People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-06-24

A cry of Joy broke from her lips as
! she tooknthe, pardon from chS out.
3stretchnd. hsndG s''Haltr.0hg Rap-; he
bs signed itcfT.and. she, fell back, mtg
fthe arps. Of AsndsQme Hal Kruger her
the giTf -6pe6ted' Her eyes to heafrs the
words. 'SSdHfas NY 45te, Gs5lF4as
will safe yore fashersy ahayGsk u qut5k
kiss orher uRdrtedhps he Bashr$nts
the yard'with thapsedon rigs has hand,
sprung int the SADDLE and q asAsd bed. down
ing 1.-THE d6ot Nth chg gtterfiSf.
TGdd speed:him 5n 4fs GRAND: AiifFe IS
Y braSeafels& ne VII eavesasutfa-
Their, 't,,said -thes9ouFa1ter4day inelAis
Hand upon heNshqaiaes. IL .E:i X.
"Oh, !. sir yos wsTe 80 Esef tQsYsglp it,
know God vii coward yol,c and ! will
be brave and tffiist' in III ih SAYING p
which STE ttfirhed and entereets Tie
house, whifet he governor :tSlaaaeea his
steps toihisl ihary2a-rs ,s-li = s:A1
P SuddenEthsaf fleet haofs of horse.
tys8pundea at the village store A quick
spring, and the door swung gpepl ad-
hitting Hal Kruger = =
"QuitR; Bins re cried FL addressing Tssfdf
the storekeeper@ "a brace of revolvers.
and ne.fresR cartraeesta 1'mioff for.
the jail7zl haya the pardon and there's
NO time to leSe,g- And before the. feel
ing OF surprise and establishment had
worn away he had buckled the belt
containing the reTolvers and cartridges
around his whist; Sprung into his seatif
the saddle anas vas rapidly gdliepine
Fdown the road..r-as1. Es1T4Ss q. u.
As the 9yihg,stead and his rider, 7dis,.
appeared d y..y the valley the crowd rsa
gained thely seR l;SS.s1 and began .totalk,,
why, that's SD Vel's SON. on ne e what
was a-cotTtiihha Matt g girf afore ms ga
man was'killed ana Ref. daa' 'easetT,ef
the murder!" But the lad lasas,the
gal, and when he rived hume -um the
east, Nh9R.fte bad besuEaxdyiIE fer
some pergsshHnSo,l ll9Rs. he stackte-it
that h,y2s an accident and old Matt
Aidn't kill his dad" "towsofhever. T
reckon the lads got the biggest Kind of
job on Ms hdnass GB5ta fieS foplst
alone ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS cover. IT'S
full of wolves and theyke on. the RAM
page this time O. the, year" ~. -.
These and sundry other remarks were
made, but meanwhile handsome Hal
Kruger, with the governors pardon
stowedcarefully away in his coat peck
ct and the warm kiss of Jennie Hender-
son on his lips was rapidly covering
the first part of the fifty miles that lay
between him and Ashland courthouse.
1t was nearly nine when he galIoped
away from the village store, andthough.
familiar with every step of the way.
yet he realized that he had undertaken
no light task. He knew that wolves
were devastating the country, being
driven wild with hunger, and that they
had been reinforced by their drawer al
lies, the dogs which had deserted the
lumbermen some winters before: vet
remembering the love light shining in
Jennies eyes he accepted the task and
felt that could he escape the wolves he
could cover the distance and save his
sweetheart's father. "
The moon shone clear and bright and
the horse seemed to realize the homes
and fears of his young master as he
rapidly gained on the long distance be-
fore him. The crust over the snow was
frozen into one vast sheet of ice and
gave back a crisp, ringing sound be-
meath his flying feet Onward he swept
in long and regular leaps and mile after
mile OF the long journey passed rapidly
behind. At one o'clock Hal looked at
his watch; he was close to Cheouame-
gon lake. Full half of the distance was
behind him and he knew that the long
sheet OF ice stretching away before him
and narrowing here and there to a
small river in width and thickly lined
on either side with dense underbrusb
reached to the end of his journey. He
knew that here lay the danger from the
wolves, and, he could not help the cold
shiver which shook his sinewy form as
a long, mournful howl greeted the ring.
ing hoofs Of his steed as they struck the
ice. lnvoluntarily his hand fell to the
handle Of airevolver and he frightened
his grasp on the bride, while -his,keeu
eyes swept the field of. shining ice in
anxious suspense.
His horse seemed to scent the danger.
and his ears rose like sehtinels, as Il
listening, while his already rand pace pace
seemed eoihcrease. On hey2fiewslhoFFse
and rider, like two vanishing. speekS
upon the bosom of the lake. while. as
minute after minute stole ON the hpwls
grew inyolume and in number. until
the terrible truth stole ovef tie brave
lad that'the huhgry wolves we're 4 n ftfif
pursuit Sndmereasfnsthei forces 1serS
minutes He leaned forTtasd IN The sad,
die and Observation-Disclosures os.
! a. th9pghg aadresing, a sfgisndk,;;ttOn.
Billy agRh VIZ mSR sstt not be ,evsrtaleR;
we must save her fatferS The noble
hanimal tiiHtw fiis ears s trafftItbt t bscf
and, gathering all his strength az ll q ii
apswertoDtsefappeslf fsfsgsshsx sHas
the slipperpsirtacG ! sahrl 4 h
The moosJsuME low IudheSvhstera
1sky, and .just-ss he was nearing the
narrSks AdkAiskd &noEsadpS,as,i
the sight sH&affEM hiyaaa1sas,Ek
ITtMnFAi@ms1h absnss HsdssNere
trfpidash grnwHs IL. lpRmtSe fzndDwere
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