The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1912-05-31

from blum to blum without houEhs
except for its Wild beauty Then he
perceived something which instantly
startled him into attention youder.
close beside the river. just beyond
that ragged bunch Of cottonWoods
slender spirals Of blue smoke we're
Visible That would hardly b. can't
" frclghtors nj this hour Of the dAl.
and besides the Santa Re train alob,
here ran close In against tho hun.
coming down to tho river nc the ford
two miles further west No parry az
plainsmen would ever venture to buiiC
IRE In 40 exposed spot and ne
small company would take the
chances Of the trail But surely that
appeared to be- the Zap Of canvas
wagon top n little 20 the right Of the
smoke yet all was no far away he
could not be- certain lilo starcd Dr.
that direction long while. shading
hip eyes with both hands. unable to
d-,ldc There were three or four mo,
mr. black dots higher mp tho river. hut
20 ihr away he could not dlstiuEuish
whether men or animals only as out
lined against the yellow sand duust
could he tell they were advancing
westward toward tho ford
Decidedly puzzled by all this. 30
| determined To solve the mystery ana
! unwilling 10 remain hidden there I'M
| ~ night Keith led hia horse along the
slant Of the ridge until he attained -
/ sharp break through the blum leading
] G.s -. "a
gcd cash. nearly impossible. hat q
half hour Of toll won them the lower
prririe. the winding path preventing
the slightest view Of what might b.
meanwhile Transporting below Osce
safely out In the valley the river couio
no longer be seen. while barely O.
hundred yards away. winding aiour
Ike u great serpent ran tho deeply
rutted trail TO Santa Fe In neither
direction appeared any sign OF human
life IA near AZ no could determines
from those distant cottonwoodn out
lined against the sky, for the SMOKE
spirals were too thin by then to be o,s
served. the spot sought must bs oen
siderably TO the right OF where he had
emerged with this idea In mind he
advanced cautiously. his oyery scBso
alert. searching anHioualy Tor fresh.
signs Of passage or evidence 81 "a
wagon train having deserted the hsui.
en- track. and turned south. The trnif
: itself. dustless and packed hard. re-
ycnled nothing. but some Ave hundred
y yards beyond the rayine he discovered
y what he sought-here two wagons haG
' turned sharply TO the left. their
wheels cutting deeply enough into tho
prairie sod to show them heavily
. laden. with the experience Of the
, border he was able TO determine thar
= these wagons were drawn by mNss..
', two span OF each. their small hoois
u clearly defined on the turf and thAi
u they we're being driven rapidly. 90 =
y sharp trot Rs they turned. aud then
hundred feet further. ht "A nlaE,inT
V gallop Just outside their trail NJ
~ peared the marks of a gallopinE horse.
A few rods farther along Keith eA,Bs
" to u confused blur OF pony irNvNt
y sweeping In from the east. and "a,
u whole story OF the chase was revealed
Y as though he had witnessed II With Ne
Q own eyes They must have ks-t
AlhNNt w 'AH' lhAf'NN'h W Nbhf
, necessity. 10 venture along this irHii
In 30 small party And they vsTs
travelling west vest Keith drrs O.
J. deep breath. and swore to hlIua.iT
"Of all the blame fools'"
lie perceived the picture Ia al Hr
grewsome details-tho two maiE-
u drawn wagons moving slowly aionis
3 the trail In the early morning. TO-
u band Of hostile Indians sudd-Dls
: swooping out from some obscup hsG
q ing place In the bluffs; the discovsTy
q Of their presence; the desperate oInr1
L At escape: the swerving from the
, open trail m vain hope Of reaching.
, the river and finding protection un
derneath lis banks; the frightened
mules galloplng wildly lashcd ineo ..
frenzy by the man on horsolmch: the
. pounding Of the ponies hoots, puDc,
Y tuated by the eXnltRnt yells OF ths
puTsuers Again he swore;
J. "Of all the blame foolsl"
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