Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-01-03

watts wat You got { stop talkin
fort. Ah'm goin' t, ketch tibet low
down skunk 'thout no soldiers. An
Ah'll pepper his ugly hide. Ah'n make
him spit blood like a broncho buster
tn idee O. his havin' tn gallp' He
rammed the Sharps into its rack and
laughed immoderately.
| "Oh, pa" expostulated Marylyn in q
startled whisper and few to Dallas.
Her face. still pink from slumber.
paled a little. She laid 1t against her
sister. Long ago she had seen her fa-
Their reused to the same pitch. The
sight had terrified her and blunted
some earlier and tenderer memories.
"You git you clothes on" he ordered
roughly, AN rustic us some break
fas'."
She retreated. ready for tears.
Dallas walked up to him. gave him
bis crutches and put hand on his
shoulder. Dad" she said firmly.
don't take out your mad on Marylyn.
Keep 1t all for-him." She nodded
south toward Brannon. That's where
it belongs"
Dallas, you plumb DISCUS me-" he
retorted. 'Talkin' soldier when "
know Matthews could buy TIL hull kit
an Doodle with swig o. whisky!"
He arraigned the fort with a crutch.
What do you think of doing, dadT
"Ah'll fin out where tibet cuss was
las night = Charley II help me, y
see''-
And then?"
"Ah'll see thet-thet Oliver knows O.
this. tibet he keeps a. eye on thet dog
goned"-
But It'll be easier just to go straight
to the captain-not l, but you
Yes, do, pa" urged Marylyn. "Oh,
Dallas. what's happened?"
The elder girl told of the pole and
the bootmarks. treating them lightly.
Then she came back to her father, to
find that her argument of a moment
before, for all it's short cut logic, had
set him utterly against the plan he
had himself proposed. And now he
was for no mans help, but for venge-
ance wreaked with his own gun. Hurl-
ing final defy toward Shanty Town,
he disappeared behind the partition.
No breakfast was eaten that morn
ing. The section boss was too angry
to taste Of food, Marylyn was too
frightened and Dallas had no time,
for she was busy with the mules, cur
rying them and putting them before
the wagon. Cant help what you
think about 1t this time" she said
when her father asked her where she
was going eve made up my mind
that If you won't say the fort, why
then I'll have to drive to Clark's for
Mr.. Lounsbury. We don't know for
sure what that pole meant. We must
ask"
Jaw. you amt got smitch O. PRIDE"
he tainted jealousy. Coin t Louns-
bury. WAL. wall You think heap
o. him, don VI More n you do o.
you father! Thet sticks out like sore
finger"
''No," she answered simply. "I'n
putting my pride in my pocket, dad.
I'm going to Mr.. Lounsbury because
care so much for you and for Mary
Ign. And want to say something
hate to say it-you've almost discour-
aged me about Brannon lately. We
came here to raise stuff to sell over
there. But l can't see how we can
sell over there If we won't even speak |
to soul. 1t looks as IL we're going to |
give all that up--as If lot of my work |
is for nothing"
1t was a new thought for the section
boss. And while Dallas disappeared |
behind Betty he pondered it with |
hanging head. She came around soon |
to hitch Ben's tugs, when her father |
looked up shamefacedly. "Ah'n tell y.
Dallas" he said by way of compro- '
mise. ''ef Lounsbury don't came back !
with "" -
HE WILL" assured Dallas stoutly.
IVY. wen go t. tn fort, as you
say" !
IAN right, dad" she replied. giving /
his back pat
He began to hobble up and down. |
you amt scairt L go?' he ventured at
last Amt afeerd o. nothing"
mo, and I'm going on my own hook, !
It's not your fault"
''Y' KANT think o. no other way
She paused in front of him. "Can
your she asked
He could have sworn. but there was
In her face that forbade It,
Mono" he said explosiyely and so
matched her determination with his
hot stubbornness.
He left her and, taking the rife and
iii the ammunition there was, seated
himself Oh a bench placed just outside
The door. There he was-a pitiful SEN
tinel-as she circled the shack and
reined
And now another question was pre-
'ented; Should Marylyn stay or go?
Dallas was for her remaining, so that
n case of need help could be sum-
some 1rhera MnrrIrn h