The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1912-02-22
CHAPTER Y.
FREcKLEs WINS HONOR.

MI Freckles yelled at the top o
H his voice: Head them off OF
~ the south. boys! Fire from tn
south"
As he had hoped. Jack and Wessne
instantly plunged into the swale.
storm of lead spattered after them
They crossed the swale. running low
with not even one backward glance
and entered the wood beyond the cor
duroy.
Then the little party gathered at the
tree.
I'D better fix this saw so they can't
be using it if they come back" said
Freckles. taking out his Ratchet and
making the saw teeth fly.
Now we have to get out of here with
out being SEEN" said the Bird Woman
to the angel. ut won't do for me TO
make enemies of these men. for / am
liable to meet them about my work
any day"
You can do it by driving straight
north on this road" said Freckles. Il
will go ahead and cut the wires for
you. The Swale is almost dry. You
will only be sinking a few inches at
most. In few rods you will strike
corntield | will take down the fence
and let you into that. Follow the fur
rows and drive straight across it until
you come TO the other side. Be follow
ing the fence south until you come to a
road through the woods east of ii.
Then take that road ana roIlow east
until you reach the pike. You will
come out on your way back to town
and two miles north of anywhere they
are likely to be. Don't for your lives
ever let it out that you did this" he
earnestly cautioned. for it's black en-
emies you would be making"
Freckles snapped the wires. and they
drove through The angel leaned from
the carriage and held out his revolver.
Freckles looked into her face and lost
his breath. Her eyes were black and
her face deeper rose than usual. He
felt that his own was white as death.
did | shoot high enough she ask
I'd sweetly. Il really forgot about ly-
Ing down"
Frerkles WINGED. Did the child know
how near she had gone? Surely she
could not. Or was it possible that she
had the nerve and skill to fire like that
Il will send the first reliable man l |
meet for Mclean" said the Bird Wo-
man. gathering up the lines. IF l
don't meet one when we reach town
we will send Il messenger. If it wasn't
for having the gang see me | would go
myself"
Round eyed. Freckles watched the
Bird Woman and the angel drive
AWAY After they were out of sight
md he was safely hidden among the
branches of Il small tree. he remem-
)ered that he had neither thanked
hem nor said goodby. Would the Bird
Woman and the angel come again?
80 other women that he had ever
.nown would. But were they like any
Their women he had ever known? He
bought of the Bird Woman's unruffled
ace and the angels revolver practice.
nd presently he was not so sure that
hey would not come back.
What were the people out in the big
rorld like? His knowledge was so /.
cry limited. There had been people :
t the home who exchanged stilted.
sort OF kindness for their ;
llaries. The visitors that called on
days he had divided into :
lree clasSes-the kind that came with !
tear in the eye and hypocrisy in ev- )
y feature of their faces; the kind !:
nat came in silks and jewels and
lnded out to those poor. little mother I
lngry souls worn toys that their chill
zen no longer cared for. in exactly !
lie same spirit in which they pitched s
scuits TO the monkeys at the ZOO !
I'd for the same reason-to see how 3
icy would take them and be amused I
: what they would do: and the third !, :,
ass, that he considered real people,
no made him feel they cared that /.
was there and would have been
al to- see him elsewhere.
Now. here was another class that =
i'd met him as son and brother.
18th them he could for the only time
his life forget the lost hand that
cry day tortured him with new
ng. What sort of people were they
ID where did they belong among the
asses he knew? He had to give 1t up Il
cause he had never known others
.e them. but how he loved them! =.
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