The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1908-10-23
OLIVES
OUTLAW.
By TAYLOR WHITE.
copyrighted. l&E. bv Associated
Literary Press
BY TAYLOR WHITE.

sTouliHs Springs beteI ever since ID
spring season bad got fully under wal
As a business gctrer the outlaw wa
4 huge success No shore resort wit
an authentic sna serpent ever enjoye'
such popularity and the stages thA
met the trains frum the east lumbers
back over the twenty mEe trail loade,
to capacity Eith women who openl,
ayowed their tlmiAity and men VIII,
tried more or less successfully to con
ceal theirs.
Almost every afternoon the porcl
was crowded to witness the dcpartur.
Of the sheriff aud his posse, and al
most as regularly some Of the guests
came h~urryiue back 10 the hotel ID
tell how they bad been held I'D and
stripped ~ their Yaiuabies with an
expedition that "xcrlIed the speed Of
the mar back of the marble counter
IN the rotgnda The latter kept the
books and each dag set down Cd.
poslte each account a sum that would
have obtained board and lodgings for q
week at a hotel not cursed-or blessed
by a bandit
Approaching the fact that much Of
bis booty Was keepsakes and helr.
looms, the bandit was always ready 10
trade back his plumber for the more
convenient specie, and as the landlord
insisted upon making good all losses
there were no complaints. Indeed, the
guests rather enjoyed being held up.
1t gave them something 10 talk about
when their visit was over. Many Of
the visitors by Oft repeated telling 80
embroidered the accounts OF their In.
diFidual holdups that the tales would
have offered good material for mag.
n2lnes, But it was not until Olive
Marchand came that the real sensa-
ton was sprung.
lhtll then the outlaws taciturnlty
had been his most pronounced char.
acteristic, but when the slip Of a girl
came rushing down the path from the
springs to tell how Black Pete had
not only held her mn hrt hos Az
tanned her In conversation for more
than an hour every. woman IN ,hp
hotel turned envlous. The following
afternoon the banks OF the stream fed
by the springs were dotted with wo-
men waiting to be captured and talked
70 that they might share Miss Mar
Glands prestige.
Possibly it was for this reason that
Miss Marchaud, walking down the val.
ley instead Of toward the SPRINGS. was
confronted by a 1.-THE figure above
whose square cut chin appeared a
mask Of black velvet that lent n deeper
brilliance to a glltterlng gray eve.
"Im glad to see you this afternoon"
was the greeting Il rather thought I
should find you here. The woods ara
too crowded above, aud so I came down
this way. | trust that you suffered no
Ill effects from the shock of our meet
lug yesterday"
Il rather enjoyed IT," admitted OIivs
frankly, Il really think that tho o,hor
women are enyious."
Pete smiled ut recollection of the
goodly company he had passed On hls
way down the trail. There WAS no
question about II. He motloned her IN
u seat on the fallen trunk ~ a ,rao
and sat down beside her.
The girl was an eager ouestioner and
presently he was rrclfng Off stor,oo -,
adventure with a dash that brought
the glow Of excitement to Mics
MarchauG's eyes. To make n atm
more thrilling. there was n crashing
sound among the trees. and without =
word the outlaw swung himself n,
into a tail pine lust ns the shortly and
his posse came tearing nlonp
They paused long enough IN warn
the girl that Black Pete was sun,os.1
TO be somewhere in her vicinI,r ana
that Il would be we'll for bar n ,s,,,rn
T. the hotel bv tbe trou instead =,
through the woods. then thew b,rr,oa
on. and Pete swung himself domn
from his perch.
This ~ the easiest ovnor,opc. r,.
had" he declared l,uybt,,iy .sr,.
sheriff trusts 10 numhcr md ! I'D Eta
Ing. with the result thn, 7 h,y, n, ne,
Of time TO dtEannenr whon I ,oor n,r,
ut must be terrih,c IN foo, ,,,, ,o,,
pre a hp,toa ,binrn no,s.a Oil
n little sbplder
THAT'S tha iovor, ,,r+, ,o,,.u.,
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