| Show I CANNON BRINGS STORY I HOME FROM IDAHO Lewis M. M Cannon with sith ith an abundance abundance ance of or new grown rown whiskers an and a healthy tan on his face has returned from rom a I visit Isit it to his sheep in Bear hear Lake Lako alle valley alley Idaho He lie hrin brings s back a story of or adventure ad and although h he was not one of the tho principals in the tho affair he Is ready to lo stake his au all on its truth Here I is the stor story Two friendly hoboes hired out to neighboring sheep camps camp as herders last w week ek They Thoy pa passed cd th themselves off as being thoroughly acquainted with the business s although their thelt treatment of or the herds un under er their charge seemed to indicate that they had nC never r before seen two sheep together On th the morning of or the time second tiny day of their theft work worle tho lie two men lingered at the camp until n after afler ler the other watchers 0 of tho the Hock had gone gono out over the tue with the foh sheep cp When hen lie Iho men did l not show up nt at their thelt posts o of they should have haved have done d ne one ono ot of oC-f oC fth 1 11 ers r an year old yen teen old r-old boy went back to one of ot tho the camps camp to learn the r reason ason He lIe f found tho the camp deserted de tle- sorted and ani upon Investigation noticed that it had been lIeen ran ransacked eed O Of hl his own belongings a gold watch and CO were mi missing ing Unwilling to lo port part with his savings ing wilh without ut protest the ho boy borrowed owed a rifle jumped on our a l horse and antI started around the trail which he heas was as sure the missing mi men hd lid taken laon From the tho top of a ridge he lIe was finally able to see the men and taking a round about course coure he got in front of them Hiding in IHl hushes b by th the roadside he waited breathlessly s-cly s for the tile themen men to approach and when th they were wele within v a n short distance he et co covered d them with the gun The bo boy mn made e his Ills prisoners ho hold their hands in the theair theair theair air while h he told them what he lie thought of ot thorn them bori borrowing owing from all departments departments departments depart depart- ments of oC the sheepherders sheepherder's r I vocabulary In Ill the time telling Then ihen he oler ordered or-derel d them to lo remove their clothes cautioning not to 10 mal make a suspicious move mo i if ifs the they wi wished hed to see seo the beams of a freight car Cat again One by one the garments g of or the hoboes w were re taken 0 off and the men were then lien marched to toa toa toa a point about yards ard distant Here fete they tho were cre tol told to stand an and let the breeze cool down their temper while their pockets were being Investigated The Tile boy found In the tile clothes o of the themen themen men hi his watch and money mone and In ad addition addition net net- two large and anti ugly ugh revolvers s. I fal Taking faking ing Ilo- Ilo possession of the these o for for Cor his own I Iafet safety an and satisfaction the boy hoy tol told I tho the shivering shivering- men t tc to take what clothes clothe the they needed and tracks out mit of the neighborhood The hoboes disappeared on tin their wa way toward towar-d Cokeville and anti the tho hey boy returned to camp to receive e the plaudits of his hisCo Co companions pa n ions |
