The Huttig news., 1909-09-04


 9~ ea Noa- hey watched ire shove ag a-a carrying of sand-bags. and ode toYa-d ,he r.gor 70 he ,ery das
 t1c disappearing 8sI avs. where So b-ak Hss melting s,Y hcfere the aasrHu. Of the res.stl ss current. fAoy ruds away with a cclane | i.ei.
 - conviction that tho fight was I J3lag oao. ard thet aro' her day would s.e 5sso ruil complete.
 'Dic,:gss,' excl4!nsd Maricn they wore r'tiag to the house as she spoke Ii .tE you what we can do!R She seeifcto 3 nement T will tell yoe what We can do, Are you pluclsy? 2"
 l.isil lie looked at Marion rathe sel,y.
 .ls yon gre rlucky enough to do t. VIC c..n F an the river of yet. hare an hoa. I will go. but you nus; come a,of.*"
 ''....:-.on, wh [ do you mcaa9 Don't 70. s.l ]. vopld 70 say'gtefe tr sefo ehe ranch I etaR'd = fo k1av wAorp 7oa daro go in Ills con ,tiy h.. a-a no,i"
 T -pad cam b. tse now bf:lge. We vi ask nr EeCleud to bring some Of II E
 ess ge ,an stop the river, |. knows how"
 ,fe- caught her breslh "Oh Marion! tfat would do no god. eye. [ could do t. Why the railroad hs heen all swept away in the lower val ley"
 Pow do yon knew?"
 50 eve.y ore sass."
 w ho is every oae?'
 Cousin lance. MT. sincleir-sll Il n men. 1 heard that week ago
 'nieysio. don't believe it. You don know these railroad msn. They undei stand this kind of thing; csttlemo you know, don't. Ii you will 90 wit. me We can get help. l feel just :, si:re that these men can csatrel the river as 1 do that l am looking ai vea that is if anybody can. The cues 'ea 5 do you want to make the e4arf
 They talked until they left the horses ard entered the house. Whc they sat down. Dieks.e put her base. to her face "Oh. wish yon had s.si5 nothing about it, Ho1 csn go I'm and ask for heip now-after Cons II Lance has gone into court about ths lale and eversthings And of courss " name is in 1T all.
 'Dicksie, don't raise speetcrs that lave nothing to do with the case. ' sa go 10 him and ask him for help ne 9ill give ii to Us if he can; If ant, what harm is done? He has ieen np snd down inc river fof tareas .set ks. and he has an array of men
 nped over hv the bridge k.iow lhat, because Mr Smith rode in from .ere 5 few days ago.
 What. Whi pering Smilh9 Oh. fl Ac s there l would rot go for worids'
 Pray, why not?''
 Why. he is such an awful mani"
 That is absurd, Doksic"
 Dif ksie looked grave. Marion, nc aan in this part of the country has
 good word 10 say for Whispering mith."
 "Perhans you have forgotten. Dick. e. that you liEe in 9 very rough part f the country" returned Marion polly. No man that he has ever hunted down would have anything 'easant 10 say abent hin; nor would tie friends of such man be likely 10 say good word of him. There are uany on the range. Dick ie. that hare 10 respect for life or law or anything 9se, and they naturally hate man ike Whi pering Smii h."
 But Marion. he Killed"
 Il know He killed man named 1 V Hams a few years ago, while you 'tere at school--one of the worst men lat ever infested this coun,ry. Vii jams Cache is named alter that man; re made the most beautiful spot in all hese mountains nest of thieves anc nurGerers. But did you know that l Williams shot down Gordon Smith E | aaly brother. a trainmaster, in cold | blood in front of the Wickiup at Medt me Bena2 No. you never heard that Tn this part of the coantry. d.d you rfcy lad cow-thisf for sheriff then I ! VI uO OtNtEi LII mt3ltttlt toAGt H6ht 1 70 after the murderer Fe roae in l and out of town as if he owned it, and 70 one dared say a word and. mind you, Gordon Smi h's brother had never seen the man in his life until he aiked up and shot him dead. Oh. this vas a peaceful cou try a few year. agoi Gordon smith was riglia.of way man in the mountains then He buried I his brother. and asked the officers what they were going to do about get ing the murderer They laughed al him. He ma !e no protest, exceit to ask for a deputy United Siatef marshals commission. When he got il he started fer Williams Cache after Williams in buekbaard- of it i Dicksie-and didn't they laugh al him l Ee did not even know the trails. aud i imagine riding 20G niles in buck board to arrest a man in the noun 1 tains, He was gone six weeks. and i came back with Williams body strapped to the blackboard behind him. Ee never told the story; all he said when he handed in his commis cirp ard mps,f h3aEt fa hiG morE VI n c