Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-10-27
Copyright 1909
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| very wen, $50 L came rate. ana L
| heard tonight, for the first time, that
| this railroad crowd is after me-God
knows why; but they have to earn
their salary somehow. l want to keep
out of trouble if l can. l won't kill
anybody if they don't force me to it.
They've scared nearly all my men
away from the ranch already; one
crippled-up cowboy is all l have got
to help me look after the cattle Buzz
/ won't quarrel with them, Marion, if
] can get away from here peaceably,
SO I've come totalk it over once more
with you. I'm going away and l want
you to go with me; I've got enough to
keep us as well as the best of them
and as long as we live. You've giver
me a good lesson. needed it,
grille"
Don't call me that!"
He laughed kindly. "Why, that's
what it used to be; that's what 1
want it to be again. I don't blame
you. You're worth all the women 1
ever knew, Marion. I've learned to
appreciate some few things in the
lonely months I've spent up on the
Frenchman; but I've felt while / was
there as if 1 were working for both of
us. I've got buyer in sight now for
the cattle and the land. I'm ready to
clean up and say good-by to trouble
all I want is for you to give me the
one chance I've asked for and go
along"
They stood facing each other under
the dim light. She listened intently
to every word, though in her terror
she might not have heard or under
stood all of them One thing she did
very clearly understand, and that was
why he had come and what he wanted
To that she held her mind tenaciously,
and for that she shaped her answer
II cannot go with you-now or ever"
He waited moment. eve always
got along, Marion, when behaved my
SELF"
Il hope you always will behave
yourself; but / could no more go with
you than l could make myself again
what I was years ago, Murray. wish
you nothing but good; but our ways
parted long ago."
stop and think a minute, Marion.
l offer you more and offer it more
honestly than l ever offered it before,
because l know myself better. l am
alone in the world-strong, and better
able to care for you than 1 was when
1 undertook to"
81 have never complained"
That's what makes me more anx-
ious to show you now that l can and
will do what's right
''Oh, you multiply words! 1t is too
late for you to be here. You are in
danger, you say; for the love of
heaven, leave me and go away!"
you know me, Marion, when my
mind is made up. l won't leave with
out you" He leaned with one hand
against the ribbon showcase. eff you
don't want to go 1 will stay right here
and pay off the scores l owe. Two
men here have stirred this country up
too long, anyway. l don't care much
how soon anybody gets me after I
round them up. But tonight l felt
like this: You and I started out in
life together, and we ought to live it
out or die together, whether it's to-
night, Marion, or 20 years from to-
night"
IF you want to kill me tonight,
l have no resistance to make"
Sinclair sat down on low counter
stool, and, bending forward, held his
head between his hands. ct oughtn't
all to end here. l know you, and /
know you want to do what's right. l
couldn't kill you without killing my
self; you know that" He straight
ened up slowly. 'Here!" He slipped
his revolver from his hip-holster and
held the grip of the gun toward her.
Use it on me if you want to. 1t is
your chance to end everything; it may
save several lives if you do. I won't
leave McCloud here to crow over me,
and, by God, l won't leave you here
for Whisnerine SMITH I'll settle with