The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-11-13

States. NOW ruey must clothe ano
feed themselves They scraped togeth-
er money enough to take them to tine
pains.' but when they got there they
were obliged to shift for themselves.
Then. and only then. their balloon col
lapsed.
A soldier is usually pictured by those
who don't know him. except by his
uniform and his arms. as man OF
power On the contrary. except to
shoot and be shot at under the person
al direction of his officers. he is as
helpless as child. Like IL child. he
will stuff himself with green apples
unless caught in the act and prevented
by his superior He must be kept from
struggling and the consequent danger
Of being killed or captured.
Our heroes. who had charged many
line of bHtternut Confederates without
finching. found themselves somewhere
between Omaha and Denver without
provisions or the wherewithal to buy
the same. Somers broke down physi
cally. Young seeing a wagon train IN
the distance. left his friend Oh the
plain. uncovered even by tree. to
head off the travellers and ask for as.
SiStance.
That was the last Somers saw of
him for many long day. Whether
Young was obliged to go so far to
reach the train that he could not find
his way back to the point he had start
ed from Somers didn't know. One
thing he was sure of--Young had not
Intentionally deserted him. There was
every reason to believe that Young.
who had started 'x't an hour before
sunset, hal on hG return got caught
in the darkness. But even in daylight
it would be difficult for him to find bis
way to a point he could not see. fol-
the country was vast area marked
by nothing Even the Platte river
which runs through it. was barren Of
trees on its banks.
Somers passed "a wretched nigh,
Early the next morning buffalo hunt
er. one of the last in the business
came along and. taking pity on the
sick man. placed him on his horse and
thus transported him to Julesburg. at
that time the terminal of the Union
Pacific railroad being built ACROSS, the
continent.
Six years passed One day long
imbed man. hearing on .iS shoulder
q pick and shovel. walked into little
mining town in the Rocky mountains.
Passing courthouse and seeing
through an open door IL person within
evidently engaged in trying a case. the
pTospector. for such he was. entered
and took seat among the spectators
resting his pick and shovel on the
door and in the hollow of his arm.
A man was being tried for murder.
and the prosecuting attorney was stat
ing his case to the court:
"The last person. your honor. who
was seen with the deceased was the
prisoner. He came into town q
stranger. No one in the place had
seen him here before or knew any.
thing about him. He was miSerably
dressed and in generally rundown
condition. He went directly to the
home of Mathews. the murdered man.
That was seven years ago, the spring
of 1865. He took supper with Ma
thews and through window was seen
talking with him during the evening
by a person whose evidence we shall
produce Another witness who lived
next door is ready to swear that dur
ing the night he heard in the house in
which the murder was committed cries
Of Help! Murder! accompanied by
other sounds such as would be uttered
by one struggling with an enemy.
Lastly. we shall prove that the pris-
oner is the Identical man who stopped
with Mathews that night and who dis
appeared as mysteriously as he had
come"
Having thus announced what he in
tended to establish. he produced the
witnesses he had promised. Three diff
ferent persons who on that day preced-
ing the murder had seen the stranger
come into town and go to Mathews
house swore that the prisoner was the
same person. They claimed that, not
withstanding a slight change in him.
they would still know him If they had
met him anywhere, because as soon as
they were informed that he had COM
Mitted a murder his image was i'm
pressed upon and since carried in their
minds.
The prisoners attorney seemed over
whelmed by this conclusive evidence
and showed by his manner that he be-
ieved the prisoner guilty. When he
had finished his effort the prisoner
asked to be put on the stand in his
own defense.
"I've spent the last four years, your
honor" he said. "in New Mexico. hav.
ing been a good deal of a wanderer
since l came. to this country: conse-