Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-16
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Somebody put some more wooo ON
this" he said In his natural voice.
We've got to see each other"
In a moment the flames were leap
ing. | looked about me with consider.
able interest to see who of the camp
had been summoned. l must confess
to few surprises, such as the gum
bier from the Empire. but in general
the gathering consisted of those whom
should have characterized as solid cit
tzeus-Barnes. the hotel keeper: Him.
melwright and men of his stripe They
were all armed and all very grave and
sober. Danny ran his eye over US one
by one.
Meeting come to order" he COM
manded briskly This is vigilante
meeting. | hope you all realize what
that means. There are just thirty of
us here, and Morton's gang is proba-
bly, hundred strong when it Is all to-
gether. We cannot fight them. but we
can give the honest, decent men of
this camp a chance to fight them.
myself believe the honest men will
back us and am willing to risk it If
any of you who are here now think
differently say So"
He paused. but no one spoke up.
IF anybody doesn't want to go into
this now is the time to back out. Just
keep your mouths shut: that is ALL"
He paused again. but again no one
moved.
That's all right" observed Danny,
with satisfaction. He lifted paper.
Listen to this: We, the undersigned,
agree, as we are decent men, to stand
by each other to the last, to avcnge
the death of any one of us and to obey
the orders of our leaders. And II we
fail In this may God deny us mercy
Boys" said Danny Randall earnestly.
'this Is serious. II we start this now
we've got to sec 1t through We are
not much on Bible oaths, any one Of
US, but we must promise. Fraak Nun
roe, step forward"
One by one Danny Randan called us
forward and administered his simple
oath. The fire leaped and with 1t the
mighty shadows. Outside the Circle
OF light the tall pines and fir trees
watched us like multitude standing
witness. The mems faces were grave.
There was about the toughest OF them
something noble, reflected from the
earnest spirit of justice.
Randall had the plans all made, and
he detailed them rapidly. We were to
arrest four men only, and he named
them-Morton. Scarface Charley. who
had recovered: a gambler named Cat
lin and Jules. the proprietor Of tho
Empire.
Crawford is back In town." said
some one.
MAKE It five then" said Danny in
stantly.
Next came up the vital questions of
ways and means. Many were in favor
Of a night surprise and an immediate
hanging before the desperadoes could
be organized for defense. Danny had
hard time showing them good rea-
sons against this course. but at last he
succeeded.
''This must be done deliberately aad
publicly" he maintained. otherwise
IT. fails of its effect. We've got to show
the gang that the camp is against
them, and that won't be done by hang
ing some of them secretly"
Suppose the camp doesn't back us
upT queried miner.
Remember your oath, gentlemen"
was Danny's only reply to this.
1t was decided at last that five COM
mittees should be appointed to arrest
each of the Ave men, that the prison
ers should be confined in certain iso-
lated log cabin and that the execution
should take place In broad daylight.
There remained only to apportion the
committees. This was done. and at
about or 3 o'clock we quietly dis