The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-09-25
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70 wc-z1 Czgn . face alone Miss
Lza Cray WAS tauT and - herself
Ehs sseued ulede aged
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nee1s q the han1fl = Iaasas seat
ter1 oTer ne Ugrctsoous regions
and daily sae heard the voices ealing
CIT - aid Esu Ard - 1s thought
u IL 1eszs q TIE wld mea she for
~ fhe reeds 4 tie men and women
around her. she saw the van faces
q ths ehrldre1 81 the streets as she
would harry - Eghr from her o1ce
L vas one evening when she vas
particularly urssoegpied thus thar Big
Du Dulean ak feet tw0. PIX Out one
large hand aDd gently guided her
through The trsEe that challenged
those who crossed tie streets 4 sule
Il gratitude went up % hlEB as she
Thanked Am
It's q bad uEs 70 cross, for a sip
q q lady Ike TCus nasam@ be eaIo,
and from that tine every night when
Mss Ida crossed the street the Big
policeman vas ready - escort her.
Little By little they became ae-
QUafnte1 though 4 took tine, as al
their conversation had 70 BE- carried
N r. the brief Enatches u talk that
could be caught ln these trips across
the street Then they sent 70 some
lectures together, and 50 Mss Lelda
asked him Z meet her one DAP IN
the sitting room u her own wee apart
rnent She wanted ~ present her plan
70 hin away from the distractions If
the Office.
But BIZ Duncan got ahead Of her
With q plan that had been growing IN
his mind.
4 an not exactly your sort / know,"
be said But ny sister was your sort
~ heart ana We were each others
sort. DO you get met Only you are
what q sister could never be. Of
course, you think u me as just a traf-
ne cop. Wen, / don't want 70 be con-
but / just want 10 let you know
a traffic cop can be a brave man
II he isn't exactly a swell / want you
10 marry me. WIZ your
Miss Leida vas no quick in an
swering him. She thought for a few
minutes. Il viii marry you on one
condition." she told him, "and that is
II you win 20 with me out 20 the wflds
the Indian reservation and help me
with a new mission. There are
a few struggling red men left, and
they are too far from the other mis-
sion to be reached. II is in those that
| am interested"
'How many Of those red folk do
you figure wen conyertY' he said.
"Oh, perhaps none at first. 1t is
slow work. In the other group they
converted three In the last four
Bib asked a few more questions
about the nature Of the work ia the
West and finally gave his consent.
SO Bill gave up the little apartment
be and his sister had lived In and
the furniture, but he did not
his position on the force.
Then one evenlng-it was the last
week that Miss Leida vas to work In
the ofice-there was a great commo-
lion In the street when she stepped on
the sidewalk. II was the first night In
that Bin was not there TO guide
her across A crowd had gathered and
Miss Zelda did not know that in the
center Of the crowd lay her policeman
with a bullet through his arm and an
other through his shoulder.
Briefly, what had happened was this:
. fanatic, who felt himself the God
messenger 10 cut short the life OF
Il certain millionaire whose Office was
a that vicinity, had sprung through the
when II was at It's thlckest. Mis-
the Limousine Of another man
for that Of the Millionaire whom he
hated, he had leaped to the running
revolver in hand. And Big Bill
Dupean sprang after him. Throwing
himself before the fanatic. he received
the SHOTS that were meant for another.
IL was not until an hour later that
Miss Leida In her apartment had the
that called her 10 Bits bed
side In the hospital.
"Ill come through with only a scar"
he assured her when she reached him,
his Wenther-bcaten face not a whit the