The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1915-12-08

had slipped through the windows. "Oh
| Wilfred"' she exclaimed. sitting sud
denly erect and putting her hands {,
her head mechanically. "Is-are we al
! rightY'
IAN right" said the young mar
| cheerily. There's good deal of snow
on the ground. but 1t was blown Off the
trail for the most part. Some friends
have provided us with the means of go
| ing forward"
But don't understand"
"We'y finish the sandwiches and
melt some snow for water and then
mount. Look-see those two Indian
ponies fastened to the tongue of the
stage? They'll carry us to the next
station like the wind"
She stared from the window, Devil
dered.
II don't know any more about them
than you" he answered her thoughts.
But there they are and here we are"
He said nothing about the bodies evil
IDENTIFY carried away by those who had
brought the ponies. Its all mystery
"A mystery of the plains. | haven't
unraveled the very first thread of 1t.
What's the use? The western way is
to take what comes. isn't it. whether
northers or ponies? There's a much
bigger mystery than all that filing my
mind"
What is that?"
YOU"
She bent over the sandwich with
heightened color. Poor Brick"' she
murmured, as if to divert his thoughts.
But his sympathy just then was not for
Brick
"Lahoma. you said that this is sub
ject a man should bring up"
She looked at him brightly. still flush
ing. "Well?"
I'm bringing it up, Lahoma."
But we must be planning to save
Brick from arrest"
I'm hoping we'll get home in time.
Note that say home, Lahoma. | refer
to the cove. I'm hoping We'll reach
home in time to forestall Red KIM
ball. We've lost a great deal of time.
but Brick doubtless is safely hiding
And when we get to the journeys end
-Lahoma. do you know what naturally
comes at the journeys end?"
NO"
"A marriage"
II thought that was what you
meant"
will you marry me at the journeys
end?"
Lahoma turned very red and laid
down the sandwich Then she laugh
ed. Then she started up. Lets get
on the ponies!" she cried
The snow that morning lay in drifts
from five TO eight inches across the
trail and to the height of several feet
up against those rock walls, raising,
as on vast artificial tables, the higher
stretches of the Kiowa country. But
by noon the plain was scarcely streak
ed with white, and when the sun set
there was nothing to suggest that a
snowflake had ever fallen in that sand
strewn world When the rude cabins
and hasty tents Of the last stage station
in Greer county showed dark and white
against the horizon of a springlike
morning Wilfred cried exultantly:
"The end of the Journey
And Lahoma, suddenly showing in
her cheeks all the roses that had open
ed in her dreams. repeated gayly, yet
little brokenly:
1.-The end of the journeyw
The end of the journey meant a
wedding. The plains blossom with
endless flower gardens and the noun
tains sing together when the end of
the journey means a wedding.
Leaving Lahoma at the small new
hotel, from whose boards the sun be-
gan boiling out resin as soon as it was
well aloft, Wilfred hurried after a
fresh horse to carry him at once to the
cove. ten miles away. Warning must
be given to Brick Wilcox first of all
Lahoma even had a wild hope that
Brick might devise some means where
by he could attend the wedding with
out danger of arrest, but to Wilfred
this seemed impossible.
He had gone but few steps from
the hotel when he came face to face
with the sheriff of Greer county. Cut
ting short his old friends outburst of
pleasure
Look here, Mizzoo," said Wilfred,
drawing him aside from the curious
throng on the sidewalk. "have you got
a warrant against Brick Willock?"
Mizzoo tapped his breast. "Herew
he said. "Know where he ISL"
Wilfred sighed with relief. AT any
rate, you don't! he cried
mo use riding over to the cove" re-
marked his friend. with a grin. THAT,
is, unless you want to call on some
friends of mine-deputies. They're liv-
ing in the dugout, just laying for Brick
to show himself"
But. Mizzoo," expostulated wilfred,
why are you taking so much trouble
against my best friend? The warrant
ought to be enough. and If you can't
90 a oh 10 10 l.