Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1920-02-06

young man steadily. Never saw hin
with Soapy stone?"
mo"
"Never heard Stone speak OF sam
CullIsonf"
s mo. Soapy doesn't talk much about
Vi who his friends are"
~ The ex-sherlff nodded. ave met
him"
or course he had met him. Curly
knew the story Of how In one drive he
had made a gather of outlaws that had
brought fame to him. Soapy had
| broken through the net. but the sheriff
| had followed him into the hills alone
| AID run him to earth. What passed
tween the men nobody ever found
out Stone had repeatedly given IL out
| that he could not be taken alive. But
! Cullson had brought him down TO the |
i, valley bound and cowed. In due sea |
son the bandits had gone over the
! road to Yuma. Soapy and the others
I had sworn TO get their revenge some
day. Now they were back I'm the hills
! at their old tricks. Was it possible
That CullisOn's son was with them
caught In trap during some drunken
frollc just as Curly had been? In what
way could Stone pay more fully the
debt of hate he owed the former
sheriff than by making his son a vii
lain?
The little doctor came brlskly into
the room.
Everybody out but the nurse ,
You've had company enough for one
day, Luck" he announced cheerily. 4
Kate followed Maloney and his prls- {
oner to the porch. !
about the letters of your friend s
that was shot" she said to Curly. Il
Doctor Brown was telling me what
you said. I'll see they reach Miss An v
derson. Do you know in what res W
taurant she wOrks?"
mo Mac didn't tell me-" The boy VI
gulped to swallow an unexpected lumD IS
In his throat. "They was expecting to st
get married soon" CO
I'LL write to her." Kate promised. nc
her eyes misty.
I'D be obliged, miss Mac was ut
good boy. Anyone will tell you that. W,
And he was awful fond of her. He
talked about her that last night before pa
the camp fire. Bad companions got WI
him going wrong, but he sure would uo'
have settled down into a good man. cui
That's straight goods too. You write nea
t strong" wa
.rva cbanood ,o,, NINA ~, att
write but go to see her."
Curly could only look his thanks. +
Words seemed strangely inadequate.
tut Kate understood the boys I'M
poken wish and nodded her head re-
ssurngly as he left the room. II
Kite Bonfils and Maloney took Curly X
ack to Saguache and turned him over Ia
} Sheriff Bolt. X
How about bail?" Maloney asked. "a
The sheriff smiled. He was a long IN
an leatherfaced man with friendly W
es from which humorous wrinkles
dated.
"Oh, say two thousand" la
you're on"
"Whatp
A cow-puncher with fifty dollars two e
'eks after pay day was a rarity. No @
nder Bolt was surprised. w
It's not my money. Luck Cullison Y
going bail for him." Maloney ex-
lined. IA
Luck Cullisoni" NIaloney's words IN
! surprised the exclamation from \M
rly. Why should the owner of the
Gle C of all men go bail for him?
The sheriff commented dryly on the
t. Il thought this kid was the one
L shot him."
That was just a happenstance. ann,
rly shot to save his bacon. Luck ."
1T hold any grudge."
Bolt belonged to the political party "Buei
'osed 10 Culllson. He had been too l.;
'ked by Cass Fendrick, sheepman "Bt
feud with the cattle interests and In prom
'ticular with the Circle c outfit But none,
could not go back on his word. He the n
Maloney called together on the fence.
trict attorney. An hour later Dick She
crned to the Jail. Curly
It's all right, kid" he told Curly. and 9,
III can shake off the dust of Sa could
che from your hoofs till court hear
ats in September" VIII
q Flandrau the news seemed foo out c
d for the truth. Less than twenty ishing
hours ago he had been waiting Pre-.
the end of the road with rome Their
una his neck. Now he was free to Sunk
Il saddle ON his pony Keno and was
op OH us soon as he pleased. Stone
me lie ana Maloney were sitting up De
osite each other at the New "Ev,
cans HASH House waiting for big ison 2
TX with onions he asked questions. Curl
don't savvy CulliSons play. Why the co
is he digging up two thousand for meet [
low does ne know | won't cut ened o
SUCK Tor MexicoF DO you suppose You
Nhle maze hmE she sal
reckon maybe she Influenced him. He S
why d'u sheF You don't figure him v,
curly topknot of vours Is d,st,,,h orot,