Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-11-09

Die Ill order to reach the settled couIie
try. Owing to the excellence of his
animal he was generally some distance
In advance. AT II point, stopping on
a slight elevation to allow them ia
catch up, he looked back in time to
sec two men on horseback emerge from.
inc chapa"ral just behind his
ions. Don GuSpar shouted ana Ieape0a
from his saddle. but before the warn
ing had reached the others Il RATA from
the hand of one of the men had fallen
with deadly accuracy around Yank's
arms and body, jerking him violently
from the saddle. The thrower whirled
his horse to drag his victim. Don Gas
par fired and by great good luck shot
the animal through tho brain. 1t fell
in a heap, pinning its rider beneath it.
In the meantime Barry had leaped to
the ground and from behind the shell
ter of his horse had shot the first rob-
Der through the body. Our two COM
rAnions now drew together and took
refuge behind some large rocks, pre-
pairing to receive the charge of Il band
of half dozen who now appeared. The
situation looked desperate. Don Gas
par fired and missed. He was never
anything of n marksman, and his first
shot must have becn a great piece Of
luck. Barry held his fire. The rob-
bcrs each discharged his rifle, but
harmlessly. Then just as they seemed
about to charge in they whirled their
horses and made off into the brush.
"We could not tell the why OBJ
served Don Gaspar.
The two men did not speculate. but
ran out to where Yank lay, apparently
dead, his arms still bound close to his
body by the moose Of the RATA. Barry
cut the rope with his bowie knife. and
they rolled him over. They found he
still breathed. but that, beside the
shock of his violent fall, he had been
badly trampled by the horses. After
a moment he came to consciousness,
but when they attempted to lift him
upright they found that his leg was
broken.
At this moment they heard the sound
Of voices and. looking up, saw coming
from the other direction n band of a
dozen men. half of whom were on
horseback and all of whom were arm
ed This looked serious.
"We got behind the rock" said Don
Gaspar. but we think to ourself our
goose is cook"
The newcomers, however, proved to
be miners who had heard the shots
and who now came hurrying up. Evil
IDENTIFY the robbers had caught sight or
sound Of their approach. They were
much Interested i'll the state of affairs.
examined the horse Don GaSpar had
killed, searched for and found the body
of the robbcr Barry had shot. 1t
proved to be a Mexican we'll known
to them all and suspected to be Il mem
Der of Andreas .Aiio's celebrated band.
They inquired for the dead horses
rider.
And then, for the first time" said
Don GaSpar. eve thin of him. He
went down with his horse. But now
he was gone and also the horse Of
Senior Yank. But 1 think he crawl off
in the chaparral and that the horse of
Senior Yank run away with the other
horse Of the dead man"
We saw the futility Of our first in
stinctive flare Of suspicion. 1t was
obvious that if Don Gaspar and Buck
Barry had intended treachery they
would never have returned to us. I
think that, curiously enough, we were
unreasonably 4 little sorry for this. It
would have been satisfactory to have
6n.