The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1921-06-30

amt done nuthin' to make either eos
Of yer decent ter me. thouGht Shelby
here was deader'n . doornail, an ]
reckon yen know what I was amin
ter do with you. There amt NO use
beatin' about the bush. So now, what.d
yer do 1t fort"
Shelby's hand reached out and
touched that Of his wife.
"Well. Kid. III tell you" he said
frankly. we did II for Pancha."
Aacklin grinned grimly. exposing
his teeth.
II reckoned that was bout the
TRUTH" he said recklessly. But I'll
tell yer one thing-Pancha's never
goin' ter get back before slide out.
got what's comm to me, an there
amt no doc ever goin' ter hold me
back from goin'-that's straight o.
man."
I'm not 10 sure. Kid"
"Wsll, am. Lord, q man gen.
orally knows when he's got his dose.
I reckon: an 1t amt goin' ter do no
body NO good fer me ter keep my lips
shut Say. lady. you let your man put
his shoulder back O. me, an hoist me
up higher. There. now maybe I can
get this thing of my chest"
You want to explain something's
'Sure; didn't l tell you. I amt
goin' ter leave this game wide open
fer Indian Joe to cash in ON. You been
decent to me, an I'll play white -
can"
He spoke slow. hesitatingly, -
though his mind wandered. stopping
every moment or two for breath. Once
he coughed sharply. an expression Of
pain on his face. but be went grimly
on.
"rd been on considerable Of q bat
down there. an was soberin' up. You
know the Custer housed"
"Yes: the old hotel"
swell, It amt no palace; you could
throw q cat through them partitions
In places: an woke up to hear .
couple o guys talkin' In the next room.
Furst didn't care what they was ny.
In. an then I begun to take an inter
est. Seems one Of EN- was q lawyer
from Kansas City. Or Omaha: an The
other Eazabo was q rich guy from
down East, who was huntin' . niece
who had disappeared out in this coun-
try-the name was Churchill"
els your name Churchillr'
"Mine! Not In q thousand years.
That was all q lie. Well, - near -
could get hold Of the story. this yers
girls mother was nursin' in Richmond
durin' the war, an fell In love With q
Yank an married him. She never
know'd she was no heiress, an didn't
dare 90 home cause she'd married q
Yank. Her people didn't get on to Y
for q long while. an then. I reckon.
they didn't get the story straight
Maybe they didn't Try very hard
anyhow she'd dropped plum outer
sight. Later they found out somehow
that she'd married Q regular army on
COZ. named Carlyn. an gone West w1th
hin. I dunno Just what delayed EN-
after that, but afore they got these
folks located the woman died, leavin'
Q little girl. an her husband-he WAS
4 colonel BY that time-put her into q
Catholic school. Meanwhile. the colo
mel got on to some extent, an began
to make inquiries down East; but, BE-
fore he accomplished much. he got
mixed up one night In . street eight
down In Sheridan. an would have
been killed II Il hadn't been for scr.
geant he had with him named Cal.
kina He got him home alive. but he
croaked later. That left the kid alone
at school. but these folks didn't know
where"
ut was In st. Louis"
''Sure. they found out later, but By
that time she'd gone. This yere old
saruosnt Calkins had rome with n