The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-12-16
TheGirla
Horse and
a Dog
By
FRANCIS LYNDE

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th6I-nt tie Two oid-fashioned guns
and Jeanie's pistol promised poor
chance for an effective defense: but
Daddy Hiram proceeded to show me
that we had at least one other re-
source. Ia the mine stores left behind
by the former operating company were
two boxes of sixty percent dynamite
with fuse and caps. and Daddy pointed
out that there were good possibilities
wrapped up in the greasy brown-paper
cartridges if the enemy should come
close enough to let US use them
II believe you had this all doped out
in advance Daddy. | said. when. he
had a neat little row of the cartridges
laid out on the floor. But surely you
Didn't expect TO hold out alone if those
sharks sent a crowd of jumpers in to
ruiz you eff?"
she and Jeanne. he said simply
We'd "a done our level best and the
alsFels couldn't do no more than that '
Here, unless the old man was sadly
mistaken in his daughter. was another
aia! wholly unsuspeefer side of the blue
etspd maiden displayed for me- ! tried
q imagine Lisette helping her father,
Or me. or any lone man, to defend a be
asuered mine against an armed at
tack 1t was SO funny that shouted
''DD you mean to say that Jeanne would
sinlt herself up in here and load the
guns for you against mob of mine
juihpers?"
lie looked up with prideful sparkle
in his mild blue eyes
You don't half know that little girl
81 mine. yet, Stannie. son, he said
earnestly And then: She's the only
boy ever had, you see: and sire hain't
had any mother since she can remem-
Der Maybe | hadn't ort to taught her
to ride hawsses and shoot, and them
things; but it seemed like had to-
'You haven't made her one iota less
womanly-or loyable'' | FASTENED to
say. Then blurted out the thing that
had been weighing on me ever since
sc had found Fullerton Ioafing on tie
doorstep: DO you suppose they could
lis there any way they could have
been married yesterday, Daddy?"
.'Ul-huh | reckon there WAS. They
might a gone ON down TO Angels.
There's justice o the peace down
there"
Ii still lacked a full hour of noon
when we got our preparations made
and were ready to stand a siege. Then
we waited, and waited some more; ami
after while | began TO grin. What
if we had stampeded ourselves need
Iessly? After all, the men we had seen
In the deep gulch might really have
been tramps. and not Fullerton army.
Would the mining engineer, unprinci-
pled as he doubtless was. go to the
length of trying TO dispossess us by
force? Tie more | thought of it. the
more unlikely it seemed.
81 guess maybe we we're scared OF
a shadow. after ALL Daddy" said
s1Bulierton has had time enough &c
bring up his army, If he has one.
III amt countin much on his backin
down" was the drawing rejoinder
I'VE see. | knew Charley Fullerton OF
old: keen KNOWN him ever since ht
first busted into the ninin' game
That was over in the Sagauche. He's
an aIl-'round cuss, but he's slayer. Be
sides. you roughed him up sort o hurt
full this mornin'. and he's got that tC
make him spitey Wen be hearin
from him as soon as he gets things
yalnked round into shape TO suit him.
Still, as time passed and nothing
happened. 1t looked less and less like
" that we were going to have TO figh
for our holding ground. / don't know