Gunnison news-champion., 1921-01-14

The hucKs Up there are eufn' 10 rtise
Ned before long. an tsere amt no
troops snywhere around sufficient 10
hold EN- IT's OF Slirin' Bail who is
Sfirrfn' EN- up
But sEreiy hey could never &c,
Town herey-
Not TO Ponca-no: they wouldn't
20 IN thai direction. But they'd be
Ofehry iiahi- TO come rsIdin' down
The Cottonwood Thaf's what Shaun
e>sy said he told me I'd better run
tay siock over into the Bad Lands
snd ss cut for swhIie tfil the soldiers
gos the deEiis rounded Up ayaIn. .
been thInkin- ever since ought 10
tell Yen sioui ". so. n you thought
best we eouId turn around an take
Z you ssck 20 Pon,n.-
And then witaf would you foy
-A~f Why 80 QUO course al
take care o. THE cattle -Tsinr the
! nrsi time I've seen IndisnS-
Then am going with you she
said firmly. Il an not the least
Z afraid- s-onier n you have an extra
/ rife out thereT
SURE" he said. srinninr. 4 sorter
Ike that kind o. talk. iIitie giri. Can
T you shooiT-'
Some; f'ii show you when ne get
j oct there Anyway. please don't ruru
back on my account. rhear,i ~ Ponca
that the Sioux we're shOsr-du neing. bu'
didn't think about their coming down
the Cottonwood. Dad said they were
getting ugly. but I'donr know WHERE
he heard it
THIS unexpected mention 81 Cnlkins
stirred Sip'iby To ask furri,.r ques
ton- She going on with him thar
was evident. and the mystery between
them mus T.. cleared away.
What was your name?-' he asked
soherly,
She ciuured up into his face. sur
prised ~ Ihe abrupt question.
My name. Why don't Won KNOW
y never heard Of II: seems sorfer
odd. maybe hut never did
III Is Olga
-oisa-oirn whatT"
why. Shelby. ! suppose
No. hIdn'i mean thar. Iof course.
us Shelby nov. buf what w.s II be
fore 'odavf "Twnsnt CrikIus-
The smile hnd deserted ref lips and
her eyes were very serious
"lusi what do YOU mean. plenSef'
Have you heard som.thitE77
Well. Yes. This here soldier Shnu
messy has acen In The army n long
while; he was fifteen years tn the
Sixth "aVniry- Now ! happened to
learn. accidentally from M,I'arthy
that Old cH'kins was once serpran,
In thai "uTiii. so naturally | asked
shaunessy II lac ever knew him.
And did he7"
Sure; they were bunk'es once an
he said JET Calkins neyer was mar
ried an didn't have no daughter
We'll. did I ever say was bis
daurhierf"
NO. o. course you didn't. I never
asked, but everybody thought you
must be. What was the old man to
you. anyhow? reckon got right
TO know"
You certainly have. but canno,
tell you very much. Frankly. don't
Know. ! could not explain even how
! came into his care. That sounds I
strange. perhaps, but It is true.
wasn't much OF a girl when he got I
me first and I've scarcely been out OF i
his sight since. we asked him
thousand times, but he never would !
explain. Once lie raid 1t would come 1
out all right arte, awhile II seemed l
to anger him for me to ask ques- l
tons, So at last stopped"
That's mighty queer Did he ever
tell you what your real name wasg'
"Oh, yes: there wasn't any secret !
about that-it was Carlyn."
"olga Cariyn," he repeated the !
words slowly. "Sorter Norwegian. /
Irish. amt IT. That story sounds ra.
her funny to me-"
My idea is he was hiding me from |
someone. nying TO keep me from be- +
ing found ! decided that was why /
be moved about from place TO Piace I
snd always lived In such poverty and I
alone. ! believe ne had money or
could always get some when needed. I
Then he seemed to he afraid all the
Time and watching for something to
happen"
And you don't have no recollection
whatever Of either your father or
notherr"
Not OF my mother; she may have
iled when ] was a baby. but ! can
remember my father. although never
saw him very often. He was q tall
nan with Iron-gray hair and mustnche;
nce l saw him In uniform"
An officer. likely"
Il think so. was at school thdn
md am sure the lady principal called
hm colonel. I-never lived with him,
sut always at some school, irst one
md then another. am sure was t
st. Louis when Calkins came for
ne and took me away. That is actu-
uiy everything know about II; since I