Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-06-11

piece or deer meat for the lady, see
ing she's been cheated Of her supper.
Now, II you and the little fella don't
mind sittin' up behind and before,
why, III take you back q ways. You
probably run further than you ex-
pected, ma'am. scared IS you was"
She had. as a mattersof fact. In her
terror, run almost half a mile from
camp.
accomplishing this was something Of
a miracle. AT one moment the horse
was standing ready and he was at It's
side. Tile next there was flash. and
he was on its hack. II was like an
optical Illusion in which he seemed to
have been drawn to the saddle as n
needle flies 20 the magnet. Gin he
drew up 10 the pamme. holding him
with one hand: Snhra. perched on the
horses rnmp. clung with both arms
round the lads slim waist Something
of horsewoman. she noticed his fine
Mexican saddle. studded With silver.
From the sides of the saddle hung
hair-covered pockets whose bulge was
the outline Of gun. a slicker such
as Is carried nv those who ride the
trails made compact shin-shape roll
behind the saddle. Suddenly she no
ticed that the young rider wore gloves.
The sight Of them made her vaguely
uneasy, as though some memory had
been stirred She had never seen
plainsman wearing gloves 1t was abb
surd, somehow.
A hundred feet or so from the
camp he refined in his horse abruptly,
half turned in his saddle. and with his
free hand swung Sabra gently TO the
ground, leaning far from his saddle
and keeping firm hold on Gin and
relns as he did so. He placed the
child In her appraised arms. wheeled.
and was gone before she could open
her lips to frame word Of thanks.
| The piece Of deer meat. neatly wrapped.
| lay on the ground nj her feet. She
stood staring after the gallopng figure.
dumbly. She took Gins hand To
gethcr they ran toward the camp.
Isaiah had fire going, pot OF coffee
/ bubbling. His greeting to Gin was
sternly admonitory. Ten minutes
later Yancey gallope1 in. empty
handed.
what a chase he led me Twice
thought | had him I'd have run him
| t,to e Irtf
be-
Sabra. for the first time since her
marriage felt superior to him: was
impatient OF his tale OF prowess. She
had her own story to tell. sniced with
Indignation. !" and just when
| was ready to die With fright, there
he was. talking to those four men, and
sitting on--the knee Of one of them ms
though he'd known him all his life.
eating nuts"
Yancey seemed less interested In the
part that she and Gin had played in
the adventure than In the appearance
and behavior Of the four men in the
draw. and especially the charming
young man who had so CALAMITY
brought them hack.
Thin faced; was he? And young
ster? About nineteen or twenty
What else.7
"Oh. low voice. and kind OF sweet,
4 as though he sang tenor And his
teeth"
Yancey interrupted Long. weren't
they? The two at the side, | mean
Like A wnlf'sw
"Yes. now did you no you know
him.
sort of Yancey answered thought
fully.
Sabra was piqued. 1T was lucky for
us it was some one who knows you,
probably. Because you don't seem
to care much about what happened to
us--what might have happened"
You said you wanted to go a.
pioneering"
1Well?n
This Is Il. Stir that fire. Isaiah.
Sabra, get that meat a-frizzling. Be
cause we're moving on"
Nov? Tonight? But it's late.
thought we were camping here for the
night"
Wen eat and get going. Moon.
light tonight. / don't just like 1t here.
There's been lot Of time lost this
afternoon. Wen push on. In an
other day or SO, with luck, Wen be In
Usage, snug and safe"
They ate hurrledly. Yancey seemed
restless, anxious to be Off.
ITO be continued)