Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-07-01

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/ ~You ars . United States unazuAalf~
| "Yss, your honor"
/! You submit prooff''
I; The mArshals oroopat1alD Voep
read.
you claim these yrisoness for e.
Itradition?"
!, Eyes. SIR
! "eit down. Cyrus Z. JonAa." The
other stockmAn was sworn. "You an
Representative Of certain stock asso
Citations and submit proof? Right
You claim certain cattle alleged to be
stolen, and found n possession Of the
ipriSonersf Right You submit pho
|tographs Identifying certain Of these
cattle and evidence Of theft. And you
offer twenty-five thousand dollars' -
ward for recovery Of the stock. Pay
that money into court and take NY 70
IcsiDt.
Prisoner. you are charged In your
own country With robbery-undsrarns
and homicide n Various degrees. Do
you or do you not wish to provo your
;innocencs7"
The prisoners scratched their headA
"HarShal." said the magistrate. II
don't know what my powers are In
this matter, but it's evident that the
less red tape there - the sooner these
lusn viii get tho justice they rightly
demand I don't want thsm. Give
mo receipt and engage what men
you need for escort duty. You, Mr..
Representative. give me your receipt
lfor the cattle. Now clear out, and
get to tho States before you're inter.
lfered with by any lop-eared officials.
Constable. hand over your prisoners.
"Mr. Dale and Mr.. Smith. win you
Trust me ~ nagisuate TO- make a fair
division Of this rvwa<dt All right
'Onequaster goes to Dale, onequarter
TO Smith, and the other half to be
equally divided among you. 10 that
fart Al right, here's the plumber.
Lots get the table In and dinner
served. I'm fsDished."
SO the court rose. and the dear old
having. believe, broken ev.
cry statute In British Columbia jurI5-
prudence, asked all hands and the
prisoners to dinner. "Of course" he
said afterward to Jesse. II ought to
have committed you and Dale to trial
for homicide. fined 20; a. round e:
using guns without . license, turned
the lawyers loose on fat extradition
lease, and impounded the cattle to eat
my grass at government expense. Al
1T is, I'll be hanged. drawn. and quar-
tered by the politicians, damned By
the press. and Jailed for thrashing
editors. And missed all the fun"
After dinner the crowd broke up
into little groups. In one corner the
American officials were BARGAINING
with Mr.. Dale for his Skyline men to
ride with the prisoners and the cattle.
BY the door stood Mr.. Brooke, a.
planning something at great length to
our bored constable. At the head Of
the long table Captain Taylor was
telling me how dimcult It was to flnd
Q suitable nursery governess for Wee
James. At the foot Of the table I
saw tho Mexican Whispering to his
unfortunate chief-plans for escape
no doubt. Then Jesse joined them,
With . present Of pipes. matches, and
tobacco to ease the journey.
!. 1fr. Smith" said poor old o,y7ynn,
this yere Sebastian Diax has been
VIA me- these twelve year. He's only
. greaser-'
Medic sansre senori" sasd the
proudly.
but he's got the heart of white
man. He's like . son to me-"
I'm proud" said Jesse, Ito mako
your acquaintance. both Of you. You
are men. all right"
I'VE fought the rich men that had
wronsed us, them and their breed.
We put up good fight Yes. sir!
And we wouldn't have missed q mile
Of that twelve Year, trail. II wasn't
our way to insult women. Mr.. Smith"
You had to git that Information
said JESSE land Mrs..
Smith forgives you"
That's OF our minds, Mr.. Smith"
Mostly known q Jesse" said my
husband.
Jesse. We bin consulting. and We
agree you're the only man here we'd
care to ask favors Of"
I'm your friend, all right"
Jesse. II we don't escape. we ars
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