Show A ii 4j4zr I J = e i HIDNG AN N fNfMY A STORY OF NOTED OUTLAWS IN WYOMING 1 Rr Burns Kept taith Under a i Tenble Tcmptton and WI Greatly Surprised at the Reult I BY J lI MERRILL Slowly and thoughtfully Narry Burns wake along the Darrow path leading fr hIs uncJes house to tho rive Ther was much on tl boys mind 4o rnde him thoughtful A wet before hIs uncle had ben brought in from a skirmIsh with rustlers badly wounded Danger lurked behind every bush in the vicinity of the Burns cabin captaIn Grddok the noted rustier had raided the vicinity only n few days since killing several cteme and running off several hundred head of valuable stock A reward had ben placed upon the outlaws head and the hoe western country was arouse dctermine upon the capture or annhia on of Grad dock and his band Tat reward at 100 would help Uncle Zenas and me tremendously just now mur the lad as he waked thoughtfully forward Scarcely had the boy uttered the wors when the sharp crack of a fire aria fell on his ear the sound coming from the right and apparently not more tan a quarter of a mile distant harry sprang quIckly forward alert for danger and was son ascending a steep mound the smmit of which towered tow-ered cnslderabJ above the surund ing country Once the summit was gained Harry hal an unubstrcte view of the country lor a long distance dis-tance tanceThathe saw cU0 the lad to corn press his lips and clinch hIs rife A man was rm11ng like a deer toward to-ward the river pursued by a dozen mounted plainsmen who were sending jn sot after shot aiming evidently to kn or cripple the fleulng man The fugitive semej aiming for the rer at a spot near here harry Burs was standing Along the strewn the la was uneeli making dltcult rapid progr on hortbak This fact would give the purse man an dvantge I when he neared the river Harry watched the race with bated I breath His sympathIes were naturally natu-rally enough with the fugitive who was contending against feful odds The lad throught o Graddok and hig rustlers and easily imagined that thIs man vat a poor setter who had Incurred In-curred the displeasure of the rustler captain and who was in consequence beng hounded to death by that noor ios outlaw and hIs minions With Harry Burs to think was to I t Ho raised his rifle anti fired more for thi purpose of halting th rough ride than intention to Injure one Qf them What the was his snrprise to s one of the pursuers roll from the saddle Harry Burs was startled at thee the-e et of his shot In a moment however the man who had fallen from his saddle sprang up and was running toward his horse evl iety none the worse for his tumble And now the pursue man dashed into in-to the hushes almost upon the boy Harry sprang forward to meet the rglhe a whitefaced panting men with streainl hall and windblown beard Boy exclaimed the runner cant you hide me somewhere This way called Harry darting toward to-ward his uncles house The boy did not pause until he had gained the l a of the house and stood 1n the oven door Qf a back shed For one instant he hesitated then datcd to the side of a large gnbx over ole side of which hung two heavy horse blankets Jump in here quick cried Harry The man obeyed lying close to ie bottom of the empty box Th Ii I7Pl and otn th blank L eta spreading them careful over the shrinking for of the fugitive Harry then stepped quickly to the door and glanced out Not Tar aa sounded the crash of steps In less than a minute the men who pursued would be In sight Barry Burs turned back Into the shed He glanced at the blankets coy erlng the fugitive and felt his heart I sink The pursuers would surely throw asIdthe covering and seize their man Ii u o nnnln n nn uu u Promise not to betray me bo cried the voice from beneath the blankets blank-ets In hoarse accents Ipromlse said Harry And then a sudden thought entered his brain At one side of the shed were two large sacks filled with oat With I the strength born of the occasion the boy dragged these to the side of the I gainbox Cutting the strings Ham soon amp tied the contents of the sac Its into the box covering the blankets and man beneath I be-neath to the depth of several Inches While he was emptying the list sack a fuc lreliin at the door D Hello boy what are ye at called I a gruff vbice Cant you see returned Ham as he coolly shook out the empty sacks I q hung them up over a peg on the nul Housin oats eh Wail I dont care furlc1i now Did Je see a man run nln like split down this war a minnlt ago Yes rcpJled Harry cool stepping to the door He passed on in that dir di-r cton pointing down the river Who was he anyhow What has he done that you fellows should chase him like I this thisThe man laughed as he eyed the boy keenly Did ye ever he of Capn Grad dock said he Therster robber Ther same boee Certainly I have heard of him but He ther vew chap were chain boyce Thas a thou san on his head and Ill gin half ter he him pinted out to me Harry Burs started and trembled Here was a way to help hIs uncle immensely and at the same time rid ous the characters country of one of its most danger Involuntarily the boy glanced toward the box of gin One word from him would seal the doom of tl Wyoming land pirate and enrich himself in a godly sum besides The eyes of the cattleman were watching watch-ing his face keenly Harry Burs hesitated as to his duty Ef ye know whar ther robber Is speak commanded the man Once I glt my hands enter him five hundred I dollars is your The temptation was great but the boy had given the marauder his word that llc would not bltry him und swallowing a big lump that almost choke him Harry sid I should like the money very much and rd be glad to see the robber captured cap-tured and punished but I cannot tel you where he is Im sorry but I reckin well catch titer skunk afore long anyhow de dared the spokesman