The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-10-04

wurd. resting hla elbows upon his
knees and rlaHulus hia nIue4xy hands
together Occasionally he raised his
hohd aud npnt With fine precision ~
tho yellow cactus bloom beside the
walk
Il Was May. and the sun beat
down firrcciy upon the baked soil
iiut here ON the little imife. scnrrea
bench the shadows Htlil rested The
Jan At ppuntla, "a modest brick
building with frnHt-craokad wallis.
stands hair mile from town on the
Cheyenne road. About Il dusty cot 4.
tonwuuda drop Tiny disks of shade
upon the struggling buffalo grass.
aui the little tffiratiua ditch muf-
murH muHicully beneath them.
The sheriff ~ 0puntia vas think
ing Hts hands twisted together
nrfNauHly and the burrows derpenea
on biH brow The sheriff had left
40 Wen behind but DTS form was atIu
az tatl and erect as ever. with a
hfr8ath ~ shoulder and a supple
ness 81 Joints acquired hY many
ycnra in the stock saddle Its hair
and lanK wuathehe were faded by
the hot sunlight a. the plains TITS
Hkin vas brown. deepening 90 tn.
diau red about the neck ana over
hts hiKb cheek bones we're many
"uikaii ar1ts tits eyes uere la
irnaelY blue. and held The power ~
looking straight through anything
short 81 stone sail The sheriff
was a power IN oruntia county.
Wien the cactus flower uaa dyed
a rich brown the sheriff arose and
entered the jail To the right. Was
The office "a small bare room fur.
niHhed chiefly aith empty packing
cases. Across the corridor were
three empty frila A fourth con
talued camp bod "a table. a chair.
and asme Newspaper uluafuti ions
against the whitewashed wallis. It
also contained a man. And % him
the sheriff SPOKE.
Want % come out TfumnTrl
The prisoner aHuHn innwuldiE mnd
followed his taller into the open air.
FratinE himself beside him GA. the
bench
Look here. Trump" began. the
sheriff = don't llke ter see ser
tnklu. things - hard There AIN {
10 uss In sayiu. de yet Naw. ia
there The prisoner hssitatraL
Ma. titil { reE knu there atn'f. not
fore Friday
forrest an thta o. only Monday
Lots may happen fore Friday
There's the Eux nrf. Trump" H~s-
itsiian ard inquiry srr~ In the lat
Ter assertion Trump abnak bic
head slowly
4 amt cuunfin. on him. Wn
There aInt no reason on earth WHY
The governor should at The Jury
said guilty aud tho Judge saia
hang. and there ain't no sptruoaa
ON circumstance. an theer aln't
no plea % Insanity
Fiat there's the petition. Trump.
signed IS aTs representative citizens
Of upuntia county ird Off on the
priitiaa. Trump. added the sheriff
ualfeIF
There aint nalhin' tn Partitions.
hili uf course. I'm most powerful
obliged O. yuu 81. bat that petition
nint Edln' Co save me I've got 10
hang Friday mafnin. HM. an no
one. les So the Almighty. can get
around g. I'm sorry { amt better
company Tor yer Hili. bat See can't
help fsHIiu kiua - witrd uut any
tobacco Mines Inside
The sheriff BASED the plug
fiazi knuaa { Hiu't cnmHiainin'. =
10 continued. Hut d aana seem
hard. uul Course. I don't ash sou
% believe shat So. about not ba.
in guilty. but
Darn your faal hide. Trump cot
lieri7 exclaimed the sheriff uain't
said - hos knows we're Inner
cent? DO Ser think IA be sittin
here Hias ~ yer. ehesin Their same
plus. II didn't knps yrf vas tn
nrfcenf -
q aou't rwekau ser would mi1.
Ana I ask yer pardon. don't know
what's got into me trrdaYl I'm that
rotten mean. I reckon III 50 back
Inside
"ait sfiii~ commanded the other.
That's all right Yer don't fea feel
wcl. that all Amt hiamln' yer.
nut { don't like ter hear ser talk
that gay. Trump We've been
friends fer "a good many years an
this nlu.t no time ser be auythint
different Hut n ser hint aaaln that
I don't know fef.fe lnneresnf. Why.
then ee iest quit
Trump nodded RraveIy 20 the
edict and silence followed Trump
Collier waH some 10 years younger
than fhe sheriff but like him IN
build and manners. Trump. too. had
seen long and hard years on she
ranges. a Georgian BY birth. h. had
spent most OF his lie vest u the
Missouri and 10 southern iaar-
tude had been added 81 auirkurHa 81
movement Fained from his life In
camp and ranch. His face was a
good fnce. despite an indeolaIvc chin.
and his brown eyes. fearless and
honest. compelled liking and re-
Hpret %
"Jea. 90 think. nm. that the
round up ~ be IN town in few
days an Trump collier u Be out %
10 1llf- The condemned mans tone
was mediiatiye. wondering. rather
than fesretfui or complaining
shut up." RraHled the sheriff
"ph. I'm not camplainin'. Hill"
4 know yer amt That's jos u.
Why don't yer complain Why don't
yer raise hcllf Why don't The
sheriff arose and removing the uuid
from his mouth threw u violently at