New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-13


rocks on account % his hands a BEN roncd' ana
watched him as they picked their way up along inc
brook until they'd passed the Cold spring ana i'"u
reached "A little nook sheltered by ovcrhdnBin cdSc
which same Elwood called his hangout. Thar was a
blanket LAWN on q bed Of boughs, little roll cIoth
in "a fryin' pan. and some grub, DAVID SAID.
~\ow~ saws Elwood. take % seat thar on thc rocks
and stick yorc legs out mere. a
David done IT. and Elwood put another par euiiS
around his ankles.
We'll they had somchin' 20 eat and when II got dark
Elwood lit little ire back as inst the rock wall DAVID
he sat thar with his hands around his knees ana watched
tb. man who had arrested him. klwoods eyes seemed
20 lose their kccnncss and git mighty sad DAVID sad
He'd set thar and stare at the FIRE and think ana thk
and think And 6n1v he seemed 10 forgt that he had
a prisoner and went Of to sleep Ewood did, night whar
he set.
Nv son he worked his way acros the few feet that
scDaratcd en- and felt IN Elwoods pocket and found
the bandcuG KEYS He took in his teeth and UNI
locked his wrist irons; and in three minutes more ne had
both pairs off and had put them and the Keys PACK III
Elwoo1 pocket and had set night back whar ne beeil
q scttn' \ little later Elwood fell acrost his bed OF
bouqhs and laid thar as sound asleep as he could be-
David qcthcrcd up some brush and made bed Of his
own and went 10 sleep hissclt You See ne reasoned
that him not a runnin' away would prove TO Elwood
that he wasn't the road agent.
The next mornn' David he woke up jest at good day
break; although it was still mite dark IN the valleys
below He set up wondern whar he was at then he
remembered and looked around him. and seen that FL
wood not thar
It puzzled David He got his feet and looked as in.
made his way up through the rocks and scrub to the top
o the peak and thar he found the man he was lookn
But David didn't approach him then He stood thar
ahind Of him-a watchin him. He seen him stand thar
on the highest pint that great pinnacle and stretch
his arms out towards the dim valleys below, and he
hccrd him say this in voice that seemed all broke and
shattered:
"Irenc Irene! Irene!
And then he seen Ewood shake his head and cover
his face with his hands with his elbows clos together
l.p..c al
couldn't quite make out to hear what IT was he SAID
And he didn't want to hear it: he felt like he was in
trudn He said he thought o the place in the Book
whar Moses took off his shoes He slipped back to the.
shelter under the hangin ledge whar he set down and
waited for Ewood to come back
TT wasn't very long until Elwood come back. David
noticed that his eyes absent lookn' and like
them Of somebody who has suffered heap inside of him
with a misery that has been hold OF him for long
time II shore looked strange TO man as big and
stout lookn' as Elwood actin that away.
Then Elwood seen that Davids irons was gone, and
it seemed TO sort o wake him up. "When did you git
oosc?" he axes.
LAST night while you was asleep answers my SON
81 got the keys out o yore pocket and unlocked
myself
Full o. tricks. amt you?' says Elwood "But of
course a road agent who could pull of 50 many stunts
as YOU done is bound to be full o tricks. If you'd got
loose last night, YOU wouldn't be here today. Honest
when did you git loose!'
"Fecl in yore coat pocket" says David, "and you'll
find the cuffs right whar put EN-.
Elwood felt and found them and the keys For
minute he stood thar gain at David, surprised that
he hadn't noticed the weight the irons then he spoke
g" don't think you're the outlaw, after all, he says
"lf you'd a been him, you'd run away. VIII you
pardon me for pacn' you under arrest!
They shook hands, and David said he never seen any
body who knowcd how to shake any bcttern Ewood
did.
David, says Ewood "I'l make you this proposition:
Wen stay up here together and watch for the bandit;