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Show IIUIIMMIULS. Barrel Ills Bcnlps Onehot summsr dataller clImMn. thQ oil ''govern inent" roaJ, In the mountain of AM tin-,, which wind In and out of thn pilcfir, hut alweja up mm Copper Jieln, my compauloo, Coloiel 1(Ikv low, nml nislf reachee! tlio coot ppiltiK which biilM- from tlio rock Just before the divide Is rract.el from wLicli the road commence to descend to l'rescolt, which I eight or nine wiles away. The mountains litre are roTrreel llh tall line tree which I print; from the ground covered with Immense grsnlle boulder. Jtesllnjourselvra at tlio spring the roloneliicliittU to n trail leading up tlio aide of tlio oppnsllo mountain, nnd ssld: 'A Rood many rears slocc I think It was In ISM, and when I hit niurhyuucgrrthsa now I came very near being labrii III I y llio In llaui up on the trail where It maa ovtr the divide. I'll tell jou how It in "I hail been dorrn to I'rtscoltfor a month or two, having n itood tlmo a Ith the lioj a until 1 liectme tirokn nnel tired of ao much hilarity, nnj t made up my mind I woul I atrlkn out for the oinip, which at that (line was nt the mouth of the Urtnd Wash, which Ira la down Into Clio llassa. Tampa, four or flvemllea below Coj ter basin. "I atari! out from l'reacott, and was coining on the other aide of the rlJgeovr there, all the time kerplrg my eye upon for Indlaus, for In those elays a person w. always on the lookout look-out for Indiana and ntways hal I, la sun rrmly for Inatant lire, "Anl cnuielirithe hill I notleeil a niovtiueent of Ihe boughs In the top of n till pinion tree which sleioel oil tup of the rldiie. Nut being able from my Joeitton to discover what inado tho rommollon In the pine true lop, I carefully care-fully mvlemy way up the hill until I hail a good view of the tree, an 1 what do you think I aaw? Well, an Indian had shinned up tho lue tree, nnd, with a long llc.li. rib of a iaghuirn,wni knocking oil the plno cones which hoi I the eweot pinion uuta, "I fell Ttry coinfortablo wlieu I aaw the Indian up the tree, for I Imagined thonaultlf he had uaurjit me up tho trev I made up my mind thnthewna my Indian, for tho Apachea hn 1 nil lo thlnga particularly hot for mo on more than oae occMlon. Without any re car 1 nato whellur he would fall on a soft apotor not, I took good aim aud thin didn't ahoot." . . "No; what wa the matlet"" I as.ed. I "111 tell ynai why," continued the rolontl. "Heating n elUht noise, l looked ilown the trail on the oilier side of the hill, and there, not more than one hundredaril away, were coming revon or right Indiana In single file, and all well armed. They ha I no. aeen me. I auddenly concluded I ludu't loatany Indiana that day, an I I lay down In llie bruili while they loared along the trail lu full view of my hiding place and dlaappeared orer the hill. "Aa I didn't care to call a band of the red flendaiipon me by shooting, I luit crawled away from thim wlUioet letting the Iudtau up the tree know liow near hn had Itoii lo being my ratal, nor how near my acalp had litt n tohangluzto the Left of one of Ida tribe." A Novel Death Hentcnce: Ooe ot tho most Interesting charectrra of the ally hlalory of hew Mulco la that of the lain Judge Ilenedlcl. A whole volume could bowrllteu on the work of this man aud a moat Intireatlug book It would make, too. Dim of tho luoat unique atta ot the Judge carter wai a sentence lie passed on a Mcikan convicted of murder. We l ublltli It verbatim! "Jose Maria Martin, stand ui I Joao Naila Martin, you haTeltrtnlndlcted, tried and convicted by a Jury of your countrymen of the crime of murder, nnd the court la now about to aa Uu jou the dread aeulcnce of the law. Aa a uaual thlng.Joae Maria Martin, It laa (sinful duty for thejudgc uf u court of uallce to rouounco upon a human Ming the aunlence of dtath. There la aonielhlng horrllle about It, and the mind of the court naturally revolts from tho performance of sutliaduly, llaiplly, tioweer. your case la relieved of all audi unrleasant features, and the court takca lllve delight lu sou. tenelug you to dtath. "Von are a young man, Join Maria Martin, aipareutly of goo I ttielcal touatltuuon and robuat liealth. Ordinarily jou might liavn looked forward to many ytara cil life, and the court ha no doubt you have, aud have exacted