Show a 0 Z I 1 gossip about alio llio Erot brothers heri of tri I 1 riner johns 8 tor W aw III liek S A I 1 there are two or three nien men in ill independence ito who I 1 perhaps would jesse jessepe ar brank I rank oil OD sight but thero there fire nut more than that nun number ber w alio 11 0 know lliam tile tho boyev could rido ride through this county from ono one ends end to tile thu other inthout m meet ill an unless anle 84 it might IK bo a former of Quan aueril I 1 hand frunk frank james eloped with 10 flu and married miss annie ell alil P abton t 0 n alio rth till mi accomplished ioune lady nail the iho daughter of samurl S ina u el Il tal alston ston a amill well to do farmer re silling near independence tile tho courts lill wai so skillfully fully conducted that ilia lie old gentle trial never ever even that diat the young people cared ony anything thing about paoli othel oilier annio annie was vias it a full cousin 0 of j flunk Frank james Janics their mothers being liln rasters but mr lighten nover novel round out litlo albo llis hta ian aon fallaw in was until 4 yta year r after tile elope I 1 tie lit 4 B MM afi piston M i in tile secreta and lt it ls Is salil gave evo im flu lin ill idled consent to tile tho match iii wital tile ihu truth be calrin known mr lr stun was waa very 1 viula ruth find and threatened to exterminate 1110 whole jmaes james minley Illy but liu C diio we day a courin I 1 it of mr it llila alston ton all elde ly 1 gentleman ent loman named hill was visiting ut at the ilia ralstom residence roald enco mr alt ifal was away front from homo home at tile ilia time und us as mr bir hill e into tile ihu yard froma a rule rido to independence I 1 lia noticed a number of 3 loung lung plo to in tho trot I 1 t yard ono of the ioune niell luen who load imd been introduced As amr mr patterson IlU terion 11 MI armed tho of a braco brace of largo II piilola could bo be plainly seen eem from beneath ills coat talla mr 11 hill ill noticed the iho wen well pong and thinking it strange that if young luau irian should entry them hein mille playing croquet eulth ladies went ell into tile ilia house and apoka to more MM ll alston oil concerning tile tho matter mrs birs ralston assured him thab tile tho young man was all ellit t that lie ho ALWAYS walle 1118 rI and that thare jasitt tile tha least dan of accident or harm sho she said fluid fellow was proud of lis ills pistols pl atola and they al ways allowed it I 1 in to gratify lili vaulty while halo vi visiting tilting them theiu after tile young people eloped mr hill was as informed that iatter sou son wai no than funk find and it Is said that tia lie did somo of tile the tallest swearing over ever heard in this part of the country william nolan who lived about yards yaida from the tha ralstone Kals Rals tons remembers very distinctly a night which jesse jail jumes I 1 e s passed in ills his house it WM was in ID tl tho 0 o dusk of a beautiful summer Sumine evening that hut a tine fine looking heavily armed mail inin rodo rode into noland yard on it miE niH cent sorrel borrel charger lie ile told mr nolan that ho he was wai completely worn born out and could go no further ile ro quested the staying till all night with refreshments I 1 for and horse horde mr told him 1110 lie could stay of course bujoll account of the limited of room in the house ho he would hav have e to put up with ver very y meagre accommodations ill 1 I noticed 11 related mr nolan that he was very ery anxious about its his horse corali and took particular notice of tile thu stall in n which liichi lii cli I 1 put liliu him I 1 isala sald 0 to o liviu a mighty floe fine borso youve youie got yes lie ho replied ts tho the best beat one I 1 could buy I 1 do a great deal of riding and lt havo vo an easy stepper when we got into too house I 1 saw the fellows pistols and su ditt did luy wife wie in spite of ills good looks I 1 could nL help thinking that hint lie would be a bad wait to fiill fall out with my wife flew around and got up tho the best beat supper she could when STRANGLE SAT DOWN TO EAT ho took out lila iii itola mid and lud them theirl beside his plate good lord 1 I dont think I 1 was ever to badly scared before but I 1 kept still my wife was as as aa nervous as aa could be and walked around na as cautiously as though in j a bowde r magazine bo tween bites tire the fellow asked we 1110 if I 1 knew the james boys bois bless me no said s ild I 1 11 land and I 1 dont know anybody as does I 1 have