Show SUMMARY ty JUSTICE jui the close cau of rl a Sup supposed horse thief prominently pla plad od in too the benter of a lost on tf nf lanh ej e j and cartridge bo b it iu in the roo room ill of my illy lawrence there is i a liht light 13 boot ith which i connected connects d a worth relating the 1110 boot of itse itself lf A rit nver ver attract more than asin attention atton tion and that only because of ita it 3 pk uliar ItO 1 1011 of the oath worth of tile lucidi tit nt connected with it I 1 will lt lot you andr for your still 11 rifa C is the way laurenco Law renco told it to me 1 I mil rebern b r I 1 took a 0 wf walking tIlting 0 tra gnp alou almog the ive torn border ot of lexas izatt year I 1 know you casi racier i zed it I 1 is oil conj of my iny onti lelh at tho the ubo it wa but I 1 had a tr 1 p awl and could only look bael ou it with the pleasants bt c tiona hat ha it not beun been florou bior ou occur ended in my iny nearly losing ruy my ibie it wd just after ift er I 1 had finished sup pr ivr on one night and ana waa wa sitting sit tint before a bi 11 lire fire ith my briarroot briar root between ws my teeth that there waa a trampling in the underbrush on the trul trail below me and a mn of about az n y own size rade rt de up on oil the uck tuck t of a ina blae blac liora A ilu ile wi ku leai lead u ng another horse b y v leow abow v i alj lop but it wm w u an fini bial to the one he hc 1 c L brode i ii haj made me itic envious vi is awn ut ah i t lipped lApp eJ cyca ou on tl 11 it w coal cu i arave said and ald I 1 bot bet it down ab a an exceptional an 1 I 1 he kiaer pul d up tip just in airout of the tire fire ana anji then I 1 w that tho black borbe chomoa hid beon been cruelly rhoden iho blood avi suil dr drpic piu from his bides where triv low lou t rowels of tho Ile lex mican ican baurs had orn tri rough the skin the man ill the huddle haddle freen to notice it however ho ka r and coolly bruu oil las ins heroes lio roea back and stalked tip to tw firo uni lil ening stranger stran rt he aid reaid any ty tu my stopping a bit and a bite bitel I 1 I 1 eidd t any I 1 was vas glad to sec ee an anyone lie tied the h heads head i to gether ethar and fastened them with a lariat to a pin by his eye e ye caught lit he glint oil on the lock kocl of it tine fine winched tr ter bieh to me nieu ica ruu that chato 0 yourn lie ho M 11 iril iod I 1 vant V ant to ti fiade me wal I 1 tin tInt thought of cf it I 1 said taken aback hy by the of tlc alc proposition what fo for rt 1 black horo then lie he replied I 1 jerking hi his hii i thumb io to toario ard arii that animal give iam h am to you for the I 1 mo I 1 J ritia ask usk d up tip lath I 1 tit it come round iu all nahl idt n ridin inin hard top had to the roundup round up tip lit in time andal llave to put puah 1 on oil non no ith other one do 10 you VOU bay LS ib it a t go crol it tco me lobig to decide decico though I 1 should havu have having train tramped ped through 3 tho the country for uit a while anki and Ici knowing lowing the people and their character and ays bo well but I 1 my caad daire to got get pua or of tho the black horse halver ha ver liiv I 1 iii I 1 LI my have had anti and alvo aili minutes later I 1 wa vas ling lin by th lire IKO liol lin the CIO picket rope of my illy new itra I A I 1 and my iny late companion ail lial iddon away carreia carry li t alio ho I 1 eifle 1110 nith ith him llie next I 1 in an early start I 1 aY to to carry beyond yond a haver uck LI a ul d my illy t alua boltl and the he way th alu blac ho lubo 0 o gr t t avor tho the ground I 1 my illy heart im ng n of a 11 hor aman it as you know and prida ma m elf that I 1 I 1 know a P picco iaco of flot hach ll when 1 I ace it IL wo wui it the blace mure more than willed my exi acta timm 1 11 I wi in an ca daiy y rider and carried hindoll him hini sill oll in rin 1 etyle 1 I ran don antu int it lettla hollow toward noon mid aid saucing 1 lev ICV I 1 stretch of turf cluad of in that thal i if lovil VL I 1 for that goche holod country 1 I anz p n thea ali black ut it antl mado hith him fair fury fairy y dowa tho the loval lav I 1 1 lie ile was gotting licater to his iii world work and in apito of liv pr liard wu vu makins n the boim r fly from und andr r liv ins hoofs s when bud lo 10 ily there was a yell to mop florn aluina a dump of bahea at ono sido side rii ill n ti lall whis tied ovir ovi r my levad haud and throe e horse hori emon muli one after kurst from froin the undergrowth der growth and made for me at f ull full speed 64 whether it was waa that via tho black was frightened at th report doport or lie he meri ly wanted to tu try conel conclusions conc lucions tic ions with his pursuers I 1 dont know but lit he stretched out and wo w r rd d on harder than ever I 1 try to stop him at first and before I 1 could collect my benset even tv with 1 all the wind vina ru rushing in my ni V cars I 1 hear I 1 a 0 sv shiah ish alove above my illy licad head and the next instant felt myself torn from my bores bor es s back by somer thiner over my shoulders shoulder there way a 0 terrific cruh aroi ih a llund hundred rod light danced bi before fore my iny eyes and the black horse the men und and evory everything thing n disappeared I 1 from view and well I 1 knew nothing the next thin I 1 I 1 remember rem anber was some on 1 bial hakina hakin inar 3 twi mi by the sho shoulder uller I 1 wab sitting on oil tho the black horse ngan iut but my arm