Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-07-13

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( where or no time, nowhere. Having
:! heard all of which, hundred and hfly
Z times from you two fellows, let as have
z peace. You've pulled It so often, over
Y at Sleepy Cat they've got It IN double
faced, red seal records. Lats gol
started"
Fright you are, Farrell" assented
. Lefever, but"
II "Second verse, John. fou're boss
: here what are we going to do? That )
!. all we went to know"
!. 'Henrys orders were to wait here
till ten o'clock this morning. There's
1 been firing inside twice since twelve
, O'Clock last night. He told me TO pay
no attention to that. But If the whole
place hadn't been under water all
night, I'd have gone in, anyway This
last time II was two high-p0wered
guns, picking at long range and, If I'm
any judge Of rifles ana the men prob
ably behind them, someone must have
got hart. It's all II gucss-but I'm go
Ing in there, peaceably If | can, to look
for Henry de Spain; If we are fired on
we've got to fight for it, And If
there's any talking to be done"
you can do it, grunted Elpaso.
"Thank you Frank. And will DO It. /
! need not say that Kennedy will ride /
ahead with me, Elpaso and Wickwlre |
with Tommle Meggeson."
Leaving Scott In the trees the little {
party trotted smartly up the road,
picking their way through the pools
and across the brawing streams that
tore over the trail toward Duke Nor
CANS place The condition of the trail
broke their formation continually and
Lefevcr, in the circumstances WAS not
sorry. His only anxiety was to keep
Elpaso from riding ahead far enough
TO embroll them In a quarrel before he
himself should come up.
halfway to Dukes house they found
n small bridge had gone out. 1t cut off
the direct road. and at Elpaso's sug- ;
gestion, they crossed over TO follow the
ridge up the valley Swimming their
horses through the backwater that GOV.
cred the depression TO the south. they
gained the elevation and proceeded,
unmolested, on their why. As they
approached Sassoon's place, Elpasa /
riding ahead, drew up his horse and say
q moment studying the trail and cast. ,
Ing IN occasional gmnce IN tho dlrec- I
ton Of the ranch-house which lay I'M
DIR the brow Of hin ahead.
When Lefever rode up To him, he
saw the story that ElpaS0 was reading
in the roadway. 1t told of man shot
in his tracks as he was running toward
the house-and, In the judgment of =
these men, fatally shot-fOr while his
companions spread like a fan in front
of him. Lefever got off his horse and,
bending Intently over the sudden page =.
torn out of mans life. recast the y
scene that had taken place, where he g'
stood, half an hour earlier. Some little IA
time Lefever spent patiently decipher- SO
Ing the story printed in the rutted road, Vi
and marked by wide crimson splash eS
In the middle Of It He rose from bis cd
study at length and followed back the "a
trail Of the running feet that had been
stricken at the pool. He stopped in 80
front Of fragment OF rock iuttlng up ~
beside the road. studied It while and, NJ
looking about, picked up q number OF en-
empty cartridge shells. examined them, tu
and tossed them away. Then no a
Strengthened up and looked searching oy
y across the gap. Only the great R,
silent face of FL Captain confronted
aim. 1t told no tales.
III this was Henry De Spain." NUT
cred Epaso. when Lefeyer rejolned
lis companions, "he won't caro- whether -
'ou join him now, or at ten O'Clock, or
lever"
"Ihat is not Henry asserted Lee
ever with his usual cheer 'Not With
n forty rows Of apple trees. rs not
ienry's gun, not Henry's heels, not
lenry's hair, and thereby, not Henry's
lead that was bit that tma But II y
vas 70 fnlsh-and blamed If at first :
didn't scare me. ! thought It might
e Henry. Hang It, get down and see
or yourselves, boys
Elpaso answered his invitation with
n inquiry. "WhO was this fellow :
ghtIng within" Z
THAT, also, is question. Certainly
lot with Henry de Spain, because the
Their fellow, think, was using soft
osed bullets. No white man does that. :
luch less De Spain"
Unless he used another rife" sug-
ested Kennedy.
TELL me how they could get his own
file away from him II he could fire a
IN at all. don't put Henry quite as
gh with rifle as with a revolver
you want to split halrs-mind. / say, -
you want to split hairs. But no man
lats ever seen him handle either
ould want to try to take any kind Of
gun from him. Whoever It was" Lee
yer got up into his saddle again.
brew some ounces of lead into that SE,
zee of rock back there, though I
mt understand how anyone could see n
man lying behind 1t. q
Anyway, whoever was hit here has :,
'en carried down the road. Wen :
SassooFs ranch-house If they don't y
e on us before we get there" Z
In the sunshine a man in shirt l.