The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-09-03

parently with authority. told him to go
ahead, Dancing was told the stranger
WAS Whisperins Smith" Smith ,np-
OF, but failed.
CHAPTER xi.-contlnued.
well, you know now how to get
into trouble"
Every one knows that; few know
how to keep out"
You can't lay your finger on me at
any turn of the road"
mot If you behave yourself"
And you can't bully me-"
Surely not. No hard feelings Muir
ray came for a friendly talk, and
II it's all the same to you I'll watch
this wheel awhile and then so over to
the Wickiup. leave first-that's I'M
derstood. 1 hope-and II your pink
eyed friend is waiting outside tell him
there Is nothing doing. will you. Muir
ray? Who Is the albiho, by the way?
You don't know him? l think do.
Fort City, II remember. Well, good
night. Murray"
It was after IL o'clock and the room
had filled up. Roulette balls were
dropping. and above the faro table the
extra lights were on. The dealers,
fresh from supper. were putting things
In order for the long trick.
AT the Wickiup Whispering Smith
found McCloud In the Office signing
letters Il can do nothing with him."
said Smith, drawing down window
shade before he seated himself to de-
tail his talk with Sinclair. "He wants
4 fight
McCloud put down his pen. IF
am tae disturber 1t would be better for
me to get out. M
That would be hauling down the
nag across the whole division. 1t is
too late for that. II he didn't center
the fight on you he would center 1t
somewhere else. The whole question
lie, who Is going to run this division,
Sinclair and his gang or the COM
pany? and 1t is as easy to meet them
ON one point as another. know of
no way Of making this kind of an af-
fair pleasant. am going to do some
riding, a. I told you. Kennedy is
working up through the Deep Creek
country, and has three men with him.
shall ride toward the Cache and meet
him somewhere near South Mission
pass. II
Gordon, would It do any good to
ask = few questions I"
ASK as many az you like, my dear
boy. but don't be disappointed II
can't answer them. can look wise,
but l. don't know anything. You know
what We are up against. This fellow
has grown ! tiger among the wolves,
and he has turned the pack loose on
us. One thing | ask you to do. Don't
expose yourself at night. Your life
isn't worth . coupling.pin II you do"
McCloud raised his hand. Take
care Of yourself! II you are murdered
In this night I shall know got you in
and that / am to blame"
& And suppose you were?" Smith had
risen from his chair. He had few man
nerisms, and recalling the man the
few times have seen him, the only
Impression he has left on me Is that
81 quiet and gentleness. Suppose
you were! I" He was resting one arm
On top OF McCloud's desk. What Of
1T K You have done for mo up here
what I couldn't do, George. You have
been kind to Marion when she hadn't
I friend near. You have stood be.
tween him and her when couldn't
ia here to do 1t, and when she didn't
want me to helped her when / hadn't
the privilege Of doing it," McCloud
put up his hand In protest, but 1t was
unheeded. How many times It has
sbeen n my heart to kill that man. She
Knows It: she prays It may never hap.
Den. That ID why she stays here and
ms kept me out Of the mountains.
SshS says they would talk about her II
4 lived In the same town, and have
saf6xed away. He threw himself back
TITO the chair. its going beyond
10Th % Us now. I've kept the promise
made to her to-day to do all In my
pj1ei to settle this thing without
0dAhed. 1T Will not be settled ia
Wy. George.
az he sat Sugar Buttes n
Es not his gang was there. me
& getaway, the short turn on Van
{ killing two men to rattle the
I All bea1a HinclAir,s ear.
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