The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1920-12-16

Save iis two rooms at the hotel. : s.
She turned to her cousin. who was
stumbling big-eyed at her elbow.
What Is II, Kate? Hns anything
5 happened to Uncle Buck?
She swallowed lump In her throat.
Dads gone. Bob. Nobody knows
where. They say-the liars that be
robbed the w. & S. Express company.
Suddenly her face went down into
her forearm on the table and s0bs be-
gan to ra@ her body. The boy, stag
gered at this preposterous charge.
could only lay his hand ON her Shout
der and beg her not to cry.
It'll be all right. Kate. Wait till
Uncle Luck comes back. He'll make
'em sick for talking about him."
His cousin nodded. choking down
her sObs. 'Of course. It'll come
out all right--as soon as he finds out
what they're saving. Saddle two
horses right away. Bob
"Sure. Wen soon find where he is.
/ bet you.''
The setting sun found their journey
less than half done. Kate was tor
tured with anxiety. Deep within her
something, denied that her father could
be gone OUT Of Il world so good. And
II he were alive. Curly Flandrau
would find him-C Curly and Dick be-
! tween them. Luck Cullison had plenty
Of good friends who would not stand
by and see him wronged.
Any theory of his disappearance
| that accepted his guilt did not occur
to her mind for IN instant. The two
had been very close to each other.
smflingly that she was his major donlo,
/ his right bower. Some share of his
lawless temperament she inherited,
enough to feel sure that this particu-
lar kind of wrongtloing was impossible
! for him. He was reckless, sometimes
passionate. but she did not need to re-
assure herself thar he was scrupulous.
" honest.
This brought her back to the only
other tenable hypotllesis-foul play
Ing heart. For surely II his enemies
wished to harm him they would de
stroy him. and this was a conclusion
against which she fought desperately
/ The plaza clock doomed ten stroke.
as they role into Saguache. Macken
/ zie was waiting for them on the step.
j of the hotel.
/ "Have they-has anything been? ?
The owner of the Fiddleback shool
his grizzled head. Not yet. Didn'
+ you meet Culiyy'
''No.n
He rode out to come in with you
but II he didn't meet you by ten b,
was to come back. You took the nortl
road, i reckon?"
Yes
He put an arm around her shout
s ders and drew her into the hotel wit
cheerful talk.
Come along.~Bob. We're going I
tuck away a good supper first of
While you're eating. I'll tell YOU al
there is to be told"
Kate opened her lips to say that SIN
was not hungry and could not possibl
eat bite. but she thought better 9
It. Bob had tasted nothing since moor
and of course he must be fed.
Curly came into the room, and III
!, girl rose to meet him. He took be
little hand in his tanned muscular on
and somehow from his grip she gait
cred strength.
I'm 50 glad you've come" she sal
simply.
''I'm glad you're glad" he smile
!. cheerfully.
He knew she had been crying, thu
she was suffering cruelty, but he o
: fered her courage rather than maudli
sympathy. Hope seemed to flo
through her veins at the meeting I
the eyes. Whatever man could &
for her would be done by Curly.
They talked the situation over t
gether. rs
:. AS it looks TO me, we've got to fir
out two thingsfirst what has b
q come Of your father and. second, WI
I. did. steal that money. don't see
e yet, but there's some link between Il
le two things. / mean between the no
berry and his disappearance
y Elbow do you nrean?'' Kate asked.
n 'sWe'll say the robbers were his en-
mics some Of the SOapy Stone outf
g maybe. They have got him out Of Il
way to satisfy their grutlge md
a. make people think he did 1t. Unfort
IT nately there is evidence that makes
n look IFS il he might have done 1t
&C what they call corroborating tes
monv."
lie sWhat does Sheriff Bolt think r
n. Curly waved the sheriff aside.
r. don't matter what he thinks, MI
Ct Kate. He SAYS lie thinks Luck "
OF mixed up in the holdup. Maybe tina
what he thinks. but we don't want
Al forget that cass Fendrick made b
lie sheriff and your father fought him
a fare-you-weil."
ID nd like 10 talk with Bolt" I
n. youns. woman announced.
Il. .All right. Mackenzie assent,
he .aTOmOrrow mO'nillg
.No. tonight. Uncle Mac.