The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-07-27

pommel. The gray walls flashing b.
MIN. the whip of twigs, the rush %
wind, the heavy. rapid pound of hoofs
the violent motion OF his horse-thes,
We'd in sensation with the smart O
sweat in his eyes, the rack of his
wound the cold, sick cramp in his
stomach. With these also was dun
raging fury, lie had to run when he
wanted TO fiShi. X took all ms minu t S
force back that hitter nate OF hlnsSli,
| OF ms pursuerS OF TINS race Tor ms
/ useless ME.
SadqehN nc burst ous OF iine on
| mesquite INTO ihe road, lonS ssrS''n
of lonely road How fiereoly, with hot,
| st'aa$e Joy, ne wheeled ms morse upon
| ~ tReA ne was sweeping alohS, sure
| new ia&t ne was out IN front hls
/ horse SUI! had strength and speed nut
/ sh""eo slsNS OF breaking. ifeSentiS
duane tooksa back' fnrSoers-he coula
MOI count now nanN--wefe looping along
I IN ms rear. lie pad no more altention
70 |'tnA ana with teeth set ne raced
2&&'@' Summer now III ms oe'erfain-
{ aloh 10 ron thSn.
he passed Iew scatterea ranch-
houses where horses WhlSueG from COR
lals' ana men Suriously watched nm
| alE R"S', t1e So" one tAhNAoF running
VS. s''.'s 20 JON IN lNe chase. duane 5
Steso iT'nasa on, not nolceaplS
slower but With a lack of former
sMoothneSs, with strained, conVul-
Slfe' !eFNA!ls STRIDE winch showed ne
was ,auaost cone
SSH % I's NlllaEe 2neao SURPRISED
duane. de mad reached IL sooner imam
ne expected, Then he made dlseoN-
eIH--.e .au entered the zohc OF WIRE
zen, 8, AS ne cared hot turn PACK
NOW, .;s Kept on NlehdlnS 10 rlae
.H 'ilo Nttt"se: looking pach-
ward he saw that his pursuers were
hs1 u mile distant, too far to alarm
any l'ilasStS IN ilihe - lnIercept hlhl
N His 4tASAt, AS ne rode bE tie llFSt
houses nus morse broke and began TO
44oor duane did not believe he would
i&sN !ohs enouSn TO 80 through the
>+.S'sS.
s>QaLed horses in front OF a store
s>tNe Lu3he an idea, not by any means
new, ana one he mad cariied out sue
SSSS-GiiE before. As he pulled IN his
Ns,'NiAS mount and leaped off, couple
q r@n1l,efs came cur OF The place, ana
y SDe % mem stepped 10 clean tnbea'
Lss o@9; tie was ABOUT TO set INTO ms
SADDLE when he saw Duane, and then
Mated, loot III the stlrrup.
pGalte stored forward, grasped the
oTld!e OF TINS mans horse.
Mines done-but not killed. he
panied, Trade with me-
w al, stranger, I'm shore always
ready to trade" drawled the man. But
ain you little swift?'
Duane glanced back up the road. His
pdTSuers We're entering the village.
I'm Duane-Buck Duane" he cried.
menaclngiy; Will you trade? Hurry"
me rancher. turning white, dropped
nus loot from the stirrup and fell back.
reckon III trade" he said.
Bounding up. Duane dug spurs into
the bays TANKS The horse snorted in
fright, plunged into a run. He was
fresh, swift, half wild Duane flashed
by the remaining houses on the street
out into the open But the road ended
at the village or else led out from
some other quarter, for he had ridden
straight into the fields and from them
into rough desert When H. reached
the cover of mesquite once more he
looked back to find six horsemen with
in rifle-shot of him, and more coming
behind them.
His new horse had not had time to
get warm before Duane reached a hieh
sandy bluff below which Law the willow
brakes. AS far as he could see ex-
tended an immense fiat strip of red
tinged willow. How welcome # was 70
his eye, He felt like a hunted volt
that, weary and lame had reached his
role in the rocks. Zigzaegine down the
soft slope. he put the bay to the dense