Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-08

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| you. kase he's sartin you II holp him out n
his trouble. shrewdly interposed Alb.
Father. he says he didn't murder-he
says So" she repeated. ZEN don't you
| tu'n against US
US? He sha'n't hev you"
The girl chung to him In desperate, ter
ror stricken violence.
mo, won't never go with him till you
| give the say so. father" she promised.
reckIessly But be didn't do it-he is
| innocent, en- III hold to him till it comes
all right"
Alb turned away-his wrinkled counte
| nance had grown hard and stern in aspect
! lie wished he had heard it all before they
| told Miriam. or before they had come into
the house and the girl had reminded him
| of the time when her vigilance and devo
| ton had stood him in good stead while
| GUY menters" hunted for the free dis
tillery.
Angry and disappointed of the gains for
| which they served justice. the detectives
came in from their futile search They
| had found the two or three brush matched
| outhouses an infnitesimal shred of the
premises" compared with the black
ravine, the dense thickets. the great pine
| rinths.
See here, old man." threatened the
| ferret faced detective. you'd do well to
tell the truth We're sure the fellow is
| here, and we're a-goin to stay till we
catch him, so you might as well own up
| at once"
Dunno but I might" acknowledged
| Ab.
"Heathe was here today, wasn't he2''
| questioned the man, in boiling exasper-
alton.
"Jes' so, capting; he W.T. here terday
Thought so. Gin me the truth, now.
! He's here now. amt he?"
| home grown twist and hel1 it in tempting
proximity to his mouth
NAT raj huff, capting, ef he hain't guy
you the slip he be heah yiv-
''Confound the fellow. we might a.
known by their takin it so cool that he
| had vamosed curse the whole businessl"
| angrily retorted Paxton, but Alb had
slowed the tobacco leaf safely into his
mouth and lazily dropped into chair be
| fore the fire.
His talk was over for the time.
The lukewarm sheriff and enraged de
l.
the ridge, some time before Alb said, with
a satisfied chuckle
''Twa Mt no lie es | tole EN-. Mirry
| tznowed them pew full sharp fellers
wouldn't believe hit but mind you gal
you haint got my say 50 ter tex no man
es commits murder en- you'll never git
hit, kase he don't mean you right. en-
hits oniucky
The girl knew her father too well to
demonstrate She knew too, that Heathe
was only safe while she adhered to her
promise not to marry him without Alb s
permission The cold winter frightened
its grip and still an uneasy sense of sur
geillance and danger hung over them
The old moonshiners family had once been
tull of expedients for deluding doubtful
visitors They seemed to come back to
Miriam along with thousands of inge
NOUS devices for the comfort and safety
If her lover All the winter long he was
neither seen nor heard of at Abs ca bin
but all the winter long neither rain nor
snow nor raging tempest-the tempest
If the prevented the girls
Tally pilgrimage to the hut in the black
ravine Ab would watch her go out in
he whlrling snow wreaths, with the
basket on her arm, but he never ques
toned her errand So the winter dragged
It's ice cold lengths away The fine frosty
flakes of snow betokened a fierce storm
coming over the ridge-Rlready it had
sifted like white powder into crack and
crevice, shutting out the rigid wind roar
ing savagely among the pines outside,
but passing almost contemptuously the
warm. substantial cabin crouching be
meath them The snow deadened all
sounds without. the dogs gave no howl
nor warning when suddenly the door
was thrown open, and with the sweeping
gust and snow two men came in They
were the sheriff and a stranger
Don't make no stir, Abb shouted the
sheriff Its all right - t'other fellers
confessed Heathe didn't do it. This
here's his brother-t other teller owned
up when he's dyin'."
Ab smiled grlmly
II wouldn't hev TUX noboby's wu'd for
hit but youa n, shurf
Yes. we've KEN a-puppose ter get him,
tho if 8 cold es biazes. added the sat
SIZED sheriff, You see Heuthe ken in
on en- en- folks knowed thars bad blood
twlxt EN- so they pitched on him, en-
wouldn't believe nothin' else "Twur a
clear case gainst him. but he's innocent,
and men his brother have KEN for him
Hes all right now"
'Fotch him. Mirry-h'it's my say so"
You had close call. young man;
they'd hev hanged you sure, if they'd
caught You" the sheriff said. an hour
later when explanations had been made.
and Heathe stood among them, beside his
brother, free and innocent.
Il must have had all inevitable and
final call this terrible winter but for this
true and loving woman" answered
Heathe. as he looked down into Miriam's
lustrous eyes and beautiful face. softened
and aglow with joyous tenderness And
now. Alb, there is nothing to hinder-we
will be married tomorrow. And they
were.-Inde in Frank Leslies.
A few days since two little fair haired
girls were presented each with an exceed
ingly young kitten. When being asked
to return the little animals to the mother,
the younger girl, with look of tender
ness in her great violet eyes. said "Oh.
yes, I'll give mine back; think how you'd
feel if you were baby and big giant
came and took you from mamma" The
elder sister answered, tossing her head:
I'D great deal rather they'd take me
while was very young; I'd feel it less.
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