Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1924-03-05

recoilcd to see the man who was
standing outside. Unshaven, haggard,
with bloodshot eyes, he looked terri
Die to her.
And she did not need his words to
know he was Dick Sitwell, the outlaw,
sought through a dozen counties, for
whose apprehension her father, the
sheriff and her betrothed, Dan Nc
Gudgeon, were even now leading a
posse into the hills.
you've got to shelter me. Its my
last chance. They'll get me. They're
all around the town. | broke through.
Will you hide me?'
Pity for the man. q victim like her
self of fate, stirred in the girl. Come
in" she said.
She hid him in the attic, behind the
old partition. "I'll bring you food"
She said.
The sheriff and Dan returned IN
successful that night, swearing and
cursins.
We'll get him." said the sheriff.
He amt far away"
"Reckon some ones hidn' him."
said Dan.
Nobody burst" said Mans father.
Hes layin' up in the criek. At dawn
Wen start agen and scour the coun-
try"
When her father was snoring Nan
crept upstairs with loaf of bread
md some milk. TIE man ate raven
nuSy.
Il heard what they were saying
you are safe here" the girl
hreathed.
She watched the ravenous way he
ste she pitied him. Tell me you
didn't do anything like-like what
they said you did she pleaded.
at amt true, not a word OF 1t. |
never see the old woman they said l
Killed and rob6ed Girl I killed
man tG0 .,s1is $50. Were WA a girl,
| was to have married her. l came
home, found he'd betrayed and aban-
d9nad her went after him and shot
HIM like the hound he was.
Ills father was a rich man. and ne
swore he'd get me. They paid the
Girl to disappear They chased me
two years through the mountains.
Every crime that was done they put
on me-said Bill DeeYer did it, But I
naver done nothin but that, and I'm
glad of it.
and so am II" whispered the girl
fercely. "You did right"
"What made you take me in?" he
asked, when he had finished eating
looking at her cur'ously.
because | knew that they were
bounding yor," answered the girl.
They'll hound every one who gives
them the chance Men are a pack of
wolves"
"NObody's houndin you?"
Listen, then Dan McGudgeon-Im
to marry him next month. He's got
mortgage on this hOuse-thats why
My father is bartering me as if
We're a piece of property, to cancel tn.
mortgage. If I refuse to marry him
tie home is lost"
"Sho', that amt right" muttered
Deever. "Why you let him do it,"
"What can | do2 How can l help
it? I'm helpless here I've nobody in
the world but father I can't do any
thing to earn my living, except look
after home, But don't worry your
self about me. | guess it viii be safe
for you to leave in half an hour or so.
What will you do!'
why, | got two horses tied in the
lackpines up the crick They haven't
found EN-, | guess. I'd gone away to
look out from a hi;i, and they cut me
off. Reckon I'll fLd them there"
And them"
Then I'll git away. can make the
pass by mornn', and once on the
ranges why Bill Deever,'n be forgot
ten"
She sighed.
Put I'll always think of YOU girl"
He saw the tears start to her eyes
and a sudden wild thought came to
sim,
''Why shouldn't you come along?"
ne asked. ono, listen. ! guess YOU
and mes both up against it, Let's
laugh at 'em. Come along with M.
and Wen be married and settle dowr
homesteadin' in Oregon, There's land
there and we'Il start life fresh-what
say, girl?"
She hesitated She thought of Dan
NCCudgeon, and her father, She lis
tened to his SHORES in the room be-
meath. And suddenly the new life Of
promise seemed to shine before her.
"Oh. I'll come-I'll come" she an
sWered.
And hand in hand thay stole down
the stairs and into the starlight
A Cold Reception.