The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-02-18
CHAPTER xII-contInued.

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rusty nat.
ibid your grandpa send you?"
"Uh-huhl l brung gu a letter
Gran'pa tends T. tn post office now
The OIL postmaster had a stroke night
b'fore last, an hain't knowed nothin
since. So gran'pa tends TO IT,"
He unbuttoned the bosom Of his
waist, drew out a letter and handed II
over.
Air you Box 23T
"I-yes-I guess So" was the
startled answer as she took the letter.
"Huhl That's a funny name-fer a
girl"
But she was too busy with the let
ter to notice the remark. 1t was adj
dressed In a very bold and legible
hand: Box %, Buckeye, Ind. The
postinark she could not be sure Of. II
appeared TO be vincennes, but some of
the letters were too dull to read with
certainty.
as that your r'volver?'
There was not much chance to read
Jefferson do anything else-with a
youngster like that in the house.
Eyes. Have they found that man
that escaped from jail last night?"
"'Nawl An l hope they don't. /
met that timber buyin' Teller on the
way down here" He came near the
girls chair. II they's anybody / hate.
it's him. Gran'pa says"-he Ieant
nearer. and spoke Iow-'he kills peo-
plel Gee but l wus skeered when I
saw him a-comin' down tn roadl He
wus awful mad. al a-swearin' to his
self. He slashed at me with a switch.
But | ducked, an cut dirt, an Skinned
over tn fence. When | looked back
he was a-goin' on toward town. an |
streaked it through tn woods lickety-
split
The very information she had been
about TO venture forth into the woods !
to acquire.
"How is your grandma today?"
"Oh, she's well ag'in. She cooks
lots OF things now. She fried me
some screw-cakes yisterd'y."
He was gone-'1ickety-split."
The girl closed the door, laughing
softly, and turned toward the curtains.
The Pearlhunter was just coming
through them. ut couldn't have
turned out better" he said. "The |
dark, one stroke more. and things will
take a turn"
"That strokel" She was very
thoughtful, her eyes searching the side
his face toward her. "You speak
Of it lightly but so you spoke of that
dreadful fight with the mob"
He sat still a long time.
81 don't know why / shouldn't tell
he said at last. 1.-THE only rea-
son | didn't was TO save you the
thought of it. But a girl like you'd
ask no better backin' in a tight place"
Her face lighted.
"Then why not take me with your"
He started, turned his slow eyes
toward her. A moment he studied
her. and then shook his head.
"Non-the word seemed final. ut
won't do for a girl-a lady-to hear
what viii have TO be heard tonight;
md see what will have to be SEEN"
Her eyes dropped so did his. They
10Th met at the same focus-the letter
!. her hand. She passed it TO him. He
urned it over and over. looked at the
Iddress, the postscript, and handed it
Jack.
81 never got a letter in my life" he
aid, NOR wrote one"
Neither did l." She turned the let
err over and over. studying it. BOX
she unused. "It's for Daddy He
ouldn't read it. eTen if he were here.
10 YOU think | should open it?"
Eyes, l think you should" he adj
Used.
She tore open the end of the envel-
be and drew out a folded sheet of
gal cap. AS she unfolded it. a bill
a greenback- fell u upon her lap.
he pounced upon it.
Fifty dollarsl Why-why-w
The letter VIII tell" he said, lean
eagerly toward her.
She unfolded the stiff sheet. the in
side of IL covered with the letter, }
ritten in a clear, readable hand: '
"VIncennes, Ind. June 10, 1874. [
Iy Dear Colonel: s
Enclosed | am sending the usual I
onthly remittance. as per your order
hen you left. |
haven't you answered any of
y letters? j have sent the remit /
nee regularly but have not heard a |
ord from you for nearly seven years.
, / have repeatedly told you. your
tate has incress.d till l hardly know
TO Invest Il further. If l don't !
ar from you l shall have TO come
to Buckeye for a consultation.
THE little girl-little Hesper Dawn
be quite a woman now. AS I OF
We written you. her grandfather. old dy
,dfrey Dawn, died last year. He re- Fl
nted In his last hours and left her &C
heir to his fortune, which. as you ba
ow, Is even more considerable than
ur on I. The estate is In my hands as
ady TO convey to her. The legal & ov
a woman IN this state is eighteen. an
old Godfrey has not misinformed oil
.ha uill he twenty thq fWanfiafh IN