Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-03-22

by-play, which hadn't used up NC
than a Few minutes, all told, Daddy
Hiram had stood aside. as ! have said,
taking the part Of the interested spec
tator. Now he remarked t"You can
net all your old clothes. son, that We
hain't seen the last q Charley Bnllcr-
ton, not BY a long chalk. You ricol-
!ect I told o once he'd got q man,
down IL one O the camps on the sag
uache? Well, 1t was for a heap less
than what you done to him a few
minutes ago. But let's go eat"
I passed through the caoin to the
out-kitchen and while I was kindins
a fire IN the stove I saw Daddy with
an armful Of hay n a peck measure
OF oats, tollins the, little horse down
the path back to the cabin to disa "
pear with 1t in the direction Of the
sulch where the abandoned Little
.Teanie" claim lay. l had the coffee
made and the bacon fried by The time
ne got back. and after weIhad eaten
he blossorhed out in an entirely new
role-7-that of commander-in-chie
This is. movin' day. stannie." he
announced briefly. \"It you'll dig up
all the chuck and canned stuff you
house, I'll fetch the blankets and the
cookin' tins" :
/ obeyed blndly, and entirely with
out prejudice to a lively curiosity aa
to what this new move might mean.
While I was en1ptyinS the kitchen and
pantry the old man unearthed anoth-
er rifle from the closet under the loft
ladder, and with 1t a box Of d, uni
ton; and I observed that this second
gun. like the one he HAD carried on
our ptlsrinhase Of the night. looked
a. - - 1NuA hNnr fxAnh ISy ni1AA AAH
rubbed up every day since It had LOFT
the> factory.
You'll have a lot Of talking to do
presently" I warned him. You seem
to forget that YOU haven't yet told me
what's biting you D..
Maybe there amt aothin' bitin'
me: maybe I'm just setttn' sort O. old
and skeev. BUT it's this-Away. stan.
ME. SON.: Ever since your gran'pAw
save me this here watcntn' job, and
since I heard tell how them Cripple
Creek sh%ort-card artists socked 1t to
him on this CinnAbAr deal, I b4en
lookin' for trouble. l hain't been easy
about them Cripple Creek holdups
nary 4 day since your grar'paw told
me to stay here and hold the fort for
him."
"Tou thought perhApe the original
owners might try to grab the proper
ty By fofce?"
Daddy locked UP at me from under
his bushy eyebrows.
Pears to. me like you've GOT a
mighty short memory. some was,
Stanaie. Have you done forgot that
bunch o, huskies we saw caIr7pir' out
In Antelope tulch ~ we come. along
BY there at Fdaybreak this mornin'?
I didn't like the looks O. that camp
much at the time; and l liked it 1
whole lot less after we got here and
found Chasley Fullerton sunain' him
self on the doorstep. Made me SORT
o perk up my ears" ~
"But, soc here. Daddy" ! thrust in,
~ he's got my decd, or has destroy;
e. It Why
why, he has as good 4 right to
the Cinnabar as the next one that
comes along, is what. you're goin, 10
say. I amt disputin' you for a min
ute. But afore he car haze it. he's
got to take it, hain't he? And we've
got two mighty good LII pieces of arr
tillery that says Nos soin- to have
r. sn' Il 'o 'yes'rs els g. ti 1Rs s s.sasin m,n Il 'ha;
Lam"
BY Jove: / wanted to put my arnne
around the 9ld Spartan and HUG him!
~ rye SAID, there wArs tAh or 4 a6z.
en- nnsn In that bunch we'd seen III
the 9uich, and he was calmly propos-
inS to tta4d up 70 them, IL cont.
IDENTITY q II it were all in the days
I 81 you how. Daddy" i sd.
and 4 there.s 4 tisht cothins to u.
the best we've got"
! thought the two old.faShicnSd
guns and Jeanie's pistol promised 4
poor chance for an effective defAhae.