The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-06-30
CHAPTER xi-contlnued.

$50. now he's dead he don't cut no
lce anymore"
but are you sure he's deadY
"Sure?" sneeringly. "a don't know
how / could be no surer. turned
the cuss over an he was cold then.
You don't need worry none about that.
Wait q minute till l see who the
guy was what tried 10 break In here
Shelby could hear Macklin cross the
boom, and jerk the blanket from off
the bodies. The fellow gave utterance
10 an oath of establishment at the
sight revealed.
MY God Did you ever see any
thing like that? Locked together like
two stays. Hi Sam was shot, but
ne got the white guy even after he
was dead. On me, II II amt Hank
Slagni Now. what does that mean ?
reckon Hanley sent the galoot In
here. That comes from spillin' things
when yer drunk. Say, you an l hive
got TO get out OF here. I'll tell you
enough Hanley's got his eyes on you,
an will double-cross me II he once
gifts a chance
"what is It you mean7 do not I'M
derstand."
Naturally yer don't, SEEM amt
told yer nothin'. But now that know
yer amt plnlng away over that Teller
Shelby, / reckon the sensible thing
fer me TO do is ter talk straight.
There's goin' ter be HI to pay In this
valley before long, and the sooner we
get out o. here the better. run across
q soldier bout half way ter Gerlasche,
an he give me a pointer that made me
wheel about an ride back"
''The Indian outbreak"
.Sure: the troops got In. an round
ed most OF the Sioux up. They had a
fight at Wounded Knee, over yonder,
an licked HI out Of the reds. Some
Of 'em got away though. an come
trailln' west-mOstly young ones,
reckon-an' now they're sendin' cav
airy out ter ride 'em down. That's
what he was after. a bunch TO come
scoutin' In through here"
"Here7 Wolves hole?"
"Mor'n likely; he didn't say nothin'
bout that But they're mighty liable
ter call. I'm fer gittin' out, while the
goin's-good. That's what come back
for-.to get you and skip"
"To-to get me?"
"Of course. I'll tell yer about II now.
an you'll go all right. / reckon you
never thought I run off with you
cause loved your"
"No-you-you loved me?"
"That's the way of II. l saw you
long before that funeral down TO Pom
ca; but this guy Shelby horned In
fore l was ready to act. You didn't
care nothln' for him. So / says to my
self, then, I'll have her; I'll take her
whether she wants me or not, Long
as she don't love I'm, I'll make her
love me see? Course didn't aim to
do no killing; that was just an acct
dent like, an I didn't do II nohow. 1t
was Sam here who got gay, and beaned
Shelby"
But what would you do with me, If
III he had been alIve3"
"There amt no use discussin' that,
fer he amt alive. It's what / want
ter do now that counts. Maybe had
Q plan then, an maybe l didn't. But
Row / got IL all planned up proper.
I'm goin' ter marry you. An that
goes whether yer're willln' or not.
amt even askin' you"
The expression OF her face must
have brought the fellow realization
that perhaps he was going altogether
too fast. fos he broke In with an e1-
PLANTATION.
"See here now, don't get huffY.
amt no Western rough-neck for you
10 be ashamed Of belong down East
In oil Virginia, an we got money to
burn. That's straight goods. My real
name amt Macklin at all It's Church
Ill. mean business an just as soon
as Indian Joe gets down here with
some horses, we're a goln' ter start"
"For wherer her voice trembling
In spite Of every effort at self-control.
ITO Gerlasche first. there's
preacher there. an then on to Gods
country just as fast as the train will
take us. That's my program, an let
me tell you, I'll be d-n glad ter git
away from Injuns, Mexs, an the rest
o. this rotten outfit No. you walt !;
that will be Indian Joe comm now"
The door between the two rooms
mad closed partially, yielding doubt
less to some faint draught Of air, so
that AShelby ventured TO survey the
scene, through the narrow crack near
the hinges. Matters were becoming so
complicated he was at his wits end.
He had delayed too long. and. per-
haps Il had been a mistake 10 advise
the girl TO thus appear friendly 10 this
brute. Now, instead of being con
fronted by the Kid alone, he must also
face Laud. II he would prevent her
being carried away the second time.
The Situation had become desperate.