Show I I 1 TALE OF THE TRAIL I 0 from the Per of Frcdorlc Re Thrilling Story F i l1g I A Most ton tho Well Known WriterArtist I Person the will store to nl I it bold wilder savage Ever lived say that Attache a Indlon and In thl9 te I top on AIgeh can tlnl 11lI01 reat 1 Chlrlenhua where bronco fit vlot II 10llg eased devious itere 00 tQuo tracks never be accollnt1 that oil of thon Inn of cavalry nit the Iments M Three I 09 stalte nnd hlackonol rootboth galore hod their hark bill tho Ixlrn appeared 91111 dlsop rhU prerence YSlul Colorado to live from the I peor loll ho lessors face 0 on a looked can Ihough handredet knoll look or I or Ilia flprllll the hOpe Hitting Is Olllh mol ome IIIlIe The flaSsal was seat fear that tr lout thet tolo me There Purely 14 or among t c r go Alo1 lie ole ouch 1lm1f n pron P loIY a I as I I III how eloped 81rhork lIolm method of tile Ty that COllt though even lie onfir scouts or a bIf after all Maol manlfetod rar 10 like the duItorm or IL morn UoU hlver In the or und gone Ing mlta walked his horse slowly back TM Chief In dlsgut while the scouts troll Ira on the II wa bchlnd IHIlexed kbbpl I > iSr Tinto has Ila sued unit Msuv Pat al fffrThiES Since brUVs more The hope In the breasts 110 n r blighted lIntl men I early CItiliflig or Alaoal longer expect tn See ho they brad broUght Into rmll don UI In fill trlllphanll m old Ls hotl slid dropped front of the chief ot rovild In AhP Uts flat sd II is I lime 10 Preserve flat tt trail to In I nih troops If thp Tenth had gone The rIll for tile nlAht end the hoIIY IntO hadscialle heartened ilia the ItqAtens 1 ar man men Supper was over I nlulnuc chief nf scout Alluellelhlet and I got the Id Apache behind his own ducking and demande shot Ile knew of nn Apache Indian In Arizona seemed 1 Alaol life I dn InlI oil or nearly nil that any I lilt it till tier know mn I All right maid the chief its he III a cigar and tipped hill ombltro over hi Ill ere hul 11 me gt It Straight Iassnl Irall I am a 0 crooked I hall to fully nights 10 bep II arrolllln my head lie IlIdnl leave mill h moo fruit than n buzzard anyho and tt took years unranl 1111 IiUI I Im nnllcl voting 11AS chlefof scouts at Apache In II I lie full of to vMien word was brought In that nn Indian Kill nam il NntiU tale had disappeared and that hei mother war found undel 1 it t ulth n L bullet through hHI bidy I hr mediately Bent Indian scouts to lake the trail The found the tracks of n mare and colt Ruing hy 1 the pot und thlnklitB tt would bring Hum to I the girl they followed It shortly they found a Moccasin track whrr it mat hid dismounted from the mare matt without paying more attention to the horse track tles I t followed They run down one of my own scouts In n Uwln camp here ho was earoulllg will othc lrlnkel they sprang ill Mm rot him by the hall disarmed and bound him Then they lIke him vhat he hall done with the girl and 1 wit ho mid killed the moth to which hi replied that he did not know When he was brought to me about dark there vas Intense exeltcmen Almoner the Indians who cromded around demanding Indian justice on the head uf the murderer and rmlshei of the women In order to save his life I took him from the Indians and lodged him In the post Trusted house On the following morning In older to satisfy nnself positively that thH man had committed the murder I sent mI drat tergeanl the famous Mickey Tree with a pUked party of trailers back to the ulnut tteewithorderst4t go carefully ocr the trail and i rule dOln tin mo and colt or find the girl dead or alle vlwrever they might In two hours word was sent to me that the trail was listening to t the north Ithey hd found the body or the colt mith Ila throat cut anti were following The enter Th < trail howd that a matt nroot WRO driving I lie mare and the Renul thought girl w as 011 the mre 7hl proved that we had the wrong mnn In custodv therefore turned him case telling him lie was all right In return he told me that he owned the i iiinre find the colt and 1 that lberve lid n I closed tile trell the I I gli A a tell I In Un Inchlohaklnl 1 < Ill IIUlo which her nlll mother wa