The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-07-17

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mattress on'n one Of the bede. stand
as the door there. Pike. and don't let
any woman In here. Go away, Miss
Thackernyl This IL no plaet for you"
Miss Thackeray pushed her way
past tho man who tried TO stop hor
and Joined barnes.
ut r. the place for me-" she said
sharply. Haven't you men got sense
enough 60 put something under his
hendf Where ls he hurtf Get that
cushion, you Stick II under here when
I llft his head. on, you poor thing
Wen be as quick as possible. There !"
The mans eyes were closed. but at
the sound OF n woman's voice he
opened them. The hand with which he
clutchcd az his breast slid on aud
seemed 10 be cropping for hers. His
breathing was terrible. There was
blood ~ the corners Of his mouth. and
more ooEed forth when his lips parted
In an effort to speak.
With courage that surprised even
herself. the Elrl took his hand In hers.
II was wet and warm. She did DOT
dare look at t.
-Merci, madame" struggled from the
mans lips. and he smiled.
Barnes leaned over and spoke 20 him
In French. The dark. palD-strlcken
eyes closed. and an almost imper.
eeptible shake of the head aslgnlfied
that he did not understand. Eyldently
he had acquired only n fsS Of tho
simple French expressions. Barnes
had n slight knowledge OF Spanish
and italian, and tried again with no
better results. German was his last
resort and he knew he would fall once
more. for the man obviously was not
Teutonic.
The bloody lips parted. however. and
the eyes opened with q plteous, appeal.
ing expression IN their DEPTHS. II wns
apparent that there was something he
wanted 10 say, something he had 10
say before h. died. He gasped a dozen
words or more In q tongue utterly un.
known 10 Barnes, who bent closer TO
catch the feeble effort. II was he who
now shook his head; with a groan the
sufferer closed his eyes In deupair. He
ehoked and eoughed violently an lns
slant later.
Sect some water and q towel" cried
Miss Thackerny. tremuloualy. She
was very white. but still clung to the
mans hand. "Be quIckI Behind tre
bar"
Barnes uhbuttoned the coat and no.
vealed the blood-soaked white shirt.
"Better leave this to me-" he said In
her ear. There's nothing you can do.
He's done for. Please 20 away"
'AOh. sha'n't falnt--at least. not
yet. Poor fellowl I've seen him up
stairs and wondered who he waA ID
he really going TO dier'
Looks bad" said Barnes. gently
opening the shirt front. Several %
the craning meh turned away sa@
denly
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psaeeful as could be TO Spanish Falia
What do yCu mean BY sayln, that, jim
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