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Show COLORADO SPRINGS. 307 cut from the thighs and breasts, and left the scene forever; he also took the money and valuables from the dead bodies. He found his way to the agency, told his story to the Sheriff, who advised him to take another name and leave the country. Here he gave way to great emotion and said, " Oh, God, if I could have died then, I should have been spared nine years of misery. I have never closed my eyes in sleep since without that ghastly vision of the smouldering camp-fire, the dead companions, and the lofty pines drooping with their weight of snow, as if keeping a sorrowful death-watch. But those who have never been without their three meals a day do not know how to pity me." Packer is not yet hung, up to the time of this writing, but his case is hanging in the Supreme Court of this State, where it is likely to bide the law's delay for a long time yet, while Packer, the great American anthropophaginian, suffers the pangs of dread uncertainty in durance vile. CHAPTER LXIV. COLORADO SPRINGS. At Colorado Springs we found another immense hotel, " The Antlers," one of the finest and most picturesque structures in the West. The rush of travel has made these huge establishments necessary in every attractive spot in this country. This is a beautiful city of about six thousand inhabitants. The streets are broad and shady, the climate delightful, being mild in winter and cool in summer, which makes it a popular resort |