The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1918-02-08
CHAPTER IV-Continued

"Roarin' EHrs gu.u 10 get himself
,ulcd one uh these days"
Hazel started. but i was only Jim
Briggs In the doorway beside her.
81 guess you aint much used to see
i'm that sort of oNhilirion vhcr2 You
come from Miss Wor," iIisss wife
NM In over his shuuIdcr "A.y MnI
It's dsmstiu'-muu ti-hm' ln the
street where everybody can see 'cm.
ThanI, goodness. II don't happen very
often. Specially when EIl WaGSl"iI
amt around. You ain't shocked, are
you honcy?'
"Why. | didn't have time to he
shocEcd," Hazel laughed. III was
done so quickly"
"If them fcllcrs would leave Bi'l
alone Briggs remarked there
wouldn't be no nght, Eut he goes OF
Ike Il hnir-trigCer gun, and he'd scrap
dozen quick as one. I'm lookin' to
see his finish one nh these days"
"What name!" Hazel observed
caught by the appcllalion Briggs had
first used as that Roaring Bill over
thprcW
That's hlm-Roarin' Bll Wngstnfr,"
Briggs answered. "If he takes few
drinks youll find out tonight how he
got the name SinGs-iust like bull
moOsc-hcnr him all over town. Prob
ably whip two or three men before
mOrnin'."
Ills spouse calling him ut that mo
mcnt. Briggs detailed no more infor-
nation about Eourng Bill. And Hazel
snt iooLiug across the way with con
siderable interest ~ the specimen Of
Il type which hitherto She had CnCoun
tered in The pages Of Gction-a fight
ing man, what the West carcd "had
actor" She had, however, no wish
for closer study Of that particular
type. The men of her world had been
altogether different, ana the few from
tier specimens she had met at the
Briggs dinner table had not i'm
pressed her with anything except thcil
Shyncss rud manifest awkwardness II
her preStHcc. The West itself ap
pealed TO her, It's bICncss Its nenrnes
TO the absolutely primcvul, but not tn
people she had so far met. And 81
she looked at Roaring Bill Wagstafl
over the way. with quite impersona
intercSt
lie came Into Briggs place for sur
per. Mrs. Briggs was her own wait
ross. Briggs himself sat beside Haze
She heard him grunt and saw II mil
look of surprise fit over his count'
nance when Roaring Bin walked |
and coolly took scat. Eut not unit
Hazel glanced at the newcomer did sh
recognize him rs the man who ha
fought i'm the street. He wuS lOOiin
straight NJ her when she did GlanC
up. and the mingled astonishmcnt an
frank admiration In his clear grn
eyes made Hazel drop hers quickly
her plate. Since MIR. Andrew BUS
she was beginning to hate men WI
looked mt her that way. And she cOu
not help seeing that many did so loo
The next Saturday Hazel went Il
tramp in the afternoon. The fc
walks she had taken had dullcd q
sense OF unCasincss in vcnturing in
the Unfolding forest. She felt that tho!
siiadowy woods were less sinister ths
man. And since she had always ke
her sense OF direction and con
straight TO the Meadows whenever 81
went abroad, she had no fear
though; of losing her way.
70 reach her objective point, 81
crossed n long stretch of rolling Ian
vel timhcrcd. dense In parts wi
,hickets of berry bushes. Midway
This she came upon little brook. pur
Ing monotone as IL crawlcd ov'
,chblcd reaches and bathcd the tangl,
,rots of trees along its brink. By tn
She sat while. Then she idled alon
coming after considerable difficulty
abruptly rising ground. She could m
see the town, but she could mark Il
tow hills behind il. At any rate. 81
knew where Il lay. and the way bac
SO she thought. But the short afte
loon fcd, and, warned by the low d
~ the sun, she left her nook on Il
hillside to make her way hOm
Though 1t was near sundown. she fe
90 particular concern. The Ion
northern twilight gave her ample tim
to cover the distance.
But once down on the rolling Ian
aaong the close-rankcd trees she b
san 10 experience difficulty that ha
10. eithef.o troubled her. With Il