Gunnison news-champion., 1921-03-18

H. one thought was Macklin love had
so1quered hate. and the desire FOR
r,Eenge- There was q chance Of sue
e-ss for her mission The debris hs-;
o.; been searched over; Il could not
have been. for the FIRE still snoldered.
but the moment the Indians were able
70 overhaul the wreck they would
t--1Jyer that their victims had In
some way. escaped There would be
40 chArrrd bones. no sinsed resh, TO
,r % deat bodies consumed In the
flames: they would not even hnd
MacElln's remains And Laud was no
foil The truth. IN some form. would
come 10 him At once: be would know
they had got safely away: nor would
be ever stop until b. again found
then- And be would suspect her;
rrrhaps had seen her face when she
nrpd that fatal shot Her only chance
lay now, before this reyealment came.
She was cool. rcsourcefui. had
shrgwdly thought out every step. II
she was still gnsaspected 20 one
uuuld stop her. She had always been
free to leave the valley. Often she
bad taken early rides and none OF the
ordinary guards would consider her
going forth Is al all sjrsngs OF
course. the Hole was filed now with
strung. ugitiyes-lndlans hiding from
the soldiers. suspicious Of every white
face. These might cause trouble. but
she must take that chance. Their. was
rut one way 10 save Msckliu's life
he doctor AZ Geriasche. Shelby had
old her so. and uorhiug else remained
a1ed In her mind Mother Of God. she
TouId save him
There were three horses In the little
stable shRck back OF the cabin. She
~rspi cautiously up through the fog.
unable TO see In the gloom, but 10
-nting the animals by touch. one
was still moist from riding. i.auds
p0ny. no doubt The next was her
own. having scarcely stamina for such
e trip. but the third was the bay
Juan had always been so proud OF
She led the animal out, saddled and
6ridIed him In the darkness. and then.
mounting IN the gray dawn. with
prayer In her heart for help and
guidance she rode slowly out into
the trail FIRE burned 10 front Of
the little house beside the fails,
mere flicker Of half.burned logs. with
TWO men lowering over It, One Of
them started up. at sound Of the
aorse's hoofs and gripped rifle. He
Rus white. Tapping hat brim shadow
inc his face: the other, an Indian.
wrapped In blanket. merely lifted
als head. md stared moodily. Her
ncart gave a sharp bound. but she
'elued up carelessly. as the fellow
stepped into the trail. He pecred
'uriously into her face.
H young woman. you're ou' d-d
early. amt your What's upT"
There vas uorhlng vicious In his
greeting. and her heart quI, Its pound
Ing
I'm after o doctor, Sam she said
swiftly. believing holdness the best
card 10 play My hro'her has been
Shot"
-Sure heard that, only they roid
me he was dead; he ain'r hey Had
-umpus with inJun Joe. fidn'i hep
Yes, I just heard about II. Rr
rIusI have The doctor righi sway
"whe-e the hi you aim to find
sneT'
Over at Gerlasehe. There Is an
army surgeon there.
Sure. but I'm bettin' the cuss won't
come, less he brings the whole army
long with him. He'd have ter mosey
In yere blindfold II he did
~Jnst the same hee1i come. II | find
heem," she said grImly. for ri bring
heem, dead or alive. Who's out there
on the trailT
Red Haines. an Stumpy, long
with a couple OF Sioux. The boys are
bit jumpy Just now with all them
sojers scoutin' the Bad Lands Maybe
they'll try ter stop yer. bst yer tell
'em ! said It was all right. Say. what
was goin' on last nlght-shootin. ter
beat hi up the canyon. an there
was quite a fire. too7"
Row over the girl Macsiin brought
In, she explained calmly. "an' the
old cabin got burped."
"Some more O. Injun Joe's cussed-
uess. l reckon1"
"Yes, he was In It; well. Adios Sam"
She rode forward, never even ven
turing to glance back. Thus far ev-
erything had gone easier than she
could have hoped There were no or
ders out against her. and these night
guards were not even aware Of what
had taken place. She guided her
horse under the veil Of falling water.
and up the steep bank beyond. out
into the valley Of the Cottonwood.
There was little danger Of meeting
anyone now, she needed to avoid. and
once beyond those watchers At the
head of the trail. the way would be
open. She came upon these just be-
low the crest. grouped for shelter
under the ledge Of an outcroppine