Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-01-30

innocent en- I'll hold to him TIL II comes
all right.
All turned away-his wrinkled counte
nance had grown bard and stern In aspect
He wished he had heard it all before they
told Miriam or before they had come mo
the house and the girl had reminded MN
OF the time When her vigilance and devo
ton had stood him in good stead while
Guy 'menters" hunted for the Tree dis
tillery
Angry and disappointed of the gains tor
which they served justice, the detectives
came in from their futile search lhey
had found the two or three brush matched
outhouscs an infnitesimal shred OF the
premises compared with the black
ravine the dense Tickets, the great pine
forest stretching away into untold laby
rinths
Sec here, old man" threatened the
ferret faced detective you do well to
tell the truth We're sure the fellow Is
here and were goin to stay till we
catch han. 50 you might as well own up
ut once
Dunno but ! might, acknowledged
Alb
"Heathe was here today wasn't her
questioned the man. in boiling exasper
alton
"Jes So capting he wur here terday
Thought SO Gin me the truth, now
He's here now amt her"
Alb tore of a long leaf of tobacco from a
home grown twist and held it in tempting
proximity to his mouth
NAT raj nufl capting eff he hahn I guv
you the slip be be heah yit
"Confound the fellow, we might
known by their takin 1t so cool that he
had vamosed curse the whole business
angrily retorted Paxton but Alb had
slowed the tobacco leaf safely into his
mouth aud lazly dropped into a chair be
fore the fire
His talk was over for the time
The lukewarm sheriff aud enraged de
tectives had taken themselves of. down
the ridge some time before All said with
a satisfied chuckle
"rwa Mt no lie es ! tole en- Mirry |
knowed them pow full sharp fellers
wouldn't believe hit but mind you gal
you haint got my say so ter TEX no man
es commits murder en- you II 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 adhered to her
promise not to marry him without Ab 3
permission The cold winter frightened
its grip and still an uneasy sense of sur
veillance and danger hung over them
The Old moonshners family had once been
full Of expedlents for deludlng doubtful
visitors They seemed to come back to
Miriam, along with thousands of inge
NOUS 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 mon
snow, nor raging tempest-the tempest
OF the mountains prevented the girls
daily pilgrimage TO the hut in the black
ravine Alb would watch her go out in
the whirlIng snow wreaths. with the
basket on LEI arm, but he never Ques
toned her errand So the winter dragged
its ice cold lengths away The fine frosty
flakes of snow betokened fierce storm
coming over the ridge-already it had
slfted like white powder into crack and
crevice, shutting out the rigid wind roar
ing sa7agely among the pines outside
but passing almost contemptuously the
warm substantial cabin crouehlug he
meath them The snow deadeued 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 stranger
Don't make no stir Ab' shouted she
sheriff It's all right - other fellers
confessed Heathe didn't do it This
here's his brother-t other Teller owned
up when he's dyin,"
Alb smiled grimly
II wouldn hev TUX noboby's wud for
hit but youa n shurf
Yes we We KEN purpose ter get him
tho it's cold es blazes, added the sat
is6ed sheriff You see Ileathe ken in
on EN- en- folks knowed thar bad blood
twixt EN- So they pitched on him. en-
wouldn't believe nothin else Twur q
clear case gainst him. but he's innocent,
and men his brother have KEN for him
He's all right now
"totch him Mirry- hits my say so
You had a 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.
81 must have had an inevitable and
final call this terrible winter but for this
true and loving woman" answered
Heathe as he looked down into Miriam
lustrous eyes and beautiful face. softened
and aglow with joyous tenderness And
now, Ab, there is nothing to hinder we
Will be married to morrow And they
were hide in Frank l.esIies