goUrln He had rid I lien along nn1 oholll oil hour series ward beat 11 Sdll a Shot II Ile turned his I male lots 1 d PrOllled ven fIt In the flambe enmp where ho heard later that I flat add 1 womnllhn been hot and lite plrl lifted When arrested ho knew I thai the other Scouts land trailed him from > the walnut tree ho aw the clr I I t1smattarices 119111hat t him 1 land was afraid On the night of the second day I I Mickey rrccB patty returned having Ilun the trail to within n few Miundred Sards of the camp of Alcaslmy In the Korectdule land anti tile country band to belvveeli little the tr11 i i belonged I there wa n blood feud They concluded that the murdrer belonged to Aleashayx camp and I ere afraid to engrage him I sent for Alcnslmy to come In Ins I tmdlately which he did and demand rd that he trail the man And deliver him up tu me or I would I take ml scout i cerrs goto his and camp at rest all eusplclous characters He stoutly de i I Illit i31i5 man was In hid 3 E I I nimlsed to do as I dlicUcd and to fuither allay any suspicious he 010 rt fvi my picked trailers to help run tho I Hall Wllh thin II body of men he pro reeded on the track and they found that It I inn right around I hl 1 camp IIt1I tumid huII i I to the cast inn within 20J < Miidn of a stage ranch I thocII into AMe rough mountain county wluiu It twisted It rill turned ir forty milts At this point the found I the first camp the man had made Ho had tied lIn Ih I to a lIe by the feet which reiiilllcd her to sleep on bert ber-t buck I the little had been killed some steaks I ike i out und Dome meat Jrkeil From tin 10 on they could field no trait which they could follow At Ijng I Intervals Ihv found nil moccasin imrk letween locket but after chcllliK for miles they gave It up III this camp they found nnd brought me to n fire Ptlek the In Ft and onls one I had seen nnd they told me that the Ilrestlck lived not been used by Apaches forman for-man 3 via rev ttuie were only a few old llIen III my UIIIP ho were Camllr with its u e though one managed to light hH I clraieltr with It They reas I caved trom this that the mn was n hrnnhJ Indian Nilm hall been 00 long out that be ceiulet not procure matches and also that he was a much wilder no there I a V of the Indiana thon r I know 11 t loop I ullannl 1 In nlmiit n vuck their wan another I Indian Bill letters retire one of my hay 1inlp I and I mon l scouts thought It uns I Tito oanl Indun who they deilded was I on ef Hi writ known > outlaws but I odder and liLtel 11110h did nol ui > lib t them to the IlIuUer IIed to lite manthr I In the Plains the first missing l girl lode Int I fort vpnch on II flite hoo I hh was lon eil down 11th lilts Iddifolla mitt other Ind tin finery Iwo cowboys icillcml Tier rbortly anti titillated the I wn > which Ionic a O C O Imind anti 1 fIt Pit It Ill to thm I took the girl Into I my nlllee for she wa No tired that she Pould Jlardl attend uP ithile Elie ns huritniil and wcrn to the last deriee 1 When she 1 hid Sufficiently recovered < I told no lit r etnrn She raid she was ul III he movinut tree when all Indian hot Ir iothrr nnd coming up forced hot to e ulth blin He trailed and Picked ui file lIIoro Itind her IIU Its hack and dro It nlfnc The Colt uhleselled vbermliv h put Its throol 110 I11nole straight for Almshnys I ramp which he rhded and then tullvd sharply to the east whtre he made the big twisting through the mountains which my scouts found After poing nil night and the nxt div he made Ihe first camp After ktllng nnil eoeKIng the mare he gavo Per something lo eat tied her up by that fet nnd Mantling over her lold her thot ho vnot patting it n he I on old man tin A llred ef mill Ing his mu tires and wanted n vi iman If she was u good girl he would ht kill her but would treat hr well and alveoli leave venison hanging up He continued that he wn going allay rr II fell Tenures and wllllhl I come hal and kill hr Ir a he trlpl tn mid i tile 0IObUI he fell nsleei while he wna ttilklaiv A t vr daylight I lie re W WrIAd raltical Tier tried Tier clinih on 1 his Imcknnd thus errlco hor for along I nc IaAlonally he made lr might