The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-07-30

on account of a dog that you wanted
to kill?"
] Il believe do remember some
thing of the kind" said Empey.
L Il am that man." said Dean, and
the two men sat looking uneaaily at
each other in the vast solitude. Dean
holding the gun, and Empey at his
mercy and under threat of death.
Incident Of Long Ago
The incident, as Dean gives it is as
follows: Dean was herding, under
foreman of Empey's, and was doing
good work, and the foreman relied
on him. Deans dog was we'll trained
but was too eager sometimes and nip
ped the sheep and the lambs. He
could not train her out of it entirely,
and she was such good stock that he
kept her hoping to raise some pups,
At shipping time Empey came to the
corral one day and while working
with the sheep he saw dog bite
one and he remarked that as soon
as they got time they would kill some
iof those dogs. He referred to the
matter again as If to make sure that
lit was heard, and later when he and
Dean were out side Of the corral he
spoke of 1t again. Dean said, well,
.I'll Just quit and take my dog with
me"
Empey asked when he wanted to
1 quit. and Dean replied that he would
wait long enough for Empey to get
man to take his place. This was
done il about two weeks, and Dean,
on his way out Of the hills, helped
Empey's father with the threshing.
Before leaving he was offered his job
again, herding, but he said that as he
had Quit once he would not 60 back.
The two men never met again to
their knowledge until the kidnapping.
iaInpey EIeauS IOT lIDefUy
One day when Dean and Empey
were having rather satisfactory
talk, Empey told him about his wife
and children, his home and his pros
poets, and plead with him to give up
his plan of robbery, and release him.
/ The plea was effective to the extent
that Dean was moved by it, but he
shook off the emotion and command
ed Enlpey to stop talking about that,
and said, II wont do anything of the
kind, and there is no use to say any
more about it." Empey could not
renew the appeal that had so nearly
won.
\ The Clank of Chains
On Friday afternoon Dean said, II
am sleepy; | think I'll chain you up
and sleep while. z
/ All, don't do it, = said Empey. 1T
is too lonesome sitting here on the
end Of chain. Sit up and let's
talk
The Tragic Sleep
Dean assented. and they talked on,
but he got drowsy again, and went
over to his bedding and lay with his
face down, his hands on the grourd
under his chin and the gun in his
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hand, facing Empey They talked on,
and Deans eyes closed. Empey
gathered up a few sticks to make a.
fire. Then he moved about and,
gathered some more, noting that
Dean seemed not to wake. Farther
and farther he ventured toward the
opening into the woods, gathering
sticks, determined that if he could
get as far as certain bush about 20
feet from the bed, he would dodge
behind it and run. This he did, and
was SO scared he did not look where
he was going, and ran over quak-
ing-aspen sapling that threw him
down. He jumped up and ran again,
and ran astride a larger one, so hard
that he slid up on it and fell over
like going over horses head, He
scratched his face in the fall, and
jumped up and ran again and hit
little pine tree. This brought him to
his senses so he watched as well as
ran, and he beat it down the noun
tain at his best sprint. He had made
up his mind that if he got loose he
would run for the Colbert saw mill,
and he ran all the way, reaching
there exhausted They sent out men
on horses to go to every camp and
cabin to tell the news, and men began
to assemble at different places for the
man-hunt.
Lost 81 200 Minute
When Dean reused up he thought
he had been asleep about five minutes
and he jumped up and ran down the
trail about SO yards. 1t was all
grassy SO it was useless to look for
tracks, and he went back and circled