The chronicle=news., 1914-06-09

90 O~~1~~oU
There wss no joke about the 9ur-
pose and sisndinx Of the Butt~rfieid
iighlniag express which op~Faied
over the Santa Ye trail along 10 the
|sixies. It's avovsd object was TO get
there sad deliver the goods ahead Of
all eompssisors REGARDLESS Of asy
Pythian trouble that misht later
vsne. Du,tesfisid 4 wsh~msn pVd'
ed themselves that whoa they said
iixhtning they meant u. They ea-
pioyed hors~s and mules 10 hurry
the freight aioaG sad we're always
esovias over the spseA Of their svtfs
outfit ~ compared With that Of the
poky old OF teams Of their soEs-foot.
- rivals who eould never keep up
With the procession.
ThslS Saxoa master uss zashasy
Tayior-aol the old sishtias orssi-
dssi Of the uaissd states. blsss you.
no. but . very essoplasy ssmesske
of the old var dog vhs licked the
Mssieaas u Bs~sa VISA This zsrk
Taylor Individual nvse have hses .
cutter os the Hsssa sehoo, the way he
snsnsd out Tor he d~Seiopst isto ~
raw . thief - ever plksd osss the
pike. o. oss nososIous trip oai With
valuable cargo CT goods for the
four y J~v nsershaais ss aaais rs--
Sslishss. sSiese,bsss. Sissb ssd spt'
~-s bad piece os busissas Sas
pulled on while the lishsslss 81.
press had eoa~ iaso camp usdss The
siisss sisiis u the starry aishi. The
trails had stopped ~ Hiss Mile sssss
where the trail escss~d the Askas.
Ssa. ~ishssea miles Ssss ot fo0
llodse saa aias mii-. east ot Rocky
roiss.
While the aishi guard vas o. daty
ssasdiashesd o. the hoesss sad osh.
srviss vsiehiss the outfit - the,
we're hired 10 10 10 all kisds Of
weather. xsrhasy TaSios asd BIZ
ihlsviag Grew os dsssassaie sesn.
ssess wsas through the fre,sh'
slsias. o,~asd hoass Of valuable nss.
ehsadlss sad helpsd themselves 10 al
sosts of fuasy shisss. maay Of Which
they aia aos aeed nor eoslA the,
sss. They aeves stopped 10 realms
The postsst u Hsasy Wis seaast:
'-Thiass ~ got had c~ss bad sac.
esss." nor aiA they ssea 10 care q
nip - To the eoaseguesees. Il wss
simply . sost os nusiay that woald
have dose credit TO the avasteioas
stupidity os - oasy 0ssss sssihsss
eeas a. dssjlssy. Ths asst oeesiss
the eassvas. sobseA - Il bed bess
By It's owa fr~-hoos~sa. hiieh~d ~
aad moved On up the lirrsoas Trail
that poiats1 eter aad asoa weslwsrd
asd ssili westward in i,s c~sse,es.
reaches 10 the askaows laad beyoad
the great moassains.
The mule skiaasrs hs,p~d them.
sels~s TO = srasd sssostmeai Of siek.
aseks. some Of thea doaacd sios~.
pipe hats while . few appeared In
fuil drea saits. Oae OF two wore
female risxiaG with hoop skirss. hsi.
morais aad all those silly yaskec no.
tioas Of fashioss which prevailed
aioag about thai time. They made
no boaes q their piliasc asd were "a
loaded dowa with watches and jew.
eiry that they resembied . issseiiss
moate piiio or Mexican pawsshop. II
vas all such . spieadid joke % ihs
santa =. lsra~iiies. whom they did
not like very we'll nohow. and they
went clear through sosscd oai iu
their el6Nniah paraphcrnsiia>
Their cntry iaso staid old san, q
Re. like that OF Charles v iaso As-
twerp. created . great sensation asd
they only laughed at lin Olacy. ShS
receiving sscnt OF the line. WHEN he
learned what had happcacd end
chided them for II. lie reported the
robbery to his firm ai Aichisoa %
that the boss might handle tho case
a. he aaw III. Then he went through
the Invoices with the merchants ALL
checked Oft the missing plundcf %
that claims could be filed for dam
ages and the peculatioas amounted
to something more than $4,000.
Then Olncy loaded the train back 10
the river with xold orc up from Chi.
hnahua which had NO material value
TO lot Of rowdy rcdnecks and sent
them of on their return trip. He
never saw any OF them again for But.
tcrfield fired the whole ornery Grow
and sent Zachary Taylor TO the peni.
tentiafy for allowing such business
20 on while he was IN charge OF the
outfit. Who can account for such
things. anyhow" 90 read the an.
aNraP In thO StAep. wN mnrt ata knnSr