The Taney County republican., 1912-06-20

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her out Of her misery, he did 30 ard
then he started EacG 10 tic settlement
to tell his story and stumbled on us
looking after him"
What happened them"
'T went back TO tho camp" said
Maitland I'VE loraei Newlu,d On
mule end took him with MS; ne WIS
50 crazy he didn't Eaow what va,
happening; he went over tho srootu-
again and again in his de!irlum. ].
was awful"
Did he die?"
81 don't think So" vas the answer
but really | know nothing further
about him. There were some good
women IN that camp; we put him In
their hands and let shortly after.
wards"
Il Kin tell the rest" said old Kirk
by. KNOWN more about the noun.
tains than most people hereabouts
led the men that didn't go back with
Bob an Newbold to the place Were
he said his woman fell, an there we
found her, her body leastways."
Put the woves?" quericd the girl.
He'd drug her into a kind OF
ao!ler and piled rocks over her. He'd
gone down into the canon. witch was
1omething frightful, an then climbed
up to were she'd lodged We had
plenty Of rope, haYin' brought 1t along
a purpose, an we let ourselves down
10 the shelf where she was q lyin'.
We wrapped her body up in blankets
an roped It an finally drug her up
on the old Injun trail, leastways | sup
pose 1t was made afore there was any
lnjuns, an brought her back to Ever.
green camp, w'ich the only thing about
1t that was green was the swing doors
on the saloon. We got a parson out
from Denver an give her q Christian
burial"
rs that all?" asked Enid as the old
man paused again"
Nope"
"Oh. tho man." exclaimed the won.
an with quick intuition.
He recovered his senses so they
told us, an we'en we got back he'd
gone"
"Where?" was the instant question.
Old Kirkby stretched out his hands.
Don't ak me-" he said, he'd Jest
gone. amt never seed or heerd Of
him sence. Poor little Louise Rosser,
she did have a hard time"
Yes" said Enid but | think the
man had harder time than she. He
loved herr"
Tt looked like It," answered Kirkby.
III you had seen him, his remorse,
his anguish, his horror" said Matt.
land, you wouldn't have had any
doubt about It. But 1t is getting late
In the mountains everybody gets up
at daybreak. Your sleeping bags are
In the tents, ladies'; time to go to
bed"
AS the party broke up, old Kirkby
rose slowly to his feet; he looked
meaningly toward the young woman,
upon whom the spell OF the tragedy
still fingered. no nodded toward the
young brook, and then repeated his
speaking glance at her, His meaning
was patent, although no one else had
seen the covert invitation.
Come Kirkby," said the girl in
quick response, you shall be my es.
cort. | want drink before turn in.
No, never mind" she said, as Brad
shaw and Philips both volunteered.
mot this time"
The old frontiersman and the young
girl strolled Off together. They stop
ped by the brink of the rushing tor
rent a few yards away The noise
that It made drowned the low tones of
their voices and kept the others, busy
preparing to retire, from hearing what
they said.
That amt quite all the story, Miss
Enid" said the old trapper meaningly,
"There was another man"
What" exclaimed the girl.
"Oh, there wasn't nothin' wrong