The Red Cloud chief., 1908-05-01

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slgNc' "~rin. and. with eos blinded
"" hca "u shine. glanced down the vii.
ln~, etc.,.
She 80 '',t she vN" she rubbed her
pvN' NY ',oich $40 '' 10 ~ SOC, and
surclv uCvr" n It y, was he.
hcl' ~ ''''rfipld' Cd" a n Row
al Hru-'l ''gcr "N' = s'o"ch'.g thron~h
the d. It could not have ,'ccn more
unusuH' Thc Spoc'aclp v.rs n man: n
verv lNrrc and m'y'''v shorldercd man,
VIII, looked about him with n bold. i'm
perlous. keen the change regard. There
was something in the swing Of him
that suggested the Rcngal tiger. He
wore high hccled boots outside OF his
trousers, n flannel shirt with a yellow
SILK kcrchief around his neck. and on
his head sat Il white hat which seemed
to Miss Matte to be ut least n yard In
diameter. Under the hat vas a re-
markablc head OF hair. II hung below
the mans shoulders In Il silky mass of
dark scarlet feckcd with brown gold.
Miss Matte had seen red hair, but she
remembered no such color as this. nor
could she recall eve having seen hair
n foot and a half long on n man. That
hair would have made n fortune on the
head of an actress. but Miss Matte
was ignorant OF the possibilities of the
profession.
The face OF the man was n fine tan.
against which eyes. teeth and mus.
tache came out In brisk relief. The
mustachc avoided the tropical tint of
the upper hair and was content with
n modest brown. The owner came
right along. walking with n stiff.
strong. s~traddllng gait, Ike n man
not used To- that way Of travelling.
Miss Matte eyed him in some fear.
He would Lc by her house directly.
aud il was hardly modest to sit az
excessively on ones front porch while
n strange man went by, particularly
such y very strange man rs this. Yet
II thriil Of curiosity held her for the
moment, AMI then IL was too late, foI
the man stopped aud asked It'll" Ed
die Newell, who was playing placidly
i'm the d%ust-all the children played
placidlN in Fairhcld-aSkcd Eddie in
Il vote" which reached Miss Matte
I'ltllilN, dlNiIbISn lnt 'Nn'I w lu'IlllN
made no attempt 20 raise II, If he knew
whore Miss Matte Saunders lived?
Eddie had not noticed til" large
mans approach and nearly fell over
in a fright. but seeing, with n childs
intuition. that there was no danger
in this fierce looking person he piped
up instantly.
~"Y-y-yessir. I kin tell yer where she
lives yessir! She lives right down
there in that little house. I kin go
down with you jes' swell s not! Why,
there she IL now. on the stoop!"
%"Thankee, sonny" said the big voice.
Here's for miggles," and Miss Matte
caught the sparkle Of a coin M II
Jew into the grimy fists OF Eddie.
much obligedv' yelled Eddie and
vanished up the street.
Miss Matte sat transfxed. Hell
breath came In swallows. and hel
heart beat irregularly. Here was nov
city with a vengeance! The big mar
turned and fastened his eyes upon
her. There was no retreat. She no
ticed with some reinsurance that his
eyes were grave and kindly.
As he advanced Miss Matte rose IN
agitation, unconsclOusly putting heI
hand on her throat. What could II
mean!
The gate was opened and the stran
ger strobe up the cinder walk TO th,
porch. He stopped a whole minute
and looked at her. At last,
We'll Matte" he said, don't yor
know me-"
A food Of the widest hypothesis
flashed through Miss Mattic's mind
without cnlightenlug her. Who was
this picturesque giant who s,cppe,
out OF the past with so familiar a sal
utation: Although the porch was {
foot high. aud Miss Matte a fairl,
tall woman, their eyes were almost oi
q level az she looked III him In won
der.
Then he laughed and showed hi
white teeth. mo use TO bother an'
worry you. Matte said he. "Yo'
couldn't call &c In ten years. Well, Tn
yOur hstf uncle Fred's boy Bill. and
hope you're a quarter as glad TO Sc
me as ] am to see vow"
Whal! she crIcu' MOI h'he WIZ.
who ran away"
THE same little willy" he replied
In a tone hat made Miss Matte laugl
a little. ~nervously, and what ! wan
TO know Is. are you glad TO see me-
! "Why. of course! but, WILL sup
pose l should call you Will? ] am s.
fiustercd-not expecting you-and IL
been so warm today. Won't YOU com
In and take a chair wound MP Mis-
I Matte in desperation and fury at hei
. self for saving things so different frOn