Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1934-04-18

broth. | go today to my own place
to sleep-and / will come back.
Her life is yours now. See that
you keep 1t by doing as ! tell you"
To Little Moon herself she said,
II 60 now-to rest-but / will come
again. Drink the Cruel as | have
given 1t to you, a little at a time,
and sleep much-sleep all you can.
SO will you walk In the sun again"
Then she vas outside the hogan,
pulling on her gloves, her saddle
bags at her feet, waiting for Two
Fingers to bring her horse.
He put the bags In place, and
over the saddle his eyes were on
her ~gravely.
There was a Blue Woman Of
the South once" he said In Navajo,
whose son, being a son of the Sun
god, too, delivered the Navajos
from under the earth. She was all
goodness-the Turquoise Woman.
She makes her hogan In your
heart"
To save her life Sonya, who knew
the legends of these people, could
not help the tears that sprang to
her eyes. 1t was because she was
a little tired, maybe a bit unstrung
with the recent ordeal-but Two
Fingers was telling her that she
had delivered him and his. Before
she could reply a sound struck on
the stiffness, the crack of a horses
hoof against the stone, and she
looked quickly down the wash.
There, almost upon her, was Rod
ney Blake on Serge's bay mare.
why, Rodi" she cried. How In
the world did you find meT'
Serge told me the way. Are you
ready?"
"Yes. Just going. oh, I'm glad
you camel It'll be a grand ride back
with the SUI coming up. This is
Two Fingers, whose wife is sick"
The Indian looked up, but Rod
Blake did not see him. 1t was as
IL she had not spoken the last few
words, or as If they had not pene-
trated his consciousness.
YES" he said, at will, though
1t has been cold"
"All right" said Sonya, reaching
for Darkness rein. Lets 90. I'm
ready, and so Is Darkness. He's
been penned up too"
She did not finish, for another
sound came out Of the profound
stiffness of the sunrise-the shuttle
and slide Of a mans booted feet this
time-and around the bulge of the
hogan a tall figure In a blue shirt,
worn chaps, and high-heeled boots
appeared.
A strange, half painful shock of
recognition went over Sonya.
1t was the man of Lone Mesa.
Taking in the unexpected group
with lightning swiftness, bis gaze
came back to her, rested upon her
as If against his WI volition, and
a slow red tide flowed up along his
lean face. AS Rod q moment be-
fore had not been conscious of Two
Fingers, SO now this man was not
conscious Of anyone but the slim
girl In riding clothes with her foot
arrested In the stirrup.
He stood so long looking at her
that Rodney Blake's face changed.
~"Sonya," he said sharply, "shall
we got"
AS IL a spell had broken. the
stranger looked up sharply.
The eyes of the two men met and
held.
1t was as II two blades STRUCK
and crossed, as II armed forces
clashed. There was instant hatred
In 1t, instant opposition.
Then Sonya swung into her sad
die and was away at a lope, Roc
: following close behind.
who was that man7" he asked
thinly when he had caught up will
her. "Do you know him?"
Il don't know, and | do not" salt
, the girl crisply, land | don't lik'
your tone. Oh, Rod dear, I d,
wish you would understand me bet
ter"
Forgive me, Sonya," said Blake
shut i hate all men who look a
you-too long,"
The ride back to the ranch wa
beautiful beyond words with tn,
newly risen sun bathing the wealth
cred peaks and pinnacles of deser
stone, but somehow its glory misse'
the girls heart.
Whether 1t was seeing again tn
face of the man of Lone Mesa, o
Rods unreasoning jealousy, sh
could not say. At any rate, sh
was silent and preoccupied, an
more than once Blake looked at he
sharply.
"Sonya," he said presently, "
know you are tired, that you've ha
a hard night, but / want to tai
with you, and this seems the bes
chance I'm likely to have, since 20
are SO busy all the time. My long
ing and love for you are an oil
story. I'm not going into 1t agaiI
I'm just telling you that I'm leay
Ing for the East day after tomol
row, and 1t has been my hope I
take you back this time. Sony
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