New-York tribune., 1908-09-27

slitted skin was drawn together with adhesive
| MASTER ho said " Get a car. ter on DOci Your
| Slows a squaw dom bead-work- I whit
| He broke off and raised his head, holding his
ear toward the door, a startled look IN his eyes
EROM without came a shuf1ng clatter and
L the echo of mems voices. Then the door
swung rudelv open to the push OF armed men,
| who entered and set their rifles Clangingly
| against the wall kinnairds hand, which had
| rested in warmth on the adhering strips OF
plaster twitched the wound till Cayuse WINGED
as his eyes fell the figures OF Chris and
| Sonlers-
At once Mayo strobe to the couch and,
staring at the wounded man. asked, What's
| this mean, Who's laid Cayuse out"
| Hes wounded. kinnaird answered quietly,
| picking up a roll of bandages-
| Chris pushed past her father. saying, Let
| me help you, please
| Her hair brushed Kinnaird's face as she
slipped an arm beneath Cayuse, and he heard
| her whisper ' Deny yeverythingL Don't speak,"
| And when his hand carried the cotton roll be
meath the wounded man 1t was grasPed re-
| assuringly by slim fingers
| "Therei I think he'll be all right now"
Kinnaird said presently, drawing blanket
over Cayuse-
Who did him up2" Mayo asked curtly-
| kinnaird pushed the chair with its matters
of surgery to the wall and leaning against the
logs rested his hand careessly beneath his coat.
the fingers touching the butt of pistol
| Cayuses voice broke the trying quiet IN
querulous weak tone The party got did up
| hisself Thad, as this-a way | pulls out after
the Joy quit dom business; but Buck he ain I
mindful to hit the trail nohOw.-he Jes throws
loops round Stand OFF, and | ain IN condition
to pilot nothin'. | amt Then l stacks up
ag'in the preachers shack tor to glt OF
them powders he give me onct, for was feelin'
| terrible bilious but he amt ter home. / amt
got no length when | knows some coyote Is
| trailin me. and l slips from Buck. all quiet,
and clubs him with the butt end OF weppITI-
| He hands me hurt under the arm that made
me hostile Next | knOwed | was here and
preacher is putin on the Doctor brand. He
| allows he was comm from a Bible talk with
| Gabrou's sick wife. when he finds me cached
| plenty quiet out on the trail weepin blood
| MAYO sat listening to Cayuses somewhat
AA long story with a heavy frOwn on his
! dark face. Evidently Dupre had. by some
extraordinary blunder. trailed CavuSe from the
mission shack under the impression it was the
| preacher, and had got into a with the half
| drunken man All these complications angered
| him There seemed always to be some ex-
| planation forthcoming to shield the man OF
whom he had an OvcrmaSterIng suspicion. He
/ knew there was something wrong; but 1t was
so elusivel Perhaps the only way to get at
1 the truth was TO adopt his usual method
smash straight at the difficulty
There amt nothin to it but lust a square
showdown. he began with grim eaTnestneSS
The name OF a Mayo woman has got dragged
IN. and somebody's got to play the part of a
Z
/ OF our women folks ard our weppirs shiny
clean Now whar do YOU stand, preaCher,"
II don't understand" Kinnaird replied
Perhaps YOU don't; So III explain. Stand
| or never did cotton to the idea that YOU was
what Yer brand called fer. Speakin fer nv
| self. | tiggcred YOU was more than Gospel
/ singer You didn t do nothin Ike SKY pilot
would sure do; and Matt mayve been locoed,
and he may been right when he allowed YOU
was standIn in with the p'ice. You knowcd
/ that Sergeant Hawke to-day. and You made
/ some sign talk that shut his mouth Dupre
| ne trails this phce COYOTE 20 earth hidin in
the buffalo pound waitin fer somebody from
Stand on To hold palavcr. Leslstyvise We
/ hggcred this way, and We ride out tonight
thlnkin You'll have hooked up special as
YOU'D pulled Your freight TO parts unknown
/ Chris IS there allowin' she's come TO meet him.
| Mayo Jcrked his head disdainft.lly in the dircc-
| ton OF Somers, " just as a girl meets q man
she $ goin to get sPliced to There couldn't
| be no other Kind OF a meeting between Chris
and man where they was cached off in the
| dark. allow. IT 1t Was different it would sure
| lead to gun work which doesn't help a womau's
name nohow. P'raps / amt made the talk
hit the bulls eve. cause I'm kinder mixed over
i all this iuf1 hut