The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1924-02-07
CHAPTER IV-Continued.


emerge from one Of the single-story
houses and peer out from the door.
Her attitude was indicative OF terror.
Realizing that she would be in danger
from any chance shooting, Winton
gathered his failing strength and STUN
bled on, meaning to pass her. He was
almost at her side when a cry broke
from her lips. He looked at her; it
was Sheila Seaton.
She seemed to take in the situation
in a moment. She grasped at him, and,
as he reeled from weakness, dragged
him into the tiny house with all her
strength. Then she shut he door soft
ly and blew out a candle.
Neither spoke. Winton had sunk to
the ground, but, half fainting as he
was, he could hear her frightened
breathing as she stood over him, and
then the cries of his pursuers as they
swept down the street and met the
party running up the alley.
There followed a medley of voices.
They dwindled away and died in the
distance. Winton heard the girl strike
a match. The little candle light famed
I'D in a corner. Sheila, standing be-
side it. looked at WintOn, saw the blood
on his face, and ran forward with a low
cry.
She snatched a towel from a rack,
dipped it into a basin of water that
stood on a packing case, and kneeling
beside him, began wiping away the
blood.
Winton staggered to his feet. He
smiled whimsically at Sheila, tried to
reach the door, and collapsed into the
single chair in the room.
I'm sorry he whispered. II didn't
dream.you lived here. I'll go-in a
minute"
"You can't go" cried the girl in a
frenzied whisper. you are safe now.
You must wait"
They'll come back and search for
me. They're bound to get me. Miss
Seaton, L"
'If they arrest you they can arrest
me, too. Come here-please do as 1
say. I'm going to help you as you
helped me-"
She placed her shoulder under his
arm and raised him upon his feet. 1t
was astonishing What strength lay in
her slim body, or what resolution
nerved her. She forced him to cross
the room and pass through a doorway.
Beyond was another door, and through
the glass of the uncovered window
Winton saw the pump in the square
and the angle of the buildings.
And he heard again the shouts of
MS pursuers, returning from their fruit
less search. They swarmed into the
square and heavy blows resounded
upon one of the doors, followed by Q
mans gruff answer.
They'll be here in a moment" Win
ton gasped.
They'll see you If you try to leave.
You must lie down here. This Is my
You must let me cover you and, if they
come, they'll think you're he. Quick
Oh, please be quick"
Winton took in the stretcher bed
with it's disordered array of blankets.
He knew Sheila had told the truth.
The ono chance Of saving her now
was to do as she wished him to DO;
and it vas Z chance in a dozen.
He managed to crawl upon the
stretcher, and the girl pulled the blank
cts over hin. She hurried to h back
door and bolted it then blew out her
light. Hardly were these preparations
made when the crowd came yelling
along the row Of houses, banging at
all the doors and smashing the win
dows. The police were far outnum-
bered by their followers, for an l. d. B..
chase arouses as much enthusiasm and
vindictiveness as the pursuit OF a horse
thief in the old days of our own West.
1t would have gone hard with Winton
II the mob had discovered him And
for the first time in his life he was
afraid. He was afraid for Sheila.
He heard her creep into his room In