Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1908-05-02

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What could be done? How should |
they} be disposed of?-but there was |
no fine for question
Scan you bean a hand hyah, Vim |
Gent, and quick
He turned. The driver had already |
lifted the shoulders of one; Alfred
took the feet
Right toward hyah. round the
point
-You-you aren't going TOTO
leave
yes, we'll have to, if we don't
want to look the same way mighty
soon."
Cant we put them in the stage?
Tits awful to leave them,"
TT may be worse to take them; and
1 I'm afraid we'll need the stage for the
living Tiff we get through"
Alfred said no more; and Uncle Billy
war; d to him as he saw the clear-cut
jaw So and a steely light creep into
the d. K violet eyes.
3 Hes camel" Uncle Billy whispered
to himself
Gently they disposed of the poor.
mutilated bodies, and hurried back tic
/ the stage. The driver armed each
] passenger with rife and revolver;
and ordering Alfred beside him, and
\ Phineas to keep the lookout from the
| top, he swung his team into the road
! and drove forward through the cut
with slash and oath.
| Dark was stealing on, yet the suns
| goodnight glory still fingered, its
/ flaming banners striking into the over
/ head darkness, flooding earth and
/ heavens with strange, sinister color
| Alfred thought of what lay behind, ano
/ gripped his gun sharply. The team
slowed, and Uncle Billy no longer piled
the lash.
-.See that light there. away yon te
the left?''
4 Yes"
That's Anthonys, the next station
! Ss-.ne ones alive there, and that some
one is white, or there wouldn't be 6
candle light; the whole place would
be alight.'' Relief unspeakable
breathed in his words, and a half mile
passed in silence.
This is a terrible way to earn g
living!" Alfred said at last
Yes; but this jobs easy compared
to the trick the pony express boys
used to play"
This is dangerous enough 1 won
der the company can induce men tt
undertake the work. Don't you fine
it wearing?"
"Oh, yes, l suppose it is. It's RICH;
smart skeery sometimes, specially al
night when l make the trip alone. AND
/ wondeh paSsengehs don't bucl
against being sent across without es
cort, like now
They would if they knew what
they'd see. But it's infinitely worse
for you drivers
We'll, reckon the Lord knows hi.
business, an mine, too 1 figger all
got to do is to see he don't catch me
asleep on the box
A sudden admiration for this her,
of the desert warmed Alfred's heart
This time I'd hated to let then
bacon-colored critters get me before
1 got to Anthony's. Those tracks are
all from Anthony's; and there's more
than men and property-there's An
thongs little gal, and
Alfred shivered at the significant
pause.
"Anthony's had hard luck. He's one
of Gods best, if he is set up a mite
queer
Does he live alone? Oh, no; 1 sup
pose he has helper as they have Al
other stations, hasn't he?" Alfred
hoped the driver would tell him more
of the station agent, not because Of
his own interest in the agent, but thai
he might be saved from thinking.
Eyes, he has a helper, Gid Ingram
but he's only boy, if he is big. AND
Stella, pore little chicken. She"
Alfred waited discreetly.
Away back in the ifties Anthony
struck it rich oveh Washoe way" I'm
Gle Billy began again In a steadiel
tone. Struck it powerful rich; pannet
out money fastehn he could count it
And what did he do but put up the
durndest biggest palace this side o
'Frisco-put it up right there where
he struck tin. 1t was bang-up place
fo sho'; big rooms with noweh gyar
dens in the carpets, and howeh gyar
dens on the walls; gold chairs, and
looking glasses till yo'd see yo'self Sc
rlany times yo'd think yo'd got ZEN
again.
That there house." he continued
presently, stood in little artificial
looking gyarden, just as sassy as jay
! bird, setting there on the bare hanl
of the Si-eery Nevaydys. But the
whole blamed outfit looked awful lone
some in spite of bein' so grand anl
handsome. 1t seemed burned out O
place, like a peafowl in full spread Oh
: a snowbank''
Didn't Mr.. Anthony have a fam
: ilyP" Alfred questioned.
Yes, one little gal; that was all