Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1909-05-14

Roundup
A Romance Of Arizona
,ss Novelized From Edmund e
): Days Melodrama - - ii
BY JOHN MURRAY and
MILLS MILLER !. :.
Copyright, 1908. by @. W. Dillfng.
a.. ham Co. .M- s,

DlSm0unIlng,I EcnO walked jWeaEly
to the fire and sat down on box.
Bravely though she tried to conceal 1t,
the strain. was beginning to tell upon
her. The tears would come at times
despite her efforts to fight them, off.
!. The burden was so heavy for her
young shoulders to bear.
A note from Slim, written at Fort
Grant with a lead pencil on a sheet Of
manila paper, told her briefly that: he
was going into the lava beds. with the
troops, as the Apaches were out. Dick
and Jack, he wrote, were somewhere
In the lava beds and he would bring
them back with him. She, dared not
let herself think. Of the Apaches and
the horrors Of their cruelties.
"Better let me get you somethin' to
cat" said her; father, returning from
picketing the horses. ~
Echo smiled wanly at her fathers
eolicitude. II am not hungry, dad"
Jim seated himself by the fire. He
recognized his helplessness in this trou-
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'sYou been in the saddle since sun,
up," he said. 'You amt had nuthin'
to eat since breakfast. don't see
what keeps you alive" : %31 &}=i7 p Z
"Hope, dad, hope. 1T is what we
women live upon. My heart isn't here.
It's ont in the desert behind yon noun
tains-with jack
'AThere, there; don't take on SO.
honey" - ~ ~ -!
Kneeling beside her father, she laid
her head on his lap, as she did in
child hood when overwhelmed with the
little; troubles Of the hour. Looking
into his eyes, she sighed: "Oh, dad,
Cts all so tangled. I haven't known
peaceful moment since he went
away. I've sent him away into God
knows what unfriendly lands, perhaps
never to return, never to know how
much loved him.
Patting her head as If she were a
tired child, he said: It'll all come out
right in the end. You can't never tell
from the sody card what's in hook at
the bottom of the deck" III
Further condolences between father
and daughter were interrupted by the
boys of the roundup dashing up to the
wagon, with Peruna In the midst Of
the group. Peruna had been disarmed
Dragging the prisoner from his bron-
che, they led him before Allen, who
had risen from bis seat.
"What's all this, boys7' asked the
ranchman. *:5 = :
-sagebrush, as foreman, explained,
ssThis here's Peruna Of the Lazy 4
OUTFIT e.. =. e:s>:.,
Allen looked at the prisoner, who
maintained a su1len silence. whats
he been doin'?"
MOSTLY everything, but Fresno
caught him red handed brandin' one of
our yearlin's," cried Sagebrush.> - .:~'sss
Its a lien' broke in Peruna, glanc-
ing doggedly from one to another Of
his guards. He knew death was the
penalty of the crime of which he stood
accused. He felt that stout ,sS,7,ial
would gain him time and that Luck
and his outfit might come up and save
him. ss y: .,2s. x t.. 's, I:
II 'tPolite your conversation In the pres
enceo ladyw cried Parenthesis, nod
ding toward Echo s55' S' f.a a:
'eThat calf was follerin' my cow
answered Peruna sullenly. r. ~ .,sr-: !.
;s ssIt: was follerin' one of our long
horned Texas cows with the Sweetwa-
! ter brand spread all over herw shouted
Show Low, moving menacingly, toward
the covering Peruna. 4 .3$ 5: s <... 10
Fresno he calls him, !" continued Sage
/. brush, taking up the story, "an' this
i here bad man turns loose his battery
4 an wings Fresno some bad Then lit
# tie Billie Nicker comes along, am Pc
sruna plugs him solid" n .z5< ,$:%
Poor Billie had been Show Lows
bunkie on many a long drive 81 That
# veteran now paid this last tribute to
~ his friend "B lille. who amt never
done no harm to no one Z. 81,
HE reached fer his gun began Pc,
runa. Sagebrush would not let him
5 finish his lame defense. "a. sssssgs
ou shet upr' be cried. I'VE don't
want your kind on this range, am The
quicker that's published the quicker
wei get shet OF you We're goin' *
TAKE the law II: our own hands now
Come on, boys e :#sS
s 81 Two Of the boys seized Peruna, drag
gfng him toward his horse. Echo halt
ed then, however. with the query
hat are you going to- do with tI,is
man ~
Take him down to- the creek an
80 hang him TO that big cottonWood!'
cried Show Low saYagely.
Before Echo could answer Peruni
demand led q hearing. Tor on d min
got sonnet hin, tos say abou
s that
Ont with # #, 3 groWied sagebrusia
time there was an affair at tina
b sOttonWood the rope broke, an Id,
81 boss thief dropped into tie creek
81 SWIM acrost an got away &,
gebrush giared grs1niy IS Ezssna
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