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Highland Park News-Letter (1904), 20 Jul 1907, p. 2

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been undebythe hlindhqem yum,’ and that of that article: the“ have beenuotdllfiJlflvmhdudmtheput three yon. ThepudonoiCol. Lynch whoinl902 mmviaofidhigh Wigs-hula! decencdbhoomry inane d “I find Col. Lynch Pardoned by King Wenthecidcohhe Been mu Wthhcmmvuitof KM Ednrdtolrehnd In 1903 Col. Lynch was scum“) doth. his semen" being however com- muted to Wm Iotlife. lnjan. 1‘!th m rem-ed "on license" and recentlythethiuucdaA Hi: can exéit‘ed great {Sublic interest in Enghnd and Ireland after the clue of the 30am. Remaining in Paris for a time be was elected membergi parlia- ment for Gnhny City after which he de~ (embed to flee his destiny. 0!! Mn. iri England he was med‘ and uh}. conviction Ind sentence Followed. Now he is a (reg man by the claméncv of the King against what: country and authority he raised a brigade to fight. ‘Fhe mere record of such a series of event! within five years otqne man's life is a striking illustration of the saying that “tmthisunhger than fiction." , -Haveyoubeen.inParis? Atahoteior lodging We of any sort? Then you haveseemasainsnd again, oneoi the, mysterious agents oi the secret police. ‘ Usually heisanoidlittle’mamdressed; in rusty black. red ammonia coat and s yeilow 132%!me if between mooi the mm more» in the names from the register ' himwhoheis he viii My whisper,‘ "X have We tor the cam“ It is. a tradition. Mm 100. he has a be: of snuff. A irisndly little mad-4a“ oi , good counseiw the bodied or landlady â€"-.â€"h'e team. 2! the newsai the fresh arriv- sis; and of), wing and W113. alt his days pass At night, in his little fiat, he coppies onkhis list of names and writes his reports. If you come often to Paris or stay iong~especiaily if you {sequent the company of politicians or roguesâ€" these reports make quite a little book, in time. which is filed away in the police archives. Some very interesting bio- graphies of eminent Americans are to be f()un¢there, I assure wu. ”Everybody? With I takphom in your home you defy “blue“ weather and enjoy thé peace and vim-e! I concoutcdhimék’hes: tired or discouraged you may sit dam and all: to a distant friend otrcla'tive without c5011. Regaldlcssof your: firm:- «1.7” have I rat; for your purse Chi- cago Telephone Company. The Patis Secret Police Oh: Outlaw}; Wet and Dreary CHAPTIR l. . Hampton. d Plum It in not u uncommon mod! of the vast. It ukhuu chronlclc of It Ian-Vin. u must be discount! unou tho nut! and neuly forgotten roc- “l of tho manna: fitment of in- I“ tho his I. worth telling now. will ouch dun m‘put Mud-gone. Than were 1. 0! than when. like I0 my hunted rabbi“, they were am securely tapped anon. the frowning ward from o! the amt troll um.“ the preclpltoul anon mu- anally halted their dlsorgtnhod Mk one from sheer qecenlty compelled n all, In hopeleu' bottle fluteenrâ€"teu In human from old Fort Bethune,“- der command of Syd. Wynn. {my hooded sergeant o! 30 yearl‘ Continu- Ono service in the taxman. two cow- puneherl from the “XL" ranch, a stranger vho htd jolnod them until. vlted nt the ford our-the Bur Wlbel‘. together with old own. the post- trader, tad his silent chit 01 t girl. ’ Sixteenâ€"but that was thread”: ho fore, and inathe meanv‘rhne not a. few of those speeding Sioux bulkets had «and sorter bulet can the limestone rockl. 81: at the mm rm.» ready dead. two aymz, lay out- Imtched in Wzme whamthey fell. ‘ r ' ' Then the Wthrn mm: Sate aim-- den utterance to a; sobbing cry, and u' burst «at red ham-tad across his white beating he reeled, backward; knock- ing the girl pmstfi‘tfa when he tolL Eight remained one Helpless, one a mare In: of 15.1! wu‘ the morning of the third day. m magnum; of the affair had burst upon them so suddenly that no two in that Itflckon company would have told the “me tale. None among them had anticipated trouble. In all the fancied aocurity 0; mi questioned peace these chance trav- elem had slowly tolled along the steep trail leading toward the foothills. Gilli: and the gin, us well as the two cattleberders, were on ”horseback the remainder soberiy trudged forward on foot, with guns slung to their ghoul den. Wynmn was somevlnt in od- vanoo, working beside the stronger the latter 1 'mm of uncertain age, smoothly shav'on. quietly dressed in garments bespeaking In eastern unor. 3 bit grizlled oi lair along the tom gray eyes. He Ind Introiluoed him-ell by me nm of Hampton. but had