The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-08-15

operative. but know I kneit anl
kissed bee hand and thea backed frou
the mon. my eye upoa hs~ b ths last
supped down the staiss. aFouss1
and alert. determined to nsks Of valus
every remaining moment OBnsAs
his carbine srasped In one hand. opsS
ed the door silently. and I took oas
quick glance without The poseh aA1
the walk below appearsd SAsRtsA
"Whee are the horsesr
.Toied to the rail at tAs 11stA -
Of the porch"
"Good choice. Thers sse ~ ~
windows On that sida Give - ~
revolver. Have you eaFtfiA0DP
Half po:ketful. soe.' ]
We erept forth. closing ths lsas -
hind ~. and stole along anAss esss
Of the rail to The north stSpA vA1eA
led dowA 10 Tie earF1aes ny. -
two hoesas snortsd and lrsV baek
startled By ssr snddsa appaars1eA ]
had my grip On the Ps1n Of - ~
roam. when O'Bren. who had stsppo1
farther out to unfastsn tho othss an
NAL. uttered . sudden sxclamat5aa q
alarm sprans bark - vhses ssaA
- what hs Was stnsaAg at AsVa ~
roadway, 4 tr0np q Aosss00 v1go
emerging from Q nvinD - ~ ea0 -
trotttng toward The s0sa satA 4
glance told No thsy vses Cuafs1asa10
and that they vFs spreading ct IN
fashioa. % ~ to surround ths AsasA
We WV sst thirty fsss h s1vaas0
Of those spuriAs troopesA TAs arse
two rounding ths hoass eos1sr 80 -
but before they could throw essWasa
their eashiDss ~ haA piun0pd ints IL
shadow s9 ths vinaA running RseA1s1D>
y. A shot o. tvo, arsd vtthssa aiA,
only ssFvsd to increase our padA s1f
only hops being to cross The ssehafd
befors othsrs attained the rsaS e he
house Beysad that potnE - Vssds
o6sssd eoaesahnsal /
Hsl ~ bssa sivsa . ulanoeo 0ss0
~ vuuA havo na1s n. R1DnA10 -
mose aAeuhR - shouidse. Fsskialy.
not even paustng to Saanoo bAAA
vard, ~ vses vseAta 100 nssE e ~
WssdA Whsa hosssmaa sWsD4 abs13
he end e de- ~ tpeaees bssA. 0A0
- ~ came and pus1n0 thsR
msssts Aaapaatsay - a atasa0t -
had - OF
-Ths lrss eahAa. oDsaDi ~ -
nahD that bsssss tAu eU1s
1t was nip and t1c4. - @Ssbs1
troopers wheeling thalR hano0 q
thoogA % ptvots and dinsAG u ~
spuls In q mad sndsavsR - - -
twssa - and our havsn-
O'Brisn nen sneA h4vps1 = -
knov ~ bst ~ f.stasG1y uDss -
fsst agatA vas 1rss svss - sDsD.
hoid. stumbling - nads 4 a1d 1aA-
iag foeward - ~ punehsoa Asss. 4
rain Of bullsts ersshsA t.ts ~ eDDo-
stts wan. and. - I suVxxis1 - ~
k1ssA I es1gtk . glimpse q - -.
eaias hssvsnsa without al e 0Dzass
sroochtne bsziAs ~ Aoss. - sssha.s
working vicioHsly. II was e0 fn0ea1
tansoua, and I rsllsA svsR k1cksl ~
hsavy saksa lsss shut anl dropped
tAs bar tn1s ~ sscssk
1t vas Q sansis Foe0 asS1A - snl1
window bssfasA ~ - ~ nes,s ~
found sntraAcA l eanas nDso - ~
With Q vomaA, AuaEtAG Do Wt1A gW
n hand
WE b ~Ysn1uP
Tea" I eenSvssAO4
"WA6s osn 1saisss s1W ~
.RshA d eSufsAs
sDonald's sstntr
II expect so-ath0 - s1Rmns .
Dune cavai11."
~rhtn 70 hin count - u. Yank o4
cut. Daniel, an h1vr eAst V1.As-
4 bsy Of thirteen. saIlow and ~
With stopped sbouldess. bsS I'm ~
Jaw, c7awled eut from he bed sAA
long ria b hand eAnbsrsd - d
whers b. could psss thruaGb bsewsa
ths boardA ouickiy 10 punhsd ~
bsown barrel out d9hhsd along = anA
pulled the trigsnc
'.rhsts one Of IN. -" - ~
rather vsartly. sxpsrtkak1nG tDeaoea
Juice % ths 6oon
Keep en- s-0svR. D0lk -
3amdA, wAah - ysr
"YseA ma."
Wal, git out 7on6 W1t1 dhst 4eUa
st thar door. Col dem yse. mover
She caught him BY ons sar. Q youn9
er edition Of the same lanky 0pe. an
landed him in tho centsr Il he aose.
Rubbing his eyes with The sissvs a
his shirt, the lad shunied over tswar1
O'Brien. began to undesstanA ths
situation, 10 appreciate these nsv fe-
cruitA Woman and childrsa than had
been brought up in the atmosphere Of
war and were not to be desrised ~
allies.
"You arc Maria DanislA mas1nsr'
Il reckon ] am, stranger" ons hand
On her hip and chin advanced
Your husband b In the naigAAoe.
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