of the pursuing part passing out and joining his comrades who had halted within a few yards of the house Hay knew that had the man under the oats fallen into the hands of his pursuer he would have been run up to the limb of the nearest tree The lad had indeed saved the fellows life Harry walked back to the house and to the presence of his wounded uncle to whom he told all that he had done You did very wrong In giving the outlaw such a promise Harry sid old Zenas Burs However after givIng giv-Ing such a promise you did perfectly right In refusing to betray the fellow After night had fallen Harry hit his lantern and proceeded to the shed for the purpose of informing the man under the oats that the cot was clear On reaching the spot what was the lads surprise to find oats and blankets blank-ets flung aside and the outlaw gone Hes gone said Harry drawing a relIeved breath releve lIe then walked to the door At this moment his ear caught the sound of horehoofs bounding away from the vicinity of their Jog stab Harry ran tG the stable where beautiful beau-tiful Black Bess the 1leetest horse in Wyoming was sheltered He flashed hl light into the stable through the open door The place was empty Black Bess is stolenl excltimed the border boy in an excited voice and the man whose life I saved has taken her This is your gratitude Captain Grddock Harry Burns returned to the house scarcely able to see whither he was going owing to a mist before his eyes He burt into his uncles presence with the news The old man seemed more deeply grieved than his nephew for the beautful black mare was zis the apple of his eye Captain Grddolc shows his vile nature to the last said the helpless old setter Black Bes cannot be overtaken and the cattle thief wl surely escape Harry Burs kindness to the rustler chief had met with n most villainous return and the hey was not happy Early next morning a score of mounted mount-ed men approached the house of Zenas Burns A hard looking Jot they were and the man in advance was the same one who had led the pursuers of Grad dock on the preslous day X 1 2 j H JJjtiunaiyL Well make shortworl of old 1 ru3 and their kid said the leader of Lhc part Burn Ii and destroy thats the word Dards His order uttered In a loud voice reached the cars of Harry who wn = not far from the house Taking the alarm the lad ran to the house 03e1 and secured the doors just as the mounted men rode up Whats wanted 7 called ilarry fro an upper window Come down out of that kid shouted the leader of the foray What do you want Graddcck isnt here No I reckon he aint retorted thp man with a laugh Ye want old Zenas Burns What do you want of my uncle cried Harry now deeply alarmed at the warlike demeanor of th e pJalnsmen Hes sick and unable to travel I Sick Is he Val hell be sicker afore were through with him jeered V J 1tiJjJ I f I jj Jim j I i L 1 s1 I c t i I It t i II I I g I I i I k I II I ii BALLO BOY WAT ALE YOU AT CALLED A GlUm the man Rush in and bust down the door boy At this moment a bright fame leaped up near at hand I came from the stable which the marauders had seton set-on fire Harry saw plainly that the men were outlaws He thrust forward his Winchester Win-chester aimed at the shoulder of the leader and fred A cry of pain rol lowed The weUaimed bullet had found its mark With yells of rage the en fun themselves from their bddle and dashed at the house Harry rushed below determined to sell his life dearly before a hall of Is beloved unce should be harmed Crash came the forms of several men against the door The board structure trembled and at the second rush gave away precipl tatn several men into the room here harry Burs stood at bay with his Winchester cocked ready for use Theres the kid down with him and ther old man At this critical moment a cry 01 alarm was heard outside Then there was a scattering and mounting of the outlaws Those in the house beat a precipitate retreat As they rusnid outside a crash of firearms feU on the I air mingled with shouts and cheers Harry sprang to the open door The sight that met hiS gaze was reassuring re-assuring A score of bright uniform moved here and therea squad of United States cavalryand they were doing good service as several ridcrlpss horses te tted With the blUejackets rode a beari1d man on a black steed Black Beast exclaImed Harry and the thief is riding her What did it mean The lad was not long in ignorance I am Sam Rupert the government scout said the man whose life Harry had saved on the previous day r rode your horse to the nearest government govern-ment post to summon the soldIers and have arrived in time to nay the debt I owe you my boy Yonder 11oS Captain Graddocl wounded and a prisoner He will never again terrorize terror-Ize the honest cltemen of Wyoming Harry glanced In the dlrectcn pointed out and saw the man who had visited him on the previouS evening The lad shuddered when he remembered remember-ed how near he came to betraying an honest man into the hands of outlaws n xuLn o In No4 the groves are cut exact I like those of No3 except that the run in the opposite direction I will bcno tced also that the corer f and the opposite corer 1n No3 are not cutoff cut-off exactly to a pOQt I properly cut the two pars will then fit together I in No1 The trick of locking them together completes the work Cut a large wire nail in half keeping the end without the head Bore two holes at the points g exactly in the center so that when the blocks are together the will b opposite op-posite The hole in No 3 should be quite deep and the size should be such that the piece of meta can be jarred forward and back Put the parts together to-gether with the nail in place and by rapping on the bottom of NO 4 the metal will bolt thepuzzle tog ther only to be disengaged 1y hitting the opposite oppo-site ends of the puzzle |