Gunnison news-champion., 1919-03-07

They Wen, on and left me alone with
urls. He vas getting excited and I
a.,hrt to nIIay his fears.
"!,nur let him Try to serve no writs
'lrrr7l D." hrli u pay IN this val
s." said curtis.
In rhnr case shall NOT Try TO se-ve
10. 50 ri's ! don't vnu' To -rlr up the
H'..h"rhusa!. hu, want :" SNOW the
.'. shall Try 90 s"" other teunuts
% r.r."-r "a hat 'hry say. Il may lead
'Icm.ut."
IS, w.n' on '"= 'hor 20 'ha top Of
., .- near sl.~h we bod i,.,n stand.
~ Pr ahead .Hn cloud of dust
.r r. -l-r.- ~ latnur md rursis
10. .- '.f" urr"d ihrl- horses
..n r.n TNa n.- rtmr 70 me that
.F %. p. -a-,a rn. vrl's IN
.ir'. .,r r. inc, vorc 90 his pocket.
Whrr g."' had h."u NOT 10 call for
'h'u NJ coruTarr"g saw the look Of
."no'7I Ia my face.
Il don't Ike that young '-lIer." said
Curtis. Hes In r,- rr"ublr"
IT, ran 'reya-i hIa house which was
mis- f'H, rods h.y"ui o. while
.farr,d on lu pursuit - rh. two men
ut top ~i-....I E.fsrr ms hor-c had
'nk"n n d"srl Juugs hoard horn
Blowing behind me and Its echo In the
hllIs. Within half a moiurut dozen
horns w"r" sounding 10 the valleys
nr"Eni mo. What contrast {" the
nulri In which We hnd been riding was
,hls pund"monlum which had broken
lOUs" In the countrywide A little ahead
] could see men running out OF the
helds. Ny hor-" had begun to lathcr.
foI tn" sun wus hot My companions
were far ahead. ! could not see the
dust OF their heels now. gave up try
ing To cntch them and checked the
speed nf my horse and went on at
vnlk. tn" horns were stili sounding.
Some Of them seemed to be miles
nwny. About twenty rods ahead | saw
three riders In strange costumes come
out of dOoryurd and take the road
nf Wild gnllop ia pursuit OF Latour
rnd furvis. They hnd not discovered
me. ] kept as calm as ! could In the
midst OF this excitement.
I passed the house from which the
three riders had just turned into the
road. A number OF women and IN old
nan and three or four children stood
on the porch. They looked at me In
silence as l was passing and then be-
gan TO hiss and jeer. II gave me .
feeling I have never known since that
day. ] logged along over the brow OF
the hill when, at a white. frame house.
! saw the center toward which all the
men Of the countryside were coming.
Suddenly I heard the hoof-bents Of
. horse behind me. I stopped. and
looking over my shoulder saw a rider
approaching me In the costume Of an
Indian chief A red mask covered his
face. A crest OF eagle feathers circled
the edge Of his cap. Without a word
he rode on at my side. knew not
then that he was the man Josiah Cur
tis-nor could ! Mt any time have
sworn that II was he.
A crowd had assembled around the
house ahead l could see string Of
horsemen coming toward IT from the
other side. l wondered what was 60
Ing to happen to me. What n shouting
and jeering In the crowded dooryard!
j could see the smoke OF fire. We
reached the gate. Men in Indian masks
and costumes gathered around us.
order Sh-sh-sh." was the loud COM
mnnd OF the man beside me in whom
recocnlzed-or thought that did-the
voice Of Josiah Curtis. What has
zone o. them tried TO serve a writ
an we have tarred an feathered him"
Just then ! heard the voice OF Pur-
Wis shouting back In the crowd this
lInpassioned plea:
"Bart. for Gods sake. come here"
l turned to Curtis and said:
IF the gentleman tried to serve the
writ he acted without orders and de-
serves what he has got. The other fel.
low is simply a hired man who came
along to take care Of the horses. He
couldn't tell the difference between .
writ and hole In the ground"
Men, you have gone far enough"
snid Curtis. This man Is all right.
Bring the other men here and put 'em
on their horses an III escort 'em out
o. the town"
They brought Latour on q rail
amidst roars OF laughter. What bear
Ike. poultrined. be-poodled object he
rns-burred and sheathed In rumpled
gray feathers from his hair to his
heels. The sight and smell Of him
scared the horses. There were tufts
Of feathers over his ears and on Bis
chin. They had found great Joy In
polling that aristocratic livery In
which ne had arrived.
Then came poor Pufvis. They had
just begun to apply the tar and feath-
ers to him when Curtis had stopped
the process. He had only q shaking
-un Of long feathers around his neck.
rhex l..tca the rllnawnys into thc.: