The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-02-09

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poble ripped out>an oath ana q
shout OF warning. It's Sanders
A gun flashed as the pony jumped
20 a Kallop. The silent night grew
noisy with shots. voices. the CHATTER
Of hoofs Twice Dave fired answers
10 the challenges which iraped GU,
OF the darkness At him. lie raced
across the bridge spanning tho
Platte and for a moment drew up
on the other eide 60 listen for
sounds which might tell him whether
he would be pursued one last soil.
tary revolver shot disturbed the
stiffness.
The rider Erinnea Think he'd
know better than TO shoot at me
this FAR
he broke HI. revolver. extracted
the empty shells. and dropped them
10 tn. street. Then he rode up the
long hiii toward Highlands. passed
thru that suburb Of tho city. and
went along the dark and dusty road
10 the shadows % the Rockies 81.
houetted IN the night shy.
His flight had no definite ob.
iectlve except 60 put as much dls.
lance between himself aud Denver
as possible. lie knew nothing about
the geography Of Colorado. sxcrp,
tina, large part % the Rocky
Mountains and . delectsbis city
called Denver lived there. His train
trip 10 u had told him that enc oi
lts nelghtors was New Msxioo
which was In turn adjacent 20 Ar
sons-s Therefore he meant 20 Ee'
10 New Msxieo ~ quickly as Chi
quito could quite comfortably travel
Unfortunately Dave was Coins
west Instead Of south. Every stsf
OF the pony was carrying him near
er the roof Of the continent. near~l
the passes Of the front range which
lead. by divers valleys and hiEhel
mountains beyond. to the snowcias
regions Of eternal white
Up In this altitude q was too coit
10 camp out without a fire ana
blankets
Il reckon wen keep goin'. old
PAL the young man told his horss
I've noticed reads mostly icat
sotnswheres
Day broke over valleys 81 swirl
ing mist far below the rider Tbs
sun rose and dried the moisture
Dave looked down on a town scat
tered up and down a gulch.
-
the driver what town II was. Tbs
man looked ouriouaiy at him.
why. us Idaho SPRING." h
said. Where you come FROM"
Dave eased himself In the saddle
From the Southwest
You're quite a ways from home
reckon your hills amt go incur
ried down there. are theyf"
The eowpuncher looked over the
mountains. lie was among tbs
SUBMITS. aglow in the amber light
OF day with the many blended col
ors Of Wild flowers. We got some
down there, too. that don't fit a
iady's boodwar. Say. N keep NOV
In wherein this road take met"
Tho man with the ore team gave
information. II struck Dave tina;
he had run into a blind alley.
'Tf you're after a job. reckon
you can find one at some OF the
mines. They're needln' hands," ths
tsamster added
Perhaps this was the best immedi
ate solution OF the problem. The
puncher nodded farewell and rode
down into the town.
He left Chiquito at a livery barn.
after having personally fed and
watered the pinto. and went himself
TO n hotel Here he registered. not
under his own name. ate breakfast.
and lay down for a few hours sleep.
when he awakened he wrote n note
with the stub OF a pencil TO Bob
Hart II read:
"WelI. Bob. done got Chiauitc
back tho II sure looked like
wasn't going to but you never car
tell and az old Buck Byington sayS
its a hell OF a long road without
no bend In II and which you car
Dtt your DcDtA tne otu alkdl ~ tlku'
at that. Well I found the little pie
eater In Denver o X but 10 gaun
he won't hardly throw shadow
and what can you expect OF scala
wags like Miller and Doble whs
don't know how TO treat n horse
We'll I run Chiquito off right undei
their noses and we had little CUR
play and made my getaway and
reckon will stay a spell and worl
here. Well good luck to all th'
boys tai see them again in IN,
sweet by and by, DAVE"
The puncher went TO the post
office and mailed the letter. aftei
which he returned TO the hotel. IL
intended 10 eat dinner and then lool
for work.
Three or four men were STANDING
on the steps OF the hotel talkfni
with the proprietor. Dave WA
quite close before the Boniface saw
him.
That's him" the hotclkecpei
said in an excited whisper.
A brown faced man without a Goa