. Butcher's pioneer history of Custer County : and short sketches of early days in Nebraska . on the trigger of his gun, openedthe door, fully intending to kill Nolan if he found him inside. But Nolan wasnot there. John (fatlin and John Wheat, the only men at the ranch, informedWoods that during the afternoon of the day before, while they were out. someone had come into the house, ate up their dinner, exchanged a long needle gunfor a short one of the same make, a Prince Albert coat for a short riding 100 PIONEER HISTORY OF CUSTER COUNTY coat, stolen a pair of fine blankets, and vam
. Butcher's pioneer history of Custer County : and short sketches of early days in Nebraska . on the trigger of his gun, openedthe door, fully intending to kill Nolan if he found him inside. But Nolan wasnot there. John (fatlin and John Wheat, the only men at the ranch, informedWoods that during the afternoon of the day before, while they were out. someone had come into the house, ate up their dinner, exchanged a long needle gunfor a short one of the same make, a Prince Albert coat for a short riding 100 PIONEER HISTORY OF CUSTER COUNTY coat, stolen a pair of fine blankets, and vamoosed. By the time thev hadlearned this much about the movements of the man they were hunting itwas almost 4 oV-lock in the morning;, and having eaten a lunch and warmedtheir chilled limbs at a blazing fire of cedar wood, the tired boy, who hadridden over a hundred nules in twenty-four hours, was soon fast asleep, anddid not awaken until 8 oclock, when he found that Woods, Gatlin and Wheatwere gone. Leaving John to look after the ranch. w(^ will follow the threemen in theii chase after J. E. Babbits Irrigation Dam in Soutli Loup Riveron his Ranch They followed his trail north as far as Spring Creek, where they cameupon the outlaw just as he was striking camp and preparing to mount OldWhite Flank. As soon as Nolan observed the boys he coolly threw downhis picket rope, knelt on one knee and waited for them to approach. Whenabout seventy-five yards from him he motioned for them to stop, shouting: Who are you, and what do you want? We want that horse, replied Woods. You cant have him, with an oath. By , we will have him, says \V()ods, preparing to jump from his horse. Gatlin grabbed him by the shoulder and pulled him back into the saddle,saying: You fool, he will kill you before you touch the ground. Boys, said Nolan, my life and liberty depend upon this horse, and Iwill die before I give him up. One of you may come up and talk with the other two must stav back. AND
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