The Snowflake herald., 1918-02-08

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'"4T2 T6a qrawled man Bill ipsar,D,So "
change in tone and ;. Stove
was too late. Macr ,utAed d
bodv belI forward fIrua d and the e'o ~ y
fore fouy tbe bang g,db,. Holt against go' Ny
two men We're unon ''eeOVe
MIN to the floor an and Din
struggles tied him Iuu Soai II nj
Big Bill rose and II,la Ioe,a aa
slvely at his prisoner ,OOssd .e
your your mind and go with ID s's
SL,entotl spend a quiet month 'I M o'
quarters of Wild Gooap, up At
come along" 'OOSe
What v. are you coin.
meT e,T demanded Holt H''us to
Il reckon you naeS
on you before you 20, 'hp
Didn't I mention Wa9 Sa9 at
three or four times" "iaa ioa. Co
Holt made no further ivsiei
was furious, but at nr0s ,,,er p'o
less. However it TreSsa' wes.
grain, he might as well ST,li ~ g
bellion would do Soma orr s,''b a'
Ten minutes later a. goo
moving silently along 4S s.
leu 10 the hills. The no.p %
first in charge of GeoIoo pa'E I
prisoner walked next, i HI, p,l Y
behind him. Big Bill Is an,
the man he had called nns nso
the rear. Duu a
Macy had released the h,
prisoner so that he m,aa ~
chance to fight the mosnni. n,sl
kept a wary eye upon S,.. Sa,'
let him move more than '
from him. The trail grew j.,
neared the head of the o,'' y,
last it climbed the Isa et'
emerged from the guIcb :,
mesa. p"
The leader of the part,
his watch. "Past mid,i.,
camp here, George, and sao
get rid of the 'skeetersn
They built smudge srs,
wood and on the lee side 4
other one of dry sticks
coffee upon this and cool
While George chopped voo
fires and boughs of small q
ding, Big Bill sat with a
his knees just back of the h
"Gid's a shifty old cuss
taking any chances" he
aloud to Dud.
Holt was beginning to IA
rage philOsophically. He
fully while they took turn
him. Just now there vo
chance to escape, but in
they would become care
habit of feeling that they
curely would grow upon d
reasoned Holt, his OppOrtu
come. One of the guards
a chance. 1t was not rea
suppose that in the next vi
he would not catch them I'd
for a short ten seconds.
There was, of course, ID
sibility that they INTENDED
him, but Holt could not ass
ridge with anything 50 laV
man was too soft of fbe
through such a program,
there was need of nothing
No, this kidnapping eXpedl
not run to murder. He "
free in a few weeks, and i
true story of where he ha
foes would spread the rep
was insane in his hatred Of
and imagined all sorts Of p
They followed Wild Coos
next day, getting always q
headwaters near the divld
third day they crossed to
side of the ridge and desc
a little<mountain park
The country was so mucn
wilderness that a big
stalked almost upon Their g
discovering the presence Of
biped. Big Bill snatched up
took a shot which sent W
Scampering.
From somewhere in n7
came a faint sound.
"What was that?" asked
SOUNDED like a shot AS
an echo," returned DUO
"Came too late for an ecn'
said.
Again family from some
of the basin the sound dfil''
like the pop of a Scarcs'
cracker.
The men looked at ons %
at their prisoner.
"Think we better DrV''
drift?" asked Dud. 4,
"No. We're in a llttle ",
as good a hiding place as ,.,s y
ly to find. Drive the lolsJ ?, "a
brush, George. Wen sl' ..,1 y,
Dud had been busy ~, ~,
the campfire while HCl1a W.,
ing the horses into the DI1,t .s
"Mebbe you had better ~ y
things behind them OlS ;"
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