The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-02-10

case 7 were foolish enough to lose my
temper" - .u,sS
IT know" she nodded. sHe Ri''su
a man once; 1t was when ! was :
little gIri and we were living 10 cl,p.
ple Creek. He was acquitted on lne
nlea 81 self-defense. SO 4 didn't dare
saw anything to You or to Daaus,
what I did was to steal your ussn
myself. when had chance. Dauus
has some blank forms just Ike II and
I sat up one night in my room anu
made copy. II wasn't q very goou
copy--your grandfather's handwriting
was awfuIIy hard to initiate. BESIDES,
I didn't have any notarial seal. Put
| thought 1t might do for-for some
thing to be stolen. Then ! hid me
real deed and put the copy back IN
the envelope In your pocket.
aAnd Fullerton finally stole u, JUST
as Won thought he would" put ID.
"He did. You are dreadfully care
less with your things; you are all
ways leaving your cont around, Just
where you happen to take IL on I
knew then that the next thing to De
done was to get your deed recorded
quickly. Hehe was urging me every
day to run away with him. and ! was
afraid TO tell him how much despised
him; afraid he'd take 1t out on you
and Daddy. So / just let him 90 on
and talk and believe what he pleased;
OF course, he wanted to ride with me
the morning we went away. but after
we got down the road a piece, ! made
an excuse to go on ahead by another
trail"
"That much of what he told your
father and me-when we were having
the scrap--was true. He said you
went on ahead"
II didn't go to AtrOpia, as he ex-
pected me to- she continued calmly.
Il took the old Haversack trail across
the mountain to Greaser siding !
knew that the Copah train would stop
there ON the side-track When | got
as far as the Hayersaek / thought /
heard somebody following me. | was
scared and didn't know what to do. |
was afraid my copying of the deed had
been discovered and that the original
would be taken away from me, so
hurried to hide the real deed. The
oId, Ha I,a,,co III t,,yyaI s,on,,,ol -, ~ q
good place, but while / was in there
Barney began to bark, and / locked
out and saw that the noise / had heard
had been made by stray COW from
one of the foothill ranches. So / re-
mounted and rode on to catch the
train to Copah. AT Greaser siding I
tried to make Barney lead the pony
home, and Barney tried his best to do
It. But Wrinkle wanted to Craze, and
! had to go off and leave them when
the train came That's all, | think !:
except that I had to wait two days at
my cousins In Copah before / could
get the deed back from the record
er's office. They were awfully slow
about It."
1t isn't quite all,' / amended. "You
haven't told me how you happened TO
come back with Beasley and his
posse"
That was just a coincidence. /
reached Atropia on tie early morning
train and met Mr.. BeasIey and his
men just as they were starting m the
mountain. Cousin Buddy Fuller had
told me how he had telegraphed 70
Angels for Mr.. Beasley, and / was
scared to death, of course, because I
knew what it meant. So I borrowad
the Haggertys' pony and came along
with the posse"
There was silence for littIa t,no /.
such silence as the GATHERING and
hammering of the carpenters and
sleam-ntters permitted. Then said !.
AND when you got here, the tirst
thing l did was to call YOU Mrs Rnl
ierton'. | don't blame Won for not ~
ing able to forgive me, Jeanne Girl !.
honeSIly, 1 don't"
1t was worse than a crime 81
a I'VE soiemnly; st was a bIupder
What made you do itw
Partly because | was teo,or,
1901; but mostly because | was sore
ana sorry and disappointed I thonobt
Bullerton had beaten me to II"
No" she said quite soberlv. go.
was Miss Randle who beat Won r. - -
! gasped. There were tremendons
possibilities in that cool answer -
hers; prodfgious possibilities -
But saF!' burst out. aa,d,. /,
tel you that Lisette had pushed mo
overheard long agop' inc
know. She was sensible en,,,.
20 see that you and she couIdn,t 10"
on nothing a year. But now that We
are rich, or are going to be ~,
sure you are not going to be less CO., -
erous than she was. What ,f sho =, !,
take your ring off in moment Of d p,
eouragement, and knowing that Won
couidnt buy her hats? Yon ON 'S ~
very sure she put 1t on again as go :"
as your back was turned" sym
There We We're; no sooner Owe, :,
hufule before another and hirbar
one must jump up. I 1,nano,s a Ae, !,
thrust my hands into my pockets anu
paper rustled and | drew II o,,t u