when the ground was hard tell Ins h < r If she made an sign he would kill hei rohl < h made her careful of her tci After romp littler 01 this blinding or the trull they came UIon a while horse thaI mus tied to n tree Tho mounted dOli jb and i ode all day us fast as lie votild hlh the jcm until near nightfall night-fall It fell friji exhnllllnn hreupon he klllO It land took some i 01 Ihe car rams The hroneho Indian look himself ort for II couple of hours and hen he llirnoJ brought another borne hleh I Ivey inotirelvil and ped ollward through tile Tit relight all slight long On that morning the were In the high 11101Ln fallen therein ptny suffering the slim fate as the there They Played her two days he tying her UI w1jenve1 he Went hunting mile cfnr n ctlinti et fter tile long flight f I 1 F1rAnS11 I Itow In Ile botol rm Ihero Ihy Putneyea ooulh 0m 131 I loellug to 0 1110 high mountains eased I I onh 011 Inoutt I vA ill 11 hv told I h I 1 I It tnlll Inollnloln Pais t < < ea tile hllw of the t lout It IIhu lrlII tie 111 1100 as tit tbl 1 intent hit gnno f SItll Irh 11 a Iell > l Jlndrc of Toes I 1111 ftl Though 01 caustic she < < as fault olm let He killed Kami easily mile tinned Ihe hi 1111 unit the livid ns mnn nml vvlte I Dfly bv IIhv t they tlmmlcd thoU way through the deep caiijonsnii I net I th Ilua noun till II langoA Ily thlr thlo bv final hme Cnn1 of the White muntllill Iltl cold total Tier that ho I Was Ianl n Chlrlcahu nrrlor that ho hud Lell nltt1 After 111 nmn late ever an1 pejt East oil tit railroad 1 nOr twn I 3aaiev since but 1 hod tsrape1 line rich lion the tlalll and had rm IL hla elly Llono back to his IInlh lichelto 111101 then IL In I known thnt nn Irdifin fill turn III missing hut II five II hlor hn < l of 110111 anti some ldrilm l > halt oeellrrel which nndo the checking air mrist straight II le Is wit missed ut the time from what the girl Said ho recall have cot off east or Knnsai oily unit traveled Kouth I anti tlnn welt till nt last he came to Ihe Ise11 l of the MiKnlrro Apaches where he rlllyo1 toe r mo lime lie wn over a year moping thr Jomney nnd told tin girl Hint no human eye ever saw hln once In that time This Is I nil he ever told HID fill Natastalc unit sh wn flail to liilc him more llyyemd these 1r recta It t In stilt I note uldnlKht proul 1 of It human 1 n-ote thr oush te settled volinti for 12111 miles the I liardilio I of the lernklnr heir qllaled II1 only by Iho InUn which took him home Unoo nly while 1 Hit jAIrI vits wllh I Ion dhllh S Igns it other Indlono and rltolhtwny Aln1 turned awn > him wild nature Shunning even tile eve ckty of his kind 1 1 At times his heart was bad need once he evat hlIng for a mhole day finally telllnl Tier that he was doing ln to n bad country to kill Mexicans that women mere n burden nil a orrlor nl Hint he had made up his mind to kill 1 her All through her narrative he seemed nt times to lot I overcome with this bloodthlrst which took file form or a homleldal melancholia S lie begged 80 hard for her life that he lelented Po he left her In the wild tangle or moun tain lhllo lie raided on the Mexican settlements He came Lack with holse4 anti powder end lend Thin last was In Winchester bullets which he melted up and recast Into focallber balls made In molds of cactus sticks lie did not tell how many murders he find committed during these raids but Total it lees mnily fh y lIe thai winter thrllllh Ire tile Sicricem anti 1 lei the spring statted north crovoift the railroad tic I hllh 111 hl the 1unooll need th Ioulherll Pat Tile They at nil in Iy Oil II hlRh mountain faced walthcel Ov trainee air east go lay lout 1 1114 Ilkact got lud ut the sight I of them Haiti again Ito concluded to kill the girl AKiIll File begged off and tin > continued up 1 the I range 01 the Ioolln 11 nn foappy In hlo mind dealing nil this Jnn ney saying 111n Wle eoro up he that he must go back to Mexico and 1111 same tie 110 was tired of Ih woman net did < not want her fr ro back llhblm so after sitting nil day Oil It rock while she besought him the told wolf Jh her to go home In pence Hut the girl I wait lost mid