Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1920-03-19


ne From the pocket Of his shirt he DIRE
eel a crumpled piece OF stained linen.
i've brought back your handkel
ing chief. Miss CulllsOn."
the "What have Won done with my ~
he therY
He nodded toward the Mexican BIO.
and Kate dismissed the lad. When h,
CT. had gone she asked her question agaiI
mp In exactly the same words.
re He swung from the horse and threw
us the rein To the ground Then, saun-
OF tering to the gate. he let himself in.
MS you've surely got nice posy gar
o. den here. Didn't know there was one
v like 1t in all sunbakcd Arizona"
Ie She stood rigid Her unfatering
le eyes, sloe-black in The pale face, never
lifted from him.
Il want you to tell me what you
have done with my father"
He laughed little and looked at
her with eyes that narrowed like
those of cat basking in the sun. He
had something the look of the larger
members Of the cat family-the soft
long tread, the compact ripping mus
cles of q tame panther, and with these
The threat that always lies behind its I
sleepy Wariness.
You're young lady of one idea.
NO use arguing with You, reckon"
Not the least use. I've talked with
Mrs. Wylie"
lie raised his eyebrows do know
the lady,"
"She will know you That is more
to the point"
Did she say she knew me?" he
purred.
"she will say it in court-if it ever
comes to that
Just what will she say if you
please?"
Kate told him in four sentences with
a singing directness that was the out +
standing note of her, that and fine I,
self-forgetful courage.
rs that all? Comes to this then.
that she says l heard her scream. ran
in, and saved your fathers life. Is q.
that penitentiary offense?"
You helped the villain take his p
body into the cellar. You plotted with e
him to hold father a prisoner there" l.
Says that, does she-that she over "
heard us plotting?"
"Of course she did not overhear Us
what you said. You took good care of &C
hat But she knew you were conspir- TN
n.y."
Just naturally knew it without wi
'verhearing," he derided. "And of liz
curse if l was ii a plot l must have SUI
'een Johnny-on-the-spot q good deal of ca
he time. Hung round there a-plenty, he
e1pect?" Pr
lie had touched on the weak spot of f.,
lrs. Wylie's testimony. The man who no
lad saved CullisOn's life, after long COZ
ak with Blackwell, had gone out of tn;
he Jack of Hearts and had not re- sci
urned so far as she knew. For her wi
ormer husband had sent her on an the
rrand just before the prisoner was DIV
aiken away and she did not know who abb
ad helped him. as
Kate was silent. dir,
How would this do for an explana so
on?" he suggested lazily wen say he
lst for the sake of argument that wax
rs. Wyiie's story is true. that did won
we your fathers life Wen put if >
at l did help carry him downstairs Il
here 1t was cooler and that I aid buul
we long talk with the fellow Black of 81
ell. What would be talking TO him " "a
Jul IL 1 WASH reading the riot act clOu,
MN! And after he had said he was locke
rIy why shouldn't hit the road out full-t
there! There's no love lost between Rv
and Luck Cullson. | wasn't under sat
ooisa'iohs TO wrap him up in cot Mexi
ana bring him back this side nm mann
I'll care to his anxious friends. If ever,
chOSe fater TO take a hike out of Bile r,
vi on p.d.q. hurry up business T smile
Z TO blame. And l reckon vou,u Iuck
~ ys VIM agree win me-" grudg
he brushed his explanation oSids r.sns'
Womans superb Indifference 10 regret
occasi
hou can talk of course. I don,t minati
= II Is all lies-lles. You have Domin
iaped father and are holding him g. f. r
e"here. Don't you dare to hurt the VIC
Ii you should-Oh, If you should sentim
VI VIII wish you had never been lifet,
= Inc nerceness of her passion did not
upon MN ike sudden summer him OF
Illegal.
forgot Tor the moment that he The
man with the tolls OF the law bed in
ns upon MIN, forgot that his sue the Gle
anu even MS liberty were at stake swiftly
a" oniy girl with the hunger of waved
.. % wisttui eyes, and knew "Wha
10y, lay ~ MS power to bring back now?"
,nso oser ana the light into them. Though
49, Gun night fair any long dts by
oppose I've let myself get trapped again ,"
w. up 10 me but to somebody yes,
Up to your father, say?" with hir
y father?" uox,,n III
% now could | turn him loosa prise.
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