Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1912-06-27
CHAPTER v.-(continued.)


&c, dunno Massa. | done heerd EN-
talk some bout dey plans, an bout
come gal dey wanted ter fin but |
diJnt git no right sense to 1t. De
Cin'ral. he was might still man"
The General? Whom do you mean?
Not Waite"
John Sibley done called him dat"
Then Keith remembered-just
dim. misty thread at first. changing .
slowly into clear recollection. lie I
WAS riding with dispatches from Long
street TO Stonewall Jackson. and had /
been shot through the side. The 7
first OF Jacksons troops he reached /
was brigade OF North Carolinians.
commanded by General Waite-Gen'
eral Willis Waite. He had fallen from
his horse at the outposts was brought
helpless to the Generals tent. and an
ether sent on with the papers. AND
Mrs Waite had dressed and bandaged
his wound. That was where he had
seen that woman's face before. win
IT'S haunting familiarity. He drew the
locket from beneath his shirt. ana
garcd al the countenance revealed.
with new intelligence. There could be
no doubt~-it was the face Of her who
had cared for him so tenderly In that
tent at Manassas before the fever
came and he had lost consciousness.
And that then. was Willis Waite ~
ing 10 that shallow grave near the
Cimmaron Crossing. and for whose
death he had been arrested. Twas
strange world. and small one. what
a miserable ending to life like his
division commander OF the Army OF
Northern Virginia. IicutenantGov-
crnor OF his state. What strange
combination OF circumstances could
ever have brought such man to this
place and sent him forth across those
Indian secuted plains? Surely nothing
ordinary And why should those Dor
der desperadocs have followed
through sixty miles OF desolation. TO
strike him down. II was not robbery.
at least In the ordinary sense. what
then, And how was BLACK Bart In
volycd, why should he be sufficient
" Interested 10 swear out warrant
aud then assist in his arrest There
must be something TO all this not ap
parent upon the surface-some object
some purpose shrouded I'm mystery
No mere quarrel. no ordinary fcud. nc
accident Of meeting. no theory Of com
monplace robbery would account io'
the deed. or for the desperate efforts
now being made to conceal II.
Some way. these questions. thus
surging upon him. became a call t'
i've. to fight. to unravel their mystery
The memory Of that sweetfaced WON
an who had bent above him when tn
fever began It's mastery. appealed Il
him now with the opportunity Of sery
ice. lie might be able to clear this
bring TO her the truth. save her iron
despair. and hand over to justice tn
murierers of her husband. II was Il
To him alone to accomplish this-n
one else knew what he knew. suspect
cd what he suspected And there wa
but ono way-through escape. To RI
main there in weak surrender 10 fat
could have but one ending. and tha
swift and sudden. lie had no doul
as to Black Bart's" purpose. or Of hi
ability to use the Red Light" outf
as desired The whole plan was clea
" evident. and there would be no d
lay In execution-all they we're wal
ing for was night, and lax guard II
glanced about Mt the walls OF Il
room. his eyes grown hard. his teei
clenchcd
"Neb." he said shortly. 81 guess TIL
was your outfit all right. but the
were not killed by Indians. Tn,
were run down by n gang from TN
'own-the same fellows who have p
you and me in here. don't kno
what they were after-that's to
round out later.-but the fight you p
up at the camp spoiled their game &
once. and led to your arrest. TIT
JAILED to get what was wanted
larson. and so they trailcd the par
10 the Cimmaron Crossing. Then
got on their track, and fearing the
suit, they've landed me also. Nc
hey'll get rid of us both as best tn
can. These fellows won't wan, n
'rial-that would be liable to give {
whole trick away-but they have s
10 put us where we won't talk. The
Us an easy way to do this. and that
oy lynching bee Do you get l
drift. Neb?"
The whites Of the Negroes eyes we
very much in evidence. his hands or
ping Mt the bench on which he sat.
'Fo' de Lawd. yes. Massa Jack,
sho does. corroborates do WHIT
thing"
Then you are willing to take