. Illustrated lives and adventures of Frank and Jesse James, and the Younger Brothers : the noted Western outlaws. eady for any desperate adventure,such as they were then engaged in. Only for a momentdid they pause when they emerged from the firearms were carefully examined, and thenthey urged their horses onward. El Paso was inhabitants had not yet awakened from theirslumbers. Palacios and his band, with their stolenherds, had passed on through the village in the direc-tion of the mountains. Their trail through the sandwas still fresh. The eTames Boys rode (m. Threemile
. Illustrated lives and adventures of Frank and Jesse James, and the Younger Brothers : the noted Western outlaws. eady for any desperate adventure,such as they were then engaged in. Only for a momentdid they pause when they emerged from the firearms were carefully examined, and thenthey urged their horses onward. El Paso was inhabitants had not yet awakened from theirslumbers. Palacios and his band, with their stolenherds, had passed on through the village in the direc-tion of the mountains. Their trail through the sandwas still fresh. The eTames Boys rode (m. Threemiles away they came to the camp. Deeming them-selves safe, the Mexican raiders had taken no pre-cautions to guard against surprise. The herds hadbeen corraled, and the bandits, wearied by their longmarches, slumbered heavily. Cautiously approaching the Mexican camp, thetwo brothers, with that quick perception for whichthey are distinguished, saw at a glance the situationof the camp and the position of the sleeping rob-bers. The dreamers were suddenly aroused by thereports of the avengers pistols. Jesse and Frank. 324 FRANK AND JESSE JAMES. James were in their midst, and dealing deatli to themiscreants ere thej could grasp their who dreamed were sent to their accomit be-fore the phantasy had cleared from their a death-dealing pistol in each hand, they firedwith incredible rapidity, and at each discharge anunfortunate wretch fell to rise no more. Terror-stricken, the robbers fled in every direction. Somewere arrested in their flight by the unerring aim ofthe outlawed brothers; and some more fortunateescaped to the mountains with life only, everythingbeing left behind in order that they might save it. The corral was broken up. The Boys are skillfulherdsmen, and soon the great tramping drove wasturned toward the Rio Grande. Ten dead robbers,stark and still, among the cactus patches, testifiedto the prowess of the American desperadoes. Theypassed back through t
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