Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-09-15

time out into the autumn sunshine.
All of the high adventure was dead
ashes; the lark was lost In a sinister
enterprise.
Gratton's wife-Mrs. Grafton He
had done that She walked on blind
"; tears gathered. tears of mortilea-
ton, of blazing anger. But they did
not fall; she dabbed ~viciously at her
eyes. Why had he done that7 Why!
'Howdy, miss?" a voice was saying.
Ii brought her back to earth from a
region of swirling vapors. back to To-
day and Coloma. She stopped ard
looked at the man, startled He vas
d stranger, yet dimly familiar.
i wanted to ASK" he said SOLICITORS
~, "how your father was this morn
ing"
My father?" she repeated duly.
"Oh, he's quite well. thank you"
Plainly her words puzzled him.
You're the young lady that stopped
In my store one day last spring with
Mark King? June it was, wasn't itT'
Yes she admitted. She would
never have remembered him. But lie.
who had not seen others like her, re-
m%embered.
Then you're Ben Gaynor's girl7 And
you say he's well?"
Quite well, l believe" she said
coolly.
But wasn't he bad hurt last nighf?-
Papa hurt? How hnrt?s she cried
sharply. when? Where? Tell me;
why don't you tell me?"
He looked at her in wonder.
All | know Is just what / heard.
| heard he got hurt at old Loohy
H~oneycutt's last night. Right bad
hurt, they said. But | was just asking
you
Where is hep she cut In excitedly.
"Now?s
Didn't sou just come ont Of the
hotel?' lie looked more puzzled than
yer. Wasn't he there?"
How do | know? Was he taken
there?''
He nodded. "Leastwise.I heard he
was. Last night"
Gloria turned and ran back to the
building she had quilted only a mo-
ment ago, bursting into the front room,
demanding earnestly and In words that
came with a rush:
rs my father here7 Is he hurt?'
aYour father7 Hurt Say, you
ain't Ben Gaynor's daughter, are you? ~
Eyes, yes. Take me to papa.
Quick ]" said Gloria imperiously. .'Yon
should have told me the minute |
came"
"Bnt I didn't know
Quick" repeated Gloria.
He showed her to the room. only
three doors beyond her own. He
moved to open the door but GIoria's
hand was first to the knob. she opened
and went In. closing the door softly.
She made out a mans form on the
bed there was a white bandage about
his head. He stirred and turned half
over.
"Papai' cried Gloria. her voice
catching.
He looked at her In wonderment.
Gloria misread the look In his eyes and
for a terrible moment thought that
he was dying.
Gloria |" he said In amazemenf.
Here"
"Oh. papaw
To Ben Gaynor this u~nannounced
coming of his daughter partook OF the
nature Of an apparition and OF a mir
acle. But the hands gripping his were
fiesh-and-blood hands.
by the Lord, wen nail their hides
to our barn door vet = were mis- first
words Of greeting.
what in the world happened?r
Gloria asked after a sigh Of relief.
'How you happened to be here gets
me-. said Gaynor. IT'S like magic.
You didn't hear down In San Fran
cisco that I was hurt, did your.
mo. Il just happened to be
here. You see, papa"
'"That'll come later" he broke I'm.
You're here. that's all that counts.
You're going to do something for me-"
Anything, thought Gloria. And she
was glad that he did not seek Just
now the explanation of her presence
here; OF course she would tell him
everything-later. But she was still
confused-"Mrs. Gratton"l Did she.
down In the depths of her frivolous
girl-heart. want to be that2
You are moi dangerously hurt,
papa?"
BLESS you, mol Not now, that you're
here. I got a crack on the head that
sickened me: but the tough old skull
held ort against IT. And I got an arm
broken and a rib cracked Don't you
worry about me. I'll be on my feet In
a week. Now. listen: I've got to talk
fast before somebody comes In. You
know the trail through the mountains
to II place; you rode 1t twice with
King
YES"
II want you to ride 1t again today.
You can get a horse at the stable.
Don't let anyone know where you are
going. want You to take a message
to King. And It's got to get to him
and into nobody's hands but his. I'm