The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-06-22
CHAPTER VI.

Next morning Duane found tina a
moody aud Respondent spell had fast
ened on him. Wishing to be alone, he
vent out n walked i trail leading
round the river bluff. He thought and
thought. -Ai5e, q while he made out
tEslt the trouble with him probably was
Jnat ne could rot resign himself 10 his
fate. He abnoried the possibility
hance sseyaCd to hold in store for him
Re NOT ceiiay, shere WIS TO hope.
81 wat 70 90 a9T cared beyond his
lo.yer to tell.
Duane tad intelligence and keennes5
en1uga 70 sc fis peTil-the danger
tnTeatsa.nS l4s l~iIaIa,ter as q man,
Just rs much a. tai which threatened
as He. lis. carol vastly ulorc. lie dis
covered. I"r Whit he consider Cd homer
End III :gtst5 t.s,a ae sid for He. He
s@h t..is i nGs f.tsd sUr him 10 he
alone. Bvt, It appeared. lonely iaonits
AID lc.f5ipS Ee4fs sIetft45!E must be
MS AhothSf flag puzzled MIA. IN
Ine bright light 90 ~ he ,oald ROT re-
eaIl tAs sT1.e - s1.n.d t8at Was His at
Twilight or Gus& o. IN Ire Carl; ngnt.
by Gag these Variations became to i.Im
WAT tee. Really 9ye. E. i%t;ntolRs Ui
mis- ecasescESc. tie could l~iSrf.iss tie
thought II them Isen. He So4.d s. aroe-
Is remember VI heiieye II tn S
strange ieat CT fanny or Imagination
had troubled uiFa1. panied ham. made
MIN sieepless ana sick.
morning Duane spent an un-
happy Dour wrestling decision out OF
the unstable condition of his mind. Eut
at length he determined to create in
terest n all that he came across and
SO forget himself as much as possible.
He had an opportunity now to see just
wf.at the outlaws life really was. He
meant to force himself to be curious,
sympathetic, clear sighted. And he
would stay there in the valley until its
1 ne.fb f@~ f--7
til circumstances sent him out upon his
uncertain way.
When he returned to the shack
Euchre was cooking dinner.
Say Buck, I've news for YOU he
said; and his tone conveyed either
pride in his possession of such news or
pride in Duane. 'Feller named Brad
ley o d in this mornin'. He's heard
some about you. Told about the ace OF
spades they put over the bullet holeS
in tibet cowpuncher Balm you plugged.
Then there was a rancher shot at a
water hole 90 miles south of Wellston.
Reckon you didn't DO it?'
mo. 1 certainly did not" replied
Duane.
Wal. you get the blame. 1t amt
nothin' for a Teller to be saddled with
gun plays he never made. An, Buck,
II you ever get famous, as seems likely,
you'll be blamed for many a crime. The
border'll make an outlaw an murderer
out Of you. Wal. thet's enough Of tibet.
I've more news. You're goin' to be
popular"
Popular? What do you mean?"
Il met BANDS wife this mornin'. She
seen you the other day when you rode
in. She shore wants to meet you. an
ESQ do some of the other women
In camp. They always wait to NEE,
the new fellers who've just come in. It's
lonesome for Women here, an they like
to hear news from the towns"
Wen, Euchre, I don't wat to be i'm
polite, but I'd rather not meet any
women" rejoined Duane.
was afraid you wouldn't. Don't
blame you much. Women are he'll. I
was he'pin', though, you might ak a
little to tibet poo lonesome kid
What kid?" inquired Duane, in sur
prise.
Didn't l tell you about Jennie-the
girl BANDS holdin' here-the one Jack
rabbit Benson a q hand in stealin'?,
You mentioned q girl. That's all.
WAL. I got 1t this way. Mebbe it's
straight, an mebbesit amt. Some years
ago Benson made a trip over the river
to buy meseal an other drinks. He'll
sneak over there once in a while. An,
assl get II, he run across a gang OF
greasers with some gringo prisoners.
y don't know. II / reckon there was
some barterins, perhaps murderin'.
anyway, Benson fetched the girl back.
She was more dead than alive. But 1t
turned out she WAS only starved an
starred half to death. She hadn't been
harmed. I reckon she was then about
"A years old, Benson's idee, he said
was to use her in his den sellin's drinks
an the lI2A. But I never went much
on J~ackrabbit's word. Bland seen the
kid right off and took her-bought her
from Bensen. You can gamble Bfand
didn { do tibet from notions ofgchivairy.
] / amt ~gainsayin', however, but thet