Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-05-16


Macdonalds horse by the Dridie. ne
swung to the saddle and the other man
clambered on behind. There was |
clatter of. hoofs and they were gone.
Elliot stopped over the battered body
that lay huddled at the edge of the
water. So badly had the face been !
beaten and hammered that it was not
until ne had washed the blood from
the wounds that Gordon recognized
Macdonald.
Opening the coat of the insensible
man, Gordon put his hand against the
heart He could not be sure whether
he felt II beating or whether the throb-
bling came from the pulses in his finger
tips. AS well as he could he bound up
the wounds with handkerchiefs and
stanched the bleeding. With ice-cold
water from the stream he drenched
the bruised face. A faint sigh quiv-
cred through the slack, inert body.
Gordon hoisted Macdonald across
the saddle and led the horse through
the ford. He. walked beside the animal
to town, and never he'd two miles
seemed to him so far With one hand
he steadied the helpless body that lay
like a sack of flour balanced in the
trough of the saddle.
Kusiak at last lay below him, and
when he descended the hill TO the sub
urbs almost the first house was the one
where the Pagets lived.
Elliot threw the body across his
shoulder and walked up the walk to
! the porch. He kicked upon the door
with his foot. Sheba answered the
knock, and at sight of what he car
3 ried the color faded from her face
: Macdonald has been hurt-badly,
$ he explained quickly.
d ''This way" the girl cried, and lie,
I him to her own room.
e Get Diane-and DOCTOR" ordere,
e Gordon after he had laid the uncon
n scious man on the white sheet.
q While he and Diane undressed IN
mine owner Sheba got doctor on tn
o telephone. The wounded man opene
q his eyes after a long time, but Their
IS was in them the glaze of delirium. Fl
le recognized none of them. All nigh
10 he raved. and his delirious talk wer
N back to the wild scenes of his earle
life. Sometimes he swore savagely
* again he made quiet, deadly threats
IN clean and vigorous. Nothing foul
H. Shiny came to the surface In thos
IL hours of unconscious babbling.
e- The doctor would make no promise
ed Hes a mighty sick man. The Gu
are deep, and the hammering mu
p have Jared his brain terribly If
was anybody but Macdonald wouldr
IL give him chance" he told Dial
~ when he left in the morning to &
Ne breakfast. But Macdonald has tt
ie' mendous vitality. OF course If he liv
az it will be because Mr.. Elliot broug
hs him in so SOON"
nc Gordon walked with the doctor
u.s. far as the hotel. A brown, thl
~ leathery man undraped himself fro
chair in the lobby when Elliot open
o.. the door. He was officially known
~ the chief of police of Kusiak. In
80 dentally he constituted the whole
30 lice force. Generally he was REFER
oro to as Gopher Jones on account of
"a habit of spasmodlc prospecting.
II got to put you under arrest, I
IAN Elliot" he explained.
on what forT demanded Gordon, s.
5ar prised.
vas Doc thinks IL VIII run TO murd
he I reckon"
the The field agent was startled. "Y
mean-Macdonald
the The brown man chewed his q
the steadily. "You done guessed it,
don That's absurd, you know. WI
the evidence have you got?"
ice, First off, you'd had trouble W
him. 1t was common talk that wi
up, you and Mac met. guns were going
ght pop. You bought an automatic