Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-06-15
EVENING EDITION.

Ia matter that puzzles men. sh. SOW
|at q fash what had escaped ma 1,s ny
Of the whole village. az
"You mean observation-disclosures huv.-
err" she said.
II mean tho timber buyer" he a.
swered, with~a quick look at har
His eyes see everything. You must
must rake the yard In the mornine
Rake the east yard first. and then rs:
west. 1t might raise a question II vo,'
raked the east yard only. I'm not
aiming to leave any tracks, but ~ "a
dark can't make sure He was tall
ing rapidly. I'm not expectin' to
leave the Flatwoods. and-you, un.
less they crowd me hard; not till I've
run him down and found my proof.
thing should happen. 1 want YOU r.
have this money. And the minute Won
hear they've got me /, o must %
straight to the Sheriff. Don't risk the
woods another hour. Put yourself
under his protection, and tell him
why; have the money transferred to
you; and-send for that surgeon"
The tears beat their way up into
the girls eyes in spite of her, and
low. 1t was the one thing he knew
not how to face. His hard life hadn't
taught him that. The tears hurt
him. What had caused them? Nav
be 1t was just a woman's way. Nav
be he had done wrong to come to her
with his cuts and blood n danger.
Some mighty impulse, new and
strange. drew his arms toward her;
kindled q yearning in, his face. An
instant the arms lowered about her.
but did not touch her. Instead he laid
his hand upon her hair; stroked it
with a tenderness that Bull Master
fson and the men OF the river would
never have dreamed was in him.
She raised her face after a time.
He drew a long breath: dropped his
hand to his side: stared in astonish-
ment. She was smiling-smiling
We're back. The ways Of a vomapn..e.
utterly beyond him. and past finding
out! She had smoothed the draft out
in her hands and was looking at him
over it.
II wonder II I ought to take It."
she unused to hetself. as much as to.
him.
He took the paper out. Of her
hands, folded 1t and with a master
full air thrust it under a fold Of the
loose garment across her bosom
II haven't a sou in the world to
leave it to but-you.".
His slow eyes left her face and
stared hard at the basin of red wa
ter. Stepping over to the stand, he
stopped and snuffed the candle. The
huge shadow of him filled the room.
Turning away after he had the can-
die again at full flame. his eyes came
back to the thoughtful face of his
companion.
THAT revolver I saw yesterday on
the mantel-is it loaded?"
II think So" "
She looked UP in curious half sur
prise, as if the question had brought
her thoughts back from afar.
MAY 1 see it?" g.
-"Why-yes-'
He shaded the candle again while
she lifted the curtain over the doors:
paused q moment to listen tt the
heavy breathing of the sleeper in the
west room: crossed to the mantel
over the fireplace and brought him
the revolver. r..
Several minutes the man spared to
its inspections: testing the action of
the hammer, cylinder revolution and
trigger pull: replacing the somewhat
ZONES: even picking fresh grains of
powder into the tubes where he
Thought necessary.
DO you. know how to use it," he
asked, looking up from his inspection.
"I've shot lots Of squirrels with it.
|sometimes clear In the t%reetops." she
answered. "And once I killed a hawk
that pestered the chickens"
j Continued In tomoFroy
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