The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-02-12

You lie down. and be still. HERE tune
drink Of this
The fellow did as he was Ordere'i,
his hands shaking so that Shelby hnu
TO hold the bottle to his lips. Even as
he drank greediIy. his eyes never ne
serted the Others face; until the slri'
creeping silently up behind. came also
! into his range of vision. Her presence
seemed to give him sense OF realty
! "Say. this is too much for me, ne
said huskily. but lying back quiet. the
| two of yer here. Just what's happeheu
/ envhow? Ii was Pamela, wasn't H.
who hauled me out o that cabin. wen
where's Pancha? an what the HI Is
this place I'm in?''
Let me tell him. Tom" broke IL vi
ga. pressing forward, and lifting ms
head into her lap. He will believe me-
and he is afraid of you yet. You can
hear whatsI say, Mr.. MacklinF
He nodded, gasping, his eyes on her
| face.
"Then listen closely. 1t will only
take moment to explain. You were
shot"
''Yes. yes" he suffered, 81 know;
she did It,"
"Oh. Won saw. then, who fired. IL
was all a mistake, and she was SO
sorry. The bullet was meant for In
dian Joe Laud, but you stepped in the
, way"
; "Pancha tried to kill Laud?
! Yes: it was all on account of me,
} You-you carried me off because you
believed had the right to some mon
ey, didn't your
His eyes frightened, hut still with
: the dull glow of fever in them.
: Sure; you got it comm, TOO. bul
; what's that got to do with Joe Laud
!, He wasn't nOway hooked up on TINS
!. game%
2 "Oh. YES, he was. I'll explain al
/ that. You told something to a mar
;. named Matt Hanley once"
( ME! maybe | did, when we was
/; drunk tergether over at Gerlasche
: I'd Just found out bout it then. Bu
: he never remembered-Hanley didn't.
d Eyes. he did, and he kept watch OIL
h you ever since he and fellow. Sla
:, gin They were somewhere up the val
: lev the night you brought me in here
z and they knew what was up. The!
e followed meaning to get you put on
e of the way somehow, so they could &c
hold of me themselves. l guess the,
e didn't have brains enough to make II
don't know exactly what happened
It but after Slagin got killed"
d HI was that what that guy cam
l. to the cabin fOr?'
1--WE suppose so; at least that wa
)t what caused Hanley TO tell the stOr
to Indian Joe Laud. and get him
take a hand. They tried to get tn
1t Mexican. Pancha's brother, to hel
TO them, but something brought on
a quarrel. and Laud killed him. An II
y dian boy told Pamela, and she wei
t. crazy over you both. That was whi
r brought her to the cabin"
ut san that OF devil come there
lg get me. did he?"
IS. "Yes, but first he tried TO learn a
s. he could; things Hanley didn't knON
id so he could make the job worth Will
Then Pamela tried to shoot him, an
rs got you"
He struggled TO speak.
y. Say. lift me up a little more. That
is II: something seems TO fill up in n
re throat. You sure she didn't hear not
Mt in I said there-'bout leayin' her, a
ID. marryin' yOu?"
gh 81 know she didn't"
he Lord, I'm sure glad o. that. / sort
er thought that was what she plugged n
to for: that would be the Mex of |
no they're HI on that sort O. thing | VI
her. she's good scout. Why air
of she here? Where is she nOwf"
he "She has gone for doctor; we
down into the Hole TO get a horse
ny ride"
re where is she goin'7"
nix ''Gerlasche; there's AZ army 81
geOn there"
vs. ayes, / know" YEARLY, IAN whe
d; you got meT"
en- in a small cave part way up I
ks bluff"
re "Sure, Eagles cave. Pamela TO
lat me M we're Onct, an .hOwed II to II
An YOU two logged me all that ways
1t yes"
He struggled to force back the
ct, srructiOn in his throat.
by swell. what did you do that foI
he he asked almost savagely. "Tha
what | don't get through my nut.
amt done nuthin' to make either G
Of yer decent ter me. thought Shel
here was deader'n dOornail. an
reckon you know what | was aim
'er ter do with you. There amt no I
nee beatin' about the bush. So now, wha
uld yer do it for?'
md Shelby's hand reached ont a
nto touched that of his wife.
lSk well. Kid, I'll tell you" he s.
IeI- frankly. 1--WE did it for Pancha."
on Macklin grinned grirnly, expos
he mis- teeth.
ing II reckOned that was bout
Igh truth" he said recklessly. "But
felt tell yer one thing-Pancha's ne
goin' ter get hack before ! slide {
q | got what's comm TO me, an tn
amt no doc ever goin' ter hold
rm- back from goin'-that's straight,
sry- man."
Dn't Elm not so sure. Kid"