Puget Sound weekly Argus. [volume], May 27, 1880, Image 6

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Burial} under nucn Mos:
And we». duh blood-shot eye.
Saw his mothct sum md die.
God in Heaven! dost| Thou on high
Keep the promind bv-md-by—byud.bv?
How McCraokan Went Up.
The robbing-oi I.lm Deadwood coach
had become the’ruié instead of the ex
ception, umil the only way to gen tlm
treasure box through was by stratégy.
That, is, tlm impressium would be given
out that it was to ‘m wut at a certain
time, and a 1 lmx ::.-uh: In represent, the.
trap one quihlhlm'plngml inside, where
the gvutry of chi; ruml und pistol wew
8,9,"? to [have hill"! “trouble in liuding it.
It was jlht growing lhrk, when the
stage. desccmlwl u long. not vorv steep
hill,'at the bottom of which the banks
narrpweh, fa that scarcely goon) rt:
maimed for two vehicles to pass.
Pete, the driver, in talking with us,
had said that this was the most danger
ous point in the route ; and sure enough
it proved to be. W'e were no more than
fairly at the bottom of the hill, and the
horses had just been brought down to a
walk, when an order to halt sounded up
on_ the girthacked uphy some blister
ing oaths. ‘
There were two passengers within——
myself and a shrewd. New Englander,
named Perkins; on his’imy to the Black
Hills, with a View to speculation. Look
ing out of the stage, we saw we ,were
Ihrrounded by a number of dark forms,
every one of whom had a rifle leveled
ot us.
.Strnngo es it may seem, my compen
ion, Perkins, carried no weapon of any
kind. He gave as a. reason that big
grendfether was killed by a. big horee~
.pietol when he wee going one eye on n
equint down the barrel, and the grand
entwined hie mother that he would
never form the habit of e orting withl
' gigimti'o 'weepone, felt he, too,‘
troubled“: eel-e occident.
I supported a revolver, and I had my
bend. on it‘ntthe time the etertling
rumour, to eumpdenneeohed or. I
:mighthnve mode n reapectnble fight, and
{BOllllO down like e perioreted eievebwith
be e m y,‘ embitionto e rep
ferret? £9160 3.? bignery notice nee pu— ‘
«WMhuilmw mpluck’ fight
agent-t n porty 0 road agents.
But lem old 'enough to hove trav
eled «my Sofie OW discretion,
and to tote, 'mettere- philosophically. I
preferred to surrender, end me much
relieved thaw“. when the driver drew
a witho o ' tenoe.
”Neil! first}; kahimfgfliwefmen
together, and they instantly closed in}
. we , The leader. : this: had;
with each i’rith'hie with poiiit‘ed, ‘
an: ordered “tummy. h
1 “If. M. q! to eat
dietéomwe {indelixd‘ulitdnrep
epeoted it. - ‘ ‘ ' , .
The robbers were disappointed. There
we treelnro box-inithe «fie, end the
“ loot " open the penon of r. Perkins
ud-myeeitmof htt‘le‘nodo‘lmt.
My wntch veeof the bull’s-eve pet
term,deeeended to me from q Revolu
tionnrbzafpncee'tor, and if put up {it auc~
tion, ’ ore n _lot of antiquarian, might
heve excited In enthusiasm that would
heve brought five dollars.
lien-kins claimed that his time piece
MM.“ ifiqfiury older, and I
dent on tit; but my New. England
neighbor, with all his simplicity, pos
ee-ed o'iein of ehrrwdnees which was
lure to atom! him well.
