Gunnison news-champion., 1921-02-18

FIlEF
\ cannot answer that: no doubt be
thought Il best; believed the time had
not come understand he acted under
legal advice. Then. you know. his
death was very sudden
"r.d b" IlIl hlmselfT'
i do not think 50 now. That va.
the story In Ponca. bur II &. my belief
h" was murdered. You had finally
h""n traced the man who had sue.
c".d"d in finding your tran was in
fouca. Calklns had TO be put out Of
the way"
"You-nsan MacklinT"
Yes: only. as | say. tina, is prob
ably not the fellows name-he is Cor
nelIus Churchills son"
"Where-where did you learn all
thIsT'
"Macklin told the story. when he
whs drunk, TO another rascal. | crept
up to campfire one night and hes I'd
the latter relate the tale"
Where was thIs1"
"on Dragon Creek"
'Yes-bu, when"
Might before last: while was
seeking TO trail you
She Ind never relca sed her grasp OF
his hand now It ,lghrened.
Might before last; you-you never
knew It heforcT'
certainly not"
You didn't marry me be-because
had all this money!
Shelby laughed lightly.
Lord. no: never suspected Won
had five cents"
And and" she went on earnestly
''yOu-you followed after me. hurt as
you was never knowing nbout all this
-just-h"cause It was meT"
That's sure right; lcns,wise until I
struck This outfit over on Drngoon
rrrrE auh can't say thnr ! cared
d about the money at all: only II
g"fr on" notion ~ what was up. I'd
com" just the same; you can bet your
lFa nu that"
oh l am glad you said so, And
you-you actually don't care for the
money!
Care for IT, Little girl. I amt
r'N"0 q o thought I'm here for
Mo You care ror moe~
"W'I I rorkon must. Long as
vnu.r. my wife. I'm your husband,
u.u'' r..
'lr,~ she sald. ruther wearIIy, Il
understand"
h~r Eiunr- was townrn the open
duu- into the other room, and she
seemed anxious TO change the topic.
"Wlnt-what happened out there
lusr night? Do you know? There was
fighting, and a shot fired. am sure
heard a cry, as though some one was
hurt. and then after that everything
was silent"
There was fight" he answered,
and it cost the lives Of TWO men
one white the other Indian. found
them grlppcd In each others arms
there on the floor. both dead"
Roth dead! Two of them out
there How horrible Who are theyT'
''One must have been your guard"
YES. the Indian; but the otherf
"A rufiian named SlagIn; he was
one OF the fellows ! overheard talk
ing about your case. He must have
known that Macklin left you here
alone last night, and came to see you
Tor some purpose. He must have en-
countered the Indian Unexpectedly,
and the two went into the death Crap
ple."'
"And-both were killed?
Yes; the red was shot. and the
white choked to death. 1t was game
fight all right. / couldn't pry the fel-
lows apart
And they are there nowT'
"Not In sight-no; rolled the
bodies back under a bench out Of
sight, and threw an old blanket over
them. Now see here. Olga" he went
on earnestly, we've got to get out Of
here before anyone comes. know q
place where we can hide. and a trail
that leads up from this Hole; but the
first thing to do Is to get safely away
before Macklin gets back. You will
| go with meT'
"Of course; but do you dare make
the attempt by daylight"
81 don't dare anything else. Every
minute we waste here adds to our
danger. You have nothing to take
with your
She shook her head; then suddenly
she lifted her eyes again. and looked
him directly In the face.
tom Shelby" she asked impetuous-
ly. "is what you said actually true
that you are just doing this because
you have got to. being my husbandT
He stared at her. surprised, and
confused BY 30 direct q question.
Sure: that's what ! ought to do.
amt 1T But maybe yoa don't exactly