The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-02-03

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! water to her knees. When Dale sue
4 cumbed to utter exhaustion. she start
| ed toward him. to save him from
drowning. She felt strangely drawn
| toward the big, white clean man who
had whipped the Goliath she had al
ways dreaded. But she had gone only
a few yards toward the center Of the
/ FLYER when John M6reland and Sam
Heck reached the unconscious figures
Heck dragged Bali to the Littleford
bank and left him lying there; face
i downward, on the sand. Moreland half
i carried, half dragged Bill Dale to the
iother bank. Babe 5l4ittleford waded
sout. She paid absolutely no attention
to the -worsted' bully. She stood In
iently watching the limp form Of Dale:
III rs he dead, John Moreland z" she
called TREMENDOUSLY. &c. %$sf ~ EStt3s@S
mo, Babe" Moneland answered, his
voice not unkind; "he amt anyways
nigh dead" ....'.E. q. Fl s ...1i-- p. =
He and Sam Heck took UP Dale's
dripping figure and bore It away. Babe
Littleford ran to higher ground, hid
herself behind a clump Of sassafras
and watched them. +Gi,tt$'
i Granny Heck, followed with Dale's
coat and hat. She chartered all the
| way across the meadow H}a ~ MI.
Nov what did tell We, John and
Sam? What did tell ye? La, la!
Wasn't it a master fight, like said
now wasn't. it," &.E.s. ~. -,
Sometimes We make me a little
tired, granny-wOsnan." Moreland re-
monstrated gently. 1.-The amt nothin'
In forchune-tellin'. You've jest been
here TO so long at you know how to
jedge the future; by the past. And
| you're tol'able good guesser. too, 1
reckon, ~ -. ..;,s. zs.s MI t4+@-.&
Granny I. Heck 1ared up quickly ::
''Ain't nothin' in -forchune- tellin'!
Now don't go and fool yeself.. John
Moreland. You listen to me about h
half minute. John. seed more in the
cup AN I told Mr.. Bill. 1 seed blood
and death. seed a big fight atwixr
the Morelands and the Littlefords"
T "That's easy to guess at" John
Moreland replied "You know, o.
course, at Black Adam will do all he
| can to bring trouble to us on account
4, o. Bill Dale a-stayin' with us. And
| you know it amt never onpossible to
hatch up war atween US and the Lit
tlefords. Jest rim on ahead, Granny
Heck, and tell my wife to hunt t,
some kind o. good liniment TO- Bilrs
| bruises. Tell her; she needn't to waste
, time a-lookin' up any bandages. This
( man here is like me: he wouldn't wear
/; bandages, cause they look bad" ;,
! When Dale came back to q state of
consciousness he was lying under
covers in the carved black walnut bed.
Beside him stood John Moreland. who
held in one hand a bowl containing a
| hot herb brew that his wife had pre-
pared. Granny Heck. her son BY, and
Mrs. Morela4da stood not far away.
i, This.heressbe good fo'sye,} think"
hssaid Aforeinm, nodding toward the
bowl In I,is hind. He. went over and
put nm arm around Dale's shoulders
and helped him. to sit up.
Dale drank the stun with difficulty.
''Mdch Obliged" he muttered thickly.
"I-let's see. did / rwhip-how did It
end? He didn't lick me. did he-that
fellow Ball?' !. "a, ~: r. = 49,,
/ $..He shore didn't" smiled Moreland.
"Not by big sight. He fell out fust.
Ills own pap won't hardly know him,
Bill" : &G.f II ....ss.5
! News travels rapidly in the big hills.
! The Morelands began to gather at the
3; home of their chief to see the man
who had whipped Black Adam Ball;
every Moreland able to walk came to
see Bill Dale. For three hours he was
lionized. but he, didn't enjoy It, the
water had left many pains in his
chest, and his head ached DULY, and
his hands still felt as though the bones
We're shattered in them. ~
Came thundershower that after
noon, and the mountain evening fell
| with q chill. A fire was made In the
wide stone fireplace in the guests
room, and when supper was over the
! family gathered there with Dale, who
{ refused to be kept in bed.
/ After few minutes Of silently
watching grotesque shadows fit across
7 the log walls, Dale said to, John More
I land: Il s%,s~s j.; :.l =. .'..s
III your brother David could know,
don't, you think he'd want you to get
the value out Of the coal ?" ,sss, 4
+ John Aforeland bent forward forrest
| his chin in his hands. His sober greg
eyes stared thoughtfully toward the
; fire. = So ~ s-.5,sy 5 -s5. p Z ,t5
d. II amt never looked at 1T that.
, away" he said. ,..s e.
'That's the right way to look at It,"
declared Dale. But you shouldn't
sell the property as it is" a. -
Tho mountaineer turned an inquir-
! ing face toward his guest. .- IT,.
"How in thunder could handle 1t
eff / didn't?"N ~
| "Why not let me develop 1t for
/ youy' Dale said earnestly, eagerly. Il
/ WON'T charge you anything above .ex-,
penses, and won't be extravagant."
"It'd take considerable money tosstart
things a-movln'., Have you got itr
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