Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1909-02-19

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denly through the Satanic mind of the
half breed. It involved d an entire.
change Of his plans; but the devilishs e
faring Of the conce ption was ! y irresist
bic.
he broke In with seeming
don't ayson, ride q paeinsst
mare z,
es, /, answered Bud. hat of 1t ~ d
Oh, nothin'. said Mex zee. jess'$s
struck me las sorter funny ysons sIa s al
pacin,, don't You see
Bud was mystihe led. Had his CONF
panion gone daft72
"a Mckee saw instantly that It would
he very easy to Ak the charge Of muir
dering the station agent upon PaysoI1
The ranchman had evidently LETT the
station a. short time before the muir
der: and had gone straight south TO-
the sweetwater. Unless # had become
confused with their own tracks the
trail would be q plain one owing to-:
the fact that 1t was made BY a pacing
horse, and the pursuit would undoubt-
eddy follow this. q
~ Payson rode the only pacing horse
In the Sweetwater and Bar One ont
fits, and It was certain to- come to;
light from TerrilYs receipts that he
had been with the agent about the
time Of the killing The motive for
the robbery would he evident Pay
son was III need of SIS, 600; to- pay off q
the mortgage on his ranch. :i1
4 Mckee said to Bud: Il I've changed
my mind. ! think Ill see q little fun
before l break fer Texas. I'll 60 with
you to the weddin'. IS IS {s
55'sBut you have had no invite OBJ
jected Bud. # 81 s$Sf
sob, / reckon they II take me along
on ysrsl know too much fer Pay
son to objeck to me too Estrenuo
4 They rode up to Allen Hacienda
shortly after Slim Hoover had arriv-
ed. They could hear the merrimentS
of the wedding guests in the Kitchen.
Loud laughter was punctuated by the
popping Of $corks, aud McKee, who
rode in advance Of! Bud, distingu ished
the voice Of the sheriff In expostula-
ton against the general raillery con-
:centrated upon him, .@s
:H The half breed grinned wolfishly
was evident that the bloc hound of Z
the law had tracked the supposed muir
derer just as the real criminal had &
gconjectured and desired Il Il
]Sss Polly ran out ON the piazza. She
saw the man whom she regarded ass
her lovers evil genius. AS he greeted
her overwhelmingly, g Howdy,: Miss Po1s
Nv r she replied sharply 4
5S5'.Y ., gu amt got no invite to this wed.
din .,,,s5f ;j HI
~ q come with my friend Bud, 4 he ex-s
planned, with an elaborate bow.
s.'t didn't see you, Bud, = answered
Polly. slightly Modified, as she crossed
the dooryard to shake hands with her
sweetheart. Buck offered her Ills
hand but she ignored him Mckee
shrugged his should ers and started for
the house.
'sBud, he's some cast down because
Its not his Weddin' Z, I, was McKeesg
parting shot at the young couple. t.E q
low 10y Ell go IN an Join the boy
cuse me- !"
4 with pleasure coldly replied the
girl. 5$t Il!
The half breed ignored the sarcasn1,s
and md answering nocently, ducf,S
Obliged" he entered the house.
n Polly turned on BUD, displ her
resentment 81 on an i'm always kick
up the devil hen you're together
What did YOU bring him along Ter
she demanded
NJ ITS his last chance to see any I'm n
around 81 g Z here Hes leaving for Texas.
explained Bud.
Fer how long n,
ar good I,
i Fer our good you mean. There's
too man of his kind comm, into this
country Did You hear about sOie Man &
Terrill 2.
. Bud did not wait Tor her; Ia explain
but neryously answered Il ssThey told
as Hab bout # In Florence when We wars
coming through eve been Sat fi,es
Lazy
Yasn't dread ful ~ ~, RATED ol,
POLL slin,s here. The boys sire 4
goins to turn ont with him ii ter the
n Eeddin' TOT see IL they can ketcli the
Teller who did the fri linls !,
ss Bud paled sas he heard the news. 10
|concea his distr esq he moved toward
the door where ttoE get ava from
tlle RirlIsto Whonl he feared tie would
|sbetra himself i1oin erl,, l,a i
auslsi Nv n answered ].
Polly, however. could see no raason
for hts y'ident haste To leave her
q she felt burt but thought Ills ae
lions we're due It'd her scoid ing iii for
being with MEX ee.
'ot. SatIl't ever asst me how Il Hook
she Incurred seek Ing toS detain ii
lyon look fine comp imerte ted EiisIHE.
perfunct arily.
hen a Teller tlirl't seen d Teller I'LL
week see d ler aught to-
brace 81, start some thir,,, Y REPLIED
Polly INN ninred tone
BUD smiled iii spite osg his fear
Catching the Gil Id his arms,
kissed her nd said III Z xos, aftn fssE