Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-05-04


don't buy you anything" said Holway
CURLY. "What's the use Of beefingr
'Now you're shouting, my friend"
agreed old Gideon. 81 guess, Elliot
you can loosen up on the chefs throat
awhile. He's had persuading enough
don't you reckon? I'll sit here ana
sorter keep the boys company while
you cut the pack-ropes and bring 'em
here. But first I'd step In and unload
all the hardware they're packing. Ii
you don't one Of them Is likely TO get
anxious, I'd hate to see any of them
commit suicide with none of their
friends here to say. Don't he look nat:
ural?"
Elliot brought back the pack-ropes
and cut them into suitable lengths.
Hollis monologne rambled on. lie was
garrulous and affable. Not for long
time had he enjoyed himself so much.
| Gordon tied the hands of Big BIZ
behind him, then roped his feet togeth-
err after which he did the same for
Holway. The old miner superintendent
4 the job and was not satisfied till he
had added a few extra knots on his
own behalf.
"That'll hold them for awhile, !
shouldn't wonder. Now If you'll just
cover friend chef with this sawed-on
| gat, Elliot, I'll throw the diamond
hitch over what supplies Wen need to
! get back to Kamatlah. I'll take one
bronch and leave the other to the con-
victS," said Holt cheerfully.
'Forget that convict stuff" growled
Macy. with Macdonald back OF us
and the Guttenchilds back of him,
you'll have a hectic time getting any
thing on u.s."
"That might he true II these folks
were back of you. But are they
Course l amt any Sherlock Holmes,
but it don't look to me like they'd play
any such fool system as this"
After Holt had packed one of the
animals he turned to Elliot
81 reckon we're ready"
Under orders from Elliot bud fixed
up the smudges and arranged the mos
quito netting over the bound men SO
as to give them all the protection pos
sible.
"We're going to take bud with us
for part of the trip. Wen send him
back to you later in the day. You'll
have to fast till he gets back, but out
side of that you'll do very well If you
don't roll around trying to get loose
Do that, and you'll jar loose the mos
quito netting. You know what that
means" explained Gordon.
"It amt likely any grizzlies will
come pokin' their noses into camp. But
you never can tell. Any last words
you want sent to relatives" asked
Gideon Holt.
The last words they heard from Biz
BIZ as they moved down the draw
were sulphuric.
1t was three o'clocl- in the morning
by the watch when they started. Abou
nine they threw off for breakfast. b.
this time they were just across thu
divide and were ready to take tn
down trail.
II think wen let bud go now" El
hot told his partner in the adventure
Better hold him till afternoon. Thei
they can't possibly reach us till w
5 get to Kamatlah."
r What does 1t matter If they do
We have both rifles and have left then
D only one revolver. Besides, don
] like to leave two bound men alone II
t so wild a district for any great time
. No, Wen start bud on the back trail
y That grizzly you promised Big BIZ
: might really turn up"
i The two men struck the headwater
of wild Goose creek about noon AM
0 followed the stream down. They trav
eIed steadily without haste. SO lon
|, as they kept a good lookout there wa
h nothing to be feared from the mel
e they had left behind. They had bot
long start and the advantage o
:. weapons.
o If Elliot had advertised for q yea
S he could not have found a man VIII
" knew more of Colby Macdonald's pas
t. than Gideon Holt. The old man ha
,, worked claim on Frenchman cree
q with him and had by sharp practice
k so at least he had come to believe
been lawed out of his rights by th
It sbrewd Scotsman. For seventeen year
d he had nursed a grudge against Mac
IS donald, and he was never tired Of tall
J. ing about him. One story in particr
h lar interested Gordon.
IS There was Farrell O'Neili. He wa
It good fellow, Farrell was, but he ha
If lust one weakness. There was time
is when he liked the bottle too well. He
'e let It alone for months and then jus
f. Ian the stuff up. 1t was the time {
It the stampede to Bonanza creek. Wei
o the news Of the strike on Bonanz
n reached Dawson and we all burnt u
Ie the trail TO get to the new groun
D. first. O'Neill was one Of the first II
v got in about twenty below Discover.
Y, If remember Mac wasn't in Dawson
but he got there next mo'nin' an
l. heard the news. He lit out for y,
to nanza pronto.'
The old miner stopped, took a che
IN OF tobacco, and looked down into ii
10 valley far below where Kamatla
r. could Just be seen, little huddIe {
% huts.
uyua1i2n ootrad Elliot II was occ,