Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-05-09

Hi the Dl6lluBulbuCu OCA
Oil order, and now an assist
n ant game warden In Brit
ish East Africa.
Arst saw the major in South Az
,,ca and got to know him, as few
.,her men know him, while we were
Nth serving the British East African
government. This friendship between
vs Il one. for my own part, which
wears can not lessen.
what a history the man has back
n, his forty-odd years! What a name
hs has won for himself on the field
"A battle and in police duties! 1t
seems almost impossible to tell all he
has seen, accomplished and endured.
Perhaps one day some one will ven
ture TO record in book form the many
deeds Of daring this frail-looking Aus
tralIan has to his credit. 1t would be
a mighty task, but the result should
No worthy of the effort, for | know Of
no man who has more material to
draw upon, vivid true-to-life happen
lugs in a varied career Of excite
ment
Ross was born in Australia way
hack In the seventies or may be the
sixties. Emigrating to America when
still a boy, he held first one post
and then another, until finally he drift
ed to Canada and enlisted in the
world famous Canadian mounted po-
Ice
Sometimes, If you can get him into
a laxative mood, he will tell you of
riding many miles to capture danger
Gus criminals single-handed. Ross tells
with smile that he was never known
10 fail on one of these hazardous un-
dertakings. II you look at his face.
you can understand why this is so.
II Is not easy to get him to talk, but
fortunately his record is so we'll
known that It is not a difficult matter
70 gather material on his life.
! remember one day when we went
N camp together In East Africa
keeping law and order in a new dia-
mond field rush, which turned out a
fzzle-Ross began TO talk after din
ner Of some of his adventures with
the gunner and Illicit liquor men in
the northwest of Canada.
He told US Of one day capturing
band Of four bandits, who we're noto-
rious for the number Of men they
had killed. Ross was sent out with
Q trooper to capture them alive IL pos
sible. Ye godsl think of II! Two
men to capture the four worst men
In Canada The two men rode across
the plains for several days until
they finally came upon the camp of
the bandits.
We got EN-" ended Ross. Be-
ing pressed for further particulars, he
reluctantly told US a few details of
the capture.
Our arrival was a surprise" he
continued. 81 walked into their camp
accompanied by my trooper Neither
Of US had drawn a gun. Bandits or
no bandits. they all know they can't
fool the N. w. M. Police. One darn
ed fool drew a gun, but I'm mighty
quick with my pea-shooter and winged
him. The others submitted, and we
brought EN- back to the chief. II
was sure some soft snap, that. The
poor fellow / had shot was buried
where he fell by his comrades. They
didn't like doing it. but a six-shooter
covering you makes a man do what
he's ordered Leastwise, it always
has IN my experiences"
It is only by looking into his eyes
and catching the lines of his mouth,
hidden partially by "a 2heavy mus.
Iache. that one can read that behind
this hardened exterior turks a heart
mi OF kindness for a comrade in dis
uess. Strange to relate he is a pow.
or with women. All women like him,
snc ne himself loves the society of
tne gentler sex. In the summer of
1910 Ross was happily married in Lon.
oon and has taken his wife back to
East Africa with him. Many a fair
ady's heart will be jealous Of the
woman who has become Mrs. Ross.
One day, when riding together
across the Athi Plains, Ross told me
mat he had spent some years in
utan. | asked him IL he was a
Mormon.
sure thing, young teller. I'm a bish.
op In the church" he laughed. and the
merry twinkle in his eye warned me
mat little coaxing might bring out
: good story. And presently he
City. ' LANE
! gotten run out Of there mis-
,smemoer what for. The Mormon re.
usion is sure some fine thing. All
your wives save up all the yeller.leg-
seo chickens to try and coax Won m
asor them don't believe in no suf.
nssette; Mormon ladies for mine
say guess you better join that ont.
w All YOU gotta do is to stand nm
sue oay Ia the Tabernacle and an.
.ounee that you've had a revelation
~ SISTER Jane, and she becomes a
-auOer fve or whatever number is
~ vacant in your catalogue. | sure
e gu some mighty fine revelations in
Lake City. Say, young Teller