Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-12-20
Copyright By Charles Scriboss's Soma
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THE STORY

CHAPTER xvII-christie and Sell
and General Roper acknowledges he
had acted unworthily. At the wedding
supper man, refusing to enter the
insists on seeing Ell ,s The
Sis caller IS big Haynes Haynes has
a story Of tragedy: He. with Starbuck
and Margaret. had been caught in 2
swept starbuck and his wife to their
deaths together and spared Haynes as
by a miracle. A teamins party had
where, the past forgotten in the trag-
edy, the citizens unite in an appropriate
| funeral ceremony.
CHAPTER XVI11.--selwood and his
wife at first contemplate leaving
Sleepy Cat, but his popularity is made
he hesitates. The offer Of a partner
ship in Wentworth's freighting bust
ness turns the scales. and the story
| guess we're going to stay"
Continued from last weekly
II looked careful for signs and kept
calling Starbuck and Meg-but didn't
have no hope much Of ever seeing 'em
again till 1 spied something, down at
the mouth Of the canyon, and pretty
well out in the creek on a gravel
bar First thought 1t was a big
piece of driftwood; then I thought it
was one of the horses. I seen, when
I got closter, 1t wasn't. 1t was Star
buck and Meg.
II waded a ways out into the creek
and got pretty near the sand bar to
see If either of 'em was alive. Meg's
skirt must "a caught in a snag on
the bar, and that held 'em there when
the water went down. There they
were, lying on the up side of the bar,
with their arms tight round each
other-and their heads part under
water-Starbuck's head was clean
under water"
Haynes wiped his forehead with the
back of his grimy hand. II waded
back ashore and kept on down the
wash till I got to the main crossing,
and set down there to wait for help.
Inside an hour a couple O. your
wagons come along, headin' west. I
told the boys the story Jes' z twas.
They'd heard about the trouble at
Sleepy Cat but didn't know nothin'
about it. They agreed to help me- We
unloaded most Of the hay on one
wagon and drove the wagon up the
creek, close as we could to where
they lay. We waded out and one Of
the boys took aholt of their feet, and
the other one and took their should
ers together, so we got 'em out to
the wagon the way they lay, n got
'em into the wagon. So, John-well-
here we are"
Hollow-eyed, he said no more.
Selwood, after a moments silence,
spoke to Scott. II guess everybody's
out Of the Kitchen" he said. "Get
hold Of Bull and tell him to cook
some supper for Haynes and hunt up
a bed for him." He turned back to
Haynes. "Where are theyT'
"John, we laid 'em down at the
barn in the harness-room - there
want no other place, n JUS plum
didn't know what to do with 'em till
1 seen you. II you don't think it's
right"
He hesitated. Selwood finished the
sentence. "It's all right" he said, ris-
ing. AS he started toward the dining
room, Pardaloe laid heavy hand on
his shoulder. And he looked down at
him with serious eyes. "John," he said
solemnly, remember what the cards
said Saturday night at Calabasas?
We couldn't figure out just how it was
coming, could we? But the old deck
didn't lie; death was in 1t that night,
sure enough, wasn't it,"
Selwood stepped into the hall, to
find Christie, wide-eyed, at the open
door. She caught his hands. "When
I came downstairs they told me- you
had been called from the table. 7
was frightened and I ran out to see
where you were," she whispered. 81
heard that terrible story! John, what
shall we do?"
They called Carpy, and while Par
daloe told the story to the merrymak-
ers, Selwood and Christie told the
doctor.
He vowed with hardened oaths that
Meg Hyde should have the best there
| was to be had in Sleepy Cat; and the
three started for the barn = for