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OOOOOOObOOOOOOOOOOOpOOODOOOOJT o o o, o o o Staf ijFi: : On the How & Regiment of Soldier Revenged Their Z ,. ' ,,' Comrade's Murder I "T was in Wlla walla, along about ninety, when I wai scrv Ins my third term with Uncle Sam. that the incident I am boot to relate took place," aid an old cavalryman in a reminiscent mood the other day to an expectant group in a "Pittsburg hotel "There came to B i troop. from the First a quiet, inoffensive man called Miller. He was a soldier, and be was a man and well liked. One nlsrht he and a few Of the Iroop were in town drinking and hurting nobody. A tin born gambler nnd would be tough man of that part came along and pushed him. Now. the gambler might have been drlnkine. and Miller was one of the sort who never look for trouble un til it's pretty big.v As the bully moved away he said, 'Ah, the First cavalry's no good.' f Still the soldiers paid no at tention to him. The slugger came at him again and said some things about the regiment that would make a coyote blush to bear. : "'Lookee here,' said Miller, 'I be longed to the First cavalry once, and I guess yen mean me; too,' and he.began to strip off bis blouse. ' s '"Yes, I mean you too! The tough 6aw' that the soldier meant to fight and, being a bad ope, thought the other men would jump blm instead of having ft out fairly. He reached back, and, with Take that!' put a .43 Colt into Miller below the stomach. Miller was hurried to the post hospital, ' the reservation beln.only a mile from town, and the touglkweutto Jail good and plenty, and In a hurry too. It was. all over the post In a minute what had happened to Millerand Troop iB went crazy. Mlllef:was' still living the next morn ing, and it was told around that the tough would be brought up to the hos pital so that the wounded map could identify him before he diedl!j J, ; "Sure enough, the sheriff, in a rig with three deputies, comes driving up, large as life, with their prisoner. Now, from the post to Walla Walla the road winds down to the town and crosses a railroad track, the distance being, a good mile. Miller' was conscious and , said it was the man all right. The sheriff announced to the old man that he had seen an unusual lot of soldiers on the road 'Comics up, and as a pre caution the 'officer of the guard and ' some mounted men were sent along as an escort. Now, the road near the rail- J road crossing was lined, with troopers, and each had a lariat, but the men kept bidden. . - "I wasn't there, but I heard that when the rig reached the track the men sprang up, and there was a pause1 of a second lor two, like just before a horse falls over when he rears. The rig was " halted. -V 'What's tbl8,'(men?' began the ofl cer of the guard as he saw the bunch edging in closer, Turning to the escort, be snapped: ' ' " ' , 'Ready, aim' . And then there was another pause. Just Imagine the posi tion of that officer There might have been some of his own men in that lot, and be himself was against the tough, although he dare not show it It was Hpugh on blm to shoot down men of the Fsurtb for' wanting the scalp of that bloody hound. Suddenly rang out a .voice In the rear: . ' , - " He won't shoot us P .-. 1 "The officer, leaned, forward : to. the sheriff as the soldiers began to ad vance. Lashing his horses, that official wheeled his rig and started on a 'dead gallop' for the post, with the escort DeaUKT lunv . .i wokoi me inree ueyu Ham vaIIsvI Ant nf h flrlntr Hit. fpnrlnflr " h; nn( ,.. .h- m in the ' roadway bad been armed. The rig '. Beached the guardhouse safely, and im- medlatel?'." the caU To armsr was sounded. - rZ. 1 "Meantime the officer of . the guard Vbretr the entire guard around the guardhouse with carbines loaded. The troops were formed up and H troop detailed as an escort to see. the sheriff to the Jail The regiment stood at pa mmt rest until H troop returned from town and .reported that the sheriff bad Ms prisoner safely In jail again.- The reciment had been fooled. During the afternoon men were talk jog together quietly In threes and fonts, bat there was nothing unusual. , That Bight the canteen -at Walla wall post bad more men drinking than for a long time. Curiously, there was no singing, and the time wore on until Just at 7:30 o'clock, above the hum of voices, came a shrill whistle as a bead was; stuck in to one of the windows. Two minutes later there was no one left with the bartender, although there had not been any apparently great rush to get away. "The jail at Wallawalla Is on a high piece of ground, with lawns all around, and any one Inside could easily see peo ple coming toward the gate. It is a big square building In the business part of the town. Shortly btfore 8 o'clock it was dirk, and there were lights in ali the ti:h'jier bonnes. Suddenly into each store a calm but determined soldier walkeJ and at t.e i-'nt of an army phrtol cvt ( v.:y I'-'.t, and in each case La was gocjt-.I. To tl.e four corners of the Jail shadows ran ana commenced to wik sentry-go under tts v tl's so tV 't t!. "f should be no t'.l or tack -:r tz-.'.i. Each bad a c;r,':; tt t'. i"ou'.