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Show TnEMANWUOJIIUGQED. IIIi name wai I'lilncai Ellsworth, but wljoy1 tlio '1IX" rnnch CAlled lilui Ijilly Ura.j. for reason, vrlilch tcusnlu Mr' conerallou with tiltn would iniVe oliTiomti even to a total stranger. To say Unit lie vtm i-Infontled I drawing it wry rnlM ami to stato tliat tho chief tit of I1I0 opinion was tho particularly t-xcellent one ho heM of himself U ujor Jluons. Tiiuo were lmmilrtno, monotonous 04 i tt lh "HX, ami there, wiu scant ctportanlty fr llilly to exhibit the rouwitf. irowev, skill, ability, an I f rth, which wo had til own oft ro I.atel sUteutenU for It Lo pomscl U remarkable degree. Onco In nwlitlo soiuethln-r, wool 1 hip-jvn hip-jvn to relievo the monotony, but Hilly, window or other, wa navcr on deck to Uiw what houiM north. lie nlwu luruwl til nftirnnrd wihi"llnhl you fulouti ji n malie nie (trim nil overl Wy any blooiulu UinWruo; e l a tor jo bet Urn Hxttrur, "Tint win fool trick. .Notf, cf Id lweu ttuirld n did eu nti ij " or "Huh! t ye call timt luiythln ter lueniihunT Wy, back thar, oil th' Kc)n l'lilii, wetivsl i' letth' kllsuti wlmiuca do tliat kind tV work." And to It went for nearly a 3 ear, and tit tiffb we nvetitetl many n 1 In 11 to tftvo liitli nn 01 Mirtunlty to huw liliortli, l.o tuionvd, on onu retwit or uiiotbtr, to kei 11 out of our nutr. O110 day C.Io Snttllurf, who wai out looking up ftomo ktnyt, fell In with tls(.i1cku'r fvtliu in a coulco, nnd thinking tit fir.t timt ItM mi "H.Y criUt-r roJn townnl It llut thu U-at vm what i known mn'bad im,Mand L rnn down nudUlbm lug uithrayo bo tunn 1 mid charged on tbo U riled con boy. Cnlotiinl to turn hi pony nnd run, but tbo kiiluml was ieej and only rctrtd and tnurted. Calo thought ba w ai about to tukiHi Unj btrdin cloud, but I10 ) aukvd bl kuu Hud let yo, entcli Ion tho itctr right Utwren Iho 131-1, auI dropping it not nioro than Uit fret nTy. C itln wn a bit vtvr In tho buin, and lewiit mtlivr pilo wlivii by rod up to tlift rauchaud rliud bl?ipfriiiOc,but j ttur u triumphant ton(nhl volco t 1 tu 1 1 '" bin nuciit fill ahot from tht l ku' ik tan Un jwoy, I 1') lint mid with 11 Biipf-rlor air, Mm.,i , ivtimrkod aui.tli.fully, "wiiutl j wmttcr kill Hut for? Yo oM jm 'xwtrllki iwVAiiropenm. buuiefolk t rur hiv no rVrd fr prop't; . Wwto L t, vrnijt in tbin. ' V n'l rukuvd and j roootdM to con LTalrdAto Culti on Mn liuk, but Hill did h trtuitocarf. UowKttln n-vl to our lrrrerencr. It tuny bo tiotod, h iWLir, tbut when wo triwiuwt morn-luK morn-luK to pt Inlly to UU a Kalloplng 'Iw-t at tho triioln n bbuikot lilll ontwu hod door, to le how nir bo coull )vnuc(w t "trvvinif u nM Ur 1 1 out tho IwiVof u fool puny, our prou hiIlu int-t with Boom. 'Tbcrs jo ko Aniut'MiM Uilly. "Wlmt'A Hi' lilnuio tjoo wnatlu tr wholo lot u oa'trtdjfM j tcumibcorrinranu(pibUIa fttiots t tat tr tbloK km Ihi did? Aw , go udl uu try pouutbUMii lit her rat 1 "lo ttt y.r vitu fkt)uuini(e4tuiVitliit., Aul bo rodo off, luui It OilttidM, Whin Jo n-mltK, brother o( tlio KS an I Hank Unrr lind a bnuh with bulf itdcuin ludlitid, nnd jtut icpcl vi lithuIrlieH havlrtc a bunclnf fat c atlo tr U ran off by Undo Bam dear, vvi jriUKiti, Hilly optutou wa at onto furihcomitur. "lluhl o incut jci'zwill uTid ifiutu' lh critUr an j'ollhem thUvtu stX cums to, Vy didn't yc, w inyHitcd'cm ridin down ct je, 3n kill three or four critter. I (lo 'em up fpr n birriojule, An jrlio th nddrriUrffflArh-l? lhat'd Ua Ut-ttr'ii Ut-ttr'ii loiin th' hull bunch WhuiUdbllall, a cowboy from tho "fl hr,n tU ni'Xt ranch one of Un I icaneit, ullvit, mot (puirrtUotiio bub lit who fter flourUhiul n g ffot MUM At tbo hoUl In town by nn unof ftudi(tttidfrfoot, whom ho had tried to couijkI to Uko a drluk, Ullly, a Lhtial, hal