The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-06-22

rsil 0tsp yesr hsvlins. o. IN saase
yos oas b ths faes- where aia yoa
AaA tAs fool. Jsek!-
Locked IN . closet yoo1er; Ieoks
like It might - the girls room. Ths
darn fool 10 too skeered ter talk yet
Well. Ill make him. e. else thaf1i
b . dead preacher in bout . minute.
] reckon As hov III % as much skeer-
ing n anyone. Nov. Nichols. ~ So
thet! Whut the devil wus yer doing
In thet ciosetr'
"They-they done put ne thar.
Anse.-
Go on. Who vus yers beside the
girl when yer cum?"
"A Yankee leftenant. . cavalrymaA
] reckon from ther yellow stripes on
his legs"
"A Yank! Did yer hear the fellar's
name!"
Damn II I'm sure: he's right good
sized man. an not bad lookin Pears
to me. now think Of 1t. she called him
Raymond"
There was 4 gasping sound ~
though Anse's hand had closed again
heavily on the fellows throat.
Raymond! I reckon yer lyin' ter
me. parson. Yer heard tell O. thet fel-
Ter over in camp. an ther name stuck.
'Twont be healthy fer yer ter play no
game yere."
Il amt. Anse. Quit . chokin' me.
never heard tell O. NO Yank named
Raymond afore. Be thar one round
yerc?"
wall. thar was. but l don't reckon
thar 10 now" doubtfully. Last
heerd tell o. him he wus over in Fay.
ette = ridin' like hell fer Charleston.
Monte's band picked him up. an he
didn't find this kentry none too healthy
fer his line O. business. which was re-
cruitin'-whut's that. Kelly?"
Better let ther preacher tell his
story. Anse. We're losin' lot o. time:
I reckon thar must bin some kind o.
male critter yere: taint likely ther
girl locked him up alone. an 1t don't
make no odds whut the Yank's name
was. nohow."
Go on. Nichols; whut happened!
Tell US the whole of 1t. but make 1t
short"
The preacher drew In . long breath.
evidently relieved to have the pressure
of Anse's murderous fingers removed
from his throat He sputtered bit ~
he began to tell his story and there
were mufied words we could not dis
tinsuish. Occasionally someone Of his
auditors interrupted with an oath. or
exclamation. He spoke faster a. he
proceeded. as though feeling less fear.
and eager to have the task over. Final
ly Cowan interjected . brief question.
"You damn coward! Did you tell!"
Honest. Anse. don't Jest know;
but l reckon l did spit It moet out. fer
he'd killed me II hadn't"
DO you mean to say you told them
I was comm yere tonight. an soin' fer
ter make tho girl marry me-you
whinin' cur?"
How could l help 1t, Anse? l reckon
IL thet feller he'd . pistol ct your head
you'd q did some talkin'. Maybe he's
q recruitin' ofncer. but he amt no
| sorter man ter fool with onct he gifts
mad"
well, I'd sure like fer ter know who
he is. He can't be ther feller what got
away from Monte. fer he lit out fer
Charleston. How did this yere Teller
git yere-on horseback"
Il didn't git sight O. no boss; thar
wus only one four-legged critter In
t, ther barn, an l reckon as how the girl
| ,ou.< hau rodo fhof ~
Say. Anse," broke in the voice Of
Kelly, I'll bet this Yank is the one
thet wus with Fox, an got away. He'd
he'd time 'nough fer ter git this fer on
fut."
But what does he call hisself Ray
mond fer!"
Damn II know-maybe he Jest
heerd tell Of the other feller. an
thought as how he'd git long easier
under thet name"
well. l reckon 1t won't make much
difference whut the cuss' name is II
ever I git my hands on him." growled
Anse savagely. 60 on. Nichols. What
became Of them!"
Skipped out. I reckon. never seen
nuthing more ov en-
Anse must have completely lost his
temper. for there was the sound OF q
blow. and the noise Of a falling body.
feet shufling as the others drew back.
Then a moment OF silence.
Pick the OIL fool up." said 4 voice.
Throw him back into the room thar.
Maybe he'll hev sum sense when he
wakes up. Kelly. take Jim with yer.
an see II thet boss is in ther stable
yet. II them two left on fut. they
amt gone fur in this storm. Enyhow
thar's one thing sure-they amt q
hidin. up yere. Cum on. boys. let's
take mother look round down be-
low"
We heard their feet on the stairs.
and the light. which had streamed up
through the crack in the scuttle. faded
away, leaving US in utter darkness