Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1933-03-30

~snot.H He Muttered. -shottH
support and dragged n chair over yitl
hin as ne fell against the desk
Paui Gorhel was mt the door. sprinr
ing The loci He drew 1t shut behinf
hiIn- lie went along the corridor anf
down the steps with breath sputfer
Ing through set lips. Inside ,he
man on The floor breathed heavily. trv.
ing TO speak. 10 call out. fghfinp
against the PAIN struggling 10 rise
then slumping backward to lie and
pant But his eyes were oren and
through the low window he watched
me lighted stores across the way.
John Belknap entered the BOARDING
house late for supper. He had visited
after closing hours. with fhe1eaa~
cashier OF the Bank of Kampfesf nav
Ing the way for following up the story
OF donhle-dealing there that Marie
had fold him New that the hrear
had come, he would push everv angle
relentIessly-
AS he passed through the office the
manager hailed him.
Long distances been irwin. "a pat
Q al afternoon from Shoestrinr.
he said And Nat Bradshaw uaa
here lookin' for ron. Oh NOT
over haif-hour ag~o--glancing AT the
clock
did Nat drive back" John asked
Search me- He seemed sort of
T OF glum. / guess. Didn't visit
he usually does
John stood "A moment. i~rresolute
Men we're coming from the dIninr
room. III look up and down the
street for Nat" he said -Likely the
call was from him"
He walked to the corner. ooEed
towards the mill and could see q team
standing tied before the Belknap 4
Gorbel Offices.
III was Mats team. he saw. as he
close and Laid a hand ON the
OF n horse while he scanned
The building The windows were
blanks. rejecting only the lights from
stores across the way
AcWethy approached
Mae, have you seen Naty- John
.sked-
mo that's his team. afn.t it7-
Yes He's In town: was looking for
me-
They stood. looking at passers. spec
as to the sferir's where
bouts
Inside that darkened Office Nat
BRADSHAW. breathing painfully. heard
0ices drifting into his consciousness
8 though n dream He was cold His
aet we're numb His hands felt life
The only warmth about him was :
burning spot In his breast and '
ne tried to move, n fresh spreading /.
armth ran down bis side. :
He tried TO call out but choked and :.
q throat filed with fnid. He stran- :
ed and reached an uncertain hand :.
oward The fingers found q leg Of ,
overturned chair and rripped .
ere He pulled on the hand he
loved upward with the other elbow y
g raised his torso slowly. breath =
at the effort. until his eyes
ere above the ievel of the window
4 o
They were standing there. John :
,lknap and IA he could O dlsfin-
ish. standing talking. looking uD
d down the street He tried to ran
t again. but his voice was drowned OF
that stuff which made his breath Of
tile ~
struggled against his weakness fir
re deferminedly- One hand was mr.
his body up He LET go fhe Ar
iir and grasped the desk top with the nj
Fingers tipped over q heavy nj
well and the liquid ran down his er
eve He funbied for 1T again. SO an
msily. 50 painfully ~,
were going now those two AZ
side were moving away or ~
leaving him. when ~
needed men when an officer 80,
sded help A sort of rage ~,
Inn upward 1T wasn't like ths
Ing Johnny Beiknap to walk away o.
m a man In a fix 80 -.