Gunnison news-champion., 1921-02-04

not speak loud"
-Paneha, you'll You would talk with
me. them
Il must know some things, seuor;
must be sure she said fiercely. You
I tell me tonight the truth, senior; you
not llc 10 me
Not a single word" he assured her
eagerly his heart beginning 10 beat
4 with new hope. his face advanced IN
I IN only the bars divided them. i
trusted you"
You are senior shelbyT"
Yes"
And she, this woman. is your
wifeT"
Yes"
-She IS pretty woman. yerrH pretty;
7 yUu not married longT'
"Nc. only n few days; We had just
come To the ranch when she was tax
[ en away"
but. senor, why she go away II she
. be just married Ike you say: Why
she leave you. an run off with Senor
Mackliul She love heem better than
. your
Love him. She did not run of. He
stole her he and four Indians, after
leaving me for dead"
"He not tell eet 10 me like that; he
say she want Ia marry heem. an not
YOU. That he took her TO save her from
YOU; that she would not let heem
leave her. Then you fight, an so ge'
Eeelcd.'
shelby lnughed softly.
$50 that was Macklin's story, was
Il? Well, II Is not exactly trne,
aIu't saying she's In love with me. or
nothln' like that. hut she sure don't
banker none after that chap. I'll tell
yer why he took her-cause she's got
bunch o money comm her way down
east that Macklin would Ike to get
his hands on"
'He marry hers''
That's his game, no doubt, II II
works. II not he'll evolve some other.
don't think be gives n cuss how It's
done so he gets it--he and his pre-
cious father"
She stared ut him with lips
nartsd.
"M.yl,. | see It more clear now"
she exclaimed "He not love her
then: he just want her money. hahl
] care not how he get that, If he not
get her. You take her away, Senor
Shelby. where he never see her
againr'
''Of course"
"An' you keep her married to YOUR
"fll do the best ! can. What do
you mean. Pancha7 Can you get US
out OF here!"
ISL senor; know theIway that 9TH
ers do not. / get you out, but" pas
sionately, "eet Is not to save you. I
belong here-see; with Juan. my
brother. ] am born outlaw. yet she
must go! That resolve. II she stay
here I keel her. But tits easier way
to have her married to you, an safe"
you love MncklinT'
"Si, senor." proudly, "why not7 He
say he love me: yet she come. Madre
de Diosi ! hate herl She take my
love! She! Eet shall not be. You
swear, senor. that she go with you, an
Z never come back any more?"
Yes. Pancha. l swear that. Once
we are away she shall never come
back" he answered soberly. Impressed
by the violence of her passion. "yet
how is that to be doner
She glanced apprehensively behind,
still clinging tightly to her perch. low
ering her voice again into its former
cautious whisper.
Listen. senior; tell you. Eet is
late now. for / wait before l come. an
think eet all ont. so I know what to
say. Indian Joe, he bad man, vera
bad man. an much afraid. But now
he sleep In there: creep past while
he breathe. an not wake heem. IT'S
because he drank. Juan, my brother.
4 30 up to the cove TO fnd Senor Han
leg. an he not be back teel morning.
Tonight eet must be done. an 10 they
will not know helped. Is eet soY'
-Yea; understand; yer have op-
portunity tonight: but must get away
so no one shall suspect yer had any
hand in IL"
That is eet," eagerly. Indian Joe,
be keel me II he found out; maybe
my brother. too. see heem keel men.
quick. like that. Then he laugh. So
think: he look IN here. but not to
search, % he not sure what might be.
Peshaps there was knife under the
bed. he dropped somewhere what you
fsund-ssef Maybe you had eet hid
b your bcoe-how he know thatr
.Yea. but haven't P.ncha..
10 fhow: but I'breeng oos-ses,s
and - pressed ne handle into HI
hanl. How he know how you NJ
estf Ese p stroos. sAasp. = you cut
theee bars. an when morning come