Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1916-01-06
-Lahoma. do you know what naturally

-Lahoma. do you know what naturally
comes at the journeys end?"
mo"
"a marriage"
~ thought that was what you
meant"
will YOU marry me at the journeys
cnd?"
Lahoma turned very rec 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
pGainst the horizon of a %springlike
morning Wilfrcd cried cXultantly:
"Ihe end of the Journey"
And Lahoma, suddenly showing in
her checks all the roses that had open
cd in her dreams, repeated gayly, yet a
little brokcnly:
The end of the Journey"
The end of the journey meant q
wedding. The plains blossom with
endless flower gardens ana the noun.
ta1ns sing together when the end of
the Journey means a wedding.
Leaving Lahoma ut the small new
hotel, from whose boards the sun be.
gan boiling ont resin as soon as it was
we'll 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 Wilfrcd
this seemed impossible.
-N i"N SciN 'il Il lc" Stcl)S IiOIl
the MOTEL 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 Willockw
MizZoo tapped his breast. Here
he said. "Know where he is?"
Wilfrcd sighed with relief. cat any
rate. you don't" he cried.
NO use riding over to the cove" re-
marked his friend. with a grin. THAT,
IS. unless you want to call on some
friends Of mlne-dcputies. They're liv-
Ing in the dugout, Just laying for Brick
to show himself."
But. MiZZoo." expostulated Wj]fred
why are you taking so much trouble
against my best friend? The warrant
ought to be enough. and if you can't
get a chance to serve it on him that's
not your fault. Your deputies haven't
any right in that cove, and I'm going
to smoke 'em out"
Mizzoo chewed. with a deprecatory
shake of his head. "Sce here. old tam
he murmured, don't you say nothing
about being Brick Willock's friend.
The whole country is reused against
him. Heard Of them three bodies?"
Wilfred explained that he had lust
come to town.
"Well, good Lord, then, the pleasure
I'm going to have in telling you some
thing you don't know and something
that's full of meat! Let's go where's
we can sit down-this amt no stand
ing news The lank, red faced sheriff
started across the street without look
ing to see if he were followed.
He did not stop till he was in his
room at the hotel. "Now," he said,
locking the door, "sit down. Yes, YOU
bet, l got a warrant against Brick Will
lock! 1t was sworn out by a fellow
named Jeremiah Kimball. You know
him as Red The forms regular.
charges wei-hty. Brick Wilcox was
once a member Of Red Kimball's gang.
He's the only one that didn't come in
10 get Ills amnesty. See? Well, he
Killed Reds brother-shot i'm. Gled-
wares coming on to witness it. Will
lock will claim he done the deed to save
Gledware's life-his and his little gals,
But Gledware will show it was other
wise. Red told me all about it. Bricks a
murderer, and, worst Of all, he's a muir
derer without an amnesty-that's the
only difference between him and Red.
Well, old tap, l took my oath to do my
duty. You know what that Signifies"
But there's no truth in all this rot.
Brick had to shoot Kansas KimbalI'-
"Well, let him show that in court.
My business is to take him alive. That
amt all; that's just the preface. Lis
ten. If you'll believe me the stage that
Red and his pards was Incoming here
to swear out the warrant, they was
that there stage was set on by this
friend of yours, Yes, Brick has gather
ed together some of his old pards and
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