The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-09-21


houses entered and farmers held M
on the highway. The sheriff and con-
stable had been very active. but had
accomplished nothing because they
had not looked in the right direction
The editor of the Kalem Weekly said
they hadn't. and editors are always
right about these things. Look for
some one that no one would suspect"
was his advice.
A constable was at the depot when
Mr.. Hazleton stepped OF the train.
he being the only passenger to alight
After a look around he leaned up
against the depot building.
Hal" whispered the constable.
Here was a man that no one
and he had an honest look. Ac-
cording to the editor, he should be
the outIaw. He didn't seem per
turbed at sight of the officers
nickel-plated star. but that was .
case of cheek. Indeed. he advanced
with a laugh to say:
| II am looking for some one. and
yet don't know the name"
That's rather funny" replied tho
officer as he felt to see II his hand
cuffs were in the usual hind pocket.
II admit It," smiled Stephen. "a
young lady of my acquaintance In
the city came down here few days
ago to visit her aunt"
And who Is her auntT
Il ka vary khfu~ u~uk
find out"
/ "Humph! How are you going to
find out about anybody II you can't
tell her manner"
That's what occurred to me just
as I stepped on the train. l think
the young lady referred to her rela-
. tive as Aunt Eliza"
. well, don't know any Aunt
! ELIAS nor Uncle Peters"
mo? I think she must live out
, side the village, as she has cows and
pigs. Perhaps my best way will be
to take highway and follow It fot
two or three miles"
: unless you think it better to "a
back to town by the next train!S
I was the suggestive reply.
!, Mr.. Hazleton had come down ID
' rescue Miss Drew. and he took VI
' his grip and started on.
The constable had found the righl
v man at last. and he was soon II
1 communication with the sheriff.
q Mr.. Hazleton hadn't reached tn,
) first farmhouse outside the villag,
a when he found posse OF six mel
a calling upon him to halt and givt
q an account of himself. He coul,
q have convinced that gang in tel
y minutes that he was respecte,
e member of humanity, but what di
he do but take to his heels and seel
, the fields. He was commanded +
! halt, but his wings grew faster q
| the command. There were som
| good runners among his prrsuerl
| but they couldn't overhaul Stepher
| The best they could do was to kee
| him in sight most of the time an
| to waste many bullets firing at him
| Mr. Hazleton skipped over fence
| jumped bitches and few acros
Wales Why. he didn't stop to as
himself Every man of the poss
knew why the chase continued, hov
ever. They were after the Bad Ma
of Kalem, and they meant to get hill
I dead of alive
j Even stern chase and long chas
cannot continue indefinitely.
i There came time when Stephe
q Hazleton staggered out of bit {
H woods and made for a barn about te
4 rods behind farm house. The bl
/ doors were wide. open, and as b
| wabbled in he bumped against gi
| coming out with dozen or more egl
in her apron.
/ "StephenM y @
ri Mildred"
What Is it,"
/ "They-they want to arrest mel"
i oh, goodie, goodie! How nice
How romantic! Stevie. TIL fight [
the death for you and then MARI
you afterward!"
In And Aunt Eliza Is witness to IL
I'll fact that the posse didn't get Stephe
ne until they first got the eggs, and thl
mt when they did get him they apol
ed gized handsomely for the mistake.
I'D The actor? Oh, he had come al
st. gone. He found the country too ris
IT. for his blood.
OF Miss Mildred's promise? She Ike
ts it. All she had been waiting for W,
gs for Stephen to show that he had Il
II makings Of an outlaw in him to gi
mt a romantic turn to events.
rs, Copyright, 1912, by Associated Litera
=. Pressl