The Dolores star., 1910-06-10

feedin' fer him. uoa't your"
oh. IN do vhatsver I can In TIA,
line - long - I stay. but woa't an.
swss for the result"
Il was In An unhappy state of mind
that Mcfarland returned to bis cab
In. Clearly there was no use In tryins
to sstablish practice IN Bonded Spur.
He would get out - soon a. he had
The storsksspsr's child cured Of
measles. Calculating that BE- might
get letter on BY the stage. which left
that afternoou. 10 wrote . hasty note
10 bis wife. saying that she might ex.
pect him In Denver By the end Of the
week. But this letter was not mailed.
A. Mcfarland approached the postot-
nee. which stood across the road from
Fallon's. jennings, whose cot com
manded . view Of the thoroushfare.
caught sight Of his physician. and. In
. delirium. seized his pistol and. more
By accident than skill. shot Mcfarland
through the leg. The sound Of the
shot brought Fallon and the loafsrs at
the bar to the door. They picked the
wounded man up and carried him into
jennings room. There they laid him
upon cot beside that Of the sick min
or. and dressed his wound.
Good shot-for . loony man. eh.
Doc!" laughed one.
Clipped . neat little hole right
through the calf" joked another.
Never broke thing" observed Fal.
lon. you'll Be At to travel on
crutches In . couple II days"
IN get good and square with Jen.
nings for this" declared Mcfarland In
. passion.
At which the assembly laughed. and
Jennings. who had recovered his wits.
grinned and said: In the mean time.
havin' collected your tools for you. I'd
be obliged fer . jab Of dope"
"All right. you idiot" retorted Nc
Farland: doctor yourself to death. for
all I care. Give me that blue bottle
and the needle, Fallon."
The Irishman dug them out Of the
case and examined them critically.
Look here, Doc. will this dope XIII
him." he asked.
NO: but that's not the way to treat
typhoid. Besides. I don't think he's
got half the pain he says he has. II
don't 60 with the disease. ! believe
he likes the effect"
Il vas decided. however. that since
they were assured that the hypodsr.
mic injections. given In moderation.
would not kin the patient. he should
have them whenever the pain became
intense.
In ave days jennings WAS dead: and
o. the DAY after his demise vigilance
comuittsa. composed q fEisses q Tie
late mine foreman. waited upoa Dr..
Brues McFArlaAd. Il was very clear
to the committee that hs had hypodsr.
mically poisoned Jennings. In revenge
for that shot through the leg. Had
they not heard him declare that hs
would get even!
About mile from the camp. and .
hundred yards from the trail. stood .
great blasted OAK. pointing . solitary
bare limb southwark. In the distance
this tree looked like . ons-armsd
scarscrow. The vigilance COMMITTEES
found the spot TO its liking. They
placed Mcfarland under the gaunt
limb. threw neoss over II. and hast.
snsd II about his neck.
II you've got anything to say. say
II quick" enjotasd Davis. chairman Of
ths committee. ITS noon. an your
times up."
Mcfarland moistensd his dry lips
with bis tongue. and began: Il know
there's nothing that ! can say which
will convince you Of my innocence:
but could prove Il II you'd give me
. chancs. ! propose to give myself
the same sort Of an injection - ! gave
Jennings. What do you say."
without waiting 70 hear the commit.
tees decision. Fallon started hack 70
the camp On . run. In the mean time
there was . heated discussion Of No
Farland's propositioa. but the majority
voted against Its acceptance.
We've cone to the coacluston." a.
nounced Davis. that this propositioa
of yours ID square enough. oaly We
think that you'd . durn slight rather
die with the dops than accordia' 10
regulations. And. not 10 be short with
you. I'd remark that ws opins - hang.
In 10 list about good enough for you"
A. Davis fastsasd . Aaa1ksrehief
about McFarlasd's eyes. The rattle Of
whssls and the drum of hoofs. coming
from the dirsctioa oe camp. startled
the committee for . moment. They
concluded. however. that Il must b.
Fallon. who. In haste to return. had
doubtless pressed . mule team Into
service. In this surmiss they we're
correct. but. to their astoaishmsnt. 10
DID not come alone. hss1ds hin sal 3
dainty little woaaa-sucA Q oas %
had never bsioss Invaded the district
u BEADED Spur cliaging tightly 70
bis driving.srm. A. The team svung
gathering from the trail. she junDel
from he wsgoa and raa toward u