Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1933-04-06

her heart.
S~leepless nights were in her imme
date past; harried days had take
their toll. This afternoon she ha.
walked a dozen miles through soft eo
Ing n her body WAS wearied sh,
dropped her cheek to the blankets foI
Just a moment; If Wolf did not com
soon she would undress, bolt the door
I'LL the stove with wood, and prepar
to spend the night alone. Jnst .
moment.
And sleep came as Gorhel, two hours
away from that lonely cabin. cursed
at the thinning OF the snow. at the
family blurred stars which began tn
appear in what had been a void above
him.
Ellen woke with a start. The room
was cold; her body stiff, but 1t was
NOT the chill nor the aching of her
muscles which startled her from deep
sleep.
mol these. Rather the careful.
SLOW c~reaking of a door hinge,
Wolf returning7 That was the first
possibility which presented itself to
her clearing consciousness. but imme-
diafelv she reasoned that q maj does
not enter his own home with stealth
and caution.
A man was there. outside. She
could see his fingers clasping the
doors edge, could make out a see
ment OF his face. probably watching
her.
VINO Is it2' she cried sharply. sit
ing up and swinging her feet to the
noor. What do you want7r
The door moved and Paul GorbeI
half reeled into the rom.
Its l.. Ellen. And what do / wants-
with something of a sheer. some
thing OF bravado. d what do 7
Want"- weakening quickly. oddly.
! came for you for
youl That's what!n
over an hour ago he had come to
q malt at the crest OF the burned ridge
which swept downward to the swami
where Wolf had built his cabin. the
hrst objective In his flight. He had
stopped with q gasp. Twin recfangles |
Oh light showed down there. windows |
In a building q structure which ba
mad counted on being u~noccupied.
lie was without food, without more
q po~cket-knife as Il device for pro
curing food and warmth. because be
lad dropped his pistol back there In
ne office after his finger had pulled
ne trigger and drove him away from
and food and shelter.
a man cannot endure the wilderness
n winter without food or the means
7 procuring food. He must have an
= and blankets he should have ufen-
lis TO make the food he could take
'alatable.
Ills knees shook and his breath
anne and went In light means. Wolf
Slchards there back home n
ian who was impossible OF approach.
ven had a traveller been free to an
roach any human beingt
lie wondered why the dogs had not
-arfed their clamor. He had hepn
lis way before and on each occasion
re beasts had set up a tremendous
% long before he was this neal.
g closed one eye, striving by that
ssture of concentration to stin his
brain. If Wolf wara +.
'me, his dogs would be home. If !,
'gs were there, they should be rails
& the dead by now. ].
probably the occupant OF thar !.
bin was not Wolf Richards at all. /
'meone else had stopped there to- !
ght, as his cruiser had been there !
night Relief, with that thought
d on the heels OF relief. dismay :.
ain. Anyone there. anyone who :,
aim, anyone observing enough :
remember and to describe him =
'uld present a fatal hazard. !
He started cautiously forward won =
II the dogs might no be there !
.er all, ready to begin their deyiIish =
rking. He stood a long Interval at :
edge OF the timber. less than .
ndred feet from the cabin. watching
-ening. No dogs were there. Wolf u
lid not be home. This was some I"
ser person. 10
The soft snow covered all sounds of u
progress. He could see snowshoes
nding against the log wall: a single =
r, be thought II SO. only one must w
encountered. He edged along the
lding to the window. peerinp
Dugh the half-frosted panes.
Lis heart stopped as he say her w.
there on the cot, and Their raced
lily on again Ellen Richards. the ".
he had desired and. finding her An
ossihle to possess, the girl whose IN
Derty he had attempted to ACQUIRE thI
'ugh the scheming and treachery re,
ch had brought him to the stains on,
fugitive Paul GorbeI sank II
lis knees, gloating. rio
e wanted revenge In this moment mo
1ted to make her suffer for the
ering which his fevered mind an
ed back to her now. He'd break ma
pride, her heart, her life. as his 20,
e and heart and life had been an.
He had been 40 honest In -