The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-07-31

ran forward. The Winchester cracked
again. and down she went
| had sat up, leg and all, to stop her;
but when | saw her tumble | clapped
down again where was, lay still, and felt
the handle of my knife. l had been sour
RED and put out before. No more of that
for me- He had knocked over my girl,
had got TO fix him for it; and | lay there
and gritted my teeth and footed up the
chances. My leg was broke, my gun was
gone. Case bad still ten shots IN his Win
chester. Ii looked kind of hopeless bus
mess. But never despaired nor thought
upon desparIng; that man had got to go.
For goodisn bit not one of us let on.
Then | heard Case begin TO move nearer in
the bush, but mighty careful. The image
had burned out, there We're only few
Goals lett here and there. and the
wood was main dark, but had a kind
of low glow in it like a fire
| made out Cases head looking at me
over a big tuft of ferns, and at the same
time the brute saw me and shouidered his
Winchester. | lay quite still and as good
as looked INTO the barrel; ii was my last
chance, but | thought my heart would
have come right out OF its bearings. Then
he fired. Lucky for me it was no shotgun,
for the bullet struck within an inch OF me
and Knocked the dirt in my eyes.
Just you try and see If you can lie quiet
and let a man take a sitting shot at you
and miss you by a hair. But l did. and
lucky, too \ while Case stood with the
Winchester at the port-arms; then he gave
little laugh TO himself, and stepped
round the ferns.
laugh" thought l. ''lf YOU had the
Wit Of a louise you would be prayingl"
was all as taut as ships hawser or
the spring of watch, and as soon as he
came within reach of ME had him by the
avE nj. l.sl So.
der him, laid him ont, and was upon the
top of him, broken leg and all, before he
breathed. His Winchester had gone the
same road as my shotgun; 1t was nothing
To ne-1 defied him now. I'm pretty
strong man anyway. hut | never knew
what strength was TILL | got hold of Case
lie was Knocked ont of time by the rattle
he came down with, and threw up his
! hands together, more like a frightened
woman, so that | caught both of them
with my left. This Weakened him up. and
he fastened his teeth IN my forearm like a
weasel. Much cared. My leg gave me
al the pam had any use for, ana | drew
my knife and got it in the place.
NOW" said /, I've got you: and
you're gone up, and good job, tool Do
you feel the point of that? That's for
UnderhilIl And there's for Adams,
And now here's for Una. and that's 60
ing to knock your blooming soul right out
OF vouin
With that gave him the cold steel for
ali was worth. His body kicked under
me like spring sofa; he gave dreadful
kind of long moan. and lay still
Il wonder II you're dead? | hope So"
thought, Tor my head vas swimming
hut | wasn't going to take chances |
had his own example too close before me
for that; and tried 10 draw the knife out
To give II n him again. The blood came
over my hands, | remember. hot as tea.
ana with that | tainted clean away, and
1ell with my head on the mans mouth.
When | came 10 myself II was pitch
DARK; the clnders had burned out: there
was nothing 10 be seen hut the shine of
the dead wood, and couldn't remember
where | was nor Why was in such pain
| nor what | vas ali wetled with Then il
came back. and the iirst thing | attended
| 10 was 10 give him the knife again a half
| dozen times up 10 the handle [ believe he
/ was dead already, but il did HIM no harm
I ami dad me good
I bet you're dead now ! said. and
/ then | called "a Una
/ Nothing answered and | made = move
| - 81 aud srope for her, foulei nv broken
/ leg ant tainted again.
| hen | came u myself the second time
/ The clouds hat all cleared away, exceut a
! ieW th1t sailed there. white aS cotton The
! moon Eas up-a troplc moon. The moon
/ a. nome turns wood black. hut even
+ TINS cd butI-end al a one showed uu that
( forest a. green as by day. The night birds
or rather, they re \ Kind III early morn
Ing clrd-SanE uUt with their ioae failing
! notes Ike n}-ht,n gales. And could see
! the deaf man, that was still hall resting
/ on, looking right up into the Skv with MS
/ open ewes no paler than when he was
awe, and little way OF Una lumbled