Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1920-03-12

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!, Uncle Luck comes back. He'll max
.. EN- sick for talking about him"
a His cousin nodded choking dow
i. her sobs "Of course it'll com
! ont all rIght--as soon as he finds on
c what they're saying Saddle tw'
. 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 hei
something denied that her father could
be gone out OF world so good. And
II he were alive, Curly Flandrau
would find hIm-Curly and Dick be-
tween them. Luck Culison 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
10 her mind for an instant. The two
had been very close to each other.
Luck had been in the habit Of saying
smilingly that she was his major dOmo,
his right bower Some share of his
lawess temperament she Inherited,
enough to feel sure that this partlcu-
lar kind Of wrongdoing was impossible
for him. He was reckless, sometimes
passionate, but she did not need to re-
assure herself that he was scrupulous-
~ honest
This brought her back to the only
other tcnable hypothesis-fou play.
And from this she shrank with a quak-
ing heart. For surely If his enemies
wished to harm him they would de- |
stroy him, and this was n conclusion [
against which she fought desperately.
The plaza clock doomed ten strokes
as thcy rode into Saguache. Macken-
zlo was waiting for them on the steps
Of The hotel
"llaye the-has anything becn-?"
The owner Of the Fiddleback shook
his grizzlcd head "Not yet Didn't
you meet Curlyf"
NO"
"lle rode out to come in with you,
but # he didn't meet YOU by ten he
was to come back, You took the north I
road, | recSon1'
Yes," I
He put an arm around her Shout /
ders and drew her into The hotel with |
cheerful talk.
Come along, Bob We're going to
tuck away good supper first Off |
While you're eating, I'll tell you all /
there Is to be told
Kate opened her lips to say that she |
was not hungry and could not possibly |
eat a bite, but she thought better of
H. Bob had tasted nothing since noon, !
and of course he must be fed
Curly came into the room, and the
girl rose 20 meet him. He took her
little hand In his tanned muscular one,
and somehow from his grip she gath
cred strength.
'Tm so glad you've come" she said
simply.
I'm glad you're glad" he smiled
cheerfully.
lie knew she had been crying, that |
she was suffering cruelty, but he Of |
fered her courage rather than maudlin |
sympathy. Hope seemed 20 flow |
through her veins at the meeting OF |
the eyes. Whatever man could do |
for her would be done by Curly.
They talked the situation over to-
gether.
s'As II looks TO ME, we've got to find |
out two things--nrst. what has be- |
come OF your father and. second. who |
did stesl that money. don't see II |
yet. but there's some link between the |
two things. mean between the rob-
berry and his disappearance"
"How do you meanY' Kate asked.
wen say the robbers were his enc |
mies-some OF the Soapy Stone outfit, |
maybe. They have got him out of the |
way TO satisfy their grudge and to
make people think he did Il. Unfortu- |
nately there is evidence that makes Il |
look as II he might have done it. I
what they call corroborating testi- |
mony"
"What does Sheriff Bolt thinkf"
Curly waved the sheriff aside. at I
don't matter what he thinks. Miss
Kate. He says he thinks Luck was
mixed up in the holdup. Maybe that's
what he thinks. but we don't want TO
forget that Cass Fendrick made him
sheriff and your father fought him to
fare-you-well."
"rd like 90 talk with Bolt" the
young woman announced.
"All right" Mackenzie assented.
Tomorrow mo'ning-"
mo. tonight, Uncle Mae"
The cattleman looked at her In sur
prise. Her voice rang with decision
Her slight figure seemed compact with
energy and resolution. Was this the
girl who had been In helpless tears not
ten minutes bcfore7
sril see II he's at his Office. Maybe
he'll come up." Curly said-
..No. III 50 down to the courthouse
II he's there"
Al the ONCE OF the sheriff Kate cut