Cheyenne Wells record., 1922-10-26

Inc fgtrl smiled againE,t
ceress. "Folger',s wife W. ".
plains country she to,S az ~
"if she had beer of the m,a aM
might have remained to bs.,.la a. .aa
Ing ON hes own account. L In. sa. !.
mira herself remained "a -Ase
on her own account. R,,.
from cities, JUST as you ara ~ e e
unlike you-had no moun,.,. y! ~
her. She wasn't used. .,a IN - =;
perhaps she didn't know hos
She only knew how to be ~,
"They say that she wen, a.'ss .'!.
sane at the sight of that e.. -
man of hers lying stlll i,
needles. She hadn't even ~,
was out of the house, HaI
out on some secret busins.. ~
night. She had only one thi,.
her baby boy and her I'M. !.
dauehter-little Linda Ross =.
before you now. Her onlS
was to get those children on, :.
dreadful land of bloodshed =,
hide them so that they con,.
come back. And she didn't srs.
them to know their true n,,...
She seemed to realize that !; ,te
known, both Of them won,a
some time-to collect tbel, !
Sooner or later. that boy with ~.
ger blood in him and that yia
the Ross blood would retnrn ~ :.
tempt to regain their ancient hds
and to make the clan pay!
"All that was left were
women with hate in their besr.
a strange tradition to take IN, :.
of hope. They said that Some NJ.
death spared them. they Womb
Folger's son come back apal,
assert his rights. They said N.
new champion would arise and
their wrongs. But mostly death n
spare them. Only old E!mIra |, N
"What became of the secre, A.
ment ] do not know. hayent
hope that you do. either tn.
was carried down to the copr,
Sharp, one Of the witnesses vho !,
aged to get past the guard. and
on file soon after It was written !
rest Is short. Simon and his clan
up the land. swearing that y,ri
FOlger had decided 1t to them the !
he had procured it. They had /,
to show for it-a forgery. And
one thing that they feared, the
weak chain. was that this N
agreement between Folger and
father would he found.
"YOu see what that would ma,
would show that he had no riat
deed away the land. MS he was sin
holding 1t in trust for me. Old e.
explained the matter to me-NI
mixed up on the legal end Of \, 3
cuse 1t. II that document coal :
found. their forged deed would hi
viously invalid. And 1t angered u
that they could not find II.
"Of course they never filed "
forged deetl-afraid that the fog
would be discovered-but they Z
1t to show, to any one that NJ
terested. But they wanted to q
themselves still safer.
"There had been two witnesd {
the agreement. one Of them, 4 q
named Sharp, dled-or was kilA,
shortly after. The other. an Old Y
per named Hudson, was indlfefd
the whole mniter-he was Just y
ing through and was at FolgefsM y
for dinner the night Ross came y
still living In these mountains, N
might be of value to US yet.
"Of course the clan did not fd .
all secure. They suspected the %
agreement had been mailed 10
one to take care of, and they
afraid that 1t would be brought tof
when the time was ripe. They q
perfectly that their forged deed s
never stand the test. so one u
things to do was TO prevent thelf O
ever being contested. That mean =!
keep Folger's son in ignorance o.
whole matter. Z
II hope I Gun make thar cleaf'
deed from my father TO Folger WI .
record, Folger was dead. and fas''
son would have every right ala !.
portunity to contest the clans Gu.
the land. II he could get 'he l1'
into court, he would surely win
1.-THE second thing to do was ~
me over. I was just chlia, ~
looked the easiest course OF ah' -.
why was stolen from the oipl h,
by one of Slmon's brothers iN
was simply that when the t'ns N
l would marry one of the ciaa s
tablish their claim to the ianu '~.
"Up to q few weeks ago Il ~ M ].
to me that sooner or later "oSs
out. Bruce, you cant dream W., u.
meant! I thought that so'n.
could drive them out ana nlaAs =,
pay, a little, for all they nav Il
But they've tricked me- ai's, !. Il
thought that would get worn "
gers son, who by inheri'au'' .Lu
have a clear title to the ianu' "a Al M
with the aid of the courts, eo's
these usurpers out. But jus, nv ~
I've found out that even 'ni'
Is all but gone.