Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-07-27

ne2' questioned the man, in boiling
evaporation.
''Jes' so, capting; he wur here ter
day.
Thought so. Gimme the truth,
now. He's here now. amt he?'
Alb tore off long leaf Of tobacco
rom "a home grown twist and held it
N tempting proximity to his mouth.
NAT raj huff, captinG, eff he hain'b
guy YOU the slip he be heah yit.
''COnfOund the fellow, we might
l-knOWn by their takin' it so cool that
he had vamOsed; curse theWhOle bust
nessl'' angriIy retOrted Paxton; but
Alb had slowed the tobacco leaf safe
" into his mouth and laZily dropped
into d chair before the fire.
His talk was over for the time.
The lukeWarm sheriff and enraged
detectives had taken themselves of,
down the ridge, some time before Alb
said, with a satisfied chuckle.
''TWan't no lie es I tOle 'em, MirrY.
1 knOwed them pOW'fuI sharp fellers
wouldn't believe hit; but mind you,
gal, you hain't got my say so ter
TEX no man commits murder, en-
you'll never git hit, kase he don't
mean you right, en- hits Onlucky.
The girl knew her father too well to
demonstrate. She knew, too, that
Heathe was only safe while she ad-
heTed to her promise not to marry
him without Abs permission. The
cold winter frightened it's grip, and
still an uneasy sense of surveillance
and danger hung over them. The old
mOOnshiner' family had once been
full of expedients for deluding doubt
full visitors. They seemed to come
back to Miriam, along with thou
sands of ingenious devices for the
comfort and safety of her lover. All
the winter long he was neither seen
nor heard of at Abs cabin, but all the
winter long neither rain, nor snow,
nor raging tempest-the tempest
Ofthe untains-prevente the girl s
daily pilgrimage to the hut in the
blaCkravine- Alb would watch hergO
out in the Whirling snow Wreaths,
with the basket on her arm, but he
never questioned her errand. So the
winter dragged it's ice cold lengths
away. The fine frosty fakes of snow
betOkened a. fierce storm coming over
the ridge already 1t had sifted like
white powder into crack and creVce,
shutting out tine rigid wind roaring
saVagely among the pines outside,
but passing almost COntemPtuOusly
the warm, substantial cabin crouch
ing beneath Them The snow dead
ened all sounds without, the dogs
gave no howl nOg warming, when sud
denly the door was thrown open, and
with the sweepinggust and snow two
men came in. They were the sheriff
and n stranger.
Don't make mo- STIR, Ab!'' shouted
the sheriff. dts all Fight-t'Other
feller's confessed. Heabhe didn't dOit.
This here's his bBO6heB-t'O other fell
Ter owned up when, he's @-Giyin'."
Alb smiled grimlY
"IwOuldn't heW tlUlknObOdy'sWu
for hit but yOua A., sRaagf''
eyes; we've kemI a-PuPPOse ter get
him, tho it's cold eB, BlaZes-" added
the satisfied sheriff, '"'YOB see eathe
KEN in on 'em, enl f0llas.EnOwed thar's
bad blood 'twiNh 'em, SO, they pitched
oh him, en- wouldn't believe nOthin'
else. 'TWur a clear case 'gainst him ;
but he's Innocent, amid men his
brother KEN for him. He's all right
now
"FOtch him. NEfnny-R5 IT'S my say
So"
''YOu had q close. ealI. young man;
they'd hev hanged you sure, If they'd
caughtyOu," the sheriff said, an hour
later, when explanations had been
made, and HRathe. stood among
them, beside his brother, free and
innocent.
II must have, had am inevitable
and final call this terrible winter but
for this true amid lowing woman,
answered Heath. as, he. looked down
into Miriam's, hIstrous eyes and
beautiful faces; sOftened and aglOw
with Joyous, tenderness. ''And now,
Alb, there is nothing to hinder-we
will be married tomorrow" And
they were.-4nd5e In Frank Lesie's.