arini vcra bound bound behind W hind me and the livel str statch wis was gone and ta ther dioro 1 cre trel arera around mj A man ivr was saving to lou me 11 got ot anything to say stranger fore yer jer jerked lied inter th lit ot eternal ernal 1 I looked around there were five fire or six men near in ma all bitting on their horses dorsaz silent ani and grim rim I 1 felt something rough around my throat 1 I t twisted w i s U d my head bead to ta one side bide it felt like a scarf I 1 looked above m me e there was a ropo rope thrown over the limb of a 0 tree overhead and one end ran down and was held field by tv ro or three men I 1 had not noticed before the other end it suddenly came upon in roe about my iny neck was to be hanged 13 but what for it must be bc some borne horrible dr dream eltin but thancam thon cimo cam the abe words from the man at my shoulder again chaty Wh what y got hersay ter say pard any thing cos coi if y has yer wanter wamer look lively we aint a fool in no time on hoss thieves 1 I tried to say something iian ing horse thi thieves evest it was beyond nie I 1 was stupefied I 1 made another effort to speak but there only came a dry rattle from my throat arx ll I 1 lie heard rl rd a voice say pull ull lin im up tip boys wo cant lose nomore nomore and then thero there was a terrible tightening enin at my throat a straining which seemed lib as if it would almost tear my from my shoulders red preen green somber lights before my eyes involuntarily I 1 sot set my chin hard contracting tr the muscles until the lower jaw was fixed and extended I 1 felt something slip on my neek neck as I 1 did this and the strain came almost en on my chin back of my iny head 1 near the top there was a hard body pies iiii into my hair and scalps scalp all t loo feelings are arc photographed upon my memory plainly despite the fact that thov were experienced ad in au an instants tant tune thilo 1 1 I IRITI hen my mv head bogan to t and filled until it ts seemed corned as if it wertal wona a out to burst water forced it olf to tily my VV yes which I 1 felt bul bulging ta er ri from mi their sockets in iny 1115 throat wai vat something warm arm which ru lied hod to my iny nostrils and was suffocating locating suf me ine just then there was waa ri 0 cry from somewhere conw whore my ily god boys weve got tho the wrong man danl I 1 look tit at hh booth where s his spur aud acl look at the bacch hidell tit the sound round came to me a as if from afar it was vis lalit but it was distinct it j e tried wi us if some one v r cre whisper ng ig it through through urh a telephone tor an instant I 1 felt tho the lessoning lessening cf if the berzin about my iny neck then thu aar ar fluid in tny iny throat came up tip and cia choked me and I 1 folt felt mv all li ailin lin thi ough ouli what seemed infinite apace liard hard between betwee my teth revived me and I 1 found h 1 tree the one from which I 1 had a moment before been dang in ilg and a man inan holdin holding a Nhi hisky hack to my month that was a narrow ique squeak alc pard haid my attendant how illoah y bechil no cornin round till highl talce take another drop 0 the lic lillier lier liven at y up 1 i bit blell have ter be beff ye yd barding par ding captain said baid a man in a bi biar slouch lat hat online forward wc anve t thought y was th feller wot biolo atole th anti and so we strung I 1 y up Y must low lov tho the evidence was strong gaint st yo hut but jest to show khow theres no ill fehlin the blacks yours yve earned harocd him I 1 re reckon elcon anyway shake hands hand will willy y 1 I shook hauda I 1 was yet too mystified to understand anything clearly but when aheu at last I 1 did regain regain my semes more completely complete lv I 1 heard beard the whole atory the mun men about me were ran ranchman ranchmen ranch climen men from stockers thirty odd mile above they had losta loht a number of valuable horses and finally the day clay baor the black had been missing masing that settled it they at once we went n t on the trail and though they a a lon ion time coming up tip with the object ct of their their pursuit owing to the doublings doub lings and trickery of the who had traded me tt tl c black bior horse c the evening before they had finally tigh minted ted me run roc me down and later inter strung m me up vh it saved y pardner said my friend of the r ft couched hat later on in fin aln ashing 0 his satorv alory was them thein boots they word too mal maj and light for ther fel lers round dipre and any v ays they no thurs on bliem and the blat blanks Ws sido sides slowed as liow how the leiler tei ller what had I 1 lid id him had worn the mexican and mcd em cm too 6 A an n hour later latar we ve started baele bac alon kalon i the trail for the men had insisted on my coln oin with them to tho nearest ranch and u resting over night I 1 was ri lin ling the black two miles anilo or more had been been irone gone over when a little bod body V of horcin n cut across tho the trail lind and pul pulled ld up tip short as they saw U us 11 well wo we got will him jim I 1 said one of them anal and lies hes lia hanging nging back near trail lie ile told us all bout labout tho the belavic tore lore wo vo gerung lian hm up u and I 1 see bee y got ot him 1 pointing p to all the black horse acs yes sald said jim who was the man with the blouch blonch hat land and wo we como come near a makin a bad mistake 11 frnncis churchill williams in detroit free |