Ho Jon-h n.' ,hle money,
it'd $351241 ‘preg'flmfcgd ‘Bgfims 'contin
,genoy by pmfilg‘fl Shaun!) a shape that.
unuwhemould get. hold of it. My
property has alwuys been in such a shape
31!!» I couldn’t get, hold of it. myself.
driver, lmu :- ,of course, did
nob; $1137 (aiming seexpel‘laimiabout
him-H
Up to this point the proceedings par
‘t'ook mm of t farce, but the tragedy
was about hund.‘ The leader of the
road ugonts nnnounced, in a spirit. of
Brando, that he was Mike McCracken,
{or whom had there was a reward of
$5,000 ofl'erod, and he invited all who
maght bunker for that. sum to come and
ukohim 7 , , ,
Purim! 3nd I would have been glad
to earn Inch a comfortable little sum,
but we didn't see our way quite clvul' to
fluri'zl-ut ml" nl'l.in;len-nis ju~t tT‘inti,
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tho (Emu-ii, tuuh iin- M'ut nul‘rvhu, :nui
1 drove by turns until “1» rout-ht ul IL-i i
wood.
We rode in silom-a for 11 mil" or no,
Perkins holding the ruins, and tin-n as
ho drew the team down to a wulk, he
exclaimed :
“By the great horned spoon! do you
know what I’m going to do i"
"No.”
“I’m going to get square with that
Mchcken. I'll pay him for shooting
poor Pete."
"How."
“Never mind how. It’s going to be
done! that’s as sure as you're born.
I‘ve been thinking over the thing, and
I've got it fixed. Do you wont to jine
mo?”
“Yon, provided I know the nature of t
the umlurtnking. In a matter of this
kind. I don’t propose to go it blind.”
The moon was up so that we could
nae each other’s faces with the greatest
distinutnms.
I’m-kins turned his head as‘ if he were
about to explain, and then checked
himself and switched otf in another di
rectiqn. 7 7 .
“There ain‘t a bit of dahzer in my
scheme—"
“Not even to Mchcken ’l"
“What are you talking about? You
ought to be ashamed of yourself to
speak with such disrespectful remarks.
Imenmthew won’t be any danger to
you or me, but the biggest. kind of fun.
VWill you go along?"
: - ffiVery likely,” I answered, hoping to
draw the scheme from him by a course
of cross-examination, but. inmthat respect
I was dishppoi'nted. ’
I} couldn't gain the least inkling of
the nature of his plan, and I lwgau to
suspeca I had committed a. piece» of
stupidity in cementing to go in his
company‘
4 Aunnn who ventured into the Black
Hills country without carrying lire arms
of any description could not be looked
uponasa very formidable sort of par
oonnge.
During the succeeding few days it
became generally known that the Itage
which was to leave for the East on
Thursday would carry a large amount
of gold dust,"conhlgned to Pei-tin &
Brothers, St. Louis. ‘
In accordance with the custom, this
was plnced in on iron box, which was
futonud to the bottom of tho utago in
such 3 more fashion that it would be
the work of ham to loosen it.
0n the dey before starting, Perkins
give me to understand that. if I wanted
to see the fun I we! to register and start
on an Eastern trip in that ntsge. He
said he and I would be the only pguen
gem, and repeated that he had as dead
sure thine of it.
I had noticed during the previous few
days the]: Perkins seemed to be in 'tho
confidence of the Stage Company; He
held! froqdent conferencing with ‘ them,
3nd in evidently a. party to some ar
rangement that. he had hinted about to
me.
The fact that two other men applied
1.0? lid were refused passes in the same
vehicle indicated that some unusual
scheme was under way, but: Perkins
took good care that its precise nature
should remain unknown to all, including
myself. ' ‘
When finally’ the stage rolled out of
Deadwood, it carried the treasure box
and nine persons. One was the driver,
Perry; and myself were two others“
whie six‘men, armed to the teeth]
termed the guard of the treasure box. l
“No wonder Perkins says there is no?
danger," I thought, as these terrible fel
lows clambered in and took their seam ‘
“I should say thev were able to take
care, of a regiment of ‘McClgakena- I
suspect there will be considerable shoot
mg going, on, and it won’t be the easiest
thing in the .world to dodge the bullets.
,But McCrscken isn't a fool, and he
Won’t attack any such party as thiS."
This was a very natural conclusion,
but I failed to see any particular bril
liancy in the plan of Perkins.