-- r. Besides the Justice border 43 &&& skeleton squad around the Jail and the men who were holding down the bus! cess lights there was a main body that advanced to the gate of the prison. Somebody hammered, and the sound might have been made with the butt of a carbine. A wicket gate was opened, and the sheriff, with Winchester and twelve armed men behind him stood there. . . . -'. a . ' " 'What do you want? he demanded. " 'Send out the man you had up at the post today.' " 'Get back or we'll shoot,' was the sheriff's answer. "'Bring up the dynamite,' and the spokesman of the mob turned to those behind him. There was a movement in the crowd, and it was evident the men outside were determined. The sheriff did not iike it. , 'If we don't get that carcass, you'll all die with him,' and the leader looked over his shoulder again for the dyna mite. The sheriff was in a tremble. He had scores of prisoners Inside, and his family lived in the Jail. This mob soem ed to mean what it said, and, for the first time in his excitement, he noticed all the houses in the vicinity were dark That looked bad to him. '"Welh six of you can come Jn and have him.' VYou and your men will have to stand out of the wiry while we get him and tell us where he is,' said the lend er. The sheriff and his deputies gave the Information, and the six soldiers went into the corridori with the keys. Their appearance caused little excite ment among the other prteoners, tmt the man they wanted was hiding In the farthest corner of his cell. The door was unlocked, two soldiers stood on each side, and two went in. 1 They bound his bands and then, kicking him Before them,, got him in the corridpr Curiously enough,' althanh he was yel low with fear and his mouth twitched. bis "yes rolled and bis legs would hard It siirmort him. he did not speak. Two THE MTJBDEBEB'S BODY WAS BIPDED, guards went in front, one on either side and two behind him. As they passed taaM fcmvs iAnmn' lrAra " 7 ; . 7 - .5 iT.. "1 7, 1 , r WitnoU W 1 ' J t ' I . As the little 'group of ' executioners came out wltn the doomed man tne others of the crowd fell In behind the procession. .The guards voluntarily left the prison wails, but those Inside the business bouses still commanded lights out The prisoner, was marched to Coomb's saloon and asked if be want ed a drink. - Ha wetted bis Ups, but In a whisper said: - 'No.' if'ga4! you a- mother anywhere?" And there was no answer. , M "Do you want to prayf And again the man gurgled: ",::":' r,,"''" ' '"NAM. - - ' "A crowd had gathered outside the saloon, so that when be was brought to the stree there were more than the original' mob in the procession. On the Jail-lawn was a group of trees, and against the biggest ba was placed, with his back to the trunk. The curious In the civilian crowd were ordered to keep out of! the way of stray bullets, and then some one gave the order: ' . - 'Aim fire r -"Men with their pistols reached over the shoulders of those with carbines in their eagerness to get a shot The body was unrecognizable, for If ever a being was shot to piepes this one was. , "Of course there was a court martial, but nothing serious ever came of it , . ' ! Arlaou Petriatd Tree. . i n The Arizona world's fair commission has applied to the United States gov ernment for permission to take from petrified forests of pat territory such specimens as Y l'.l gb e a proper idea of the beauty and value of the petrified trees, to be a prt bf tte Arizona ex-aibit ill A Mile a Minute Down .a A Mountain Grade A mile a minute down a steep moun tain side' was made in a life and death race by I C. Cox, a St. Louis railway clerk, who, with his sister, was vis.t ing a hamlet in the Pennsylvania mountains! His " " sister was sud denly taken ill In the uight with heart fail ure, and the nearest doctor was at Fort Loudon, six miles away. , With the' as sistance of sev eral companions Mr. Cox pro cured n hand car as the most expeditious way to reach the doc tor. . The railway track was crook ed aud routrh. At t!e ' start t h ere w a s a down gi'ade for a sliort distance, and then, there was a steep climb for al most n half mile, after which it was down hill until within a half mile of Fort Loudon. After pumping the hand car over the rise it began to gajn headway on the down grade. Soon it was going at frightful spevd. Soon a curve appeared before theii in the darkness The rail took on the Phnpe of a huge letter S. It was a reverse curve. They wore going at least, a mile a minute, and it seemed as if the car would surely Jump the track. , v, The men .on the .car were . Jostled against one another nnd often fell on the handles with force enough to make painful bruises, but at the rime they did not feel them. After what seemed , a Journey, of hours they had rounded the curve and were shooting down a straight piece of track. They felt comparatively safe then, for the lights of Fort Loudon could be seen ahead, and they knew that after another mile they would strike the up grade. , When they arrived at Fort Loudon. Lafayette Cox looked nf his watch ahd discovered that instead of the trip hay- I'ing taken at least an hour and a half, as it seemed to him, the Journey had been made In just nine' and a half min utes... Allowing for the slow progress id gojlng up, the hills; railroaders after ward! estimated they ,hnd n)ad at times considerably more than a mile a minute. V.- k Tbey took the) doctor back' on the car in time to bring Miss Cox out of her fainting spell. . Thrilling Episode . !' ut aftsumigm During a recent bullfight in Spain a most remarkable and exciting incident occurred. The seventh bull had been brought Into the ring, when, a boy of about seventeen one of the spectators slipped past the guards, climbed the barrier and gained the arena. He ran over to where the bull was standing, watching, with its head lowered. He passed in between it and a picador and drew its attention. The bull charged the boy and caught him and tossed him. but the boy fell on bis feet un hurt,. like a'icut. Now? he! faced the bull. and when the bull charged him again he evaded it as skillfully as any toreador. '"- But at the next charge he TES BtXXi TOSSED THX BOY. . was caught and tossed again. He fell in the same manner as before, unhurt All this happened before any one could Interfere, the spectators cheering madly. Here was a future matadore! Here was one who In time Would be come a great toreador! lut wnen tne bull was drawn off to another part of the arena two guards got over the bar rier and arrested the boy. He was tak en out of the ring while the crowd shouted out against U.e guards. s Wm A HIE BETVEEN l ' ' '- fOrltfnel.) "Why, tleywood. having asked my daughter's band, do you continually put off the wedding?" Heywood Glover sat musing for a few moments before replying to, his prospective mothor-ln-law's question. UI am not sure Estelle and I will be happy together. She has a passion for attention. My love does not Beeni to satisfy her. Better give her time to make up her mind that she really pre fers me to all the rest." "I must admit that you show very good sense. I will speak to Estelle, aud we shall see If she will not do better." "That would avail nothing. If this love of admiration, which usually car ries with it a love for dress, is a part of her nature, she will -not heed your ad monition. Say nothing to her. Leave it to me to decide when, If ever, she is fittod to get on with one man." There was no need for either to ad monish Estelle, for she overheard every word from behind a portiere. The winter social season was at its height, and Estvlie, being engaged, did not scruple to go out in the evening with her lover as sole escort. The first hall they attendd ufter she had over heard her lover's remarks about her sho put on her finest costume nnd all her Jewels. When Heywood saw her thus rrrayed, he frowned. As soon as they arrived at the ball Estelle accept ed the attentions of every man who was disposed to seek hep and seemed pleased that their number was greater than ever before. Heywood stood be side her till her card was filled, then left her to her first partner and did not rejoin her till it was time to leave. He drove home with her, listening to her prattle about the different triumphs she had achieved during the evening, and left her at the door without the usual kiss. The next day he wrote her a note breaking the engagement. Estelle inclosed his note without a word of comment or reply In an en velope addressed to Heywood Glover, Esq., and sent it through the mail. Heywood was somewhat taken aback at this unexpected treatment. He con sidered ft, to say the least, evidence of a wayward disposition, ' He' deemed himself insulted by the girl who was to have been bis wife, and the next step, if any, must be an apology from her. But this was simply a man's VleW. The- next entertainment, at, which Heywood and Estelle met was a prom' ennde concert Estelle was dressed with the utmost simplicity. This was gratifying to Heywood, though some what surprising He hoped it was in deference to bis - wishes till Estelle passed hUn on the arm of , her escort when she turned away ber bead. There is no weapon with which a wom an can fight a man so effectively as con tempt. , Heywqod winced, How tan talizing that she should have respected his wishes as to her costume and at the same time declined to recognize him! " There was another Inconsistency instead of accepting the attentions of a number of men, she confined herself almost exclusively to one. f ' ; " Things were not going Hey wood's way." Instead of the apology he bad ' looked for as the only possible solution to the situation, Estelle had cut him and had evidently taken, up with an other man. When the self deposed lov er went home that night he was very near a ' collapse, very nearly ready to sue for reinstatement But the next morning he awoke an hour before day light and thought it a 11 over when bis brain was cool and resolved, come what might, to flsht to a finish. ' - When a resolute man makes up his mind that he is right and, after often going over his premises, . invariably comes to the same conclusion, be Is hard to move. ' Day after day passed, during' ivhlch Hey wood w-henevef , he met Estelle treated, her as though she had had no place whatever In his life. Estelle endeavored to freeze him by her haughty demeanor and at times, made him feel that he--was 'a worm of the dust She went so far as to circulate a report that she was engaged to another man. Ths came very near breaking through Heywood's armor and piercing his already lacerated heart' but he stood firm. t : i . Then Heywood, being somewhat left out in the cold, took up with widow. This move, though be made It without the slightest. Intention of using it as a weapon, carried consternation to his beloved enemy Estelle panic stricken, sought, an immediate opportunity for surrender, but Instead of sending for Heywood and frankly confessing, that she had been la the wrong she resorted to a very petty and transparent device. At a cotillon party, suddenly releas ing herself from her partner, she went over to where Heywood was standing and without looking al him pinned a favor to the lapel of his coat' Then, casting up her eyes, she feigned to have been 'mistaken m the person: ' Heywood was not duped, nor did she expect blm to be. Why she had not surrendered t openly and aboveboard, he, being a man, could not see, . put ne aia not trouble himself about so small a matter since he knew from that moment he -was ber master.' He put his arms about her, and they sailed away. .After cir cling the room Heywood led her Into v window seat where they remained for the rest of the evening. 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