Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-01-17

she DegSeU MN 10 SnOOC ner, TO put
her out of her misery, he did so and
then he started back to the settlement
to tell his story and stumbled on us
looking after him."
What happened then?"
Il went back to the camp" said
Maitland. 1--WE loaded Newbold on a
mule and took him with us; he was
so crazy he didn't know what was
happening; he went over the shooting
again and again in his delirium. 1t
was awful
Did he die?"
ri don't think So" was the answer,
''but really 1 know nothing further
women in that camp; we put him in
their hands and l left 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."
But the Wolves?" queried the girl.
He'd drug her into a kind of a
boiler and piled rocks over her. He'd
gone down into the canon, witch was
something frightful, an then climbed
up to Were she'd lodged. We had
plenty of rope, havin' brought it along
purpose, an we let ourselves down
to the shelf where she was lynn
We wrapped her body up in blankets
an roped it an finally drug her up
on the old Injun trail, leastways l sup
pose it was made afore there was any
Injuns, an brought her back to Ever
green camp, witch the only thing about
it that was green was the swing doors
on the saloon. We got parson out
from Denver an give her a Christian
burial"
us that all?" asked Enid as the old
man paused again"
Nope
"Oh, the MANI" exclaimed the wom-
an with quick intuition.
HE recovered his senses so they
told us, an we'en we got back he'd
gone
''Nhere?" was the instant question.
Old KirEby stretched out his hands
Don't ak me-" he said, he'd jest
gone. 1 amt never seed or heerd of
him sence. Poor little Louise Rosser,
she did have hard time"
EYES," said Enid, "but I think the
man had a harder time than she. He
loved herr"
''It looked like it." answered Kirkby.
IF you had seen him, his remorse,
his anguish, his horror" said Matt
land, you wouldn't have had any
doubt about it. But it 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, he 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. I want drink before l 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 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