The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-11-19

se&s ii making ! ststJ AMI returning
t-t0 make home for some waiting one,
die Of exposure and overwogk II, their
zeal 10 sacoomplisA their end. While
has althoughsNis stake WA too modest
to be called strike, was now able to
60 homeE and claim his reward. s
Again the breath Of hpneysuckles
seemed to blow strong upon him as he
rsadaatithesend OF the )t1snty-seventh
page H:a,is. q! ;5itssaaf y
And shall meet you where we parted.
at the turn sofathe lane, where you shall
give your whistle assyou did when We
were children, and will answer back.
We will go home together, you and i
under the willows along the stream. and
IL it should be twilight when you come.
it will not matter If for once we. loiter
a. little on the way. & 81, * ~ 81, ~
The zap of Yank was now too far
below 70 reach MIN; but YanK was do
ing his best to make himself heard,
and the snol king! and I insgAan a8he
camp had taken on new energy. IN
excited posse had ridden over f1o8n
Rattlesnake Bar and stopped in fnynt
Of the Round Tent saloon. ss;;fsa
.'.The tracks were the freshest along
the creek, /" the spokesman of the pdsSe
was saying as he dismounted, "and Il
he didn't come through this camp hgd
a had to go an the way round Shy
Jimtown," cycling the group of idfefs
as il they might all have chargaDf
which to clear themselves.
q feAnd It; was asturYibls bungling Job,
anyways;'' Clipped in Pike, ther6Dy
generating himself from suspicionis a6r
he had reputation for adeptnessan
that line. f;ii' u II xtiN sasl
81 Unless he done it that way a mn
pose to throw 'em off," suggestedssa
bystander with more meaning in, ais
tone thanxwas wholesome for PikeI5j
d The spokesman Of the posse NOTICED
this fnsinuation, and Pike, under As
sbeafd, went whistle about ths} 9flls. e
IT it's "a 2 tsnederfoet you're 1odlkkl1n'
for this camp ANITA likely plaeet ind
one," Pike said, pridefully. We've
only got the, Kid, but wouldn't saga
ssvora agin him. e gytIss 5I
We tracked the man; "a good way
from the cabin" The speakef ;contiY-
ued; I'VE know the size of his boot. Nd
that he. toes sin.is keeping EaG eyeEsAp
Pike. "and it's q pretty safe guesssshe
came from this directi6n.5I3si HI
Pixies mention Of the Kid hid
seemed SO preposterous no one ad
taken it up, but when toeing in hid
been suggested. several q tie MIXERS
exchanged glanceaG Tor the K1d,s
pgeon-toed gait had beer one VI ttSir
Oldest gibes. az:
where's this here kid?" demaAded
one of the Rattlesnake men. i
"He lit out when he heard you cs1i-
in and struck into the. woons,' . Pike
FASTENED to say. And nobody remish-
bered he had gone half an hour before
the posse arriyedss lsszsr,ss sssgys,yss ~
.s.oh. now don't 2 you Z, Is sayin' the
Kid would do a thing like that" Pike
continued, generously. You see he
has. just struck little pocket, least
ways, he says he's struck a. pocket,".
Withea grit, and he' 11fckStyEzg
split TO get the nee1tt steamer. I<n o1ii
l wouldn't never suspect the skh OF
such a thing" added Pike, nice; Kind
Mr.. Pike, driving the first nail secure
" into the Kids coffin. sSSs
& who is this fellow" the Rattle
snake men then asked. And the infor.
maticn was pieced together that no
1ody knew much about him; that he
kept q good deal to- himself, and had
been seen to- strike out INTO tina weeds
on the day of tho murder; that he
|. worked his own claim; and didn't have
a "pardner;" that lately he had seemed
to have more money than usual; That
he had told several of the boys he was
about to pull Up stakes. Yes, sonStte
whole, now you come to look at it that
way, rather suspicious characterl 8
And Jamison,; the while, saw moth
ing but the tall white hollyhockss1th
moonlight altering through the rose
thatch On the soft shatr Of the gtr
whose clear deep eyes answered Ills
steadily thought for thought "A Ner@
ciful purple mist arose in the ravtne
below, wrapping the. colony Of fonts
in temporary oblivion; and shutting
Ihim.i With shfS lost paradise. A baby
grosbeak futed a drowsy call above
his' head, and from 2li9ad DR. the Eaos %
which he sat sly little woodrat sal
} He'd forth for q. lloctlrnaE raid The
crimson glow in the west was spent,
apd a teaithy twilight Eleamsd uYer
the tfee-tobs. jamison strained His
eyes to read the last few, lines on tho
stlirtieth page: sstss sssslss~f4s "a
This is the last letter will havesa0
write. You, apd the gladness of our NEST.
Ang makesS these ap1gf years Of waiting
almost worth WHILE Tor every thoukait
has been with you. every hope has been
Tor you, and every day has seemed al
eternity until shall see you. But now
that ethei suspense is almost over, can
be patient, and our meeting, when n
does come, will be the sweeter forsseit
long postponement. ~ss ~
& Never before had she made such {
full confession to him. Her staid Ne3
IaEngland tongue had never known how
to frame ,impessioned words. Ise
closed his eyes to shut away the 81.
trusive objects about him, and tried
to close hts ears to the intrusive SQUADS
Of hoofs On tie, : trail below. knowing
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