The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1924-05-08
l Tale of the Flatwoods
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By DAVID ANDERSON
Authos Of 'Ths Blue Moon"
Copyright By The Bsbhs- Merrill c.
CHAPTER xvIlI-Contlnued-

With a cry, Jack Warhope caught VI
the unconscious girl in his arms, TO dis
cover that nhe must have been In thu
river, for her garments were complete
iy saturated and her hair hung abou
hsr shoulders. sodden and dripping.
He was wrapping his hunting blouse
about her when. with startled ex
clamation, he jerked away his hand
and held II up between his face and The
sky-it was smudged with blood. He
bent over the girl-blood was stream
ing from her right shoulder and run
ming down her side. That last bullet
from the edge of the yard-it had
found the core Of a tragic target.
Picking her up in his arms. he ran
around TO the kitchen. dashed the door
open and laid her on tIs sofa in the
sitting room.
He had wrapped her In blankets
snatched from the parlor bedroom,
tore up a sheet for bandages and was
doing his best to stop the blood, when
there came the sound OF man run
ming across the yard, and the next mo
ment Uncle Nick. doubtless alarmed by
that last shot-coming as ii did upon
the heels of the housekeeper's story
was calling and pounding at the sitting
room door. Jack threw IL open.
''Texie's hurt !" he cried. Quick
Doctor Arnold-and Aunt Liza and
Mrs. Curry"
Without a question the old man hur-
ried away.
The woodsman had brought the can
die out of the room where the dead
robber lay, closed the door and was
doing his best to stop the blood and
restore the girl TO consciousness, when
the doctor ran in.
A hurried word or two and he was at
the hurt shoulder. The bullet-it was
his first care. With quick skill he hunt
ed il; fortunately located II almost i'm
mediately. 1t had just missed the lung,
ranged upward and lodged barely be-
meath the skin at the top of the shout
der. He made a small incision and
probed 1t out.
He had washed the wound and had
II nearly dressed when Aunt Eliza
came running in. followed an instant
later by Mrs. Curry, fiurried and pant
ing. Changing Texie's sodden gar
ments for dry ones, while the woods
man built fire in the kitchen stove,
they laid her between warm blankets
in the parlor bedroom.
Picking up the candle, the woodsman
crossed the floor. threw open the door
Of the room where the dead robber lay
and motioned for the two men.
Even the doctor started, aghast at
the gruesome, huddled form sprawled
there among the Uttered. blood-spat-
tered money. Uncle Nick's muttered
Try brought the two women running
from the sick room, to gaze with the
TO silence by the tragedy
hat had again visited the quiet cot
age.
The woodsman well knew that ques-
ions would be flashing through each
been since the discovery of
rexie's hurt-knew that each looked to
rom the parlor bedroom. That last
reacherous shot-he knew that the
nan with the red lock could never
ONE back. II had been mistake to
HELD him; blunder to trust him
blunder that was being paid for at
earful cost.
The doctor was the first to break the |
Hence.
What does this meanT'-the ques-
lon was half a demand.
ut means-Caleb Hopkins" was the
ard, incisive answer.
The doctor started; the two women
aught their breath; Uncle Nick swore,
slt ashamed Of it. looked foolish.
This dead man"-the woodsman
ropped a hand toward the huddled
orm-"is Black Bogus" The two wom-
n looked at each other; shrank back.
he doctors eyes lifted; he drew a
.ep nearer and gazed hard at the
Ddy. Him and Hopkins and"-Loge
eden. the man was about 10 say, but
fought OF the mountain girl, and he
dn't; besides. Belden had not shown
mself at the robbery-"they're both
itlaws and counterfiters. Hopkins
ould take good money out Of the safe
nd put counterfit bills in place Of 1t.
ut was him that killed Pap Simon
that is. Pap Simon run out on I'm
at night while he was changin' the
'unterf'it FIR good money. and In the
ufle died Of heart disease. That
Iet of their game, Of course. so they
aimed { make clean sweep thigh.
ID 10.
"Hopkins-went Z town and writ
lex a letter Z Texie. maxim out II
as from=-Ken. The letter said he
rs sick In town and wanted 'er [
me 10 I'm So she went. leavin' a
tie with Nils Curry fr me The min
e got the note I kn0wed Il WIS {
opkins. I'd ben suspicious Of i'm
d had ben watchin' I'm. so / rode !
ter 'er a. quick as couid-ciean L {
e city. Z the place where the letter
70 Ken was sick; found was on :
e trail; rode back as fast as Cray :
X could bring me L try and pick Il !