to die at a green old age, but you are about to tie cut oirinthecouatfiueucwof , our own act. Joao Maria Merlin, It la now tho aprlugtlme; In u llltln while the graaa will bo springing up In these beautiful alleys nil J on lliom brund lueaaaand mountain aldta. lawera will be blooming, Llrda will tw aluglng their aweet carola.an I uaturn will be putting un lur moat gurgooua ami attruttleo robtr, and life will buIiaaant and meu will want to alar, Hut none ot tin ae thing '"' "" '""" Maiia Martin. The llowerawlll not bloom for )oii, Joau Mail Martin, tlm blida will uot carol for you, Joae Maria Martin. When there thlnga tome to gladden the aenaia vf men, jou will heoccupylngaapain aluutalx feet ly two Iwnealh the ejd, nnd the green man and there buiutlful ilowera will Iw growing above )our lowlrhral. , , , " I ho ai ntonce of the court lalhat you be taken from thla ) In to the county Jail, that 3011 la there kiiit eafoly and riLurelj confliiad, In the cuitody of tho klurlir, until the day Rpliolmed foryourexeiutliyi lie very cartful, Mr. Hhrrlll, that hn havo no opportunity to racnpe, and that you liuvu hint at tho aiiluliitod laoe at thu aMiolnltxltlnie, that you I ao ktt, Joao Maria Marlln, until Mr. Clerk, on what day of thu mouth doe 1 rlday ahnuttwo woike from thla time come?" "March .Jl, jour honor." "Very well, until the M day of March.wheu you will betaktu ly the alit-rltl from jour tlacuot confinement to aomeaafe nnd coiitouIi nt aiMt within Ihe county, that la In your dlicrotlin, Mr. rihtrllr e-oti am only couflnol lutheltroltaof the county and that you Ihrru bo liangid by the nuk until you are dead nnd the court waa nUnt te ad I Joae Maria Marlln, may Ood havo mercy on your eoul' bulthe court will uotaaaumethe reeioualblllty of aklug an all wlwi I'ruvldence to do that w nlcli a Jury of oure(r have refuat 1 tj do. Din ,ord tuuldn't hii imriy un your nuul. llonover.jfjou bnve nuy ri-llgloua ri-llgloua lllef, or aro tounected with anyrellgloua orgAiiltallon, It might be well enough for jou to tend for jour f-reat, or your inlnMer and gtt from iiliuHcl), auth tuiaolatlon aa you ran. bui 'he court advUim jou to plaio no reliance upon anything of that klu I. Mr, Hherlll, remove the prla oner." J'lkc'a Teak Ooldt 'Way hack In UOT when bulouM I'lko wai In hew Meatrohemoi a carienlcr lu Hanta Kr, lurilty by name, from Piarrte town, Ky. 1'uraley waa working at hie IraJetrcauan he could uot get away Ho had In 18 r., while out on Iheplalna hunting, met with a r-erlca nf rolt-fortunae, rolt-fortunae, and found hlmielf In )! or 18M, with a hunting larly near the mountain". Tho hoatlle Hlour of the I lalna drove them Into the high ground In tho rear of IMke'a tak. Near the lira I watera of the I'iatte river IMraley found mino gold, llnrarrhd a Mil" of It In hla ahot iwuch for luontha. Ho waa finally tent by hlaconiianlona to Hanta 'e to are If they coul t trade with the Hpanlarda, an I choae to remain at Hanta Peln preference to returning to the bunting party Ho told IhurJinnhrda about the gold lie ha I found, and thej itlcd very hard tnperauado him to go and ahow Iheui the place. They even offered lo taku alonir aelrnng force of cavalrj, Hut 1'uraley refuapxl, and hla inlrlotlo renaon waa that he thought tho land waa on United Htalea Territory. Ilo told Lieut, rikolhatheftaredthatthey would uot allow him to leave Hanta To aa they atlll hoped to learn from bim where thn gold a as to !ofounl. Tbrae facta were nbllehod by l.leut. I'Un aoon alter hla rtlurn, but not ono took the hint, or the rlak waa too groat, nnJ Itiui tnoro than half n century I aed before thoe raniu tlrh Held) of gold were found andoiitnod to the world. If t'uralty had been ome what lew atrlotlc, and had guided the Hpaidaidato the trtaaurea, the whole hlalory and condition of the weatern tart of ourcoutlnentinlfiht have bi en i ntlrcly different from wh it It now la. riiatriglon would havoUtn a pait of Monro; or Uraln might bavn Ueu IninaKMlouof It. owning California, and, with the gold that woul I have Uvn amrod Into l!irco!leralhavelccD the leading nation In I.uroiieaii atTalra today, Wn cau taally atn how Anicr lian and I-uroeaii hlalory In thn nluettentli century might have tiecu changed If that aleeuturer fiom ICtu. lucky had not been a true lover of hla uatlvo country. |