The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-11-13
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til" she whispered.
Suddenly she was shaking from
head to foot, her eyes fixed In terribl,
fascination upon Crowdy's face. Ls'
tossed the bag to the bunk across TIL
room, whence 1t fell clanking to thu
floor.
Now she's going to faint" was hill
thought. well | won't blame her ~
d-n much. Poor little kid! !"
But he did not look at her again
He tore away Crowdy's shirt to dis
cover just how serious the wound In
the chest was. Unless Bill Crowdy
bled to death. he stood ar excellent
chance to doing time in the p%eniten'
tiary. Lee stanched the flow of blood
made a rude bandage, and then. lift
ing the body gently, carried it to the
bunk.
Now" said Lee. speaking bluntly,
afraid that a tone of sympathy might
merely aid the girl to shake to
Pieces" we've got a chance to be
on our way before Number Two and
Number Three get into the game.
Let's run for it. Judith"
Judith shook her head.
We'll stay here until morning." she
said finally, her voice surprising Lee,
who had looked for a sign of weakness
to accord with her sudden pallor and
visible trembling.
What for?" he wanted to know.
Well have another fight on our
hands If we do. Those fellows, this
deep in 1t. are not going to quit while
they know that there's all hat money
In the shack I"
Il don't care" said Judith firmly.
Il won't run from therd or anybody
else l knowl And. besides. Bud Lee,
I am not going to give them the
chance to get Crowdy away.
Do 0 think he is going to die?"
NO. | don't. Doc Trip will fix
him up"
Then here I stay. for one. When
] go. Bill Crowdy goes with me- He's
going to talk. and he's going to help
me send Bayne Trevor, to the pen"
Dhd LtV cal tNStQ OIL lt ldu W say
in a silent whistle. He'd made another
mistake, that was all. Judith wasn't
going to faint for him tonight.
Then" he said presently. setting
her the example, slip some fresh
cartridges into your rifle and get ready
for more shooting. I'll put out the
light and well wait for what's next"
Judith replenished the magazine of
her rifle. Lee, watching from under
the low-drawn brim of his hat. noted
that her fingers were steady now
Crowdy moved in his bunk. lifted a
hand weakly, groaned and grew still.
Lee r%earranged his bandage.
"Pnt out the light now?' he asked
Judith.
NO" she answered. "Since we've
got TO spend the night with a man in
Crowdy's shape, it will be more cosey.
won't it. with the light on?"
She even put out her hand to one of
the books on the shelves which she
could reach from her bench.
"And now" she added. I'm sure
that our hermit won't mind If we peep
into his library, will he?"
NO" answered Lee gravely. Most
likely he'll be proud"
Lee found time to muse that life Is
made of incongruities, woman of in
conslstencies. Here with a badly hurt
man lying ten feet from her, with
every likelihood of the night stiffness
being ripped in two by a rifie-shot. Jul
dith sat and turned the pages of a
book. Bud Lee flushed as he watched
her. She turned the pages slowly,
came back to the hy-leaf page. read
the name scrawled there and, turning
TO Lee. said accusingly:
David Burrill Lee. you are a hum
Wrong again. grinned Lee. "A
hermit, you mean! "A man with a
"Scatl ~ answered Judith. But, I'M
Ter Bud Lees teasing eyes. the color
to come back into her cheeks.
She had been a wee bit enthusiastic
,ver her hermit, making of him a pic
ideal. She had visioned
lin. even to the calm eyes, gentle
.oice. A quick little frown touched
Ier brows as she realized that the
yes and voice which her fancy had be-
flowed upon the hermit were in actu-
lity the eyes and voice Of Bud Lee.
tut she had called him a dear. And
zee had been laughing at her all the
ime-had not told her. would never
ave told her. The thought came to
that she would like to slap Bud
ee's face for him. And she had told
'ripp she would like to slap Pollock
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