The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1916-01-14

spring and summer months had not vet
found their voices; there was no trill
OF frogs. not wen the hooting of an
owi-no sound but his own breathing.
AT break of dawn he crept into the
penthouse like a shadow. ba~refooted.
MISUNDERSTANDING clubhouse was not vet
awake. He looked about the barnlike
room for a hiding place. Walls. floor,
ceilings were bare. Near the door open
ing on the lake was a rustic bench. i'm
possible as a refuge. Only in one cor
hef' where empty boxes and n disused
skin formed a %barricade. could he hope
Tor concealment. He glided thither,
II on the floor between the dusty wall
or broad boards and the jumbled parti-
ton. he found a man stretched on his
back.
At first he thought he had surprised
Il sleeper. but as the figure did not
move he decided it must be Il corpse.
He would have fed but for his need
or his corner. He bent down. The
mar was bound hand and foot. In
the mouth a gag was fastened. Neck
and ankles were tied to spikes in the
wall.
Wilcox swiftly surveyed the lake
and the sloping hill leading down from
the clubhouse. Nobody was near. Az
he stared at the landscape the front
door Of the clubhouse opened. He
darted back to the orner "Pardner,"
he said. Il got to ask your hospitality
for a spell. and If you move SO as to
attract attention, I got to fix you bet
ter. | didn't do this here. pardner.
but you shore look like some Of my
handiwork in days past and gone. I'll
share this corner with you for awhile.
II if you don't give ME away to them
that's coming. | promise to set you
free. That's fair. I guess. "A man
amt all bad say Brick. 'as unties the
knots that other mcn has tied says
he. Just lay still and comfortable, and
We'll see what's coming"
Presently there were footsteps in the
path. aud to Willock'S intense disap-
pointment Gledware and Annabel
came III together. They were in the
midst of a conversation, aud at the first
few words he found 1t related to La
homa. The boatman who had promis-
cd to bring the skiff for them ut lit
developed that Gledware had no inten-
ton of doing the rowing--had not yet
come. They sat down on the rustic
bench. their voices distinctly audible
in all parts Of the small building.
Her closest living relative" Gled-
ware said, lis a great-aunt living in
Boston. AS soon as | found out who
she was--I'd always supposed her liv-
ing among Indians and that it would
he impossible to find hcr-but as o
as | learned the truth. without saying
anything to her. | wrote to her great
aunt I've ncver been in II position
to take rarc OF IMhoma-I felt that |
ought to place her with her own fam
~. | got an anSwer-about what you
would expect. They'd give her Il home
| told them what Il respectable girl
She is fairly rreditable appearance
Intelligent enough. hui they couldn't
stand those people she lives with
criminals, you know. Annabel, high
waymen, murderers! Imagine Brick
Wilcox in a Boston dra wing room,
But you couldn't"
NO" Annabel agreed. Poor La
hOma! And I know she'd never give
him up"
That's it. She's immovable. She'd
insist on taking him along. But he he.
longs to another age-a different coun-
try. He couldn't understand. He
thinks when you've anything against
a mar the proper move is to kill i'm.
He's just like an Indiana wild beast.
Wouldn't know what we meant if VIZ
talked about civilization. His religion
is the knife. Well, you see, If he were
out Of the way, 1ahOpla would have
her chance"