The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-02-23
CHAPTER xiH.-Continued.

/ passed through the cabin to the
eut-kitchen and while I was kindling
a fire In the stove | saw Daddy with
an armful Of hay and a peck measure
of oats, totting the little horse down
the path back to the cabin to disap-
pear with 1t in the direction of the
2 gulch where the abandoned Little
Jeanne claim lay. l had the coffee
made and the bacon fried by the time
he got back, and after we had eaten
he hlassemed out in an entirely new
role-that of commander in chief.
This is movin' day. Stannie." he
announced briefly. "If you'll dig up
all he chuck and canned stuff YOU
a find and tote it over to the shaft
house, I'll fetch the blankets and the
cookin' tins"
obeyed blindly. and entirely with
out prejudice TO a lively curiosity as
to what this new move might mean.
While | was emptying the kitchen and
pantry the Die man unearthed another
@ rifle from the closet under the loft lad
der, and with it a box of ammunition:
aud ! observed that this second gun,
like the one he had carried on our
y pilgrimage OF the night. looked as If
1t had been freshly oiled and rubbed
ND every day since it had left the fac
tory.
have a lot of talking to do
presently" l warned him. "You seem
10 forget that you haven't yet told me
what's biting YOU"
Maybe there amt nothtn' bitin' me ;
maybe I'm just gettin' sort O old and
skeery. But it's this-away, Stannie,
son: Ever since your gran'paw gave
me this here watchin' job, and since I
heard tell how them Cripple Creek
sfiort-card artists socked it to him ON
this Cinnahar. deal, / been Iookin' for
Trouble. hain't been easy about them
Cripple Greek holdups nary a day
since your gran'paw told me to t
here and hold the fort for him."
You thought perhaps the original
owners might try to grab the property
by forcea' =
Daddy looked up at me from unde,
his bushy eyebrows.
Pears to me like you've got .
mighty short memory. some way. Sfan
ME. Have you done forgot that bunch
n huskies We saw campin' out In Ante
lope gllch as we come along by Their,
at daybreak this mornin'? / didn't lik,
the looks o. that camp. much at TN,
time liz 1 liked 1t a whole lot les.
after W. got here and found Charlie,
Fullerton sllnnfn' himself on the door
step Made me sort o. perk up m,
ears y $@@T
But, see here. Daddy" / thrust In
IL he's got my deed. or has destroyed
II, why
Why. he has as good a right to th,
(sinIiahar as the next one that come,
AIong. Is what you're goin' TO say.
amt dispntfn you for u minute. Blu
afore he can have II. he's got TO tax,
II. iaain't he7 And we've got two Nigh
ty good lit pieces Of artillery that say,
he's goin' to have one joyful old tim,
a-takin, n; that n. IL you're OF til,
slfna mind that I nm. =
hi love I wanted To put my arm,
around the Old spartan and hug him
~ I've said. there were TEN Dir d tdozei
man Mi that bunch we'd . III Til,
snlcls md he Has ealrnIy proposing /,
md mn % them, IN confidently I'D /
q were a1l ~ the days WORK.
II mt you IA Daddy said. .sa1at
: fhere's fgilt eonIng 10 rs. youl
nlllnd II mine. Wen i've them the NJ
fhauahf TIN two o~Id-fashiofed gum
~ IenaaIes plstol promised 4 poo
kor M efecftse defense bul
Htksin prOcesded II show ~
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