Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-10-22

not hurt. lie only prickrd me WITH
hs knife. In rot hurt. | tell voI
b Co AFTER him rake YOUR pistol spd
follow him aud MI him
oh. she cried hVsiericsiN
twisting and sohbing In his arms
don lose time hers with me, Don /,
stand herr While hes running AWAY
with dds money! And, ''Uh--oh--
oh'"' she sobbed. collHpsing 10 his
arms aud ciineing TO him conyui.
s.veiy as he carried her 10 her tum
lled bed aud laid her there
Dads money Was under my pil.
low, she walled. "l.everett tried To
make me tell where u was
wouldn't, and he hurt me"
How
HE pricked me with his knife
When ! screamed for you he tried
Ia choke ms with the pillow D,an,
YOU hear me crcam?'
Yes | came oH the jump"
II was too late" size sohbed
too late, lie saw the none,
PACKET under my pillow and lie
snatched IL and ran. somehow 4
found your rifle aud fired. FIRED
twice"
Her ONLY bullet had torn his cam.
paign hat from his head Bui he
did not tell her.
Let me see your neck" he sa.H.
bending closer
She hared her throat. making
soft vague complaint like hort
bird--lay there whimp,rng under
her breath While he bathei the blood
away with lint. sterihNrt the iva
cuts from his emergency packet. snd
bound them.
lie was stu bending low over her
when her blue eyes Enclosed on MS
That IS the second time We tried
10 Kill YOU, she whispered n
thought Il was Iever.tt. I'd
have died II had Killed ,ol"
There was silence
Lie very STILL" he said huslllv.
I'm be lack In a moment to re.
NNhN AFtA anu Atsa Nt NuA
comfortable for the night"
Il can't sleep" she repeated
desolately. Dad trusted his moaey
10 the and I've let l.evereit rob ms.
How can ! sleep
IN bring you something 10 make
YOU sleep"
Il can't
Il promise you you will sleep. Lie
still"
lie rose. went away downstairs
and out 10 the barn. where hts cam.
paign hat lay in the weeds. drilled
through by IA bullet.
There was something else lylns
there In the weeds nat. muddy.
shoeless shape spraying sTo,c.aus.
~ In the foggy starlight
One hand clutched a hunting
knife: the other packet.
StorDon; drew the packet from
the sim fingers. then turned the
body over and. flashing hir electric
torch, examined the ratty vimge--
what remained Of it---for his pistol
bullet had crashed through from ear
10 cheek bone. almost obnterating
the trap'robber's features.
S,ormont came slowly into Ewes
room and laid the packet on the
sheet beside her.
Now" he said. "there IL no rea.
son for you TO lac awake any longsr.
IN tx you up for the night"
Deity he untandaged, bathed.
dressed, and rebandaged her slim
white feet--little wounded feet so
lovely. 50 exquisite that his hand
treInbled A. he touched them.
How did YOU get hack dads
money!" she asked Ia an odd, eno.
,ionlcss way AS though too weary
Tor further surprises.
"f'li tell YOU In the morn,ne.-
did you kin him? l didn't hear
your pistol"
"Tll tell you all about u In the
morning. Good night. Eve"
A. he bent over her. she looked
up into his eyes and put both arms
around his neck.
II was her frat kiss gfven % any
man. except Mike clinch.
After Stormont had gene out ana
closed the door. she hay very sin
for a long while.
Then, instinctiveiy. she Touched
her lips with her fingers: and.
at the contact, a blush clothed her
from brow to ankle.
The Flaming Jewel In lis morocco
c~skst under her pillow burned with
no purer IRE than the enchanted
name glowing In the virgin Hsart Of
Eve Strayer OF clinch's Dump.
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