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

d,,. .aIy r.~tcd on h"rs. "t"ure VA
ice. / didn't think auout YOU gctuh-
cold riding. Get down and put on
coat. and l'H have a fire in minute.
II suppose if l must. | must; but
can get of without any hep, thank
you" Hazel answered ungraciously.
Roaring Bill made no reply, hut /
stood back. and when her feet touched /
solid Dnrth he threw over her shoulders |
the coat lie had worn himself. Then |
he turned away, and Hazel saw him |
Stoopin. here and there. and heard ,
the crack of dry sticks broken over
his knee. In no time he was back to
'hc horses with an armful of dry stun,
l.; had a small blaze licking up
tn ugh dry grass and twiSS. As II
grew lie piled on larger sticks TIL me
bright flame waved two feet hiGh'
lighting up the nearby woods ana
shedding a bright glow on the three
horses standing patiently at hand. lie
paid no attention to Hazel until she
came timidly up TO the fire. Then he
I""Eed up NJ her WIN HIS "n'ui''O''
smile.
That's right" he said; "come on
ana get warm. no use "olI! ll7 Vi
! getting cross. i suppose from Sout
! civilized, conventional point Oh we"
! it's a terrible thing TO be out in ne
woods all night alone win S'."h5e
! man. But I'm not Deir-l "Oh e"'
! you
I'm sorry If l seemed rude liazei
said pcnitently; Il can't help thinking
of the diSagrcCable side Of IT, People
talk 50. | suppose I'll be nine days
wonder in Cariboo MEADOWS.
Eli laughed softly.
Let them take ii out in wondering,
he advised. "CariboO Meadows Is a
very small and insignificant portion OF
the world, anyway
He went to one Of the packs. and
came back with Il canvas cover, which
he spread on the ground.
"Sit on that" he said. THE carth's
alvuvS damn i'm the woods"
Then he stripped the horses of their
burdens and tied them out of sight
among the trees. That task finished
he took an AK and rustlcd pile of
wood. dragging dead poles up to the
fire and chopping them into short
lengths. When finally he laid aside
his ay. ne busted himself with gather.
ing grass end leaves and pine needles
until he had several armfuls collected
and spread in an even pile to serve as
n mattress. Upon this he laid his bed
dino two thick ouiIts two or three
noirs of wooden blankets. n inflow. tn,
whole inclosed with long canya!
sboot tba he'd tornoulin of the cattl,
rorcos
"rberon no said. "you can turn II
o Whenever Won feel like IT,"
. For himself no took the saddle bIon
. lots and laid them close bv the fir
. within roochinp distance of the wood
Milo tol.inr for cover q nock canvas
-, rro stro,cbod bineoIf fuu Ionrtb GIIo
bie ,ino liz Il and rou to staring int
tho fro while no smoked
Half m bour lotor no raised hi
hood cnd IooI,od across the fro q
TJozoI
"Vbv don't Won 90 10 bed?" h
:. . asked
"I,n NOT gloomy" she declared vbic
Il, wos - n,Inob1e rolschood for her ov,
y, ude ,voro oven tbon droonipr
",tovho NOT but Won nced rest" Pi
% soia ouic+Iv CONT Thinking thing
rt,u no oil tho same hundred wear
= from now Co on 70 he'd. You'u h
: moro comfortable"
Thus nororntorilv commanded II;
~ zoI found boreclr rrontinr instant OH
y d,once Sbe GOT into thp blankets IN.
W &c sbo etood ovon n ber shoes m
drov tho canvas shnet nm so that
to Wv" n'r '''e-p'' VII" 'i"t l''N'i' ~
;! In cnite of borseIf sbe SILENT ftfulI