Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1932-01-07

And never see you again?" he
queried, blankly.
1T would be best" she return
ed, and looked away. ''But / didn't
say you'd never see me again. Per-
haps I've might meet in town.
I'm going in over the Fourth. Mrs.
Dabb is to give a dance. | could
see you there"
AT that Rock. laughted rather
wildly. "At Amy Wund's house,
Not much. -"
"Then at the dance. It won't be
at her house. I'm go with you
if you ask me-
Don't bride me to run off from
Sunset Pass" he said, pondering-
ly. "But thank you for sayin' you'd
go with me. I'd like to. But I'm
not invited and don't expect to be-"
an see you get an invitation,
Mr.. Rock"
Don't tempt me. I'd almost give
my head to take you to a dance.
I'd almost quit my job here and
then come back to it again"
"But that would be a lie she
returned, severely.
well, / might lie, too. | don't
mean to you, but for YOU"
please, Nh. Rock, go away to-
before trouble comes. III
never be able to thank you enough.
It's the only chance you have to
be my-my friend"
you're a queer, wonderful girl"
he replied, puzzled and sad.
Il will come to town oftener-
she almost whispered.
You'd meet me in town and
hope to deceive Ash?" queried
bluntly.
eyes. III try" she faltered.
"But he'd find out. You can't
that hombre. Then he would
have a real case against me. He'd
hunt me down, force me to meet
"Oh!" she cried, poignantly.
"If | give in to you and leave
Sunset Pass, I'd never willingly see
you again." he went on, with more
bitterness.
"Mr. Rock, that wouldn't be such
Ia loss to you as you imagine
she answered.
Il don't know. All | know is that
hate to refuse you anythin'. Rec
ION | can't, if it's for your sake.
if I do it, I'll go plumb to
lell!"
She questioned him with mute
Ups and ~beseeching glance.
"Listen. There's two sides to
his deal, and here's mine," he be-
IAN, leaning close so that he could
ee her better in the pale shadow.
| want you to know about me 7
born in Illinois. My mother
nd father r Twin. They're quite
Id now. | was home five years ago..
Veil, | went to school till we moved
ut West. Then | went to ridin'.
ly father lost out in the cattle
usiness and took the family back
ONE. I stayed. That was-fourteenI
sixteen years ago.
"Durin' these sixteen years I've ]
we'd the life Of a wanderin', ridin',
fightin' cowboy. I stuck
ere on this range longest of ALL
don't say I was bad, but | wasn't {
luch good. | was always gettin' s
trouble for other people. {
hats how | came to shoot Pickins.
was a good radiance. But the ]
leriff then-Cass Seward-was a. t
lend Of Pickins's. | didn't want
kill Seward, so ! left Wagon {
81 stayed away six years. Then {
I'D to come back. / got there the {
ny | met you. Found out Seward t
as gone. Found out a lot Of other
| wanted to know about
y old girls. / had always been
Any over pretty girls. Ran after
Liked some-and, reck-
led / loved-or imagined | loved
hers. Sol Winter told me a lot :
bad news about the girls-and I
,out his son Nick. So | lost my |
mood. I wanted to go out
i'd get drunk. Sol asked me to I
sep store for him. And I sat there i
nkin' into one of the old black
,ells that had kept me from 6
akin some one out of myself.
retty soon l would go and get {
wful drunk. | had a bunch that
d be kind of a climax in my life. ]
ut | didn't care. Then you, .
hiry Preston, walked in that
ore. And ! didn't want to go out ]
nd get drunk. Somethin' hap {
| don't know yet what it
as. But it was wonderful. Sure
ou remember how funny l was {
your" {
"Oh, I thot you funny then, but
DIV | see you weren't" she said.
mo, I'm sur not so funny now,"i
> went on, with dark passion. {
happened to me. It's
zen such a tearin', changin' some {
lin that I don't know myself. I'm
ndin' out little by little. Seem
ou this second time has helped I
lot. I'll make a clean breast OF
Il-soon as / know. But right now {
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