A company of armed men was sent
out in charge of a box of gold dust.
There was reason to apprehend an at
tuck from med agents, in which event
the road agents would receive a hot re
ception. ‘
That was all there was in thst; and
where was .the glory ot Perkins to
come in ’0
But hold l
Fairly beyond and clear of Deadwood,
the stage halted, and the six man got
_ out and left.
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“You'll see, rest easy; remember I am
with you."
I began to doubt which was the great
er fool—Perkins or myself-in placing
such implicit trust in him. I conclud
ed that an impartial jury would award
inc the palm of stupidity. but I now
made up my mind that I would see the
thing through.
During the succeeding afternoon, I
discovered that one. of the iron bands
which held the treasure box to the bot
tom oF the stage was loosened, and I
immediatelv called the. attention of Per
kins to the same.
At first he exprosmd surprise and
concern; but I soon saw it Was all a pre
tense. He knew of the loosening of
the band before it caught my eve, most
likely he himself had caused it to be
done—but he resolutely refused to admit
anything of the kind to me.
That evening was expected to he an
eventful one, and the driver, a burly
Irishman, named Dennis Callahan—
turned the horses so as to reach the
same gulch after dm‘k, when the moon
had risen.
Everything indicated that Perkins
had striven to invite the attack from
the first. The open secret of the treas
ure box, the withdrawal of the guard,
thetiming of the arrival at. the gulch—
all those showed that Michael McCrack
on was specially invited to come forward
and take the booty.
“If you have put something else in
there,” said I, tapping the box with my
foot, “instead of money, I fail to see
anything smartabout it. We will sim-;
ply disappoint them, that’s all: and poor l
etc learned the danger of that.” 1
“All you’ve got to do is to wait—” ' l
“Halt 1”
It was the same sharp, peremptory
command to which the stage drivers and
passengers to and from the Black Hills
have for along time been accustomed
to.
The team stopped on the instant, and,
as before, the dark figures, with the
rifles leveled, summoned us to come
forth sand surrender.
A {minute later, the driver and we two
stood at the roadside.
hiJMECEiékeh," said Perkins, in a
whimpen‘ng voice, “I want to ask a
favor."
“7What is that 1" demanded the outlaw
Vim an 0““‘) _ . _ . .
“I, guaranteed to put this thing
through all right and you've catched us.
I cant hear to see all that gold gob
bled right up before my eyes. Let me
sud my friends retire where we can’t
look upon the touching scene. ’Twould
break my heart."
This ridiculous request provoked
lau h all round, and l cOuldn’t avoid a
smile myself.
McCracken said that we might go up
the bank for all he cared. for he cer
tainly incurred no risk in allowing us
liberty. ,
So we scrambled up the steep bank,
end plunged in between the sparse un
dergrowth beyond.
“Be quick, boys," said Perkins, in a
panting undertone. “Jt’s life or death.”
The next moment I understood the
waging, of this excited turning.
e were not fifty yards away from
the road, which, it will be borne in mind,
wns' a deep gully and hidden from sight,
when there come a thundering explosion
which made the earth tremble beneath
our feet.
Tqming our ufi‘righted gaze backward
we saw a sheet of flame and fire shoot
ing upward from the road, as if from
the throm‘, 6! a; volcano. ‘
The treasure box,- instesd of gold, con
tsined nitroglycerin“ '
McCracken ”end hie glng, and the
stage end horses—where ere thev ’!
It was a clever Icheme of Perkins,
but bed I known the dungerou: content
under the at. I all an thet there
would hue been one let: pueenger in
the coech when it left Dendwood.
A little fivo- nr-old friend, who was
tiny] .110wa choose the prettiest
kitten for bin pet and his ploy mots, he
{on the other lllllilill’ wow drowned,
wu token to his mother‘- aick room the
other morning to no: two “hi now twin
blbiPl. Ho looked teflecuvo y from on
to another“. mlnote or two, then
poking hh duhby finger into the chock
o! the plumpieat bsby, he said. decided
ly, “Save this one.”
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