told him that either the Ix Irwin or lIIortcnh would kill her II killSher she departed from him so nil moo < ollend mill I telling hr 10 wmo on lip began the homenurd Jnirnr They Passed Through a Small I American fawn In the middle of the nighthe having Previously taken off the India rnw hide Phoes Train the ponies They cONI the Olla near the Nests Taw mountains Here lie state two flesh horses and loading one with all the hnckkh I ho put hr oil need headed her down the Tagle roll to lllack river She now knew where file wn but was nearly dying fiction Oh311Un of his IIb night expeditions Ill hailed I her told her to tell trio while officer that she was n pretty good girl better than Inn Carlos woman anti that ho would come ncntn mill ct ubother lie struck her home and was Kim KimMa Ala1 then became a problem tn Filceessivit chiefs of scouts n bugbei i to the reservation Indians and terror 1 10 rIEolin I Ir n man oa a killed or n witnesses inhaled tile Indiana came got loping and the 800Ut 10 on life trail 11 ho net n WOlnRn tn the dfile lie etehed h < r dead If she did riot pleasP Ills eltallt fnevey He took pot hot nt the men Iowlng In their little fields unit 1 knoolNI the Atex lean hull I rivers on the hoa n they Plod of oil hrollorh i the blinding dust of the Globe road lip even sat like n vulture on the rim rock i and signalled the Indians to come nut and talk When two Indlins thus ne co ted did KO out they found them selves I looking down Masnil fIIIlIlIher send were tempted to do tie bidding lie sent one In fM unr und eortct holdIng hold-Ing the brother l for such he happened to be as a hostage till the sugar and coffee came Then be told them that ho was going behind a rock to lie down I t 1n I cuutlonlrg them not to mole for an rfP I pt hour That was an unnec ssar bluff I i 111 k for they did not wink mi eo until sun J don Later than IhH be stol a Kill I 3 I I < If I In blond dallpbt In the face of n ian it ij Oatlos I camp atilt drngg d her up ill 1 1 I I lidi I I Here he vvnsattaik by licit n t iq Ila INelityl Necks INhoill hot < stood off jPI A a unlll ob141evis i When Ih > 1101i 1 F bin lair In the snivelling hero lay the I I I dead girl r MnKBill wave gone t I i I oor never saw idiSsid Lilt alive matt I v i j Ihei It WHO Only a piece of his 11 string A 1 Illckei ing in the brush We hid tot 1 1 b 1 mid Ills trail I half the night land jurt I at duMlitnt f as we ascendnl I a ste p to I Part of the mountains I caught sight I of n Isinys head looking over a bush I I i We advanced rapidly only to find the fifl I t horso grunting from nn metals wound in i I lie belly and the little camp scattered to dp f I I around about him The shirttall flick IV erlns In the bruh j was nil ttQ Mussal I lf4 J We followed on but he hall gone down l I a sleep luff I I We lent down too thus expoIng ourselves to draw his I fire so I I that we could locale him but he was I not temple I ii The late I Lieutenant Clarktinel murh I the name view of this mountain outlaw I f and Since those flays 10 young nn 01 the Seventh ravnlr lUo and Averlll r have on me rnrRt oceolonR tllIwl1 ont I his ramp nt the hk of day enir to I se < Massal to out In the brush like a I blue quail Lieutenant Averlll I after a forced P 1II ruer eigheyftlic j miles reached a ii t hostile ramp near morning after climbing f climb-ing I hH ellnrhmcnl since midnight up Olt I the almost Inaccessible rocks in hopes f I hr nrh i 1doh I j of suiprlslmr I the camp lie divided his force Into three parts and tried as well 11 i Ii rill possible to close every ftvenuo of I escape but as the camp WB on a high I I lorlty hill nt the junction of four 010011 i 11 a canyons this was found 1 Impractical i to 11f 1 1 At daylight the Savages rime out to I it 9olh r running like deei anti rankIng rank-Ing for tin canyons The soldiers lire 01 1 1 1 kllllita a buck nnd ncciclenlallv wnunl I ed n luavv but Mnssnl simply dlsan I lien Thats red t the tory of Missal It Ito I leaf I fl I T Alonsr ns his trill sold the chief of 1 olli r IH It it sell Is Frederic Hemlnrton In Hart lt 1 poor Har-t Monthly for January I t r i Ii Vt |