The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1913-02-07
lie could not. She turned her back.

uOl. Clt II e uVI DICK.
he he'rd some gusscts give. and the
next homer she was holding Il strange
trophy in both hands.
1t was Il tiny silken bandolicr con-
tanning six revolver cartridges. with
bullet and cap intact.
"t"nt you remember the man who
chased you out and misfired ut YOU six
times? He was the overseer on the
station. His name may come back to
me. but his face | shall never forget.
He had a revolver in his pocket. but
he dared not lower q hand. I took it
out OF his pocket and was to hand 1t
up To him when I got the chance. I'm
til then ! was to keep it under my
shawl. That was when I managed to
unl"ad every chamber. These are the
cartridges | took out"
$50 YOU saved my life" he said.
You had saved my life all the time.
And yet | came to ask you to do as
much for me as l had lone for you!"
He turned away. His hands were
clinched behind his back.
Il will do MORE she cried. IF more
could be done by one person for an
other. Here are jewels.' She stripped
her neck Of its rope Of pearls. And
here are notes." She dived into a bu-
reau and thrust Il handful upon him.
with these alone YOU should be able
to get to England or America. and If
you want more when you get there
write to Hilda Bouverie. AS long as
she has any there will be some for
YOU
Tears filled her eyes. The simplicity
of her CirlhOod had come back to the
seasoned woman of the world, at once
spoiled and satiated with success.
Stin-aree glanced toward the window.
81 can't go yet. I'm afraid"
You shan't! Why should you?'
But l still fear they may not be
satisfied downstairs. l am ashamed to
ask it. but will you do one little thing
more for me-"
Name it,"
1T is only to make assurance dOubly
sure. Go downstairs and let them see
YOU. Tell them more details if you
like. Go down as you are and say
that without your maid you could not
find anything else to put on. l promise
not to vanish with everything in your
absence
You do promiSe:"
"On my liberty"
She stood for a moment before open
ing the door that he unlocked for her.
stood before him in all her flushed and
brilliant radiance and blew a kiss to
him before she went.
The governor was easily found. He
was grieved at her troubling to de-
scend at such an hour and did not de-
tain her five minutes in all. He
thought she was in a fever, but that
the fever became her beyond belief.
Treasured on every point, Miss Bouv-
erie was back in her room but a very
few minutes after she had left it.
1t was empty. She searched all over.
first behind the curtains, then between
the pedestals of the bureau, but Stin-
garee was nowhere in the rOom. and
the bedroom door was still locked. 1t
was a second look behind the curtains
that revealed an open window and the
scratch OF a boot upon the white en-
amel. 1t vas no breakneck drop into
the shrubs.
SO he had gone without q word, but
without breaking his word, for,
with wet eyes and Il white face be-
tween anger and admiration. Hilda
Bouverie had already discovered her
bundle of notes and her rope of pearls.
There are no more tales of %Stingaree;
tongue never answered to the name
nor vas face ever recognized as
his. He may have died that night; it
is not very likely, since the young mar
ried man in the we'll appointed bunca-
low. which had been broken into earli-
or in the day, missed a suit of clothes,
indeed. hut not his evening clothes,
were found hung up neatly
where he had left them. and it is re-
to add that his opera glasses
were not the only articles of d market
character which could never be
found on his return. There is none the
less reason to believe that this was the
professional incident i'm one of the
most incredi,le criminal careers Of
there is any rccOrd in Australia.