Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-27

~ he'd taxi. any horse but tina,
roam, or knew less about udinu. we'd
"a caught him 20 miles out. ana he'd
never "a caught Neylna. Dash dash thu
whole dashed blue boilled outnt and b.
dash dash dashed 20 their quadfupia
dashed spuif'" and the concentrated
spite ana hatred " the speaker hlsaed
IN every syllable.
'Taln'i u question ~ whit We onuid
not DO What can We do7 He's got the
money, and plenty ~ II. caahod some
whore about tho old camp. and $500 0f
rs mine That's what I want don't
care a On what they do with him ~
long ~ they don't send him 10 prison.
who're We can't nail him. That's what
that hloody court VIII do. though. and I
know A."
"iiow d'you know." ncrcoly demand
Cd the other. "'nloss you've been In the
nrnY which you swear you haycn'tg
Whcre'd you desert frumf Come. own
M now" ana. turning FOR an instant
from his peopholc. the speaker became
suddenly ewarn % tho silent form Of
Lieutenant lilnte
"N0ne N ynur dashed huAlneas'" be-.
rnn the other, when q harsh shut up'"
brought him around In amaze. and he.
too. confronted tho dark figure standing
like fisnrust between them and the
violet lirhi beyond tho open doorway.
lnHtinciivply tho hands ~ both men
sought their pistol butts. hut nlake
made never move. The woman, iook-
Ina around Tor tho cause OF the sudden
silence. caught sight ~ the statue squr
Intruder ana. with low cry, throw
her shawl over her head and, bending
almost double. With outstrcichcd. Crop
inr hands, srutficd 60 where the mis-.
zion made blanket hunE at The doorway
~ the bedroom ana dartod through the
aperture like q rabbit Ia ita form, tho
folds of the heavy wool falling behind
hor.
Ana sun tho tall lieutenant neither
spoke nor moved. iilg revolver hung at
his right hip, HE hunting knife slept
IN IT, sheath. but his hands sat jauntily
ON his thighs, The storm. vet look Of
his clear cut face had giyon place 10
something like grin ~ amusement
First at one, then az the other, OF the
two howidcrrd worthless h. RACED
looking each deliberately from head to
foot ma they lowered there. both irreao-
lutte ana dilcnnccricd. one Of them visi-
bly, tremhllnH.
There was doorway leading into the
room IN which WINS vet the table Tor
stage passengers OF the hettrr class,of.
ilcers and the Few ladies who had ven
turod tn follow thclr lords Into farawny
Arizona, or the gentle me, which In
cludcd amazona whose money could nav
ihNlI WY iN'lR HAN'h AilNWhNic und
WAS made pretty mucn anyhow But
that room WIS empty, and the one be-
ynnd H. the bar had only one or two
occupants, too fnr away 10 see what
was going on,
There were q doorway and n swinging
screen " dirty canvas lust beyond the
luuphnlr lntnlA occupied hy rthe Nlfe
~ my brother" q doorway that gave
on the corral. and 10 each % those onrh
allout sfnurhH had given IA ouiek far
tive glance but not "a stop WAS taken.
How long the strain ~ the situation
might have lasted there N no saving.
II was broken by the sudden lifting 81
that dirty canvas screen, aH sudden
and perceptlble start on tho part Of
each Of the confronted men and the
quick entrance or the engineer For
spoken. Lorlng'H eyes We're evidently