vouiethlng to lay, "Jluhl 1hat'thfiu temlcrfvLt nil over. They tMiiktf er nuu trK t' her fun with 'em h)r thet IhejSo i-ott' shoot, an shoot quick. Th' Kft'ot ou?htor'Yr jes' took Hub IUU Vth'rcmiro'th'pnnts au kkktsl'r throve 1 'iiit out, an J Job 'iVo pollyRtted too quick, llob Hall Imvur lud no ann 1." AU thoKAtuo, thoro was aq old story to the effect llut ouce, when Hilly had ln unan oautably abneut from tho ranch for tbtve or our days, bolnd Ikm-u In town, devoting ronallvrublo attoutiou ti kei'pins out of tho belligerent Mr. Hall a way. Cut Billy opportunity camo one day. Ho bad lwn laid npn week and wa still Luaaaa thonvuttof being on tho fldo nuxt tho KTOunl when hi pony at uinl led nnd ft 11 ono day, and w m hit-tlfltf hit-tlfltf at Iho door onomorningalwut 11. JO wluu tho btagu taiuo aloiur. Bovoral of uiiwero In th ranch honno and wcro louiLwhat aurprtHHl to bear tbo wheel tiitr-ldc, for tho fctatf road was two I ilU from tho ranch. M w crowded to tho door wo saw "something wn up" for Djcr, tbo drlr r, lookod excIttMl. "Moriilu, gintleinou," bo sail And then to H044 Plemliiiri 'FIJinlny, Ivx 1 a f held up over b Tit 0 Mile ir k. Kin ono o' th bo) s go with 111?? 1 11 got 'uuthir inin nt Parkers, an I reckon thrcell bo 'nonti." " by 3 , of coumo, was tho nply, "you can linvo moro if juu wimt 'cm. Ill ko inynelf, lint why didn't you krinjr Ruard if jou'ro carryiug nny yal-nnWos yal-nnWos Nyr explained, Tlie night Iwfore In hal noticed tf.rto sueplUoiu looking ciiiiracter in town, and oUurvid thai thny pjI him tousiderably. Tld worn luirhohitdttarUdiarly, hojlu to wi ill tho 1 Ulla favarublo to a hold up lff luo thriii tough looking ntlo M nhadliuio r lot iid, llu lutd tl a bit tin (nurd nfoufc brmglng i nnrdii m ho dl I not llkT to onp ur row -dU.audbcaldu LU tu&DlUoua laljhl be trr 1 1 Hi m m A t 'it In'mb w nnl I u l on tuin There w i r 1 no valualilca cc I tho mail M41 Hut tho three strangers had pawod him n mite back, nvi lenity In n hurry tc get Mmiewherej limce his visit to thi "IIX M raining turned to ptt midy to 50 U vm not tjie innn to eend ntafdK'dy 1 into dauger but waa mot at the door b) Hilly, "h)Ir with tworsvolwrs and a WlncliMtT. "Hullo, Inanr ejaculnteil Hailing "Unlnt on bear m any I win golngr 'Don't enro ef ye did," onw rM Hill) cnrtly. ! h 1 lenty work t' do, nn my hilgi4 too stltT f straddle any blaux broncho " An 1 ho climbed tolu folly uc on to tbo drlvrr'd seat, nnd tho elog rolletl away, leaving u staring attach other, titmbhi tobelieoure)ii. I Tbo stage did not reach the Five Mile ' nor did it reach lVrker'n. At a plnco ( two miles wet of tho "HX,n whero the j rotd traveraed tbo til go of a 1 luff over j hinging a deep ravine, tht rn wr ro thrco rlioU fired, and brftve Walt Dr and . bUtwo team loader fell Into thmnd. ' Then there were more shots i rattling fnsiladofor twoor three minutes -then silence. 1 When we got to tho scene wo saw Hilly Drag ljltu cnM tbo body of th driver, supporting hliiunlf on one tlbow nnd keeping tho drop" on n man who stootl holding uponenrm tbootherwA thattcrcd and hang limp. Two dead im 11 bosldeH Dyer lay fit tho rond. Tlw wheelers were quiet now, bot tbitrhoof hat cruelly mangled tho bodies of their pro tratn coinrades in front. "1 kuowod ed come, boys," raid Hilly, " lse I d hM t' kill Ihln 'uu, ten 1 o' r-tvln lm fcr a Intlo net k tie jwirt). They got Hytr funt lick, but wen they rtmtipnginriilnnUwortb, Iheykitrhot erh lor tr feller. Uueu 1 kludlooff real iRftccfnl now. . Hut ho did not dlo. With n ball In Ids leg, another tranling nround torn where on Ida Inftldo an 1 a wound In hi throat wlih 'i cauei hli iolce to break in n ludicrous way ho still lhn nnd brag of Ibis ery LXploit. It. U Ketch-am Ketch-am In Argonaut. |