The Arvada enterprise., 1920-04-01

river. Yer zee. this yer's all camp
thar amt No at place whar We kiE
hide the guri. an make her keep hel
mouth shet. Them blamed soldier
are a-moosin' bout everywhar. an Il
she onct got talkin' our goose wud bl
cooked. Furst thing We got ter dc
10 git her outer this camp"
"Ternight. yer sedr
Bout midnight; yer'n go-heyr
II reckon; yer got the money!
With his eyes fastened on the tive
men eating he counted out some gold
pieces on the bar and showed them
over to me. keeping them under cover
Of his hand.
"Thar's half o II. an ths rest Il
yers when - bring back the bosses. -
"How many hosses7 Who's a-goin' r
Three . yer. Kirby's fer sendin
the mulatter gurl long. She's q free
Niger an might let her tongue wag
Now listen. Moffett: I'm a-goin' out
putty soon ter git things ready. an ri
leave Sal yers ter tend bar. Now gil
this: thar's . right smart trail back
o the cabin, leadin' straight down teR
the crick, With q spring 'bout half way.
Thar amt no guard down thar, an
" can't miss It, even en- the dark.
The hosses will be thar ct midnight
waitin' fer yer. All " got ter do ID
Just put them two gurls on an ride
away. Yer don't never need ter speak
ter 'em. Yer understandl All right,
then: have anuther drink"
shook my head.
But how'm I goin' ter git ter this
placeewhatever its callsdf
Thar amt no trouble bout thst all
yer got ter do 70 ride straight south
~ yer cum ter the crick, an yer thar.
Jenkins' crossing yer after"
- reckon thar amt eny Indians, q
nuthin'r
H. no; they're all tother diree-
don: nuthin' women wolves. Gay.
though. yer might have trouble With
them gufis-got Z gunf
mo"
He reached back into small drawer
under the shelf and brought out IN
ugly looking weapon. tried The hammer
movement with his thumb. and handed
It over to me with q grin.
Some cannon. an I want 1t back.
Don't fail at midnight"
"An' thar ain't nuthln' fer me ter
do till thenr'
mot q thing; take . nap Il ~
want'r. Sal kin wake 70 up. I reckon
I woa't BE- back till after yer OF"
sat down IN Q chair and leaned
back against the wall. tildng my hat
down over my eyes and pretending to
fall asleep. Through half-ciosed lids
I managed . ses all that transpired in
the room, and my mind Was busy With
the approaching crisis.
Rale busted himself for some min
utes before putting on his hat. count.
Ing over some money. and dlling bis
bottles from q reserve stock under
meath the shelf. Tim slept peacefully
on. but had slightly changed bis pos
ture. 70 that his face was bow upturned
to the light. The sight Of his familiar
features gave me an inspiration. He
was. undoubtedly. an honest fellow.
and had quarreled with Kirby ever
this very matter. refusing to have any
hand IL II. He had supposed up to
that time that he was doing no more
than his duty under the law. II I
could arouse him from drunken stupor
be might even be willing to work with
me In the attempt to rescue Eloise.
Rale disappeared through the rear
door. after exchanging . few words
with the woman. and did not return.
waited motionless for some time. fear
full lest he might come back. Suddenly
the front door opened noiselessiy and
Kirby entered. advancing straight to-
ward the bar. Sal served him. answer.
Ing his questions. which were spoken
no low could not catch the words.
His eyes swept the room. but the hat
concealed my face. and he only recog.
nixed Tim. He paused long enough
to bend above the upturned features of
the unconscious deputy, not unpleased.
evidently, to discover him 10 that con.
dition.
The d. old fool" he muttered
perhaps not aware that he spoke
aloud. "Rale has got him nxed. all
right"