Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1909-02-19
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DO tell!''' was Aliens exclamation
yep" continued the sheriff tstHeS
must have pulled d gun on the fellow.
He put up some sort Of fight, as the
roomais some mussed up. n
4 RI bbery :" queried Polly, with wide.
open eyes. 5s,:S 5yI
That's what" answered SLIM turn.
ing to her. '.He had three thousans
dollars pinned In his vest, county
money for salaries. You know how he
5toted his wad around with him; defy
In man or the devil to get It away from
him? Well. some one who was both
man an devil was too much for him.
who found him r. II s3s
81 did myself. Went over around.
noon after the money. Didn't stop to
go back to town fer posse. Trail
was already too cold. Gould tell 1t
was man that rode a pacin, horse
4. His auditors looked at each other
striving to remember who Of their ac-5
quaintance rode a pacing horse. Sage
brush Charley shook his head. 10
body down this way, 'ceptin,, Of
course, the boss, rides PAGER. Must
be one Of the Lazy 4 outfit, reckon"
~ Most likely" said the sheriff. '.He
struck out, south, probably 10 throw
me off scent. Then he fell In with two
other men, an this balled me up. l
lost one Of the tracks. but follered the.
other two round Sweetwater mesa till.
I come where they rode Into the riv-
2er.% OF course I couldn't foiler$ the
trail any farther at that pint 80, bein'
as l was near Uncle Jim's. I rode. over
fer. help to look along both banks an
pick up the trail wherever II comes.
out Of the liver. Sorry must break
up yer fun boys, but some O. you
must come along with. me. Duty's
duty. Il want Sagebrush anyhow, as Il
s'pose can ask fer Jack Payson. 4 I y
Sagebrush pulled a long face. At
any other tine he would have jumped,
at the CHARGE Of running to earth the
dastardly m,1rderers of.his old friend
Terrill. Blu. In the liter of this his
first experience ola wedding. he ha.1
tickled his palate so long with the,
sweets Of antfcipat lion that he could
not bear to-! forego the elllminating
swallow of realizat lion jSst15s
81 dent see why ! shouldn't be lei.
OFF us, well as ] ack <, ~ a he grumbIed.:
Our cases is similar. 7 gu s,see. it's
my first weddin''. /" explained the fore
man to the Sherif. ..; :5s I'D,
The other cowboys howied with de
light. The humor7 OF the situation
caught their fancy. and they yelled q
chorus Of protestation In Hoover's
ears. In this Colonel Allen joined.
Don't spite the weddin'," he plead
ed. This here event has already
rounded up the Sweetwater outfit fer
you an saved you more time than
you'll lose by waitin' till it's over
Then Wen al jine you. 81
Hoover commanded silence and, roll
ing cigarette, grayely considered the
proposition. He realized that the muir
derers should be followed up at once,
but that lie he forced the cowboys by
the legal power lie, exercised TO fore
go the pleasure they had been anticir
pating 80 greatly they would not be
so keen in pursuit Us If they had first
given the boss his sendoff. ',8 The
conside being equal, or, as he
put 1t, '..hoss an boss" 1t seemed TO
him wise to submit to Aliens PROPOSE
ton, backed, as it was, by the Justice
of bis plan that the occasion of the
wedding had already saved valuable
time in assembling the posse. He as
scented, therefore, but, to maintain the
dignity Of his office and control Of
!, the situation with apparent reluc.
lance.
H well, hurry up the sacreements an
ceremonies. then, an the minute the
preacher ties tho knot every man 81
You but Jack am the parson an Uncle
Jim gifts on his boss an foilers me.
i I'll walt out In the corral e.
e. At this there was another storm o1
expostuIati ion, led this time by Allen.
OF course Hoover was to come to the
!, wedding and be ifs guest Of honor.
.sYou shall be the first to wish Jack
! an, Echo luck, z said Allen. bal
!. means youll be the next ones ia mar
Z
| The rudy faced sherin blushed 70
the roots of his auburn hair
duch obliged, but amt fixed t1p
Ifer q Weddin z, and be looked down
lat his travel stained brooches, tucked
Fin riding boots white with alkali dust,
ana felt of his butt onless Waistcoat
and bingham shirt open at the throat,
with the band damn handkerchief
around his neck IN Hen Of both collar
jiand tie
81 Polly assured him that ne would al
very well as he was; that for her part
Ishe Wouldns want no bet ter dressed
imam than tto be present liei
Town wedding not even q Tie feller AN
igoin, up Wkereat Stir
Hoover was greattIIy SET d ease
Polly was bound ing the piazzs
steps TO tell Echo off the aecessfo II
her part hen IooYSar held nn 1l,is
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