Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-02-14

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i.ostl4ss bad iaapuiAageIy taken his head
bstsaesn her sWG hands, had lsoasd
tesp iato his eyes aud thea had kissed
| Asns WsstEalls GA the lips. 1tflsn she
bad tsasase6 aud fled ug ths path. way
| ing ats1 away aE, the trail And. though
/ Ward never guessed that 10 her thar
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thair friendship sad a alap La the face
Of fiae 5aabt degtsS that still pursued
heg weaker moments. 1t set hsrn plan-
ming harder than sYar for ttsat stake
he must wta hefore he dared urge her
further tow ard natFssaony.
It's wonder that ts.e kiss lilsi not
| wsps otst completely ths sorsil,er raaos.ti
tAat held him. That If aia not, but
served :aeEeiy to tangia his thoughts Ii,
a nsost hopeless manner, perhaps
/ proves how greatly the ianer life Of
| Bully Iso.lse had changed her In those
| two weeks.
She changed stllt more In the next two
months. however. There was the strain
Lot her mother = pgeearious health
which kept Billy Louise always oa the
alert and always trying to hide her
fears she must be quick to detect the
lrss symptoms OF return attack OF
the tlllesa, and she must not let her
mother suspect that there was danger
of return, THAT much the doctor had
made plain to her
/ Besides that, there was an underenr-
rent of goasip and rarnors ef cattle
stealing wherever q man stopped at
the ranch. II worried Silly Louise In
/ spite OF her rebuilt belief Iii Ward.
Doubt would seize her sometimes Ii,
spite af herself. and she did not see
/ Ward offer, enough to let his persanali-
/ ty fight these doubts She saw hin,
Just once In tile next two months and
then only fog mn hour or so.
/ A man rode up one night aga stayed
| with them until morning, after the
/ open handed custom Of the range land.
/ Billy Louise did not talk with him very
l much He had ghifty eyes md d
/ coarse, iaose Tipped mouth aud thick
meek. and. gigi,like. she took violent
4 dislike to him. But John Prfngle told
i her afterwaru that he was Buck Oiney.
the ncv stock inspector, ard that ha
| was prowling around TO see If he could
find out anything.
Hti!y Louise worried q good deal aft.
er chat. Once she rode out early with
tho Intention OF geing 10 Wards claim
to warn him. but three miles of saner
thought changed her purpose. slis.
i dared met leave her neither nil day. for
ane thing and for another she could
scarcely warn Ward without letting
him sec that she felt be needed warn.
Ing, and even Billy Louise shranE from
what might follow.
The stock Inspector stepped again on
his way back to the railroad Billy
Louise was SO anxious that she snioth-
cred her dislike and treated him nice
i ly. which fhawed the man to an alarm
Ing amiability- She questioned him art.
1 fully--trust Riliy Louise for thaf-and
she decided that the stock Inspector
was either very poor detective or d
very good actor. He did not. for in
| stance. mention any corral hidden in a
blind canyon away buck In the hills,
and Bully Louise did not mention III.
either. He had not found any worked
brands, he said. And he did not appear +
4 fo know anything further about Ward
/ tiiaia the mere fact of his existence.
There's fellow holding down a
claim away over on Mill creek.. he
had remarked. .sI'il look him up when
come back. though seabeck says he's
all right..
1 Ward II all right, asserted Billy
Louise rather uRwiseiy.
Haven't 8 doubt Of III. / thought
maybe he might have seen something
that might give MS d cles. perhans
the stock Inspector was wiser than iii,
i gave him credit for being He ssIi moi
i at any rate pursue the subject any fursl
4 ther until he fotiitd an opportunity TO
talk TO Mrs. Mac Doaaii herself. Thes,
he artfulls mentioned the fellow 81.
NH creek. and because she tl:Sf nos
know any reason for caution he got ali
the information he wanted and mora
i for i1ao1nmie was in one Of bar gar.
ruious hunars.
tier that The days drifted qusetly
for Z month and grew nippser ii eaci,
lend md laxier III the MIDDLE. witch
4 meant that the short summer vas over
Il and that far was aettiny raaa 8,