vol- unteered no further him-um nor was It customury in am country to mgguon imperflnemly. mrmamwm (m 30B flAMI’IoN of PLACER: WI MMMMMW Mama/Mm 39/107ko Miner/11mm / smotoool. euy convemtion. only discovered in the sergeent en intellicent Inlnd. poe- eeuinx eome knowledge oi “nature. They had been diecnuiu books with rare enthusiasm. and the toner hed drawn from the concealment 0! ll inner pocket 1 diminutive copy of ”The Merchant of Venice." from which he was reading aloud e disputed penance. when the hint treil they fonowed end- denly dipped into the ynwninx month 0’! e‘hleck canyon. It wee e arrow. gloomy. contracted some. e mere seek between those towering hill- shadow in; ttl depths on either hand. A swift mountain stream. noisy and clear he cmtel. duh‘ed frommk to rock clue beside the more northern well. while the “weaned pethwny. strewn with ho'wldere end sunrded by underhmlh. clung to the opposite side. where by - eerub tree: pet-tinny ohecured the .__.._-_‘_ Allan: silent 0. Mb what they- outfit!“ they had 11‘le tdvanced a short hundred paces when than ap- parently bare rocks In front filmed red, the narrow defile echoed to 111m when“ beam lama: ma ed 'V'vltli weird, leapinglguren. low“ like a plunge from hoover: mo hell. am». “dilemma sank' 1t toe that fire. while Wym‘an's ‘ stricken arm dripped blood; Indeed. metal-It sudden shock, he tell. and-Was barely rescued by the ,prompt~;wt§on o! the man beside'him. Dropping the opened book, « and firms madly to left: one rlght with 1‘ revolver whlch manna to spring Into his hand“ by magic,- the latter coolly dragged the (mating soldier across the more exposed mace; until the two found partial «corny among a mass of loosened rocks litter: in; the base of the precl‘plce. The others who surfived that first scorch- lng discharge also raced toward‘ this some shelter, lmpelled thereto by the unerrlng lustlnct of border fightlng, and flinging themselves flat 'behlnd protecting bowlders, began responding to the hot me ruined upon them. Scattered and hurried {In the“ first volleys were. they proved auflclent to check the howling demons in the open. 1L In: new: been Indian nature to (ace unprotected the gm of the white mom-1nd those derk'nxuree. which only a moment before financed the narrow (one. having orally in the not a! eppareat victory, Suddenly" melted tmm stunt. Illnklns down ihto Iggy emerge beside the stream or into mm mm the mdke, like so may vanishing 9mm dogs. Now entthen A Many brow: em night Immun- 17 project ecrou the slowing Iifluc. at e rock. or e map 0: course. Meek ‘ min-t" the hue o! the «mm cue. directed the m at his little commend end}! end; 'Itb “I military judgment. Little by Hub. III. der protection of the r!“ e! a. three civilians. the uninjured 13mm crept cautiously about. mill-Cw boulders torwerd into noel“. III“! they finally succeeded in M mu a rude barricade between then end the enemy, Thekrounded m m be reached were leborionely Oren beck within this Improvised m. eefl when the bleck W o! the Mt - null: ehut dove. ell tenet-lee ellve were once more W together. the injured tries weenie: end My heeeeth the om Old! 0! rock. end the [it]. 150 M en be M fleet etolctm’el been" tubing. reet- m in sinned” widely opened 9’“ the brink of the chum, her lowodonomomu'mo. mammmmm volun- tuu with! uni, to mum-o (/g/‘f. flmphn Fired Madly mm and Left. lines a! “use watchers A Ions. mums; cry of agony (ran out the thick darkness told the fate of their first W while cmy, oi the m” am slowly, painfully back,” aim an Indian‘ bullet embedded deep iii his Shoulder. 1m beta“: the com. iii: 0! dam, Hampton. mam; utter- in: n word, calmly turned up the collar ‘0! his way bummed com. so in better to counsel the white coflar he wore, srippetifihin revolver between his teeth and crept like name wriggling snake among the black rocks and through the dense underbrush in numb utter water. By name miracle of divine mercy he was permitted to pen unscathed, and came crawling back, a dozen hastily tilled canteen- dangling across his shoulders. It. wan like nectar to thosa parched. feverish throats; but of food barely 3 month- ful a piece remained in the haver- sacks. ‘I'he second day drugged onward, It: hours brlnxmz no change for the bet- ter, no must, no slightest ray of hope. The hot sun W'thom plulesaly, nnd two of the woundod died delirious. From dawn to dork there «we no meaning of the usage “mum“. which lack} tho nurvlvm helploqs be- Mfifiuiu on ["7"

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