Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-01-11

Dr. gets gray be- told Virginia hS N'
badr her good night "Il. come back
thy mex, day. with ba,kload 90 sup.
plp, And with the little We have l.ii
vc win have enough tu go on. We can
star, lor Budcyburg the day after
that"
Virginia took no pleasure in hiddine
him goudhy
Her voice SINK almost 90 whisper
.and her tones were sober and earnest
."l'u pray tor YOU Hrrc's my hand.
1911
Ilc CROPPED fur e.. FOUND O. 20 last, D.
was swallowed In his own palm AMI
tho heart ut the man raced aud thrilled
and burned
lie mush,l un bis ,howshocs crunch.
ing m th, whit, crust. The powers ~
the wilderness gave him good speed
almus, o. DO, moon hour
Then ho was suddenly aware that the
lin, edge of the wilderness silcnc, had
been dullyd There Vua fniut str &C.
his ear drums THE stir grew tu % i'ini
and distant murmW the murmur Co
long swish Dos, million ru,tlng gar
mcnts. \ tIc, icn with crash, far
away Then 90, wind smotc him.
!, was from the southeast
81 mau u. the Northwest prUyiaH,os
ls mauuaiut,d with this wind o. is
prayed for bon the spring because its
breath m,lts ho drifts swiftly. bat Do is
hated 20 drlth hy the traveller caught
,fm from has cabin ou suuwshucs
! !, did mot occur o. Bhl 90 turn hcs
I Already he was nearly halfway - h..
destination Tho fuud supplies had 90
/ boo secured sooner or later. ana when
tb. Cnook comes mo- man knows when
. % will go away. tie mush,d ON through
. De, softoniug snow.
The truth suddenly dawuod upon him
that o., was face Co. iacr with one OF
the most uncomfortable situations uf all
Dis years boo the forest Tie didn h'-
heyc be- would be- able to make the cabin
before the f,ll of night
His woodsmaus senses predicted %
bitter night
Through tho black hours he would
have tu fight of sleep so that he could
mend the fire and cut fuel
Late afternoon. already tho shadows
HAY strange and heavy bon tho distant
tree aislcs And oll 1t once be- paused
thrilled. boz his tracks.
. a httl' way tH the olst on the bank
NJ a small crrpl, hts father and his trai.
ferrous partner had once had a mining
claim mine thoy had tried unsucccss
. D.. D.. n
made his biz strike.
They bad bull, small cabin and tnr
nearly thirty years 30 bad stood moldrr
and forgotten
. ENuIuut aud thankful BIN turned On
his tracks and mu>hod over toward o.
There was plenty uf hclrthrcak,nH
work to do when BII fmlly reached th,
little cabin. Ilr couldut force open the
door. so Do, hacked e ho', u 10 through
which hc entered
After looking about he turned 90 his
tou ot making tire just outside The
hole
b Tired out D., climbed inside AGAIN and
lay down oH tu, dr dirt putting his
arm under bis head
An at once DE- was aware that his
ewes v,r, fastened upon au aid cigar
box on shelf against 90, wall
A. hc reached ta -e.7e o. Do, had
distinct uuwutinn OFF misfortune
u contained r. siu-Iv Photograph
. o. was typical uld.nshiUu.d photo.
graph two men standing boz -un and
awkward posses Boz an old'lash.ou,d pie
'uro gallery printed in th, umc.worn
way.
/ ON, a. the men was his own father
i And hr stared az the other t1c,--a rath.
en- handsome, 'hiunpp,d sitduniDoN
b iaDc--as DO Do, were booking az a gros'
Great Good. Do cried Its Harold
/ Iouushuy'"
/ but Instantly he know % could not be
Harold lounshury Already hp knew.
/ % was no other than Ruihoford. the
IMAM who slew his father
His deductions followed with deadly
and rcmorscloss certainty llo knew
now why HBuld I.Uunshury had come
. into Clearwater Virginia had told Bii
that her lower had seemed o. have some
f definite place 20 view Tor his prospect
iug be- had simply come 20 search tHr
f the sam, host mime that Bil had discoN
cred the previous day.
". knew now why kcnlv Lounshury
had bccn willing to finance Virginia 81
rlp into the Ncrth-not IN hopes of
finding his lost nephew. bat Oh find the
mine of which he l'sl had su'nc knowl-
edge
ln The same sweep eft realization De
kurV wiz Harold I.ouusbury's face had
always haunted MIN and filled him with
hagy. uncertain memories
Harold Lounshury was Rutherford
son-thc son ~ his father murderer
kenlN l.aunshury was Rutheford's
brother,