Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-08-11
CHAPTER Continued

80 q III NJII I'll SAiaIfs
King thought, half sheepish and th.
other half tender, cast a downward
glance along the encasement OF ths
outer man. Silk shirt, q very pure
white; bright tie. very new; white
n%annels. very spick and span. silker
hose and low white ties. This Earl
for Ben Gaynor the lumberman. wfae
FELT not entirely at his ease. hence
me sheepish grin a fond father decked
out by his daughter as King well
guessed. hence that CLEAN of tender
ness.
"Gloria's doings." he chuckIed. Il
guess I'd wear a monkey Jacket If she
said so. Mark" But none the less his
eyes, as they appraised the rough
earb OF bis guest. were enyious. Il
can breathe better, just the same, In
boots like yours" he concluded. He
stretched his long arms high above
MS head. Il wish / could get out into
the woods for q spell with You. Marx.
The very thing" said King eagerly.
That's just what | want
But Gasnor shook his head and his
thin, aristocratic face was briefly over
cast, and for an instant shadows creps
into his eyes
NO can do. Mark" he said quietly.
mol this time I've got both hands
full and then some"
King leaned forward in his chair.
MS hands gripping Gaynor's knee.
Zen, It's there. I've always known
It, always been willing fo bet mr. LAST
dollar. Now I'd gamble nv life on II.
! came up This time from Georgetown
lou remember the old trail nm hv
Gerle's. Red cliff and Hell hole. leay-
Ing French meadows and Heavens
gate and Mount Mildred way off to
Inc left | had ii all pretty much NV
WI way until | came to Lookouf
ridge And who DO ron suppos
found poking around there: Sven
BrodIe. And Andy Parker
Gaynor frowned. impressed as King
had been before him.
King wen on. He and Parker vera
up on the cliffs not a quarfer-miie from
the old cabin. They stood close TO-
right al the edge. Parker fell.
LOOKED down. turned on his heel
and went off. smoking his sinking
pipe. most likely. / buried Parker the
next morning.
Poor devil" said Gaynor. Then his
shot up and be demanded.
afon mean Brodie did for him. |
him over?s
That's exactly what I mean ! !
saw the whole thing from the mountain
the lake. too far fo swear TO
anything like that. But this ran
wear to. Brodie was In there for the
thing we've been after for Ten
7ears."
How do you know what Brodie and |
'erker were affer?'
ANDY Parker. He was srylIen and
ight-monthed for the most part until
got him. Then he babbIed by
hour And all his talk was OF GINS
ngle and the devils luck of the an
ucky Seven. with every now and then
word for Leony Honeycutt and SVEN
srodie- Now I've told you my tale.
els have yours You saw Honercotf
ould You get anything out of himsv
'0niy this. that you are dead right
bout his knowing or thinking that he
nows- He lis feebler than he was last
I'LL a great deal feehler both In body
mind oh, ! know what you,re
fter,' he cackles af me. shrewd ennngh
. hit the nail square, too. Marx.
he rambles on. you've come to
right man. But am I goin' to blab
ow. havin' kept a shut o NH
'ese yearsT And then he goes on to
that he is feeling a whole lot
ronger these days, that come mid.
,ring he'll be as frisky as a colt. and
lat then he means to have what is
IS ownl And that is AS close M ha
'er comes to sayin anything
He can't live u thausand Fears
used King. HE liz eighty now. If
Is a day. !
"Eighty-four by his w estimate
He knows something, Ben. !
SO do we. or think we do. So does I
rode. 1t would seem. Does old
oneycutt know any more than the I
st OF us2"
I'VE r ail young men compared 4
th Ioony Honeycutt. ali johnny.
me Lately youngsters. Gus IngIe and
5 crowd MS ear as we can figure q
me to grief In the winter OF 1874 q
old Honeycutt's own count he would I
We been . wild young devil of seven '
IN then. And
Gu In Gaynor. IF b.. :
We the murderous old rascal. he ii
ows with sly. intimate knowledge Il
and why the man In the lone !.
Din wna killed All ia sh~+ u-m -