The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1919-10-16
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CHApTEt IThszaas X Bar,s.
,wF.aiths Ne~ fgfe Ga a walking Trip
I storm miles from his destination A. =
crossra point he meets "a Girl Ia The
] uafIan nn automobile sent 10 nc. ~ l
T Firl arrives ana Barnes is given a in 10
Hart taEern while the glrl IS taken
barnes is "a place called Green Fancy
/ CHAPTER U-At tie tavern Barpe,
] falls .n with stranded troupe OF 'sharr
] sfurw.ne actors headed by IvrSrr
! ltlshcroft. ana becomes Interested A.
I them
CHAPTER Trr-As the storm e-ou.
bnrres nuts himself worrying over ~
mountain roads az what he considers a.
Serious sirfi iie learns that Green
lnry d slnething ~ "a house % nys-
terry Two mounted men leave the tavern
osity. s curl
CHApTEH Iv-He meets Miss Thact-
eray.' leading lady of thc Stranded thaaf
~. ~ rD o.. WHO o. acting az CHAMBER
maid That niehf Do o. aroused by The
trlnginr 90 diving man % the tavern
one ~ TIE tNo who Rad ridden aWav a
dead body ~ the other man Both ha-
been shot
SrriueIus out OF bed. he rushed to
thr window. There we're horses in
front af fhr hHu~e-scyeral 81 them
rnf m.n 100 fnof moving like shadows
w OBJ" window. he IN
ei f-e door into tn
a-- was GATHERING dowr
rUn staircase. The hol.s n,
sHor shot hack with reSonn,l
"tr aul there came the boars.
excited voices a. men crowd
l-I the entrance. Putnam
i'n.- voice. Rose above the Glamour
h.rr quiet Do SOU want 10 wax,
rtr.t .uly on the place." he was say
an- an-riy what's up? This Is
An" Time a. night Co be Good Lord
What's the mufter with himT
: Telephone FOR g doctor. Put-darnn
quick This ones stHl alive. Tn.
other one Is dead as a door nail nm a,
Jim Conley's house. Cit ole no,
James down from Saint La p-,r,
B him IN here. bows Where's your $50 49,.
/ Easy nowi Eas-ee 90
Barnes waited 90 hear no more Ms
blood seemed 90 be running ice cold
as De retreafcd into the room and be
gan srramhling for his clothes. This
; thing he feared had come 10 pass- Dis
asfer had overfaken her In that wild
senseless dash up the mountain road
lie was cursing half aloud as ne
dressed. cursing the fool who drovs
mat machine and who now was per
haps dying down there In the taproon
The other one r. dead as a door nail =
Kept running through his head-.the
other one"
dozen men were In the taproom |
gathered around two tables that had
been drawn together. The men ahon,
the table. on which was stretched the
figure ~ the wounded man were mn.
doubleday natives: Farmers. woods
men or employees Of the tavern. Az
word from Putnam Jones they onepad
up and allowed Barnes 10 advance n
the side of the man.
''See If you en- understand him NJ,
barnes' said the landlord. Perspira.
ton was dripping from his long. raw.
honed face. and you. Bacon-you and
billingford hustle upstaIrs and get q
ofr'n one Of the beds. stand
at the door there Pike. and don't 10,
any woman IA here. Go away u,ss
This Is no place for Won"
-diss Thackeray pushed her w.,
past the man who tried TO stop no,
and Joined Barnes.
II Is the place for me- she so,a
sharply Haven't you men GOT sanss
'hough 10 put something under bts
leadf Where Is he hurt? Get tho,
cushion. you. Stick II under her. wbsn
hit his head Oh. you Door th,ngrl
Wen be as quick as possible. Thar.,.,
The mans eyes were closed b,, =.
he sound Of a wonan's voice ~
pehed Them The hand with which he
iutched az his breast slid OF and
eeined TO be cropping for hers. M.
re"thing was terrible. There was ,
iood az the corners OF his mouth and
lore oozed forth when his Inns MART,
q an effort 10 speak. :
win courage that surprised eva,
erself, the girl took hIs hand I'm - I
was wet and warm. She did M, ,
are look at II. o' I
"Merci. madame" struggled from A.. 1
ANS lips. and he smiled. '
Barnes leaned over and spoke IN him \
French The dark, pain-str,cL.n I
res closed. and an almost ,mn.- '
'ptibie shake Of the head sippIe., '
iht he did not understand. EvIdsn,,- Z
had acquired only few M a.. d
mple French expressions. Ra~n :,
~ a slight knowledge OF Spanish q
I'd Italian, and tried again with NO 9
liter results German was his Lac, .
sort. and be knew he would fan onca
ore. for the man obviously was not b
Il
The bloody lips parted. however ana v
e eyes opened with n piteous. apnss, {
Z expression In their depths. n ~. q
parent that there was somesb,n. - q