The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-12-24

"Of course. What other note we
'bout:"
"Hain't talkin' bout no other note
that | know Of"
"Sho we hain't. But you hain't told
"Hain't told you what:"
"Hain't told me bout that note"
bout the note you give me?"
"Of co'se."
"What you want me tell you bout it"'
II want you to tell me what you
done with it."
Done with what, Uncle Si?"
"Good Lo'd. Done with that note, Of
co'se."
"You want to know what l done
with it?'
chats what l axed you. amt it:"
"Uh, huh"
"Then why uon't you tell me?'
Tell you what?"
"That o hain't got no sense, you
blame fool"
What you want ME to tell you that
f-r?'
"Cat fur, to make kittens briches in
the winter. Billy, wlNt did you do
With that note:"
The note you give me?"
Yes"
"Don't reckon | mind now"
Eyes, you do. You tuck it in your
hand, an then what did you do with it
after that:'
Thought "a put it in my pocket"
"Oh, shucks. Don't you know nuth-
in'?"
9Th. huh! 1 know the COW is in
your corn"
Goose you know that, dadgum you!
But l blieve that's bout all you do
know"
NO, it hain't, Uncle ST. / know
somethin' else, but l hain't gwine to
tell YOU"
"What is it, Billy"
81 hain't gwine to tell"
you'll tell me what you done with
that note, though, won't you:'
II done told"
mo, YOU hain't.'
II said l mought "A put it in my
pocket"
81 know. But what did you do with
it at last:'
Lets see. l mought "a lost it,
mebby."
Eyes, you mought, but you didn't,
though"
"How you know"
did you lose it,
81 mought."
but did you"
"Don't mind now.
Old Silas got up and stamped impa'
tiently back and forth across the yard
Billy had tried him sorely, and moth
ing would have pleased him better al
that moment than to have jumped on
him and wrung his neck. But that
would not answer his purpose. Billy
assuredly possessed some valuable in
formation, and old Sis idea was to
get it out of him if possible. The pros
poet of succeeding, however, was moi
fattering.
Old Silas was no fool. To his mine
it was clear that the rescuers of James
Ross did not happen along by chance
Their arrival was too opportune anf
their work too neatly executed to have
been accomplished without planning.
The fact that they wore masks was
convincing proof that they We're neigh
bors; otherwise they would not hav'
taken pains to keep their identity un
Known. And to old SilaS it appeare,
Enthusiastically apparent that they ha'
been notified that Ross was there.
Then he asked himself who coul'
have given them the notice. and, Loo
at the matter anyway he could, Their
appeared but one reasonable answer t
his question That was Billy. 1t coul
not have been n II else except Blu
Simpson,. and Silas knew 1t was nc
Bud. 1t was Billy. He was sure Q
that.
! The ncXt question was how had
transpired that Billy had gone els,
where instead of to George Steven!
Had he done it of his wv volition, {
had somebody Influenced him? If an
one had influenced him, who could
have been?
1t did not take Silas long to e
v the conclusion that Billy had been tan
pered with. He would never have la
the sense tt so to men who wei
u friendly to James Ross unless somebod
e had directed and "induced' him to g
d 1t was not III Billy's nature to troubl
It about other peoples affairs unless the,
a was Il substantial 'inducement" in it
The next question was, Who had tan