Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-12-11


down a curse upon the heads Of the
sleeping jewellers. igs Fl
"Just see therev' he exclaimed
"Some vermin got wind of the pay
masters coming and are here to fleece
the plen.'
A lieutenant sauntered up. putting
out his hand for the glasses. There
wasn't soul In those huts yesterday"
he said.
mo. of course not" sputtered the
other. 1.-THE devils stayed at Clark's
till the punchcrs got back from Kan
sas City. Now they're on hand to
keep our guardhouse and hospital full
By CAD, If commanded here I'd have
the whole street fred"
well" said the lieutenant. 1.-THE men
have way of disciplining that kind
themselves. Some day when a favor
J lite Is cut in u brawl or cheated at
cards they'll shoot up the place. If
there's anything left 1t II move on"
1T won't do any harm to keep an
eye on Shanty Town, all the same"
declared his companion fiercely. RE
member the man that ran 1t last year?
Slick, by ga! Why, the paymaster
/ might jsst as well have stopped over
there-he AMI his ilk got every cent!
He wasn't a bad man, mind you
not brave enough for that-but- keen
nosed as a moose. conceited as an In
diam
What was his Manner
"Oh, Dick or Vic neutrality-suspicious.,
l don't know what He's a Dragging
renegade. anyway"
/ Unaware of a reconnoiter, the occu-
pants of the line of shanties slumbered
serenely on. and not until noon did
high plumes of smoke. straight as the
flag pole on the parade ground an
nounce to the secretly delighted troop
ers at Brannon their tardy rising.
Dallas. too, saw the busy chimneys.
but while watching them intently from
an open window. her attention was at
tracted all at once in the opposite di-
rection. She heard coming out of the
coulee chorus of shrill talking, like
the pow-wow Of a flock of prairie
chickens. Then q horse snorted and
there was a low rumble of wheels.
Thinking that 1t was her father, she
leaned into sight. AS she did so a
team came scrambling over the scarlet
brink, dragging wagonful of men and
/ women.
AS the horses gained the level prairie
/ their driver laid aside q huge black
snake whip with which he had been
soundly whacktng them and looked
! about. The next moment Dallas saw
him rein in his team and spring to his
feet. He was looking toward the
shack. and he raised his whip hand
menacingly.
Look at thatl Look at thatr' he
cried wildly, his voice carrying through
the clear air.
| All looked where he pointed, and
some one in the back of the wagon
| cursed.
What d you call that for iuck?'
yelled the man, shaking his mittened
asst III Nick knew thaty'
Dallas could not hear the mingled
answers of his companion.
swell, call it d.
| A woman reached up and pulled Aam
into his seat There was another shrill
| chorus, the man whacked the horses
till they reared, and the wagon went
| rumbling on.
Dallas watched it until it disappear
ed into the cut at the landing. Then
| she sank upon bench. For a long
time she sat, dumb and immovable,
her eyes on the floor. When finally she
! got up she felt about her. as If over
| come By blindness.
! Marylyn had not seen or heard the
threatening wagon driver. Seated COM
fortably on the robe by the fire, she
strung beads and hummed contentedly
| Dallas started toward her, stopped.
| then moved slowly back to the win
dow, where she took up her watch.
Late that night she sprang from 1T
full, troubled sleep to hear Simon low
ing and moving about restlessly. A
few moments afterward there came a
mu%e's'long bray from below the shack,
followed by the voice of the section
boss urging on the team. She found
her hong cloak and fastened out.
She could not wait for the wagon to
stop before calling anxiously to her IA
ther. Ibid you flle?" she asked, walk
ing beside Betty.
Lancaster did not answer, but scold-
ed feebly, as If worn with his long
trip. wy a y fret man fore he
en- git down an into tn houseY' he
demanded '"Ah'm plumb fruz t. death
an hungry"
She helped him over the wheel and
through the door. Then she went back
and In feveTish haste stabbed the
mules. On entering the shack, now
dim1y lighted by a fire, she did not
need to repeat her question. She read
the answer in her fathers face.
mo use" Lancaster told her, raising
wet tired eyes to hers 9TH claim was /
gone fore ever we got here-filed on /
las July" He lay down, muttering in |
a delirium of grief and physical weari.