The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-07-25

| one side of her rumpled hair How
tired her arms must be with the gun.
What consummate little idiot she
was. lie Rugged the blood soaked
scrap Of linen next his wrist.
! Say. miss, do you intend to march
me to anybody's house in this unpre-
sentable style?"
That is certainly my intention. I'll
| take you right up to the house.
| There'll be nobody there but Sam and
Ma. She'll be most scared to death,
but Sans game. When I get some
help We'll wash up a bit It's really
| too bad to treat you so shamefully,
but you know how it is; it's only play
ing your own game. Well have a good
dinner and be quite comfortable while
Sam notifies the authorities. You
must be hungry"
Hungry" he jerked the word
| through his teeth.
TITS awful to be hunted like wild
beast. / should think your case would
be warning to all evildoers"
The young moralizer's heart was
swelling with the pride of a good lee
ture.
a
formidable enemy on their trail. But
I'm not Tracy"
She stamped her foot.
Not Tracy! You might palm that
off on some people, but not on me. I
knew that you were in this vicinity,
for Bill Yoder say you across their
meadow carrying two guns. I'm glad
you've lost one, for this ones heavy"
Better let me carry It. You might
take out the cartridges" grimly
Cant take my eyes off you; there's
too much at stake"
Il hope you'll look as favorably on
me when this escapades over"
when it's over you'll be safe and
I'll have the reward; but it's the art
of trapping you that makes my blood
Jingle"
'Mercenary-klling eyes-you'll be
sorry" and numerous other ejacula-
tions slipped through his teeth, but
nevertheless he marched straight
forwardly on until they entered
clearing with a log house in the CEN
ter, where chickens cackled and two
hounds ran to meet them.
hurley shouldered lad of eighteen
way. but scarcely had Smally caught
sight of him, when he disappeared, to
reappear with 4 heavy shotgun He
had taken in the situation at glance.
i've got him, SAM" shouted the
valiant captor Didn't I tell you
there'd be no fooling if I ran onto
Tracy. Cover him. Sam, my arms are
ready to drop"
Sam instantly obeyed the command
The girl ran ahead and, placing a chair
inside the door, bade him be seated
Land sakes.' cried the thin woman
over the fire, turning sickly white
"a on amt goin' to bring that bandit
in the house,"
"Of course. Sam. Go right on with
the dinner, ma, he's awful hungry and
all scratched up with trying to get
some berries. I'm going to get some
water and tend to your poor wounded
hands" blandly addressing Smally
With sam seated over by the win
dow, his double barrel shotgun on a
dead level with Smally's head, the girl
had her own way. She dropped In
front of him and proceeded to wash his
hands.
Smally was plant.
What beautiful white hands" she
exclaimed, carefully examining his
palms as If reading his record. "All
of your evil associations have failed to
obliterate the fact that at one time
YOU We're a gentleman"
Smallv was watching the top of her
head. How could he have thought
such hair was red? And the freckles.
well. they were on the turned-up nose,
where they ought to be.
Aren't you afraid of the future?"
she was saying.
4 am blissfully thankful for my flu
ture expectations" he exclaimed, long
ing to press the hand that held the
washrag.
Don't you know they'll hang your
darting a glance at him.
Perfectly we'll"
Admission number one. Did you
have to work hard at the prison."
rubbing the vaseline smoothly over the
scratches
Never worked harder In my life"
20, tell me about IT," meeting his
eyes squarely for the first time
We'll. you see. went over to walla
W dlld ~ WISH q LIlenu OF mine tnat
had gotten into scrape. tried to get a
pardon, took a lot of work and"
What an awful liew dropping his
hands.
IT'S the gospel truth. Tn not
Tracy, you know
Pshaw. You admitted II once"
only the hanging"
She ignored the point
Its too hard guarding you from so
many different points. so I'll brush
your hair" she asserted. rising.
His close head smoothed to
her satisfaction, she deftly stitched up
the rent trousers leg. then rose and
surveyed her charge with a sigh.
Why in distress2 You should be
happy now that you have mended me
up to be hung"
Admission number two I'm sorry
that you're Tracy. You're altogether
too good looking for the gallows." She
moved a little farther away.
"Rogues are always handsome" his
eyes twinkling
Admission number three. Hand
Sanp Is handsome daae. hut I nrofn-