The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-10

Il know yo' air. but love don't take
no count NV sich things. Come. an
les talk it over, Rosie. They's no use
bein' foolish"
He was standing close by the grave
then, and he stretched his hand out
over it as he spoke.
It's foolish to keep on KILN each
other" he said earnestly. lie ycu
an me marry, an put stop 10 l. all :"
She looked in a desperate way at his
strong frame, then his steady eyes
caught hers and held them.
Come, Rosie" he said again, plead
ingly.
She gave a shivering sigh. then put
her hand in his across the low mound
which one of his house had caused to
be made.
4 can't! 1 can'tr' she said, but all
the time he was gently but forcibly
drawing her toward him.
Her feet passed over the line marked
by the fresh earth between them, and
she stood beside him.
'S'pose any Nv 'em d seei" she
moaned. "S'pose dad d see: he shoot
me-
. Don't be 'feered, Rosie" said Pete
soothingly; "thar's nobody 10 see, n
if thar wuz-he drew forward the rifle
which he had been holding behind MS
back with his left hand. II en- cur a
turkeys head off at a bundled yarisr'
DON'T she said, with d gesture Of
protest. Tin tired Nv livin' this way"
He led her silently to an uncouth
stone Sarcophagus which the whim Of
some Buckley had caused to be reared
over the bones of slain ancestor
Drawing her down beside him upon
\ IL
crude stones and faced her again.
Y loved We that night when 7 seen
We on Big Goose he said. holding her
gaze by the sheer mastery of his will,
" n l want We to marry me, n holp
stop all this bloodshed. Thar's no use
in it, n people en- jist as well live
peaceable."
'DadH never let me come back" she
whispered: "yo' don't know Long
Jaker' A vision of his own stern sire
flashed across Pete's mind, but he per-
severed doggedly.
"'N' eff they won't, won't we be
enough fur each other? But soon or
late, they'll come 'roun'. VIII We go?
Will We go with me?"
With sudden f1erceness he Clipped
her hands and leaned toward her.
Where, Pete?" she asked, bewil-
dered.
Away, fust. Then we'll come back,
n eff they won't take us in, thar's the
middle toe Wv CTOwfOot, n nobody en-
keep us from buildin' a house n Twin
thar Rosie. won't We Gomez"
when? NJ not say good-bye?"
They'd lock ye up till some o. yo'
people killed me. Now, Rosie; now I,
My boss s out yonder, N he's big n
strong. Won't ye trust me, Rosie,
gal?"
Yves" she sobbed, and fell for
ward, trembling upon his breast.
All that night over the yellow noun
tain road a big horse Travelled with a
double burden. Morning found the
fugitives in a small town, and by noon
they were wed.
Then the fOOlhardy nature of Pete
asserted itself again. Leaving his wife
safe in another part of the mountains,
he rode with one other companion "a
stranger to the parts-back to Crow
foot, up to the crest of the central
spur which no one owned. There he
waited while he sent his friend on an
embassy TO his father, Wild Bill, tell
ing him he wanted to bring his wife
there and live with him, as he had al
ways done. The old mans answer
'I'U see i'm in hell fustr Then the
messenger went westward, bearing
word to Long Jake Buckley that Pete
and his wife would like to come and
live with them. Long Jake said:
I'm kill i'm, damn i'm, the fust time
| see 'imw When these respective re-
plies had been received, Pete, not at all
astonished nor disconnected. began the
erection of a cabin on the neutral spur
of CrowfOot. He didn't intend that
anyone should drive him from the spd
where he was born and raised. When
the humble shelter was finished he
brought Rosie TO it. and there they be-
gan their life of loneliness.
The act of the two young people, in
stead of placating hardened con-
sciences, seemed but to embitter the
more the hearts of the outraged fami-
lies They lived and moved upon their
respective preserves, and the lone cab
i'm upon the central spur never had a
visitor. Its inmates were let alone;
that was all they could ask. Were they
in want? No one knew. Were they
sick? No one cared.
It was at this stage of affairs that
= wandering preacher came among the
Skidmores one day. He had heard of
the recent marriage; he came to see II
he could not employ ii to bring about
a reconciliation between the two fac
tons. The SkidmoreS grew angry aud
would not listen. But the preaeaer
was a determined man. He got them
together one evening and fired the
straight gospel at them from a stump
! in the yard He did not spare invec-