Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-10-13

"What Do You Mean? Out With III"
urgent now, not nsolent as usual.
Good Lord, man, don't you know
that if Bruce gets that down to the
settlements before the thirtieth of
next month we're lost-and nothing
in this world can save us? We can't
drive him off, like we drove the
Rosses. There's too much law down
in the valleys. If he's got that paper,
there's only one thing 10 do. Help
me saddle horse"
swat minute. l didn't say he had
it. / only said he knew where it was.
He's still an hour or two walk from
here, toward Little river, and II we
have to wait for him on the trail,
we've got plenty of time. And OF
course l amt quite sure he does know
where it is"
Simon smiled mirthlessly. THE
news is beginning to sound like the
rest of yours"
"Old Hudson is dead Dave went
on. "And don't look at mel didn't
do it. | wish l had, though, first off.
For once my judgment was better
than yours. The Killer got him."
Eyes. Go on"
81 was with him when it happened.
NV gun got jammed so l couldn't
shoot"
"Where is it nOwf"
Dave scrambled in vain for story
to explain the loss of his weapon to
Bruce. and the one that came out at
last didn't do him particular credit,
Il threw the d-n thing away
l. Wish I hadn't now, but it made me so
mad by jamming-it was fool trick.
Maybe / can go back after 1t and ma
it,"
Simon smiled again. Every good so
far" he commented.
Dave flushed Bruce was there,
too-fact is, creased the bear-and
the last minute before he died Hudson
told him where the agreement was
hidden. | couldn't hear all he said
| was too far away-but l heard
enough to think that he told Bruce
the hiding place"
And why didn't you get that infor-
nation away from Bruce with your
gum"
Didn't | tell you the thing was
iammed? If it hadn't of been for that,
I'd done something more than find out
where it is. I'd stopped this non
sense once and for all, and let hole
through that tenderfoot big enough to
see through. Then there'd never be
any more trouble. It's the thing to do
now"
Simon looked at his brothers face
with some wonder. More crafty and
cunning. Dave was like the coyote in
that he didn't yield SO quickly to fury
as that gray wolf his brother. But
when it did come it scared him. 1t
had come now. Simon couldn't mis-
rake the fact; he saw it plain in the
glowing eyes,. the clenched hands, thr
drawn lips. Dave was remembering
the pain of the blow Bruce had giYel
him and the smart OF the words t.lat
had preceded it.
~ Ou ana he IHuSl nave iint ' ii''i'
session down there by the creek,
Simon suggested slowly, when your
gun was jammed. OF course. he took
the gun. What's the use of trying to
lie to me?"
He did What could l doY'
"And now you want him potted-
from ambush"
whats the use of waiting? Who'd
know?" The two men stood face to
face in the quiet and deepening dusk
of the barn; and there was growing
determination on each face. Every
day our chance is less and less Dave
went on. with this land behind him,
he'd be in a position to pay old debts,
I'm telling you. We should have met
him on the trail and let the buzzards
talk to him."
"Yes," Simon echoed in strange
half-whisper. "Let the buzzards talk
to him."
Dave took fresh heart at the sound
Of that voice. mo one would have ever
knowed It," he went on. "No one
would ever know it now. They'd find
his bones, some time, maybe, but
there'd be no one to point to- They'd
CT I foil