The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-10-27
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A WomaN's Fcud ia tho Northeast
BY VINGIE +. ROE
Copyright 1898. Duticld a Col

ITO went aoAANf t"Alk ANAh 20 fN'h
again on tho quiet face OF sheriff
SclWood, then on TO the Deep Heart
fringcs 20 meet nossick and Jer
myn.
A. for Nance Allison. she was
seized with a great rcstlrsancsa that
made inaetion unbfamble
~ think I'm ride the lower slopes
OF Mystery NANNY. she said next
morning. and look for that black
sho3t that's missing. can't az
ford 10 lose g.
Tho mother looked AZ her with
worried eyes,
you take your pappy's gun" sho
said az last. II feel 70 tell you 30.
tn time has come
hut the Eirl shook her head.
Il don't dare" she said. 4 can't
trust myself 81 late Shc kissed
sonny rn hand over Buds bronze
hair, and went ont 10 tho stable
where she saddlcd RueiSskin aud rode
away,
Dirk. sitting wravely on the door
stone. bsgged 10 so with her, tut
ne Forbade HIM
So she passed the bleak ruin Of her
c0rnnsid. crossed the river. low n
It's summer ehh, and struck up among
the back,hrush and manAniiB that
clothes the lower slopes.
n was a sweet blue day with the
SUMMER haze on slant and level. cool
with tho little winds that were ever
drawing up beweeE tho hills silent
with the eternal hush OF the FAR
places.
All the wilderness smiled. the
heavens, blue and ncckcd with rnil.
ing clouds. were soft as Infants
eyes
Nature opened appealing arms 90
this child % her bosom and Nance.
Ead and apprchensiye "a sho had
never been in her life before. went
into them and was comforted.
She raised her eyes 20 the distant
rlmrOck shining above Rainbow
Cltff which was dark and somhor AZ
this early hour. and felt lis austcre
beauty. She watched the cloud shad.
ows drifting on the tapostrlcd shout.
dcrs OF tho mountains and knew Tie
sight Tor what Il was. Of privilege
and blessing.
So. as the little horse beneath her
scrambled eagerly 40 tho shuta. the
peace 81 tho waiting hills foll upon
her with healing and the sadness
eased away.
In every likely place she looked
and listened FOR the black ahoat.
but Il seemed 70 have disappeared
from tho face OF tho earth. like the
six lat steers. She followed a small
rayinc for longer than she hhd In.
tended, sat Tor a while in a sunny
opening high along tie breast of
Mystery and sldled hack toward the
west again.
And hero u was that Two men far
above looked down and saw her with
CALCULATIONS OF delight.
We'll. II this Amt iuckr' saId
Provine grinning. then I'm a liar,
I thought this morning when Arnold
handed us that last bunch OF In.
structions that 10 was duo for once
TO come out IN little end OF tn horn.
didn't SEQ how any human was
goln' 20 DO able to carry them out.
didn't think we'd ever get near
enough 20 get her and do IL on ri
q. Z. But she's brought herself 70
u.s.
III she's armed said Caldwell
shortly. ITS not time yet TO crow.
l think she'd fight"
Fight, heiir said tho other. "she
don't believe In fightln. She's reli-
siouS Wen pick her up too easy
an present her to IN Boss with our
compliments,
An hour later Nance. riding along
a dim trail made by tho travelling
hoofs OF deer. came out above a
spring In a pretty glade.
She was warm and thirsty. 20 she
dismountsd and. pushing back her
hat from her sweatsd forehead.
lkuolt on the springs lip and putting