The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-05-23

l n all his motions and manner, she felt
that she could read something of his
story. She had heard before this how
young lads in the east, filled with ro-
mantic notions about western life and
adventure, sometimes left their luxu-
rious homes and found their why out to
the ranches of the Pacific. Perhaps he
was one of these.
As she looked at him, fancying all
this, and realizing the terrible strait he
was in, and the probable dark fate that
was before him, her heart yearned with
true womanly sympathy; and her feel
ing found expression before she was
able to restrain derself.
"Oh, how couldyou do lit? How could
you do it?" she suddenly exclaimed,
her voice quite full of what she felt.
He looked up OF her in wonder, but
as his eyes met her'she understood her.
II didn't do it. Upon my honor 1
did not he said. ut was that man
Dennis"
Sacramento breathed a great sigh of
relief. demonstrating was held in that
section to be q crime worse than muir
der, and she was by no means free from
the popular estimate of it's grave nature.
Oh, am glad OF that!" cried she,
But" she hesitated. and then went
on doubtfully. sBut, then, how vast?
Why did you run away?'
ut was Dennis doings, their laying
it to me. He did that to clear himself.
And after that you know as we'll as 1 do
that there would have been no use in
trying to prove myself innocent. They
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consider his guilt afterwards. I had to
run to save my life"
do you know that there is a reward
offeredfor your capture?'
II know that the Regulators are after
me" answered the young fellow, sullen-
~. They came pretty near catching
me, too, this noon. l just escaped
them and came down the cannon by the
mountain trail. / have had a hard run
for it, and what with no sleep for "a
hours, / am about used up. I feel as
though 1 could not go another step when
! saw your house. You-you have been
very good tome. I shall never for
GET"
But what are you going to do now?"
interrupted Sacramento. "You are not
safe here"
Il know it. But I threw them off
the track this noon, and I do not think
they are within five miles of me. Now,
! have had something to eat. 1 will
take to the woods again. I hope I may
get clear away. If I don't" his voice
trembled and tears came into his eyes.
IF l don't shall get a hanging,
| suppose. Oh, what a fool I was not
to prefer home to this sort of thing!
And yet, l wouldn't care much, either,
it it wasn't for my father and mother"
And there the poor fellow fairly broke
down.
AHarkW Sacramento exclaimed.
She had been crying, too; she could
not help it.
They both listened. In o moment
they heard plainly the sound OF horses
coming down the trail. The girl turned
with instant self-possession.
go in there! Quick! Quick! There
Is not Q moment to lose! Here take
your hatl'
And handing his hat to him, she
pushed him across the room and into
her own little room that led off from it.
Then she hurriedly cleared the table
again, barely finishing the task as the
hcrselnen halted at the door.
There were three Of them. One was
her father. Sacramento knew the 9th.
ertwo men by sight. They were rough,
but Of the better sort of those whit
made up the dweliers OF Kelly Gulch.
The faces Of all three were stern
and forbidding, md they evidently had
been riding hard. They dismounted
together.
Sac" began her father, "a lie en-
tered the door, ahev We e anything
Of Q young chap, afoot or q horseback,
coming this way?
ton, and was ready for it. And she
meant, if possible, to answer without a
lie.
"A young chap, about eighteen years,
and five feet and q half high, rather
good looking, and with red-top boots
Q n?" replied she,
"Yes! yes! That's him" cried one Of
the other men. Has he been here?"
was only quoting him from this
handful, !" said Sacramento, taking the
paper from the shelf where she had laid
asked her fatlar -
Il have haen r;o,,t bore all la, .,a
nobndy has COMO II ax.a,,+ pata
hoo r. woe h. ,sha !, ~ +. LII
Arc von a,,ra tho. w. oama .h ;;e .me p ~.
-the-horsethief?r
whit ma.s W. a.un. hnow put ne
nF ! = cnances is sna. ne sloped
~ = me mountains, meanln to go
h;n t nsosepipe pass lneSH glt
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It's shutdown now" observed sacra-