The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-10-13

convincing sequence u circumstance
fine theft Of the mai. WFS, the false
account Of Harry's deNh the failure
OF his letters 10 reach their destina'
ton. and the fact that BIN had &C
cepted money from Davis In time 81
need. A strong suspicion Of foul play
grew upon him and he began to con
slider what he could do In the natter
Having forded a creek he caught
the glow Of a light In the darkness
A little way up the road. II was the
lighted window Of cabin. before
whose door he stopped his horse ana
hallOOed;
II am a belated and hungry tray'
ON my way to CnicagO," he So '
the man who presently greet ~
from the open doorway.
"IIaye you come through Honey
Creek settlement" the latter asked.
LEFT there about an hour ago"
"Sorry. mister but cant let you
come into the house. II you'll move OH
few feet I'll lay some grub on the
cho,,Uin' block an up the road about
haSsmile you'll find a barn with
some NY In II, where you and your
horse C'n spend the night under
co,sT."
Sumsvs. moved away aud soot the
man brought package Of food ana
laid II on the block and ran Jack to
the door.
"Tll lay piece Of silver on the
block" Samson called.
"N0t darned cent" the man an
swcred. 81 hate like p'lson 90 turn a
Teller away In the night, but we're
awful skeered here with children in
the house. Good.by. You CAM miss
the barn. It's close ag'in' the road"
Samson ate his luncheon In tn dark
ness, MS he rode. and presently camv
upon the barn and unsaddlei anC
hltched and fed his horse In one en'
Of 1.-THE beast having drunk HIS III
mt the creek they had lately for1ed--
and lay down to rest for the night,
with the saddle blanket beneath him
and his coat for cover. A wind
from the north began to wall and
whistle through the cracks in the barn
and over Its roof, bringing cold wealth.
or. Samson's feet and legs had been
wet In the crossing, so that he found
II difficult to keep warm. He crept
to the side Of his horse, which had
laid down, and found n degree Of com
fort I'm the heat of the animal. But
II was bad night, at best.
1--WE had many a long. hard night
but this Is the worst of Them" Sam.
son thought.
There's many a bad night In the
history Of the pioneers, its shadows
falling on lonely, Unmarked roads,
cut by rivers, creeks and marshes and
strung through unnumbered miles of
wild country. Samson was up and
on az daylight In a bitter wind and
six inches Of snow. II was kind OF
work he would not have undertaken
upon any call less commanding than
that OF friendship.
lie reached Chicago at noon, having
had nothing to eat that day. There
was no such eager, noisy crowd In the
streets as he had seen before. The
fever of speculation had passed. But
there were many people on the main
thoroughfares, among whom were
who had arrived the
autumn before. They were charging
but the marks of the yoke were still
upon them. In Chicago were the
vitals of the West and they were very
much alive in spite Of the panic.
Samson bought some new clothes
and had bath and good dinner at
the City hotel. Then he went to the
office of Mr.. Lionel Davis. There to
his surprise he met his old acquaint.
nnce, ELI Fredenberg, who greeted
him with great warmth and told of
having settled In Chicago.
A well-dressed young man came out
Of an inner Office.
I'D like 10 see Mr.. Davis" sale
Samson. Tell him that I've got some
money that belongs to him and that
I'm ready TO deliver IT,"
CTo BE CoNTINUED.)