The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-12-13

Q~LoEe AlN NQtltLy G'i-l4-l 80 y -lA-l IL NAA> \
down upo1 the Srsgfn-s, swinging HIM
self frc1l beat 10 eenE tArvush stOzr1 !
OF bullets owning not frVsn the cSCl-
MISERY. but frVca the Satcon shack 4
Oa the opposite banS--a NAlstlins I
shower Cs head that rEtte every man I
in the sAsries party duck TO cover.
How the vc,unseSr procVss-Se-vsr .
ever lived 70 svs acFVss the bridge ~
death no man might know. Thrice in
the half--rinute dash he Was hit; yWt
there was life enough left 70 carry him
stumbling Scrvss the last Ot the stag
Ing bSnts; to send hIra reSlins up the
runway at the end and Sercss the
w0rkins yard to the door % the eOSu-
nissary. waving the folded papers like
an inadequate tag q truce As be fen
on the doorstep.
After that. all things were curiOusly
hSzy and underlined for him TliVre
was the tunulr % 4 terce battle be-
ing wSged over him; deafeains rifle
FIRE and the spdt-SpAt % bullets pune
turing the Shees-irOa walls Ot the com
mlssAry. In the midst Ot Il he lost
his held upon the realities, and when
he got IL ssaiu the wariike elamCr was
Stilied and Starhuck was kneelins be-
side him. trying. spp1rently. 10 deprive
him OF his clothes with the reckless
Slashinss ot knife.
Protesting feebly and trying TO rise.
he saw the working yard filed with
armed men and the returning thrOns
OF laborers: saw Colonel Baldwin aud
Williams talking e1citedly to the sher-
If; then he caught the eye % the engi-
neer and beckoRed eagerly with his
one available hand.
Hold still. until can find out how
dead you arel" gritted the rough-and-
ready surgeon who was plying the
clothes-rippins kniie. But when VIII
liams came and bent down to listen.
Smith found voice. shrin and strident
and so little like his own that he
scarcely recognized IL.
Call 'em out-call the men out and
start the gate machinery" he painted
in the queer, whistling voice which
was, and was not. his own. Possess
l-possession Is nine points OF the law
that's what Judge Warner said: the
spillways, Bartley-shut 'em quick!"
The men are on the job and the
machinery Is starting right now." said
Williams gently. Don't you hear itY'
J And then 70 Starbuck: "For Heavens
sake, do something for him. Billy
anything to keep him with US until q
} doctor can get here!"
Smith felt himself smiling foolishly
Il don't need any doctor. BARLEY
what / need is a new ego: then II
stand some sha-some chance OF find
ing" he looked up appealingly a
Starbuck-"what Is IL that I'd stanC
some chance of finding. Billy? l.
can't seem 10 remember"
Williams turned his face away anC
Starbuck tightened his benumhing griI
upon the severed artery in the bare,
arm from which he had cut the sleeve
/. Smith seemed TO be going of again
but he suddenly opened his eyes an,
pointed frantically with finger OF tn,
; one serviceable hand. Catch him
Catch himw he shrilled. He's golnI
? to dy-dynamite the dam,"
Clinging to consciousness with
| grip that not even the blood los
could break, Smith saw William
spring TO his feet and give the alarm
: saw three or four OF the sheriff's me-
drop their weapons and hurl them
selves upon another man who was try
ing 10 make his way unnoticed TO tn