heird beard that they ihry 8 anro to very clever sort bort of fellona fellow li but they never come into tit martof tile tho country any more aiu told 1 this seemed to do the scamp a power of good for he ate with renewed vigor and smiled clear to tire the end or of tile meal snow now the only place I 1 could put him to sleep woots was up in ili tile tho lott loft or attic but there was a good bed up there anda and a man dian could sleep very comfortably boget to get to tire the attic I 1 had bad to take taka him through my own bedroom sod and let him climb a ladder As diio 0 o went into nay my room I 1 said to him you tire toy my guest but I 1 dont know you you rally may le be LIS as gentle as bin n iamb but I 1 lin vent any weans lucans of 0 knowing that now your our room is 19 up there sald 1 I pu m to the nole hole in thecel ling rind land my wife and I 1 are to sleep lit in this roona room now if you hive have any occasion to come down that ladder during the night I 1 rant you to speak first for im not going coin to run any risks do you ou see that musket in the corner well im going to load it full of buckshot and 1 keep cep it right at the alda of my bell bed simply so eo that there need bo be no mistake well sir the follow fellow laughed right in ray my faco face mad said that being as ho he was ft as so tired he b guessed be would bould sleep vory very soundly ao and ami have occasion to disturb line ine before morning bot him safely up atalga euld to me wll 1 1 I believe jesia jamol 1 so iso do 1 I but tor for the I 1 letl ilni know it Itel lyou we were both well nigh circa scared to death be ba furo fore going to led bed I 1 GOT MY anil and loaded funded it almutt to ti the muzzle I 1 rammed tile charge homo with the iron irmi lan iroil and was several minutes about abou tit it 1 knew in the ilia loft hoar hear me and I 1 wanted minted tic iho fact of that gun gulf to be thoroughly in fill pressed on liia ills blind I 1 imagine now low that hint lio he va was luf alik to to himself 1 all I the iho while but lit it that tima I 1 wa was not going coin to take any chancel along about ten on ocl rk my wife and I 1 bent ent to nd bd but bolt wo sleep a lnla lf lio file aholo blessed night every title tile iho with tile wind I 1 raised rny my duket so fill ili to cover the opening in fit tile hie collide cill collI ng DW expecting to sea bea tho the finninger at fit smarting town to murder us holli both I 1 held tile gun in my hands at I 1 night and if tesse jew looked dotti domi through it atio io holo biolo lie he must be I yet ut tit the picture lio ito saw my U iulg clung to tile rno in ili terror tenor till and helped to scare nio mo by making that v pro bullof ful I 1 of blood find dyste ry you ell if bea we had an air early break breakfast fist lio be causo cause we sleep nor ft for that matter until tho the stranger er lagrone gRone wa gone if lie ho stayed a your year at four my ijiro ifo not got if ail 1 and pru aaroa paroa tile broa krist while I 1 sit sat up in lid bed guarding guarill the lie ladder lidi lei when lien break fast was bins ready I 1 called to lo tile bilal iger and lie he canio came down looking its though lio lie II 11 enjoyed ft I 1 good rest while my wefa alfa and I 1 looked too ked As though ue lad had just returned front tho the funeral of a ikner re wo we ato ate bleak fat lit in silence and lie st stranger got cot up to go illow how much aluch la Is my bill 1 I lie ho asked I 1 told him film it lowis ai nothing at all but after ho win wai guile gone my fly WHO found a ia 5 in tile tied whelo O lie lind hold siept I 1 dont know whether lie hu lift left it there on purpose lur poso or dr dropped opted it accidentally let no me know hla his address ill send it tu to liliu film by the next malland enill anil savo him life trouble rouble of cal calline lL 1 I lit at tile timo dlhy lie asked n about the JI hoys boys but after I 1 learned leur neil that frank amne had run away with aquilo ahn thing became quito plain you sepi V frank hall had sent to see if there vas any tall talk about ills visiting the iho Ri laloni dut but na as I 1 hul had novar r beard eard ti of his visit I 1 dont think thero atin iii only kiy talk in the iho at till nil I 1 liao have had jeigo james descal bed to tomo file several beveral tile nince ince and I 1 nm arri sure auro that eliat it was lie ho who slept in my lurt loft and settled my wire wife anil and IDO file out of about two 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