New Britain herald., 1924-08-14

] never even thought about 1t. Ant
 now he's got the sheritf-Bob Wells!
 She passed into another spasm o1
 laughter while the Wreck watched
 Any time they wanted to laugh about
 Bob Wells the Wreck was a willing | listener.
 'I start out for rousseau. and l
 get turned into a hold-up man, and
 I'm chased.-by Bob Wells." Its great" he affirmed, solemnly Then he saw that another change
 was coming. She was getting con trol of herself and the laughter was fading. There was questioning look in her eyes, chewing of her under lip.
 "H'm. It's rather embarrassing at that" she said, slowly. q don't know that it's SO funny, after all. It complicates things. Bob Wells is an awfully good sheriff When he soes after people he's perfect blood hound. He got murderer last year that nobody ever dreamed he could get. And if he should ever find us"
 She broke off and plunged into an- other period of reflection. Presently she was frowning, and the Wreck saw that she was clenching her fists.
 Henry Williams" she said, stand ing up and facing him, q don't like it. I don't like it one bit. Bob Wells hasn't got any business to be chasing mel"
 The Wreck had never been able to make anything out of women, and now he knew that he never would.
 CHAPTER x.
 The Wreck Fights
 Sally did not get her emotions sorted out and classified in an orderly manner for the rest of the day. They insisted on mixing themselves up; they refused to stay where she tried to put them. Ordinarily she was of D temperament quite serene and obedient to her will, except. of course, when the Wreck charged into 1t like a frisky steer. Even on those occa- sions her departure from normal ,alm was brief and largely superficial. | But the news that Sheriff Bob Wells ] was going out with posse upset her | boise; it struck deeper, and affected | 1er in so many different ways that 1 she seemed to be spinning like q Reathor vane in a whirlwind.
 She laughed. she was serioua she vas scornful, she was angry. she was she was alarmed-all hese and other moods took possess ion of her, one giving way to an- 'ther, only to come back and repeat tself after a while, so that the final esult was to leave her in a very un- ertain state of mind.
 It did not help her that the Wreck eemed to be singularly unmoved by he news. He treated it as if it were
 matter of small consequence. But ally was not in the habit of steady ng herself by leaning on Henry Will ams: she could only account for his amness by attributing it to a fail- re to realize the situation. He did ot know what it meant to have a iontana sheriff and a posse hard on is heels. but Sally did.
 Even at that, she did not believe hey would be caught. Surely, she old herself, there would be a way out things It was not pursuit and ossible capture that disturbed her nd awakened every absurdly con icting emotion that lay within her: was the fact that Bob Wells was le instrument of the law. That tired her in a most illogical but ffective fashion. Any other sheriff light do his duty without protest 'om Sally: but Bob Wells-why did 2 go and run for sheriff, anyhow? .e had plenty of other things to sep him busy. If he had not hustled round and got himself elected sheriff, g could have ridden over to the rail- lad with her and she would have cen on the train long ago. It was fool trick for him 10 get into poll cs thought Sally.
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