Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-01-09


Sally. In an awed whisper Ut :
think that we walked right Into his
hands. I knew there was something
queer about this place the minute
took look around the house"
We'll what do we do now? Swipe
the horses
Sally considered. then sfoos; her
head slowly
Z No think we'd better wait now (
don't believe IFS quite as bad as
thought You see they didn't trail
!r.,.-snytn1 Probably they DON'T
Know we're he-e.iir they did we'd
have has RI from il before this We've
got ia figure this nat noW-carefully
The rein thing "a lie keep them from
s'Aeiae yal That's @s.lys I-iwouldnt
lat you so n9r To help viii the bag
gage Is
t,e was not good hand at playir
n waiting game, and said so. l.
.r1s still in favor pf. going out ano
taking the big car. feat which pre-
.!irr.as Rii, Sally sharply ordered
aim to pu, tho ;tlea out of his head
/ The situation hewildered her but
she ,fi..t! no. tiink II. had yet reached
a crisis !toboiy in the car had seen
her. Il was vtnsv. unI!kely-that they
even. knew tl:eir hci.i.up man had q :
girl with him So long as she could
keep the Wreck out Of their sight
and as long az the ffiyver remained
locked up in a shed there was still
a. chance.sto figure something out
But how utterly eXaspenating II was
Just when she was satisfied tax
they had blundered into a safe hide
out. she discovered that they ha6
really walked into the lions den
The thing do. os course. is !.
keep them from seeing you." S
said You'll have TO stay in the
kitchen all the time I'm afraid
don't suppose they'll come in here:
They're nor gong TO coop me up
in a kitchen. he growled Besides.
il was dark last night, anyhow They
didn't get a good look at me had
my cap pulled down"
Charley came into the kitchen
a.rain
4 we got. that baggage in. thanks
Ito nobody that washes Dishes" he
said. "And now, ma am. I'll have to
ask you to hustle dinner They're
real hungry =
They'll have dinner just as soon
as | can get it, said Sally, promptly
The Wreck regarded her with a
look of amazed disappointment Was
she going to turn TO and cook for
hog9 1t was enough to be drafted as
cook for an unknown. but to do
chores for your enemy was humilia.
ton He was about to speak WHOM
she stopped him with look. E
Seems they didn't get any regular
breakfast. except crackers. which
they had with 'em." explained Char
ley That leaves EN- kind of hungry
They got hung up on the road In
: fact. they got held up
You don't mean it!'' exclaimed
Sally. who was digging into the flour
.barrel. as first step in the direction
!. of making biscuits
oh. it don't seem like it was serl
Gus, ma am That is, there wasn't
anybody got shot, Teller just took
watches and -valuables and left EN-
flat without any gas,
Sally ventured look at the Wreck
He seemed to be curiously elated
Its been done BEFORE" said Char.
ley. who was slightly bored. ut
ain't anything to what they used to
do Only the boss is pretty well
stirred up. which maybe is natural
enough. He comes from the east.
where they don't know anything
about such things"
1 The Wreck was standing near q
window, polishing his spectacles. 1t
was Sally's first conscious glimpse
of him without the horn rims. He
gave her swift impression of being
another person But there was no
time to study him Charley was too
interesting
Who is the boss? she asked. try
ing to be Indifferent
"Tiis name is Underwood" said
Charley He's from New York. It's
funny the way those New Workers.
buy themselves places that take such
a pile of travelin' to get TO And he
don't come here oftener than once
year This time he drove all the
way 1t don't sound reasonable. but
he did Hes got his boy and girl
with him ! expect he'll stay few
weeks"
Go Tse Continued,