The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-12-31

I've slept most of the time for "a
hours Aor is it another three weks?'
There was heartening in his
laugh NO. it's only day this time.
But you mustn't talk Doctors are
bad people to run up against"
"If 7 can't talk, you'll have to.
When I dropped out-or rather in
we were about to take up arms
against a sea OF troubles. Piece out
the story for me and III be as quiet
as lamb. Otherwise [ shall have
query-ft and run my temperature
up. What has happened in my tenn
psrary absence2'
Macpherson laughed again. "a
whole lot of things have happened.
Setter has seen the error Of his ways
and Is mad slow-inad like an Indian,
and after somebody's scalp Wy
Ramp's Tor preference. though I be-
lieve he wouldn't hesitate to ambush
the entire board of directors after
the most approved Tennessee noun
taineer STYLE if he had the chance"
'What converted hm2"
"Seyeral things contributed First,
he had to divide the purchase money
| for the water-right with the other
settlers. and there wasn't enough to
go around Then it. was discovered
that he had been too ignorant or too
negligent Go secure interim rights
water to use while the dam-building
goes on and in consequence the
whole settlement is likely TO go dry
through the summer while Wykamp
( is tearing out and putting in. That
stirred up a hornets nest, right, and
when the buzzing began in good earn
est he came 10 me aud wanted advice
and help"
"And YOU gave both. I presume?"
81 gave him Scotch blessing. and
sent him off with bee in his bon
net 20 keep the hornets company. 1
was still pretty warm under the col
lar. But about that time you were
trying your best to drop out, and
when he tackled me again I
weakened. told him there wasn't
anything 10 do but to grin and bear
it--since he'd thrown up his chance
but he'd got wind of the placer
claim alternative and he has been
crazy to have me jump on. I haven't
made move. I'm holding of iib-
sheet free and head TO the wind.
ready to come about at the critical
moment There's no hurry. It's
working beautifully without me Just
now; settlers holding indignation
meetings in the schoolhouse, where
ssing and resolving, and everybody
mad enough to fight at the drop of
the hat. My part has been to pour
oil on the troubled waters; not too
much oil, you know, but just enough
TO keep somebody from killing some
body else; and promise you I've had
my hands full. One pot-shot from be-
hind a bowlder just now would spoil
the whole conspiracy"
rs anyone likely to fire it2' !
asked.
Macpherson wagged his head dmei-
ously.
"There are plenty of itching trig-
ger-hngers hereabouts just now, and
one of them is going TO crook itself
some dark night IL Wykamp doesn't
have a spasm of common sense. What
do YOU suppose he's up to nowp'
made the sign of unknowledge;
and Macpherson drew his chair
nearer and lowered his voice in def
erence to The Dionysiap-ear quail
ties of the loosely built house.
''You know hia attitude ttsrrd-
toward Winnie Miss Sanborn9 Well
he changed 1T in a day; came here
two or three times and tried TO SCI
her, and when she wouldn't he be
gan on the girl Settlers daughter
: / don't know how far II has gone. auI
far enough to make a family row
with the father and mother ON on'
side and the girl ON the other. q
. course. Nan believes in him ant
stand up for him but Jake knows
. and loads his rife accordingly"
''There'll be a murder" / vcntureG
"I'm afraid of it, And at this iim'
II would be most confoundedly i'm
opportune. The news Of the tigh
with the land company has gon'
abroad in the county and the state
-, and public sentiment is with the set
tiers. But II one OF them should for
get himself and happen 20 XIII m
land company's chief engineer---wei
you see what would happen; publ
sentiment would take the other sid
in the tu~ning of a leaf
"Assuredly. Can't you bring th
girl TO her senseET
! Macpherson grinned. "fve alread
burned my Hngers in that fire
burned them rather badly. Yo
I haven't forgotten about the pony an
{ the riding-lessons, have you2"
7, mo"
"And, besides, I have a funeral O
: my own and / can't furnish mourn
+. ers for Wykamp's. I'd much raihe
= furaish the corpse"
Silence. for the space Of a fun mir
ute. and then 1 say; ~You haven
found out anything more?'
"Not a syllable, I've been respect
ing her prohibition as much as