The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1921-02-10
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PERIL
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BY
Randall Parrish

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some noodle ii II for me ! RIM steers
Tor che ~ about four months once
4 and W used 20 drive INTO p0nca o.
blow ourselves { knowed there was
M OF fellow bangin round there, 10
I MrCar'hys place mostly o sarter tin
horn sport. they called on Dad Calk
ins nm 70 heard somewhere he bad
q girl iivin with him bout seventeen
or ~ somehow / got 20 mullln' over
this 40 finally decided 20 see wins
/ Kind Of q lead I'd struck II looked
I like easy money Il she was the girl
an didnl know yet what was up"
"You went to Ponca FOR that pur
poser
Just prospeciin Ike Them othei
two guys went On somewhere else an
so / had easy sallu' ! couldnl -
next the girl NJ all reckon she
never left the shack bur ! GOT loak
nj her an II wasn't no trouble % plcf
M an acquaintance with old Dad He
WAS tight-mouthed though drunk o.
sober. an fnallly had 10 throw The
rear ot 'f'u lhl' w" - "tAN' 'tH'
spill"
"You mean you threatened hImr
"Yep never supposed It would
shake fhe CUTS oul II him the way Il
dld though The old fool went plum
hatn when / told him what ! knowed
he Thought was after hima detec
tive. 81 something AM be Just crum
hled %. without maxim no fight NJ MI
I reckon he'd hcen hid.1 her So long
he inst naturally got Il Into his nut
he was Guilty Of some crime Enyhow
the mex FLING ] gnoved. bed gone ont
hack " the dance hall an shot him
self"
Dc stopped. shaken by parovvsm
~ coughing Shelby held hm tightly
and nu8Hy this pasepd away ga nun
RESTING wealthy 90 rs arms buf viii
mind ,ilautI wandering
- used "a talk al riaht" Dc Wills
nered Aoarseis Hspug for brcafh
"an' coull warlip some 100 Say
dIl yo0 ever heor me -.ueT
YES sid I've hourd YOU"
"Sure sou ara E,eubody s1id f.
had wonderful voice Trule IT'D /.
me Is ] never aIn't had ~ how ii .
! cou'der Got started 10 opera l'd .
never ueen out we're getting plugged .
by no Mex woman lfs ben amt III .
But ay, where was ! euyh0WY
lou just explained auy Calklns
Killed himself"
'Oh yes that's IL Welt o course
] feit bad about The 81 man. bui II
wasn't 30 fault o mine. Then il
seemed ike bis shudlu or put the
cards right IN ms hands Il sure
proved she was The girl an nov she
was left plum alone. Il didn't look Is
awful hard job Tor me 70 slime up an
marry her before euyhody elise got
wise Say, ! had 20 an figured out when
you an Dan Mccarthy horned IN on
that fool stunt of yours. an knocked
my game galey-west Then cotioued
onto thar job with you didn't aim
10 stay out there punchin steers. but
just thought I'd see how thHgsurued
out sorter figured Il this way-the
girl she didn't care nothn for you
she just married yer ter get our er
there an hav some place ter live; an
maybe, ont there 90 the Cottonwood
could make love to her an some day
we'd skip out together That's as far
rs went at furst an goin' out over
hem prairies, J got il into my head
that she didn't have no objection 20 a
little filtration ! was feelin quite
foxy about II when We got TO the
ranch"
The lashes dropped low over Olga's
ayes. and her checks burned
'Then J reckon the devil must er
ook charge o. the game, fer the min.
ne was left alone out there ] run
INTO a bunch o Indian catt!e thieves.
knew two Of EN- for they were out
g The Hole here an al az onct Il :
struck me ! might just as wen have ,
DE Job over with. ! took IL size didn't ,
are about you. an thar o little strong
.rm stuff would pau out all right II ,
works with most women. ! didn't :
iase no notion then Of humping YOU
"a, Shelby. but the buck who TOOK that !
ob craeked you good an hard Well !
hat makes the whole story don't ~ +,
He shui his eyes his head falling I
.ack in complete exhaustion only his
zhored breathing proved that Mack s
in sin lived Olga heid bin motion \
~ 10 Der lap bending over and soft
: smoothing back bis hair With one 4
ard shelby iefi them there. creep 4
~ oui through the entrance onto the
0cs platform without n
Il had ceased showing. but enough C
90 fallen 90 cover the blur wifb O
.hfe mantle. ohliferufing the tran. 4
10 leaving The valley below covered
-hs sky arched over az duh and gray. 4,
.heihy hung out over the ledge. :
.afchfuny studying the yieW Out "a
pread heneaIh Il vas q pesceful !,
rene enough. with scsrceiy q moving :
CURE visible. He could hardly real- !,
e that this ~as the haunt q GUT