The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-12-06
TIL think 1t over. Good night"

Eucnre. Wnen tney reached the emu
Of the lane, and before they had ex-
changed a word, Bland called Euchre
back. Duane proceeded slowly along
the moonlit road to the cabin and sat
down under the cottonwoods to wait
for Euchre. AS he sat there with a
foreboding of more and darker work
ahead of him there was yet n strange
sweetness left to him. and 1t lay in
thought Of Jennie. The pressure Of
her cold little hands fingered In his.
He did not think of her as a woman.
and he did not analyze his feelings.
He just had vague, dreamy thoughts
and imaginations that were inter-
spersed in the constant and stern re-
volving of plans to I'VE her.
A shutting step reused him. Euchre's
dark figure came crossing the moon
light grass under the cottonwoods.
The moment the outlaw reached him
Duane saw that he was laboring under
great excitement. 1t scarcely affected
Duane. He seemed to be acquiring
patience, calmness, strength.
"Bland kept you pretty long" he
said.
wait till I git my BREATH" replied
Euchre. He sat silent a little while.
tanning himself with q sombrero,
though the night was cool, and then
he went into the cabin to return
presently with a lighted pipe.
Slime night" he said and his tone
further acquainted Duane with
Euchre's quaint humor. "Fine night
for love-affairs, by gum u
"Td noticed that" rejoined Duane,
dryly.
Buck, listen to this here yarn.
When l got back to the porch / seen
Bland. Asked me some questions right
from the shoulder. / was ready for
them, an / swore the moon was green
cheese. He was satisfied. Bland al
ways trusted me, an liked me, too, l
reckon. / hated to lie black tibet way.
But he's a hard man with bad inter-
tons toward Jennie, an I'd double
cross him any day.
saThen he went into the house. Jen-
ME had gone to her little room, an
Bland called her to come out. Then.
Buck, his next move was some sur
prism. He deliberately throwed a gun
on Kate. Yes sir, he pointed his big
blue Colt right at her. an he says:
".T've a mind to blow out your
brains.'
$50 ahead says Kate, cool as could
be.
"'You lied to me- he roars.
"Kate laughed in his face. Bland
slammed the gun down an made a
grab fer her. He choked her till l
thought she was strangled. Alloway
made him stop. She Topped down on
the bed an gasped fer a while.
"Then he went In an dragged poor
Jen out. An when I seen Bland twist
her-hurt her-I had a queer hot feel
in deep down In me, an fer the only
time in my life / wished I vas a gun
fighter.
"Wal, Jen was whittier n a sheet, an
her eyes were big and starry, but she
had nerve. Fust time / ever seen her
show any.
Jennie he said, my wife said
Duane came here to see you. / believe
she's lynn. 1 think she's been carry
In on with him, an / want to know.
If she's been an you tell me the truth
I'll let you &C. I'll send you to Hunts
vile, where you can communicate
with your friends. I'll give you
money
Tibet must hev been a hell of a
minnit fer Kate Bland. If ever ] seen
death in a mans eye I seen II in
BANDS. He loves her. Thet's the
strange part of 1t.
HAS Duane been comm here to
see my wife?' Bland asked. fierce
like.
"'No,' said Jennie.
"He has fallen in love with you?
Kate said thet.'
"T-rm mott don't know-he
hasn't told me-
"'But you're in love with himT
ayes she said; an, Buck, if you
only could have seen her! She throw
ed up her head, an her eyes were full
of fire. Bland seemed dazed at sight
of her. An Alloway. why, tibet little
skunk of an outlaw cried right out.
He was hit plumb center. He's in
love with Jen. An the look of her
then was enough to make any Teller
quit. He jest skunk out of the room.
l told you, mebbe, tibet he'd been try
in to git Bland to marry Jen to him.
SO even a tough like Alloway can love
a womanl
BLAND stamped up an down the
room. He sure was dyin' hard.
Jennie he said. once more turnin'
to her. You swear in fear of your
life tibet you're tellin' truth. Hates
not ia love with Duane7 She's let him
come to see you? There's been nuthin'
between them2'
"'No. | swear answered Jennie
an Bland sat down like a man licked,
go to bed. you Whitehead