The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-07-13

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worst. Liant prove my innocence;
but | solemnlv tell you. l am innocent
OF the woEt-the very worst YOU viii
hear.
Miriam laid her hand gently on his
arm-h~r face grew tenler-her voice
soft and trrmulous.
Il care TO- YOU John. whether it
wer@ true or not. GO-nOw. Leader
! shifts lower-Quire there. Leader
sommur = closer,
Tie girls srarrled,suppressed voice
! he.ame suddenly shriII in its terror.
Heath sprang forward with an agile.
chamois like bound and vanished in
the pines. The dogs inside the cabin
az well a. out ST up simultaneous
howl. There was no doubt Of an
anen presence close at hand. Miriam
rushed into the house and fastened
the door behind her.
We know he's in there shouted
q rough voice.
Hes there, Give him up, We're a
goin to have him. chorused rough
or voices.
Hit better ter let en- come Mir
~. He's done swung hisse + in -ainst
now"
Alb unbarred the door. and. open
ing it s1eppc'i on the thrt.holdin cool
contemplation Of the scene. Instant
~ a revolver was on each side Of his
gray head.
What lie YOU after. shurf?" he
asked, thrusting him aside. The men
outside rushed rudely past him.
You might as Well give him up.
Alb answered the sheriff: they We
tracked him out here, en- it's 'gainst
the law ter shutter a criminal. |
don want 'er rest a neighbOr. The
TELLER goes by the name OF Heathe."
We've got 10 search the premises,
sheriff" bristled a ferret faced man,
more than usually energetic in his eff
forts.
The sheriff smiled significantly.
Eff you kin sarch these ere prem
'ses, why jes' 60 ahead, Mr.. Paxton
course, sir" he dryly responded.
I've followed this Heath for a
a year, and l won't be beat now.
There's a reward out for him-dead
or alive-sO you may as well tell
where he is"
The man Paxton turned sharply
upon Miriam as he spoke.
"Heathe is not his name neither,
miss, and III make it worth your
while TO tell CT hza"
Miriam heard him in silence. a set,
resolUte expression upon her face.
You shall have part of the re-
ward
Il don't touch blood money!" she
interrupted iercely.
1T don't matter. III catch him
yet. He's a cold blooded william
wanted for murder"
':MurdeF?''
The girl shivered. Her face paled
into a Wilderness Alb had never seen
blanch its deep, healthy hues.
Murdered an old man for
his money. They're sure to
lyach him if they get
hands on him. Murder and robbery.
I'm certain to nab him sooner or lat
er," added the detective, with the
professional gusto of a man who had
bagged human game.
Miriam listened YEARLY while they
told the terrible tale to Alb. She
watched her father narrowly. The
quasi moonshiner might condone Of
lenses against the revenue but muir
derl-she knew that he had d super
stitious horror of a man with blood
on his hands.
"He h'ain't fifteen tergito of, Mirry,"
he whispered, while the search went
on in the angry thoroughness Of
threatened discontinue. Hell io5ch
MS turrible luck, ef he's done hit, en-,
Mirry, he shan't hev you, noWays.
Wen git inter trouble long ohm ef
we don't tell"
Father, I've helped en- stood by
you, hewitt I?n asked the girl, a
passionate pleading IN every Inca
ment and accent.
sTrue 'nuT, Mirry; you've helped
me pow'ful; but 'tWurnever murder, Z
he rejOined, uneasily. Hits no
good a-hopin' murder" |.
ssNo, MOI wouldn't do ii neither
but he says he is innocent, father"
sInnercent? Mayhap be Is, en-
likely he hainst likely he's ies' a-fool-
In wild you, kase he's sartin, youu
help him ont'n his trouble shrewd-
" i~nterposed Alb
Father, he says hedidn't murder
he says So she repeated; zen
don't YOU tu'n against us.
sUs? He sha'nt hey you.
The girl clung 40 him desperate,
terror stricken violence.
@No, / won't never 20 with him till.
you givet essay so, father, shepropa.
ised, reckleesly. "But be didn't do it
Il IS innocent, ca III held &c him
till it comes all right.
Alb turned away-his wrinkled
e~0nntenance had grown hard and
! stern IN aspect. He wished be had
heard it all before they told Miriam,
OF before they had come into the
house and the girl hadreminded him
az the time when her vigilance and
devotion had stood HMM good stead
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