Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-04-07

WE'LL must oWn w !" w Bump
now," exclaimed Dick, - he regarded
the Inscription blankly. 1.-Two. three.
four and one. A cross, with dot In one
Of Ito angles. This .s Q vast improve
ment on the other, 20 far 90 being mys.
terious goes"
He struck another match and examined
II still more closely. But the scrutiny
gave him NO key to the strange riddle.
1.-THE pitch that I left In little patches
has been we'll smeared over the bark"
he said, lowering the nickcrlng match
from the writing to the rough surface Of
the bark, Immediately below II. 1T In A.
I thought, Mr.. Wayne; you rested the
arm on which that coat sleeve was
against the tree while you made your
pussls for me to rack my brains over"
He turned away from the tree and be.
Gan his homeward journey, passing with.
n q foot Of where Bill Green was hid.
den. Bin held his breath, fearful that
bis hiding place would be discovered, and
he waited for some time after Dick had
Dassed him before be dared stir. He want.
ed to feel perfectly sure that the man
hs had watched was q safe distance
away before be made any investissti lions.
when he had waited for perhaps Q
quarter Of an hour. be concluded that It
was safe for him to venture out. He did
20. cautiously.
He made bis way to the tree. When
b reached II he stopped and listened.
Nothing was to b heard save the moan.
Ing Of the wind In the treetops and the
Pustlins Of the grass growing among the
underbrush.
With hand that trembled like the ira.
ditional aspen leaf, he struck q match
and took bis turn at examining the cot
tonwood.
What he saw there was a. puxxllng to
him a. It had been to Dick.
'Wall, I snum," exclaimed Bill, with
wide-open mouth and eyes full Of won.
der. This beats me. s'pose he knows
what It meant, cause he made II, but
couldn't make out head nor tail ont
Of was to 90 to thunder"
From which the reader will perceive
that Bill believed that Dick had placed
the mysterious aud battling marks there.
From his hiding place he had not been
able to see distinctly what was done.
and II was quite natural for him to be.
lieve that Dick had written on the tree
while no was standing by 1t, and that he
had seen him DO It.
II tell you," exclaimed Bill. to some
unseen Communion. "that air Dick Brsy.
fonts A deem one. an no mistake, That
thIns there means more'n I hey any
idee Of. IN bet a dollar. Firgers AM
spots an crosses. 1t means suthin'. but
roI darn nv plctsr Of I can tell what!
/ snum. I'd be williu' tn give the brIndle
steer 10 know lest what the plaguy thine
stan'a fer. I would 10. know what
I'm a.noin' to du. fust thing In the morn.
In. I'm a.goin' 10 20 an see tho sinein'
teacher about n. I viii. yum. He's shsrD
ans mebbe he can see thru il. Dick Bray.
ton, gol durn ye, you think yer mighty
MATT .n' too GOOD n 'socIate with me-
bnt i lin; a. reckon IN cit even with ye.
somo wnv. M I ever cit a chance To
nsv Va IN I'm a.poin' TO du n. You don't
dream that we've got Bill Green ON Yer
track. hut he's there, am he'll foller We
like = houn', He will So"
Bill Green, as l have said, could re.
member an old grudgc like nm Indian.
He was not the person to forget or for
fered with him In any way, but he took
pleasure In making himself think that,
II Brayton had not come upon the scene,
Mamie might have accepted his atten-
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