Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-12-16

working himself into white heat.
"'S long as All live on this claim" he
said, "Ah1l never go t. Brannon fer
anythin', an they'll be no trottin back
an forth. Thet ornery trash over thar
is tn same, most of it, tibet fought tn
south JUS few years ago. All KANT
forget tibet. An not one of 'em II
ever set a foot in this house"
After more hobbling he burst forth
again. "Ah tell y. Dallas. All won't
hev' you gals meetin' them no count
soldiers
She smiled at him. I'VE don't want
to meet any soldiers" she answered.
But there are women at the fort
women like mother. 1t seems shame
we can't know them"
"Y' mothar raised y t. be s fine
lady as any of 'em over thar"
Maybe that's true. If it is, then
they'd like us, wouldn't they, aud we
could have friends7 I'm not thinking
about myself-just about Marylyn."
'You gals got each other. Meetin'
tn women at Brannon means meettn'
tn men. An All won't hev itT' His
"I'll never speak to you about II
again." she said. And her quiet ac'
ceptance notified him.
M gal, y KANT think how An feel
| about them Yanks," he went on tren1.
ulously. IAN All want y promise
me tibet whether An IN live er dead
" III allus keep on you own side OF tn
river"
She glanced up at him quickly. dc
you mean that, daddyT she asked,
using the name he had borne in her
babyhood.
"Ah do! All dot"
"rhen promise" Her tone was
sorrowful
"MarlynT'
The younger girl faced about slowly
ed you promiseT
''Promise?' she repeated. "Yes-I-
promise"
Dallas knew that the trip to the land
office was impossible unless Louns
bury should chance along which was
! unlikely, some weeks having passed
since his last visit. Undoubtedly were
he to come he would help them. But
would her father allow her to ask tho
storekeeper's aid? Probably not.
'J'll tell Charley about it tonight
she said finally I'VE just got to hnd
a way
What en- he do?' retorted her ia
Their. Far IS him s Citing q team g
concerned, we might s well look fer
some one t come right outen tn sky"
Her determination to ask advice of
the pariah was natural one. The
morning that succeeded the night of
the mules terror she had awakened to
find reassuring explanation for their
fear. In the growing light, as the
trumpet sounded reveille from the fort,
she sprang up and looked out expect
antly. On the top of drift in front
of the door was a bundle of sticks! A
hard crust had formed during the
night, and moccasin tracks leading up
to the wood and then pointing away
again were cast in it with frozen clear
ness.
THAT poor Indianw she had ex-
claimed in grateful relief.
Not once after his summoning before
Colonel Cummings had Squaw Charley
forgotten daily to leave firewood at
the shack The evening of his second
trip across the Missouri, Dallas had
lain in wait for him, secreted under
the dismantled schooner, which she
had drawn into place beside the door
And as bringing his offering he cross
ed the snow softly and approached
the terrified mules again announced
! his coming, and she hailed him.
Come on, come near" she had call
!, ed. II want to see you"
Eager to prove his good intent be
had FASTENED forward, and she, just
as eager to show her thankfulness, had
led him into the house. There with
the rdistrustful eye of the section boss
upon him and with Marylyn watching
in trepidarion from a distance, he haG
eaten and drunk at Dallas bidding
At the very moment when Dallas de
cided to confde in him Squaw Char
ley was not unmindful of her. Where
the river bluffs back of Brannon shov
ed their dark shoulders through the
snow, the wind having swept theil
tops clean of the last downfall, he wa;
working away like a muskrat. To ant
fro he went, searching diligently fol
buffalo chips. A sack followed him OF
a rope tied to a leather belt, SO tina
he could beat his hands against hi:
breast as he covered every square roc
: of dead curly grass on the uplands
The bag cramned TO the top, he tool
off his blanket and, despite the cold
I began to fill it also. For he knew
and fully as well as they who watched
the thermometer hanging just outside
i the entrance at headquarters, that tht
j night would require much fuel.
] AS he hunted along the bare ridge
r something more than the frigid gust
that whipped the skirt about his lear
shanks urged him to finish his gath