Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-24

for L could have heard a whisper in the
still dawn, the way we were shaking it
over the trail From that time on every
foot of the way the old man drove the
boy. You ask me how, and I can't tell
you. There wasn't d word, not a motion
that I could see, but all the time it was
one man driving the other as plain as
could be. And 1t wasn't easy. 1 felt
that young Henry was worse than
balky. that he would have broke through
the bushes and run off screaming if that
old man had taken his eyes off of him
for ten seconds.
"a quarter Of a mile it was. and we
went slow-twenty feet forward, picking
our way; then the eight Of us would stop
to listen. If you ever get chance ask
young Henry how long that trail was.
If he don't stop to think he'll tell YOU
we crawled through the bushes for five
miles, but if he remembers his part as
the hero of the fight. he'll say, oh, we
sneaked a hundred yards or so before
lighting into Queens bunch.
The trail from above ended in a briar
tangle fifty feet up the hill from the
ledge on which four of the five outlaws
slept. The fifth man, posted as sentry,
was on the lower trail. somewhere out
of sight of the party leo by Cap
White. When the deputies came up to
the briars therefore, they could see no
one AS soon as the four sleepers came
out of shelter, however Whites men
could cover them with their guns
What had to be done. obviously, was
to rouse the four outlaws without re-
vealing the presence of the deputies
above. 1t could be done by some one in
the woods below the ledge. But the OUT
post was down there to reckon with.
They could not ali be trapped merely by
waiting for they would come out, after
| waking, one by one. and White wanted
the whole bunch.
| 1t was decided that three men should
! De sent by a roundabout tran down 10
| the creek: that they should follow it up
| until thew got opposite to the ledge, and
| that they should then rouse the sleeping
men. They were also to ind the sentry
and capture him. The risk was tfat the
sentry might discover the three first and
spoil the chance to take him. The de
| tail might be dangerous, thoueh WIN
luck it should prove easy
| Drummer was assigned to lead the three
Young Thomas and kelso We're named
by White as the other Two. Dull Drummer
| who had been aware of that duel on the
traiI said he preferred the old man to
Jim Kelso.
| 1,bev beat back for short distance,
then, separating, dropped down the steep
hillside to the creek. In open order they
went forward quietly Sow, ,, ,nes
at any turn. Now and then they came
in sight of one another. Each liIhe
Drummer saw that the old man was EGG
ing closer to his son. sun lHc-e wa no
word spoken-orly grim old mans gray
ewes were fixed upon young man
shifting, overweight eyes; and the young
man moved on, cautiously
Drummer held close to the creek bank:
the old man was twenty yards away ana
moving farther out as he approached his
son. SO they advanced, abreast. until
thew came out upon the trail leading up
TO the ledge. Then Drummer saw old man
Thomas run. with short, noiseless steps,
to young Henrys side and point up the
trail. Hidden from both and out OF
sight of what had attracted the old
mans attention, Drummer yet knew what
was happening Farther up the trail
was the sentry, half asleep in the chill
dawn.
Drummer saw. as he himself came UP
cautiously, that the old man was whis-
pering TO young Henry. He grasped the
bows arm. half showing him forward
and pointing with his rifle. The young
ster moved step. then turned with a
look of utter panic ON his face. His
fathers eyes glared: a sort of savage
anger blazed on his face. From his grr
on young Henrys arm the old mans
hand spranS 70 the boys throat Their,
was one fierce, terrible shake, a sort OF
gurslinS scream that expressed terror
and protest<t too. but which was scarcely