Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1933-04-13

Il A3-AA4ASA@ Il l. HIN e Nj
running off while | am busy. In
going on. And you're going with me
You're the n thing I've wanted tina
didn't get. | almost had al
the rest but YOU / never cam
near hayfng 0 until noR.- II
laughed again. mirthEessly. And nov
you've got TO go. L can't leave vog
here. to go back and tell them.
can't harm You. Ellen / never
could harm you unless you try Ii
get away again.
tie moved TO the cupboard. opened
Inc 0 % and surveyed the contents
salt. tea. sugar. he took down and
carripd 10 the table. He eyed the
utensils next. picking up kettles n
oy one, examining them. selecting one
of the lot eventually. plaetna IL also
on the table A FRYING a next: q
teapot.
Flour and other articles. until the
end OF the table was heaned with
Them. After this he started rummar-
Ing. peering under the bed. tearing
aside the calico hanging at one end of
Inc room TO paw over the deep shelves
behind II, muttering TO himself.
Then. he asked:
Where's he keep his pack-sacks3~
Ellen gestured toward the fur loft
and tried to speak. The words would
not come. the inspiration. the hone.
t%hrobbing in her heart, choked them
back.
In there" she finally said.
FOL a moment he stared at the door
and its fastening, and then looked aft
her.
You bring the lamp" he said.
Without response she moved to obey
and he watched her walk to he table
lift the lamp in both hands. He stood
aside, showing the door open. and she
passed Within
A. single pack-sack was hanging from
q rafter and he took 1t down. Ellen
started to move into the outer room.
Wait said, and win d Queer
cfluckle went first Now ron NAV
come he remarked when he crossed
the threshold THAT hook it'd
hold a person In there a long
time.
He had e the opportunity as
Ellen had seen 1t. Upset as he was.
Paul Gorbel's mind still pursued its
junction Of guarding his " In
terestsi
Time was what she needed now
I'M and daylight She watched the
clock. ticking its way through the
growing hours, marking the death OF
night Her heart tripped faster than
he clicks of the mechanism.
He selected rifle ammunition. mrt-
-ering, now and again making d sound
hat was hybrid between sob and
.hnckle. He gathered his plumber In d
,ile on the floor and reached for the
oack-sack- A dangling strap caught
lis eye and he cursed sayagely.
.Rivets7" he demanded. aVhere
Ioes Wolf keep em7-
7 don't know. Paul I'll -. TIL
ook.''
Look Them
She began to look, searching In those
'laces where she was certain rjxefs
you'd not be kept. using up minutes.
bunting even seconds SO spent as
reci0us- Wolf might come. Some
might come but dav-
ght would surely come A girl can
Ike strength from daylight, can ON
and our which darkness makes
Unavailable.
Gorbel looked up at the clock and
ursed.
No time to fool.s he snarled. aGef
, be going, you and n"
Ills look chilled her and she turned
face away, making motions towards
sarching in the table drawer.
incl She needed times
Gorbel found the riyets on a small
lelf behind the door. He ranafrad
e cut strap OF the pack-sack and be-
slowing the appropriated supplies
IT, lie had found jerked venison
ld cneWed on q chunk hungrilr.
You must eat" Ellen said, hot with
SEPARATION. 44You can't take the trail
just coffee, Paul"
The girl made a great clatter with
The bacon's In the fur room. WIN I
~ get it9" she asked. {
Cunning showed in his face. aYon
II IL .
she took a knife from the table N !
ng. thin-bladed knife; she picked a I
lshllght from her own pack, went 9
iickly through the door OF heavy .
Bacon hung there from a peeled log
iaf lay across r~afters, but Ii was nor I
bacon that the girl looked. She I"
luged the length Of that stick. Eight
ef, probably four inches through at 0
J smaller end. stout, s~low-growIng v
.dar. Il
The fur room itself was the width i
the cabin but barely six feet in
'pth. The far wall. like the Others. s
as Of tarnarack logs. She dropped y
e knife. reached upward. rolled the
eie cedar across the raffers untfl a
e p was clear. pulled on II, brought =
sliding down.
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