The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-05-22

IN and allowed Barnes to advance to
the side OF the man
"See lf you en- understand him, Mr..
Barnes" said the landlord, Perspira.
ton was dripping from his long, raw.
boned face. 'And you, Bacon-yOu and
Dllllngford hustle upstairs and get
mattress off'n one of the beds. Stand
| at the door there, Pike. and don't lie.
any woman in here. Go away, Miss
Thackeray! This is no place for YOU"
Miss Thackeray pushed her way
past the man who tried to stop her
and Joined Barnes.
at is the place for me-" she said
sharply. Haven't you men got sense
enough to put something under his
head? Where is lie hurt? Get that
cushion, you. Stick 1t under here 'yhen
l lift his head. oh, you poor tning
| Wen be as quick as possible There !"
| The mans eyes were closed, but a.
the sound of wonlan's voice ha
| opened them. The hand with which no
clutched at his breast slid off and
seemed to be cropping for hers. His
blood at the corners of his mouth, and
more ooZed forth when lis lips parted
in an effort TO speak.
With courage that surprised even
herself, the girl took his hand in hers,
1t was wet and warm. She did not
dare look at it.
''Mercl. madame" struggled from tho
mnn's lips, and he smiled.
Barnes leaned over and spoke to him
in French. The dark, pain-stricken
eyes closed, and an almost imper.
ceptible shake of the head signified
that be did not understand. Evidently
he had acquired only a few of the
simple French expressions. Barnes
had a slight knowledge of Spanish
and Italian, and tried again with no
better results. German was his last
resort, and he knew he would fail once
more, for the man obviously was not
TeutOnic.
The bloody lips parted, however, and
the eyes opened with a piteous, appeal.
ing expression in their depths. 1t was
apparent that there was something he
wanted TO say, something he ind to
say before he died. He gasped dozen
words or more in tongue utterly un'
known to Barnes, who bent closer II
catch the feeble effort. 1t was he wht
now shook his head; with a groan thu
sufferer closed his eyes In despair III,
choked and coughed violently an in
slant later.
sect some water and a towel" criel
Miss Thackeray, TREMENDOUSLY. She
was very white, but still chung to the
mans hand. BE quick Behind the
bar"
Barnes unbuttoned the coat and re-
vealed the blood-soaked white shirt.
Better leave this to me-" he said in
her ear. There's nothing you can Go.
He's done for. Please go away"
"Oh, / sha'n't faint-at least, not
yet. Poor fellow! I've seen him TIP.
stairs and wondered who he was. Is
he really going to dle?"
Looks bad" said Barnes. gently
opening the shirt front Several of
the craning men turned away sue
denly.
"Who is he, Mr.. JonesT
"He is registered as Andrew Paul.
from New York. That's all / know.
The other man put his name down as
Albert Room. He seemed TO be the
boss and this man a sort of servant,
far as l could make out. They never
talked much and seldom came down.
stairs. They had their meals in their
room"
"There is nothing we can do" sale |
Barnes, except try to stanch the flow |
of blood. He Is bleeding inwardly, Pc |
afraid. It's a clean wound, Mr.. Jonea |
Like a rifle shot, should say"
That's just what 1t is" said one If |
the men, tall woodsman. "The fellei |
who did ii was a dead shot. you eli /
bet on that. He got t other maj
square through the heart"
'"Lordy, but this will raise q Igns
pus," groaned the landlord. "WeI |
have detectives an"
81 guess they got what was comiB
to EN-" said another of the men.
"What's that? Why, they was rldin
peaceful as could be TO Spanish Falls
What do you mean by sayin' that, jim
Conley? But wait a minute! How
does it happen that they were up near
your dads house? That certainly
amt on the road to Span"
Spanish Falls nothin'! They wasnt
goln' to Spanish Falls any moren 1 aT
at this minute. They tied their horses
up the road just above our house"
said young Conley, lowering his voice
out of consideration for the feelings
of the helpless man. ut was about
'leven o'clock, l reckon. l was comm
home from singin' school up at Number
Ten, an passed the bosses hitched &c
the fence. Naturally 1 stopped, curl
GUS like. There wasn't no one around
fer as l could see, so I thought I'd
take q look to see whose bosses they
were. thought il was derned funny,
them bosses beln' there at that time o.