Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-30
The Evening Story
A Hon,ely. Man $
Romance

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III b CORA HATHoRN SYKES
! Mart Krebbs was very homely man.
He had red hair. was freckled, several
teeth were gone and his beard stood
out from his face like bristies. Krebbs
Was ffu-nvs years old and ~ unro-
mantle person - could BE- imagined.
He had been stage driver all his life.
and now that the railroads had elbowed
the stasecoach Oh the main lines Of
travel Mart was handling the reins In
the Yellowstone park, driving parties
OF visitors there One day some young
ladies were occupying the next seat
back Of the driver. one pretty miss Of
eighteen sitting beside him. She was
trying to get Mart's experiences Of Wild
western life out Of him.
"Are there any romances among these
episodes Of yours, Mr.. KrebbsT she
ASKED.
II don't know what episodes H." he
replied. "but II BY romances You mean
love there's one love story. but that's
the only one 20 far a. knows"
do tell it." came from all the girls
at once. Mart began BY sundry instruc-
lions to his horses, eased the coach On
. down grade by putting bis foot ON
the brake. hemmed several times and
told his story:
This park when was younker was
a part Of the western wilderness. but
they called it what they call it now.
and onct In awhile there was q party
visittn' It. I'd been drivin' coach be-
tween Denver and Georgetown, but
had gravitated over we're. The Ute In
dams was yere in them days, and they
was friendly to the whites. but the
Friendship Of redskins means nothin'
dom between them a. tribe and
the whites. It don't take In small at
fairs.
"Waal, ono day I was slouchin'
around lookin' for good place where
there was water to stay awhile when
1 heered the crack Of q rifle. was
In boiler. and I couldn't see nothin'
and didn't know which direction 1t
was comm from, but as there was a
road Just beyond the rise on my right
1 kind o thort there was somepin goin'
on in that direction. elm up part
o. the way and crawled up the rest till
/ stuck this ugly mug o mine-I was
almost as ugly then a. ! An now-over
the ridge
"What saw was this: A party Of
visitors was ridin' in three seated
wagon-three on a seat-and three Utes
was maxim road agents Of themselves.
calculatin' to do a little civilized plum
derin'. They had stopped the wagon
by the shot had heard, and the party
in the wagon was handin' out their
valuables. There wasn't one of 'em
armed. and they hadn't no business
drivin' there without perfection. They
had been told there wasn't no danger,
and mostly there want.
II was only one man with one rife,
though had plenty Of ammunition.
didn't feel like interferin' so long as
the redskins acted Christian-like and
didn't do nothin' more'n rob. But when
they'd got all the cash there was In
the party and found there wasn't
much of 1t after all one Of 'em saw
mighty purity young gal, and I heard
him ask her to be his squaw. know'd
just enough Of their lingo to under
stand what he meant, but none O. them
in the wagon did. The red devil took
hold o. the gal and pulled her out O.
the wagon. She was skeered purity
nigh to death. When they got her In
J the road they was takin' her of into
the forest when calc'lated It was time
to interfere. was layin' on my stom-
ick with my rife before me. havin' q
perfect aim with rest. I sent ball
into the skull Of the red man that was
pinin' for matrimony and dropped him.
His two pals In about one second
had got their eyes on a bit O. smoke
sailin' of from where was and know'd
where the shot come from, but they
didn't know who had fred It or how
many there was Of me. I didn't give
'em time to make plans. let ny an
other lump O. lead, though BY this time
the two live Indians was maxim for
trees. and only winged one O. 'em.
The other took the wounded man and
helped him away. sent another ball
after 'em SOS to discourage 'em from
comm back. l waited awhile, reckon
in they might. but hearin' nothin' O
'em I went down and Joined the party.
Tho raskil killed had most o tho
plunder ON him. and that was aaved.
But the principal thing saved was the
gal. When she got It through her
head what Id done she jist wabbled
up to me and throwed her arms about
my neck and collapsed"