The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1911-12-14

the night and shot himy'
Couldn't tell nobody that"
'sNot me""
Again he took her hand and, looking
at her with strong emotion, said:
I'll tell you. little girl. if yo'll keep
the secret"
IL will"
III was my young brother Sam"
There was silence, which the girl
broke.
why don't he come out with it?"
Were tryin' to git him away befo'
it's found out. He don't know I'm
standin' in his place."
There was look in her eyes that
drew the young mans arm toward her
and around her waist. A kiss sealed
the compact between them. a compact
which if discovered would make her
an outcast from her people, Then.
hearing mems voices at the house be-
low. they parted. she to go to her home.
he to hts hiding place on Collins hill.
That night there was a meeting of
the HoskinseS at the house. and the girl.
Eliza Hoskins. listened to all that was
said. They believed that Jim Green
wars hiding In the neghborhood and
formed plan to divide the territory
into number of districts. each dis
trict to he thoroughly searched by per-
sons designated for the purpose. The
at sunrise and continue till the sus-
pected region had been explored. If
Green was found he was to be shot
down at once without word. Having
laid their plan Of campaign. those who
lived elsewhere went home and those
who lived in the house to bed.
When all wee asleep Eliza reached
under her bed and. taking up bum
die she had prepared. went to her win
dow. The little space in which she
slept was simply partitioned off from
two other compartments. the cabin be-
Ing but one story Eliza stepped
stealthiy out Of the window and NOV
ed away. The moon was rising, but
she did not need it to guide her to the
ravine. Approaching it she coughed.
Green. who was lying on some branch
es he had cut off the trees trying to
sleep. heard her and sat up. She
cOughed again. Going to her. he clasp
ed her in his arms.
She told him of the Hoskinses' plan
for the morrow and. unrolling her bun
die. showed him calico dress. a sun
bonnet aud some corn pone and salt
pork. He WAS 10 put on the woman's
apparel and thus disguised endeavor
to save himself. But even as wo-
man it would be difficult for him to
get away, for the Hoskins faction eX-
tended for miles in all directions. and
he had not even a razor to shave his
face. The only hope was in conceal
ing it at critical moments by means of
the sunbonnet. which extended far for
ward.
Eliza having given him the articles
and be having disguised himself. the
two made their exit from the ravine.
Coming to place where their routes
diverged, they stood clasped in each
others arms. then parted. But Green
had not gone far before. hearing twigs
breaking behind him, he turned and
saw the girl approaching.
Zone more kiss" he said.
mo. I'm goin' with yo'."
He begged her not to bring down
the curse of her people upon her by
this open aid to their enemy. His
peadings were in vain. At last,
dreading to lose time. he consented.
and the two set out together to run
the gauntlet.
In the morning Eim's father and
brothers We're off before she was sup
posed to be up. and they did not
know that she was missing. During
the day they saw two girls walking
on distant road. One Of them they
thought resembled Eliza in general
appearance. They struck across coun-
try to ask the girls If they had seen
any one. but before the men reached
them they had disappeared. Not
dreaming that one of the girls was
man and the man they wanted. they
die not make Il search. Ia the even
ing reports cane in at the cabin from
the different parties that Jim Green
had not been found.
Eliza's mother told of her daughters
disappearance. She told. too. of the
taking of the only other dress the girl
owned and the sunbonnet. Some
freshly baked corn rone also was
missing. Then for the first time arose
in the minds of her family IL suspi-
cion that the two girls seen during
the search had something 10 do with
the fugitive. Jim Green.
The mystery was not cleared up till
a week later. when note mailed
from IL town north of the Ohio river
was received from Eliza confessing
that she had helped Green to escape
and that she was now his wife. She
also informed her people that it was
Horace Green. Il boy of seventeen. and
ret Jim. who had shot Tom Hoskins.
Horace was beyond their reach. Jim
was beyond their reach. and Eliza was
Jim's wife.
There was Il consultation among the