The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1922-07-28

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reference 10 The pretty yoaug wta
whom Joe BosiDek had married d
winnipeg the year besuw. Io~s ers
marriage had been aaaappy; IL ksI
been long age, and wiltca ka~w ther'
had been . sspsrstIoa. thsugh jcs
was always rssireni akoa, that.
Kitty was eve and thirty year
younger than Joe. and she had Inter
ysned into fas Friendship u nor,
than q dscads between Joe and VII
t0n- II aiads difference as I, Away,
does. though Joe had ssorn II shoais
not, and Kitty thought tie world o.
| Wilton.
Wilton could nsrsr understand hi
secret Feeling shoHt Kitty She was
devoted 10 Joe. Perhaps that VISA
! what lay bsBeath his latcnt ahtage
nisin toward her lie vas Jealous 81
her lilo was Jealous u q woaiAa
love tVr Joe.
Il guess Eot Z" SAID joe Bostock
a1nins pTvs~irg hts hsad hard dews
90 Wiltons shoulder
And, In ,hsi instant. wilioa heard
the crack Of rife. and felt q vtalesi,
blow on the upper part 81 the left arta,
which knocked him 10 the gr0and "a
he. felt leg, eqs,9es pitched forward 'o
upon him
Twice Joe's iips auIver~d. ~ II be
was tryins TO speak Then the lower
jaw dronpsd and the eses rpiisd Up
ward, A srayiah paIios. ervpt Oyer t b.
face.
Wilton saw tha, Jo~'s macklnaw had
a tiny tear IN Il. over the breast A
trickls Of blood seepsd through the
cloth, lie wrenched the garment opss
Nth his RICH, hand, pulled up the
sweater. aud tore the shirt apart. The
heart hu,,sring Ike wounded bird.
stopped under bis hand. Joe sighed
once. but he never stirred agaln The
bullet had passed clean through Joe
Bo.toek's hear, from the bacs- Ard,
as he tried TO ry'ss loes body. Wilton
realized that the saiHe ballet had
hrcken his LETT arm. Which hung limp
FROM the shoulder
He sprsHs 20 MS feet. a mad
wrath giving back 10 him BITS "hh,ug
strength lie gared about hlm bH
II Was impossible 10 ascertain from
where the she, had come, iis could
not eyeh locate the dlrrctinu within
a hundred degrees, Tor Joe had been IN
the act of turning Nobody was Ia
sight. aud the woods were silent
HIS believing call Of fury that wen,
echo!ug through the trees elected no
answer. He tore strips FROM hts hand
keryhict. holding Il between his teeth.
and, With bis left hand ON his kne~,
knotted them about stick aud I'M
provised q iourn,quct The blood Was
squirting down his sleeve 10 Jets. the
iAtfA " wv thttNA}Ffs Nbf+ - y fN fhN 49,
slble "a take OF The macklnsw ard
hope 70 replace his arms IN "a but
be twisted With Rll hts force untg The
diminishing Cow showed that he had
compressed the artery Ihrus;ing 'he
longer end ~ re stick b~Henth his
artupli, ~ passed ne other thrcIsh
The bu,tcnho'e ~ the garment. and,
stcoplug. managed 10 grt jUes hody
upou bis sheuidsr snd TO he'd Il with
his rirht arm.
His Impulse WAS 70 carry IoV's body
hack 70 the camp, ~, he knew tina; II
would he impossible 10 make she dis
tance i-, 10 leave t, would moan
the certainty n mu,ilaticn by hvars
or ,tu,hcr.wcivws rrtr~s h~ ~ctfs,l
6ulld cairn " stones Ana III thar
he vas equally Incapable. He So,
Jocs holy tu~n. and, in the fr-t FOL
realization ~ hts loss and bis prN,ilcs
,nep, he shouted curses 20 the say.
That mar,lev had been intcnfed 70
ard no; believe % togh; the tAot had
he#-a h#llet Cred at sntur uearv'
msrA. perhaps . hare. and ~ one q,
the bali hrssafs He suspected this.
the transit bearer. following them w
bad hr~t the shot. and. ~e<sng the IN
,all'y, had eet,
hut the ,honght that this Nigh, ,.
the vxpianatten MAS only eectist
ene Joe ~ss dead, and his body mag
ee carved ter. 'Sv ~ II be were alive
taken hack to the amp sni thenNs
gu, ~ the weeds There was ne r~s.
sist.ty u leaving lee's hc6y ,h~rs
Yet i, sser'ei - him thsf ~ cpsrd
not hope 20 roach the cana AL
now another idea s~ms to him.
II wss seven rlles hack 10 me carp
hut crNy eve 10 the portage over t~
fr~sen sesma rpon the other stss
e the portage VAS tran tAs. csr~
oct ~ me prairie southwark nv.
wcnat Into the unsnown nn-A.
AlorS this .nsfisns hrragh, their via
ter tS,s'aes 10 the trsd.as s,err "
M.DonsH 'se factor II the Haa&os.
BAY ccrarary.
Travelling sss hard slCag re she.
NJ the sSSst Masseg. Aat il WYE
aseaH '@o mites ~ss ard II wss 'sS'
possible ~ sake he s.pre. NJ rNes
s'd esJs sa~rr 'sci'crrN s~'sasf zee
yercme8s Ne1 Han. srt Fad s.fre~-9 .
>f~1S a5s},es - Wl fon ~ ~ es.s
s'n1 o. ,he,- lsr ne~ftng Yer ".
ih,ea'd $40 shelter hr su+ fwe~lte
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