t securely guarded in a tent situated in about the center of the st

and violence of the storm, that it was spread over a wide area, and that the heavy rainfall and the consequent

t, and yet he felt that it was only right that that gentleman

ashing on the canvas over our heads, as if determined to get in?" said Mr. Willett,

this is a powerful stormy nigh

will be apt to flood the

ords, "this yar rain'll be mighty apt to ra

ould not be able

at," said Hank. "But thar's anot

s that,

t back an' fetch

you think abo

know what

y, you have

uring rain, and his gray eyes intently fixed on the ceiling, as if he we

llett, nervously, "

e trail, an' no man could, onless he chanced to be rigged with wings, like a bird, an' up to this time I ain't run ac

can't come he

ow will it f

that is wh

l depend on

e some

treatment, but if they don't it'll go hard on us. But all th

m?" repeated

if the rain keeps on an' raises the creek har at Hurley's

stand th

ave somethink to okerpy their min

lightest idea,"

eanin' man is drunk he's a beast, but when these rough fellows drink t

you," said Mr.

ain lay down on the blankets that had be

as right in

equence the miners could not work, for Hurley's Gulch wa

, honest men; and their vigilance committee, though apt to do wrong in

le for the death of Tom Edwards, and it must be confessed that all the circumstances-

tablishment at Hurley's Gulch, was composed of

en and dining room, and the rear canvas afforded space for the g

miners gathered to discuss the effect the storm might have on the return of the messenger with th

majority they were willing to have a trial, but not till a sufficient time had pa

airs, and, without seeming to do s

managed his game properly, he decided to give every man, for nothing, all the whisky he could

ous scheme, Frank Shirley w

d of its fury was gradually deadened by the uproar o

ame a mob of fierce and profane drunken men, with no more mor

ten their promise to give the accused men a h