pany known an a groat braggart, and, finding him in a humor for challenge in the midst of a crowd, the scout dared him to ride toward the enemy's lines to see who would go the nearest. It tamed oat that the sergeant was no oowtsd, for be kept beside the scoot unit fee hank * to* riim wasreaoM.. r . s'shot from behind by an old eueu®y of the plains and fell dead olutohing both revolvers, which he had drawu while the death grip was seizing on his vitals. He was tbeo 86 years old, and at least half his life hsd been passed in an honest, not to sag s fearless, straggle to be a ML QSOMS L. ft—a . * • •#*».» #»r •- •