
was Hugh Red6eld. the forest super
visor. hot and eager with haste.
As they rode up to the IRE the officer
called cut: .Howdy, rangerf How
about TIT"
Ross stated briefly, succincfly, what
he had discovered. and as he talked
other riders came up the hill and gath
cred closely around to listen In word
less silenee-fn guilty silence, the
ranger could not help believing.
RedfeId spoke. SHERIFF Van Horne.
you and have been running cattIe In
this country for nearly thirty years,
and we've witnessed all kinds of shoot
Ing and several kinds of hanging. but
when. f comes 70 chopptng and burn
Ing men / get OF. | shall personally
offer a reward OF $1,000 for the ap~
prehensf0n of these m~iscreants. and I
hope you'll make 1t your solemn duty
to hunt them to earth"
you wont have far to CO.. remark
ed Ross significantly.
'What do you meanT' asked the
sheriff.
so ne-s- shs= slaughter. HE Tic cta
ers that hare taken place. WAS the
work of caftlemen who claim this