The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1911-06-02

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ills horse snofled and shled sa he
rode nearer md ihcn shnddnr pasaea
through ihe rdhfcfa hcnH nv ie raf
ceived IN the edge IN the smaideflnR
embers p boot haei atd then q etaefsd
handi In ihe smoke ~ chat Ore was
the feck of human Gosh
For long time the ranger eat On his
horse, pcefinR down into those ashes
until NJ last II bccnmc evident 10 his
eyes Tint ~ lenst two sheer hcrders
had been sacrificed on tho cattieman's
altar Of hate and grccd
All about on the sod the story was
written oil too plain Two men. pos
slbly three, had been murdered, cot 10
pieces and burned not many hours be
fore. There stood tho bloody SPADE
with which the bodies had been die
melnbercd, and there lay m empty can
whose oil had been poured unon the
mingled camp utensils. tent aud wagon
OF the horders In the attempt TO lncin.
crate the hacked aud dIsmcmbcred
limbs Of the victims The lnwiessness
OF the range had eliminated. The
ferocity of the hcrdcr had gone beyond
the savage. Here In the sweet autumn
air the reek OF the cattlemnn's venge.
ance rose like some hidcous vopor,
poisonous and obscene.
The ranger sickened ns the bloody
tale unfolded itself before him. Then
a fierce hate Of such warfare famed
In his heart. Could this enormlty be
committed under any other civilized
flag? Would any other government In
termingle so foolisbly, so childishly, Its
state and federal authority as to per.
NIT such dlabollsm?
In his horror. his sense Of revolt. be
cursed the state of which he was n
citizen. He would have resigned his
commission at the moment, so intense
was his resentment Of The supine. care
less, jovial, sattern government under
which he was serving
"By the Lord" he brcnthed, with
solemn intensity, IL this does moi
shame the people of this state into
revolt. IL these ficnds are not hound
ed and hung, will myself harry them.
l cannot live and do my duty here IN.
| less this crime Is avenged by law"
! Chilled, shaking and numb. he sci
spurs to his horse and rode furlously
down the trail toward the nearest
| town, so eager to spread the alarm
that he could scarcely breathe n deer
breath. On the steep slopes he was
forced to walk, and his horse led 80
badly that his agony Of impaticncc
was deepened. He had Il vision Of the
murderers riding fast into far coun.
tries. Each hour made their appre-
hension progressively the more din
cult
"Who were theyY he asked himself
again and again. what kind of man
did this thing? Was the leader a man
like Ballard? Even so, he was hired
BY whom? BY ranchers covetous Of
the range; that was absolutely GER
| tain"
1t was long after noon before he
came to the end Of the telephone line
in little store and postofilce at the
upper falls Of Deer creek. The tele-
phone had booth fortunately, and he
soon had RedHeld's ear. but his voice
was 30 strained and unnatural that his
chief did not recognize It.
"rs that you, Ross? What's the mat.
ter? Your voice sounds hoarse."