Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-03-02


he had the 1nuian covered with an au
tomato.
IF you're not out of this house In |
thirty seconds. I'll put bullet into
you" he snarled. "Damn your impu-
dence, thinking you could blackmail
me under my own roof. out of here
now, before l send for the police
The Indian, as regardless of the PTS
tol as though II did not exist, picked
up his hat and moved slowly toward
the door. At the door he turned.
"You cheated my father of his land
and murdered him." he said. II shall
not forget"
AS the door closed behind him,
Holmes sank back In his chair and
wiped the persplration from his fore
head, for years of easy living had
Slapped his courage. SO Virginia was
dead. Thank heaven for that But
was his secret safe? II would have
been wiser, perhaps, IL. instead of an
gerlng the Indian, he had bought his
silence
One evening, not long after Little
Bears return from his unsuccessful
Interview with Rupert Holmes, man
Knocked ut Dave Dawson's door and
whlned an appeal for food.
"Sure," said Dave. "Come In. l
reckon mother here can find some
| thing for you"
The man, furtive, blear-eyed fell
low, whose clothes We're In rags, ate
like furnished wolf. At last he pushed
back his chair with sigh of content.
ANY chanel of my gettin' a job
round hereT he asked.
"You might go over and see Mike
Morrissey in the morning." Dave sug-
gested. perhaps he can do something
for you. Ordinarily you wouldn't have
any trouble getting work, but the
Holmes crowd have been making a
heap Of trouble lately for the independ-
ents. and they've been laying of men
instead of hiring 'em."
| "That amt Rupert Holmes, by any
chanel, p itr asked the stranger.
Him that used to have a camp on the
Calapooia."
'The same man." said Dawson. do
you know him?"
'Do know hjm?" the man repeated
with n bitter oath. 'rve worn stripes
for twenty years, thanks to him-blast
his soul But never you fear-Tll get
even with him some day. He's bad
actor, is Dollar Holmes. / knew him
when he was called the River Pirate,
and the name fitted him, too. There
was nothing that he would stick at to
get what he wanted. The timber lands
over on the Calapooia that gave him
his start In life he got by cheating
. Chief Sleepy Dog"
"What do you know about Chief
Sleepy Dog" interrupted Little Bear
sation.
II know lot about how HOlme,
, cheated him out of his land" said thu
, stranger mysteriously.
"Sleepy Dog was my father" Little
Bear quietly remarked.
, claimed. $50 you're the papoose
used to see Sleepy Dogs squaw totini
round the camp" He lapsed into 81
lence. After u little time he reused
himself from the reverie into which
|, he had fallen.
, you've treated me white" he said
addressing himself to Dawson, zane
, I'm goin to tell you something tina
may interest you. take 1t from you
talk that you don't like Rupert Holmes
any better'n l. do--and. God knows
, I've got reason enough to hate him
My name IL Dill-Jake Dill. Twenty
| four years ago was over on the Gala
pooia Bookkeeping. One day Holmes
caught me selhn' whisky In his camp
( He gave me the choice of goin' to jai
) or of slippin' up to the camp of tn
Klamath Injins, which was up tn
river piece, an gettin' 'em drunk.
, amt hard fer you to guess which
: chose. The chief. Sleepy Dog. n
r away at the time, an Holmes schem
was to- get the Injlns drunk SOS h
. could buy their land. 1t all wOrke
out Jest AZ he planned. Holmes ha
the transfer papers ready and he pal
: the bucks fifty dollars apiece to sig
, EN-. / was one of the witnesses, an
Holmes Scotch foreman was the otf
, err. And when Sleepy Dog came bac
n to find his land gone, Holmes pushe
him over the edge of the cliff"
L, "And what did Holmes do for yol
Mr.. DIP" asked Helen, who had lii
tened with GREATNESS attention to til
Migrants story.
q "He double-crossed me, that's WIN
a he done" the man answered bitterl.
!. "He trumped up some charges agains
A me and railroaded me to prison"
my uncle, Mr.. Dawson, will see tina
q you get work of some sort and that 20
}. are taken care Of" said Helen. 81
n return, l wonder II tomorrow 20
would be willing to make an atlidav
+" to what you have just told usf w
have n little score ourselves to settl
a with Rupert Holmes"
81 don't knows I'd mind" said Dill
=? mot If 1t would make things hot f.
e Dollar Holmes"
The next day, Helen having tel
L. nI1 O., ha