Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-01-18
CHAPTER vI--con,inusd.

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"Tell John 10 saddle up and 20 fol
the Doctor. Phoebe. and don't let nom
nile know whatever yOu do This isn't
her lumhAgo Al all l don't know what
q u. wonder n a hot turpentlne
cloth wouldn't be better than thlsf I've
good mind 70 try A.. her eyes are
CLASSY with fever and her skin Is cold
- a fsh You tell John 10 hurry up.
ne can ride noxer Tel him / want
HIN 20 get doctor here BY tomorrow
noon u he has to KIN his horse do
INK H."
That night took its toll OF Blily
1.ouisr and lcft a scared place IA her
nlemofy IL was a night Of swapping
Ore Ia the cock stove that hot water
might De- always ready: of tlreleas
sirugsie with the paln that came and
tortured. retired aulicnly from Billy
Iouies stubborn lighting with poul-
siees aud turpentine cloths and every
homely rene,iy she had ever heard OF,
ane came asein just when she thought
she had woa the fight.
There VAS 40 time 10 give thought 10
che trouble that had ridden home with
her. Though ifs presence was like a
black shadow behlud her while she
NofkcI sua went TO ana FRO between
bedroom and Kitchen and fought that
lcarius pain.
Shc met the dawn hollow eyed and
40 TIRED she could not worry very much
about anything Her mother slept un-
easily 10 prove that the battle had not
gone altogether against the girl who
had fouehf the night through. She had
Der reward Ia fun measure when the
doctor came. IL the heat II noon. aud
after terrible minutes OF suspense for
Billy Louise while he counted pulse
and took temperature and studied
symptoms. told her that she had done
veil and that she aud her homely poui-
tIces had held back tragedy from that
house
H.ily Louise lay down upon the couch
oat on The hack porch aud slept hcay-
u Tor three hours. while Phoebe aud
me aoct0r watched over her mother.
She woke with a start. She had been
dreaming aud the dream had taken
frcm her cheeks what little coler her
nixht vigil had left. She had dreamed
that Ward wss IN danger, that men
Nrre hunting him Tor what he had done
si that corral The corral seemed tho
ccatcr Of q irht between Ward and the
men. she dreamed that he came 20 /
her and that she must hide him away 1
snd save him. Hut though she took I
nim t0 & cave. which was secret enough 1
fog hes purposc. Jet she could not feel /
shat tc was safe even there. There /
xas somcthing SOME menace
Blly Louise went softly into the 4
hoose. tlRoed 70 the door Of her moth.
srs room aud saw that she lay quiet,
ui,h her ryes closed. Beside the win
eoz the Doctor sat with bis spcctacics /
fas Down toward the end q his nose.
reading a pale GREEN pamphlet that he
must hare brought Ia bis pocket. fhoc-
~ was Gown BY the creek washing
clothes ID The shade Of a willow clump.
She sent into her own room. still
wafkirx on her toss. IL her trunk was
. blue plush box of the find that Is
given 70 one AZ Christmas IL was fad
~ act the clasp was showing brassy
az the eixcs Sitting upon her bed with
~ box Ia her lap Bniy Louise paved
hastily IN The tumble 81 keasakes Il
aflt. an eagles claw which she meant
psne time to have mounted FOR
brsoeh. three o. four arrowaeads OF
tbe shiny. black stun which the Indians
Nere said 70 haYe brought from Yel-
i0ssfiare BARK. = knot ~ green ribbon
which she had eorn % 50. pstricks
day danee "a Boise rAtflesnskc rafties
n all sitss. several folded clippings
verses tAsf lad caught hes fancy and
ta8 heeu pun away aud forsottcu. an
snber hcad she had found once. She
turned ne boz upside down ia her lap
nna shotk IL ~ musf be there she
filing ste Soighf, the thlug that bsd
srouhied hes moat IA her dream. the
fhiug that wAs q meEare while Il ex-
listed. II was at the very bottom Of
t,,e box. carshl IA q corner. she took
II or with fingers tnat trrlnbied. crum-
pied IL lnto . little bali 20 that abe
could not read whAt II said. straight.
fned i Immediately and read II re-
lactanfiy from the beginning 10 the end
where he las* word Was clipped short
with hssfy scissors. a paragraph cut
from 3 Newspaper Il wES. yellow aud
frsyed from contact with other objects,
telling Of things
Billy Louise BIZ her lips until they
hurt. bat she could not keep back the
tear that came hot aud singing while