Licking Valley courier., 1922-01-19

| you were to Overtake her ut AtgDpla; !
| what them"
II didn't see her againp. he howled.
II don't know where she wentl"
I didn't believe much of What he
| was saying, and think Daddy Hiram
didn't, though we had proved ii true
up to the point where they had sepa-
| rated on the Atropia road. w0nld |
have gone on, making him talk some
| more, but the look that was creeping |
| into the old mans eyes made me let |
up. AS | read the look it meaat tkat |
Daddy couldn't stand it to see The |
third-degree stunt carried to lts finish,
so got up and pulled BukeElpn to
his feet. He was pretty badly wrecked. !
as l meant him 10 be; sin couldn't,
stralghten his neck, and stood as III
one leg were about half paralyzed, as
perhaps it was. w. u. tt,s,
This outfit is my property and
you've out-stayed your welcomew,. ]
snapped at him. "Cllmb your horse
and get off the mapw
He limped over to his horse and
gathered the rens and tried to put a
foot into the stirrup. When j saw
II that he couldn't do even that hiifh, i
grabbed him and heaved him into the
saddle; did this, and. gave the horse
slap to set him going. | guessI shall
always be able to recall the picture Of
that brown-bearded pirate riding
across tho Cinnabar dump head In tie
early morning sunshine screwing his
body In the saddle-because he
couldn't turn the stiff-necked .hea1 by
tself-to yell back at me with siz-
ding curses, "I'll get you-rlfgei sou
yet D-n your eyes--do you think
you can make a h1i&liag elpple Of
me and get away Win it? 'Fii,1.si ttiid
:. then breaking q o short aQis icFsng
the ribs of his nag aantlc8lly iir y. IRE.
speed when ! made as il were gong
: to run after him.
Throughout this bit OF beligereni
by-play, which hadn't used np' iR0re
than n few m'rut mn t0bf, Daddy
Hiram mad STOOD aside, Us D. nave said5
talsing The part of ne interested spec,
1ator. Now I've remafked+. You can.
lpet all your old clothes, son. ,hat ave
, hain't seen the last o Charley BulIer'
ton, not by long chalk. You Eicoliect
/ told you once he'd got man, down
in one o. the camps on the. Soguachef
Well, 1t was for heap less than what
YOU done to him few minutes ago.
But let's 60 eat" p,
" passed through the cabin TO the
. l 0ut-kitchen and while I was klndling
, q FIRE In the stove saw Daddy with
m srmful of hay and peck measure
: Of oats, tolling the little horse down
|, the path back to the cabin TO dlsap-
pear with 1t in the direction Of the
guich where the abandoned Little
!, Jeanie" claim lay. had the coffee
, made and the bacon fried by the time
|, he got back, and after we had eaten
!, he blOssOmed out In an entirely new
Iule--that of commander In chief. ~
This is moyin' day. Stannie," hi
announced briefly. "If you'll dig NJ
I all the chuck and canned stuff yOI
Q can fnd and tote 1t over to the shaft
house, I'll fetch the blankets and thu
cookin' tins"
I l obeyed biindly. and entirely with
. cut prejudice to lively curiosity a
3 10 what this new move might mean
= While was emptylng the kitchen ant
l. pantry the odd man unearthed anothe
y rifie from the closer under the loft lad
der. and with II box of ammunition
and observed that this second CUR
: like the one he had carried on on
pilgrimage OF the night, looked as
l. Il had been freshly oiled and rubbe
+ up every day since It had leftsthe faC
Z tory.
you'll, have lot OF talking to d
Z presently,"NI warned him. you seer
E 10 forget that you haYent.yet toldm
+ what's biting you"
Isl Maybe there mint nothln hitin' me
E maybe En- just rcttln SORT o. ola an
E skeery. But It's rhis.aeay Stanr'
f son: Ever since yoiu sranp,w gtt
me this here wutchm' ioh. Id Since
E heard tell how them Cripple Crel
E short-card artists soctcd Il 60. him q
h This Cinrabar denl. hcen loo'i0 q
s trouble. I hain't been easy ABOUT TIE
{ Cripple Creel; holdups nary da
L since your grun'paw told me 20 sio
here and hold tho fort for him"
II 'You Thought perhaps the origin
Il owners might try to grab the proper
- by force?"
IEl Daddy looked up at me from und
|E his bushy eyebrows.
Isl "pears to me like you've got
|E mighty short memory. seine way, Sta
|E nle. Have you done forgot that bun
|E o husldes we saw canpin' oui in Ant
lE iUpe gllch 'as we come along by the
lk at daybreak this mornin'Y ! didn't II
IL the locks o that camp much at {
II time; and liked It whole lot le
lE after we got here aud found Charl
III FULLERTON sunnin' hmlself ON Che do,
Il step. Made me sort o pcrs up I
IL ears" ..
III But see here. Daddy" 7 thrust
III III he's got my deed, or has destroy
|k Il. why -"
'E "Why, he 1as as GOOD a right 10
'k Clnnabar us the next one that tou
'E along, is what youfc goin 9, say
~ aln't disputtl You Tor a .lninute. 1