The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-12-27


like a man in = daze. He couldn't
eat He offered being out In the sun
as an excuse. he Is out In the sun
every day.
Il think that ne had met Gaby, as
they had planned. right after dinner
whep he started for RattaiL. Maybe
she had promised him to leave the
place. He was crazy to ger her OF
the ranch. 7 know that He told me
so. just the other day-said she was
making trouble here, and so on She
may have had something on him, that
she was threatening TO tell Danny,
or Sam don't know about that
either don't know a d-n thing
about whatever they might have had
between them But ! think that be
killed her, out on the desert some
place.
Il don't know why ne brought her
body back and hid II in the house.
He may have been afraid OF footprints
In the road. or on the desert, If he
carried the body away and tried TO
hide II out there. Re didn't know
that the storm was coming. to cover
up his tracks. I think. though, that
II was pure funk thar made him come
driving home with the body hidden
In the car-covered with the sacks
Of rock salt
4 didn't like to think that II was
Danny who helped him out, after
that II didn't seem like her. l
couldn't think Of anyone else, though.
who would help him In the last few
minutes, I've managed to think of
someone else. II is a lucky thing
for John You are a d-n sight
stronger ally, Sam. than Danny or
any one else would have been. For
instance-this present magnificent
bluff of yours"
"Au right" Sam said ~An
through?
I'm satisfied, If you are" Hubert
Hand answered.
I'm not" Sam drawIed. Because.
like he caterpillar said, It's all
wrong from beginning to end 1t is q
queer thing. though, the way quota
lions always come 70 me- Most Of
the time you were talking. Hand. I
kept thinking of this one: Give a
guilty man enough rope and he will
hang himself"
Sam told John II was his turn to
talk.
Il don't know where to begin" John
said. i've got nothing TO talk about
Begin at the beginning. What did
Gaby say to you. after dinner, that
made you decide, right of. to 20 to
RattailT'
1--WE told you that already. I've
got no changes to make In 1t. Gaby
told me. after dinner. that Danny's
headache was getting worse. She
said that Danny had sent to Salt
Lake for q certain kind of headache
medicine, the only kind that ever
did her any good. She said II should
have come In the mornings mail.
She said that Danny would be peeved
at her for telling me about it-asking
me TO 60, that is. So, If | didn't
want a fuss. and wanted to be al
lowed to 60. I'd better make q sneak
of ii, with no explanations. did.
Here Is something I haven't told,
though, for Danny just told me, when
we came In here at three She hadn't
sent for any headache medicine to
Salt Lake. nor anywhere. That GER
tainly looks as II Gaby wanted TO
get either me, or the sedan. of the
job and out of the way, yesterday
afternoon. She must have had some
reason for sending me on a fools
errand like that"
Did anyone see You towing Saule
to his placer
"Not that | know Of. l towed him
all right; but I can't prove it Hand
was right whIn be said be could be
bought for a half dollar. He might
come cheaper. I'd try him with a
quarter, first, Hand"
"Son,' Sam said. Il don't blame
you a d-n bit for being sore clear
to the bone. But. come to that, we
haven't any right TO blame Hand
here, either; not If be is honest In
his suspicious, and. maybe. be is.
forced them out of him. Cant you
swallow your pride. for a while.
and"
I've swallowed II already" John
said. IF that's what you want. Swat
lowed II till I'm choked with it,
Il know, 1 know. But II Is ike
this John-aDd this goes for all you
folks. too person can't get TO the
bottom of anything without going
down In this case. IL looks ike we
were going TO have to 60 pretty low
down-a trip 10 ID for most Of Us.
reckon. But IL will be q round
trip. Most OF Us will come up clean,
TO q clean Desert Moon Can't we go
down, then, like a lot of reasonable
human beings. and not like kennel
Of yapping dogsi"
at won't hold, dad" John an
swered. @Not this round trip to hi
stuff. az human beings II ] hadn't
stopped being q human being. that
is man, 1 wouldn't have SAT still
here and let Hand have his say out
And | wouldn't have done IL. not 20
save my own neck But ! Know how
you feel about the ranch I've gone
through with il foi thai reason and
for Danny. though I knew that all OF
this is rotten mistake on your part
knnw that; bur il is 10 use telling
you. now thai you've started I'll
90 on with IL the hest can 0
guess the others will too. Hop TO
il dad. WHATS your next question: