White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1918-04-21

Down the side of the cliff roilet
the coach with Bessie imprisoned III
side. straight towards the river whief
swepf swift and deep along the clin
But again Providence interviewed Il
save the life of the brave young girl
Thirty feet above the river, a proao
shelf or rock extended we'll out cvei
the water and onto this crashed the
coach. wrecking it beyond reoair and
killing the horse.
Comanehe Pete reached the brlnh
of the precipice a moment later and
peering over, watched in vain for
sign of Bessie, and convinced h was
dead. he returned to where Black
Jack was seated by the trail, weak
and dazed from the wound she IN
flicted. The outlaw leader refused
to believe the girl dead and was pre-
paring to investigate for himself
when the sounds of an approaching
horseman caused both TO draw back,
into the shelter at the side of the
slope.
An instant later, Blake rode up the
trail and dismounted at the very spot
where the coach plunged over He
saw the wreck and. convinced his
wife was within it. leaped over the
edge of the cliff and rolled down the
side. landing bruised and stunned by
the coach. Wrenching open a door,
he found Bessie lying beneath a seat.
senseless but still grasping the In
dams pistol He picked her up and
started toward the door when a bull
let crashed through the roof perilous-
ly e Grasping a rifle he climbed
on the ledge to see the outlaws peer
nag down at him.
Black Jack shortly ran u OF am
munation and he angrily called to
the Indian to get his rifle and put
Blake out of business. but the Indian
scarcely had thrust the barrel over
the cliff when a bullet from Blake's
rifle struck it, tearing the barrel
from the stock. The outlaws were
thus left without a weapon and hast
lily deciding to hunt up Johnson. the
Indian assisted his chief on his horse
and they rode away toward Banks
dale.
60 - .ha ,,anaca ri ouf-
law bullets, carried Bessie from the
coach. but efforts to revive her we're
vain. Once she opened her eyes and
smiled as if in recognition, then lap
sed into Inconsistencies. Thorough
" alarmed at her condition, Blake
acted with his customary decision,
Taking the reins and harness from
the dead coach horse. he made a rope
and lowered his wife over the shelf to
the very brink of the river and they
Owed after her. landing well out In
the torrent. A few strong strokes
against the current and he again was
by her side and by liberal application
of cold water succeeded in reyiving
her.
He realized that their respite from
the bandits was but temporary. he
also saw at a glance that their only
avenue of escape lay in the river and
that they must swim for IL. a des'
perate chance in such a turbulent cur
"A ,-t.b Daza;a In har uoaEan,
ed condition She smiled bravel'
when he explained the situation ant
they planned at once to attempt Il
drop down the river to a spot Ther'
they might strike into a trail.
Red Johnson and Curly Brow
had rounded up their reinforcement
and were taking their final drinks II
the latter's saloon in Barksdale be
fore starting TO rejoin Black Jack
when one of their men hurried j,
with word that Sheriff Hawkins hai
arrived. Red and Curley were muel
alarmed and the latter pulled out
roll of bills, his share of the 500,
900, and tossed one TO the bartender
and both hurried out.
Haven't seen hide nor hair o
Black Jack nor Johnson, declare
the sheriff to Morgan, "but we Nigh
look about a Bit" The two officer
naturally began their search in tn
- IT. .-a ~. l-~&--s
er studying the bill given him b
Curly. He didn't like the looks OF
and handed II to the sheriff. HaN
kins recognized It at once as tomin
from Blake's safe.
TITS counterfeit" he exclaimed
and demanded to know II the bartent
er had seer Haines or Johnson. I'll
man, angered at having a bad bi
$1,000 - him admitted that CurIp