The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1925-02-26

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old man was drawing a bead upon the
boat, now some hundred yards away
from them in the middle of the stream
Leboeuf looked at him reproachfully
Monsieur, | could have killed him
l do not err at the mark, Monsieur"
Again he was about to take AIM
but Lee caught the rifle in his hand.
mo. no, Leboeuf. She must not be
left to the mercy Of those three men
So long as Railway lives there is 9
shade of hope for her. Don't you I'm.
d~erstand?"
Comprehension came to the old In.
dian. He lowered the rife.
Joyce had ceased to cry out, and in
dumb helplessness the two mer
watched the motor boat shoot past
them and disappear around the curve
of the shore. They looked at each
other.
IF any harm has come to her." sale
Lee, 81 swear that I'll kill Railway
like the hound that he is"
"Good p Leboeuf nodded vigorously
"Some men are like the carcajou, Mon
sieur. Yes, he must die. He has
done harm enough for one man, and ]
think lie bon Dieu, who is so patient
has grown weary of him. But what
will you do now, Monsieur"
go to Siston lake. Take her away
or die there"
VERY good, Monsieur. That was
my own plan also. But 1t is a journey
of a night and a day, Monsieur, and II
Is necessary to eat, also to take fooC
with u.s."
Lee was for starting Immediately
but Leboeuf persuaded him. They
were to return to the log house, tt
see if any provisions had been left
behind. If not, they were to &c
through the mine aid to Leboeuf's der
in the rocks, which could be reached
by fording the edge of the subterran
can stream. 1t gave access In on,
way, but not In the other. And lie
boeuf's decision proved a fortunate
one, for at the door of the log hous
they met Father McGrath. his riff
across his back.
"Thank God I've found We. Ande
son !" he cried. II couldna sleep a
the NIGHT for troublin' about We an
that puir lassie. So before the dawI
l started OIL 10 max sure that no evil
Thing had happened beyond what
couldna be avoided. But what has
happened, and whaur Is she, and that
band o. .skunks?"
Lee told him as concisely as pos
Sible while old Leboeuf, bustling in
side the house, brought out some flour
md bacon that the gang had left be-
lind, and proceeded to prepare a meal.
Father McGrath listened, uttering
;harp explosives which sounded re-
larkably like clipped oaths, deprived
# their harmful characteristics by the
Iteration of an occasional c%onsonant.
AYE. and I'm no surprised" he said.
Ills but what I'd have expected. But
till, what can We do, Anderson? The
AVIS the law, whether of God or mon,
n that compact ye made wi Railway
as M bindin' power"
81 can arrest him for attempted
lurder.'
The priest laid a hand ON his Shout
er. "Ye Gamma do that, lad" he an
wered. There's ma court in the land
'ould convict him. In the first place, .
hough We meant only to save the
,ssie from him, there's ma jury would
elieve it. They'd say that compact '
Y which We were to get his wife for
ne mine stinks in the sight O heaven. |
We, and they'd say We arrested him
} get the wumman. Aye, and, fur S
lermair, We Gamma shame her by
her into court as a witness.
a., lad, yen cen ha' to let it go. \
"Ye fought a guild fight for her, lad, y
ut there's naething more to do. Nor n
IN We arrest him for hootch-sellin', Q
n that wud be meexin' up public
lty wi private vengeance. Yell see
lad, when We grow cool" i"
The shrewd, hard, common sense n
,emed to turn Lees heart to stone. d
e knew Father McGrath was right. c
here was nothing he could do. s.
He could not ever attempT the
rest of Pierre and Shorty for the b
'namiting without bringing the whole
DRY into publicity. And he knew f
ell enough that, prima facie, it looked
IMPLY like an attempt on his part to
,ssess himself of the wife of another
an.
Then there was the discredit that
oh a case would bring on the police.
But as he stood there, feeling his
hopes gone, Leboeuf laid down
S skillet and came toward them. The
q man had overheard all that had
.ssed.
Listen, Messieurs," Leboeuf said, j.,
yow / can tell you what | know. /
We known Jim Railway under many
her names, since, when he was a
ung man, he first came into this
strict to sell drink to my people.
'Messieurs, many years have gone
twenty years-since he came to .