The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1922-03-09

peEnapS IL was. - -
This outfit 10 my property, and
you've out-stayed your welcomey /
snapped at him. "Ciimb your horse
and get OF the mapi"
He limped over to his horse and
gathered the reins and tried to put
foot into the stirrvp. When I saw
that ihe couldn't do even that much, I
grabbed him and heaved him into the
saddle; did this. and gave the horse
slap TO set him geing. I guess shall
always be able to recall the picture of
that brown-bearded pirate riding
across the Cinnabar dump head in the
early morning sunshine, screwing his
body In the saddle-because he
couldn't turn the stiff-necked head by
itself-to yell back at nae with siz.
xling curses, "I'll get you'll get you
yet! D-n your eyes-do you think
you can make hobbling cripple of
me and get away with it2 Ill.-" and
then breaking 1t of short and kicking
the ribs Of his nag franticauy for more
speed when ] made as II were going
to run after him.
Throughout this bit OF belligerent
by-play, which hadn't used I'D more
than few minutes, all told, Daddy
Hiram had stood aside, as have said,
taking the part OF the interested spec
tator Now he remarked: "You can
bet all your old clothes, son, that we
hain't seen the last O. Charley Butler
ton. not by long chalk. You ricollect
I told you once he'd got q man, down
In one O. the camps on the Saguache7
Well, 1t was for a heap less than what
you done to him few minutes ago.
But let's 60 eat"
I passed through the cabin to the
out-kitchen and while I was kipdline
fire In the stove I saw Daddy with
an armful Of hay and & peck measure
Of oats, tolling the little horse down
The path back to the cabin to disap-
pear with It in the direction of the
gulch where the abandoned Little
Jeanie" claim lay. had the coffee
made and the bacon fried By the time
lie 60: bach, and after we had eaten
he blossomed out In an entirely new
role-that Of commander In chief.
This Is movin' day, Stannie," he
announced briefly. "If youm dig up
all the chuck and canned stun Won
can find and tote 1t over to the shaft
house, III fetch the blankets and the
cOokin' tins
l obeyed blindly, and entirely. with
out prstudice to q lively curiosity a
to what this new move might mean.
While was emptying the kitchen and
pantry the old man upearthed another
rfne from the closet under the loft lad
DER and with II q box OF ammunition !;
and ! observed that this second gun.
like the one he had carried On our
pilgrimage OF the night, looked as. Il
II had been freshly oiled and rubbed
up every day since 1t had left the fac
tory.
You'll have q lot Of talking to do
presently" I warned him. "You seem
to forget that you haven't yet told me
what's biting you"
Maybe there amt nothin' bitin' me !:
maybe I'm just gettin' sort O. old and
skeery. But it's this-away, Stannie,
son: Ever since your gran'paw gave
me this here watehin' job. and since I
heard tell how them Cripple Creek
short-card artists socksd 1t to him on
this Ctnnabar deal. been lookin' for
trouble. haint been easy about them
Cripple Greek holdups nary q day
since your gran'paw told me to stay
here and hold the fort for him."
"You thought perhaps the original
owners might try to grab the property
by foreer
Daddy looked up at me from under
his bushy eyebrows.
Pears to me like you've got q
mighty short memory. some way, Stan.
nile. Have you done forget that bunch
O huskies we saw campin' ont in Ante
lope gulch as we come along by there
at daybreak this mornin'7 didn't like
the looks O. that camp much at the
time; and I liked 1t a whole lot less
after we got here and found Charley
Fullerton sunnin' himself op the door
step. Made me sort O. perk ND my
ears"
"But. see here. Daddy" I thrust IN.
If he's got my deed, or has destroyed
Il, why"
"Ayb So AAA0 80 BOOu y EtBut 10 InG
Cinnabar a. the next one that comes
along, 10 what you're goin' to say. I
amt disputin' You for q minute. But
afore he can have 1t, he's got to take
1t, hain't her And we've got two Nigh
ty good III pieces Of artillery that says
he's goin' to have one joyful old time
a.takin' 1t; that is, II you're Of the
same mind that I am"
BY Jove! I wanted to put my arms
around the old Spartan and hug him
As I've said, there were ten or q dozen
men In that bunch we'd seen In the
gulch, and he was calmly proposing to
stand up to them. as confidently as II
1t were all In the days work.
Il get you now, Daddy" I said, "and
u there's hghS comisg to US, your
mind In mine. We'li give them the best
we've got"
thought the two oid-fashioned guns
and Jeanie's pistol promised a poor
chance for. an effective defense; but
Daddy Hiram proceeded to show me