The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1919-10-16

i say before he died. He IN sped a dozen
words or more IN "A tongue utterly IN
known To Barnes who bent closer to
catch the feeble effort II was he who
now shook his head with groan the
sufferer closed his eyes IA despair. He
choked and cOughed violently an in
slant later.
Get some water and u towel" cried
Miss Thackeray. TREMENDOUSLY. She
was very white. but still chung to the
mans hnnd. BE quick Behind the
bar"
Barnes unbuttoned the coat and re-
vealed the blood soaked white shirt
Better leave this 90 me-" he said In
her ear. There, nothing you can do.
He's done for. Plense 20 away"
"Oh. / sha'n't fG.nt-at least. not
vet. Poor fellow I've seen him up
stairs and wondered who he was. Is
he really going 10 dief"
Looks bad" said Barnes. gently
opening the shirt front. Several of
the craning men turned away sud
denly.
"WhO is he. Mr.. JonesI'
'He Is registered as Andrew Paul,
from New York That's ull / know
The other man put hi~ name down a.
Albert Room. lie seemed % be- the
boss and this man sort Of servant.
far as / could make out They never
talked much and seldom came down
stairs They had their meals Ia their
room"
There is nothing We can DO" said
Barnes except try % stanch the flow
OF blood. He is bleeding inwardly. I'm
afraid It's "A clean wound. SIR Jones.
Like rifle shot. / should say"
that's just what 10 is said one Of
the men. a tall w0odsman. 1.-The Teller
who did il was a dead shot. sou en-
bet on that lie got T. other man
square through the heart.
"Lordy. but this will raise rum
pus." groaned the landlord. wen
have detectives an"
Il guess they got what was comm
to en-" said another of the men.
whats thatg Why. they was ridin'
peaceful e could Dc 10 Spanish Fails
what do you mean by sayin chat. Jim
COnleyT But wait minute How
does 90 happen that they were up near
YOUR dads house, That certainly
Hin't on the road 10 Span"
Spanish Fails nothin', They sn-
r 70 Spanish Falls any more a.
~ this minute They tied their horses
up the road just above our house " !
said young Conley. lowering his voica |
out II consideration for the feelings |
of the helpless man. 1T was ahou, |
leVen O'Clock. ] reckon. / was comm,
InFn.a
Ten. an passed the hosseS hitched Ia /.
the fence. Naturally | stopped curl
Gus Ike. There wasn't no one around II
fer a ] could see. 80 I thought Ia II
take look 20 see whose hosses they
were. ] thought II was derned funny.
them hosses bein there al that time a.
night an no one around Looked
mighty queer 10 me Course. thinks
i. they might belong 10 somebody
visitin' in there at Green Fancy. so |
thought I'd"
Green Fancy" said Barnes, start
ing.
was It up that farY" demanded
Jones.
They was hitched jest about a hun
fred yards below Mr. Curtis propIty,
Dn the on side - the road I hadn't
fny more'n got 10 our front gate when
heard some one running In the road
~ there behind me. Fore | knOwed
what was happenln'. bang went gun.
almost jumped Out'n my boots. The
-unnin had stopped. The horses was
arm an tearing 50 | thought I'd"
'Whered the shot come frOmT' de
handed Jones.
up the road sOme'eres. I couldn't
wear just where. Must'a' been up by
he road that cuts I'm To Green Fancy.
10 / thought I'd hustle in an see II
"a was awake. an git my gun. fest
hen pa stuck his head out'n the win
er an yelled what the heIl's the mat
pr You betcher life l sung out who
was mighty quick. cause pas purity
pry with a gun an I didn't want him
akin me fer burglars sneaking around
be- house. While we wuz talkin' there =
ne Of the bosses started our way
an I'm about two seconds =
went by US. II was purity dark. but
q see plain as day that there was a ~
ian In the saddle. bendin' low over d
10 boss neck and shOutin' to IL. We
aited a couple o. minutes, wonderin' d
hat 10 do. an listenln' to the boss =
ttIn' furier and furder away I'm the %
ERECTION OF the crossroads. Then Z
raw down there by the pike we heerd =
Mother shot. RICH. there an then pa 4
I'D he'd put on his clothes an we'd
n ont TO see what IL was all about. &
.WeIl. pa come out with my gun an
s.n an we walks up to where / seen q
10 bosses. Shore 'nough. one OF 'em
ms still hitched to the fence. an %
,ther was gone. We stood around i
,pute or two examinin' the boss an p
., rs says let's go up the road a ways =