The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-12-11
The Look That
Haunts Him
By HELEN STANLEY

I've been obleeged," said Sheriff
Barker OF New Mexico. ito kill u mum.
pr Of men In my day. and they was
an Of 'em the all hredest villains you
ever seen. Consequently I don't lay
awake nights seem 'en loOkin' at me
reproachfrl-like, There wasn't con.
serDed one Of 'em that wouldn't a
killed me II he'd got the drop on me
3sgt. But there was one KILN that I
won't never git over"
" ga mann
w mo"
Not woman or = chlLdi'
Not any O that nuther.'
Well then. what was itY'
never was a good hand to begin
at the wrong end Of yarn. II you're
. mind to listen I'll tell you about II.
bot don't want no interruptions"
"-Go ahead"
when ] was sheriff Of - county.
Arix0ny. there was a good deal goln'
a In the shape OF crime. with all sorts
ef pussons a-doin' Of It. Some of 'em
would stay and fight It out after a
hllin' or robbery. and some of 'em
would, light out. Them ~ lit out must
be follered. and. seem they allus stole
the best bosses there was to be had, It
wasn't no easy job to catch 'em. 1
was young Teller then and as fond Of
z good boss as any one. Besides, had
to have the best In runnin' down
thieves and cutthroats. Another AMI
nal needed was bloodhounds. I had
three Of. the likefiest dogs you ever
saw. but only one tuvorite. I called
Ass after Queen Victoria. II ever q
1oe loved mnn VIC loved me. Onct
when got shot by road agent and
va laid up for awhile she stayed
around the door Of my room lookin
wistful at every one that came out. as
much as to say. rs he goin' to hand in
Bib chips or not:' And when she'd
catch sight OF me iyin' on the bed
sbe'd moan dreadful.
Zone mornin' early I was Weakened
and told that a desperate named Jim
Rynders had broke into the house Of a
citizen and carried away his daughter.
a gal about eighteen years old. No
body could tell which way he had gone,
and the only way he could be tracked
was by hound. mounted my horse
Maple was named for Napoleon
BOnyparte--and. lettin' Vic loose. took
her to the. house where the Outrage
had been committed She picked up
the scent right away and struck OF
westward. | followed on Nap.
"Vic ran along with her nose to the
ground till she came to creek. where.
she lost the scent. but picked 1t up on
the other side some distance below.
shown that the rascal had been tryin'
to throw us on by walkin' in water
We followed till night. when. comm t.,
wooded place. ! saw Rynders ahead.
he had just come to halt and was
pickin' up wood to make fire with.
The gal was sittn' on the ground.
leanin' IN a~iu the trunk Of tree
lOOkin' like n corpse Vic saw EN- lust
az soon as did nnd stopped stock still
Nike n pointer on seeiE' game. put
my hand on hei 10 quiet her. for I
thought might get I, shot ut the man
before he knowed I was near. Vic
didn't give me away. but Nap did by
splntterin' Rynders turned like a
'Afash. hut not before I'd sent n bullet
ut him. The %,l' jumped to her feet.
and Rynders darted behind her. the
cowa,dly rascal thinkin' to prevent my
l. IL sy.;+L 1t +
''rhe way for me to do was to send
vi" NJ him. mud that's what did. She
made y bee line for him. and as she
neared him saw him draw a revolver
to protect himself. He fired ut the dog.
and saw her go ahead on three legs.
She got her teeth into his side and held
him SO that the gal could get away
from him. He fired ag'in at Vic. and l
saw that he had disabled her. but
now had n free shot at him and
dropped him.
Il ran down and tried to quiet the
gal. who was hysterical, and partially
succeeded. Vic was lynn still. but l
kn0wed she was alive. for she was
followin' me around with melancholy
eyes. s
The dog saved you said to the
gal. If 1t hadn't been for her couldn't
have tracked you
'.This set the Young woman to
thinkin' about the dog instead of her.
self. and she went up to Vic and patted
her. Fright was turned into gratitude
II called to Vic but she could not
come to me. "a shot had struck her
back and paralyzed her.
!" I'm sorry. miss. said, but the
dog must be killed
".Killed.. Why 500 Il '5r
= TO put her out Of misery. She'll
never move again.
/ ''The gal bust ont cryin'. I waited
for her to compose herself. then got
her to go behind a tree while l did
the business. Vic saw me aim at her
and knowed what ! was goin' to do
The look she gave me stays by me to
this day. Ny wife couldn't help lookin'.
and she can't forget 1t nuther.''
Your wife?"
Eyes. married the gal. i,s
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