Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1934-05-09

among worse memories. And now
I'll be getting along. Please come
here whenever you want to. Lone
Mesa Ia yours from now on"
He swung into his saddle, and
the girl put out a quick hand and
caught his sleeve.
NO." she said swiftly, "why
should you give 1t up7 There's some
thing here for you, something good.
! know. It's your eyes when you
look out yonder, a peace and a heal
Ing, and I want you to have that.
You need 1t. Tits something OF
the-of the soul, II you see what /
mean"
Gravely he looked at her. shook
his head wonderingly.
My Cd" he said softly. what
a woman you arel didn't know
there was one like you outside Of
tn story booksl Are you, by any
chance, a lady preacher7"
NO." said Sonya. "of course not.
I'm a physician. But I'm q woman
first, and I can see when a hearts
sick as we'll as a body. You're sick
In your soul, your character. or I
miss my guess-and / usually don't
do that
NO." he said. you haven't now.
But 1t don't matter In this case.
It's too late for medicine-even
yours"
ats not" said Sonya, and was
astonished at the passion of her
| tone; 'ft's never too late. Not till
ones last heartbeat-only then"
"What r you tryin' to dof" he
asked her gently. smiling into her
eyes again-"change tn spots of tn
leopard7 Be careful. There's no
more t%reacherous beast alive. An
I'm telling you true, Miss Savarin.
I'm a leopard at heart, cruel and
fierce. and not ft for you to speak
to like this, straight out, man to
man / don't deserve 1t. If you
knew what an who / am you'd turn
your horse an ride for that down
trail like all possessed, and you'd be
right"
Maybe I do know-a little,"
Sonva flashed. shut I'm not afraid.
I'm never afraid. Of anything"
mo. You're like a white angel In
armor," he said gravely; you
haven't any need to fear. Even /
could not hurt you when I wanted
to. You're safe-anywhere-any
time. TIL devil himself couldn't
hurt you"
"Will you remember what | say
that It's never too late to changer"
"rn remember" he said politely.
"an' thanks. Now, good-by. and
good luck always. Miss Savarin."
"Good-by," said Sonya. "and the
same to you"
He carried his hat In bis hand as
he whirled the horse around the
corner Of the ancient stone house,
and did not look back. and Sonya
listened to the shod hoofs striking
into the defle that led down the
face of the sheer cliff.
She sat stiffly quiet In her saddle
and was conscious of a strange tu-
multi within her spirit. What had
she done, talking here In this high
solitude with this mysterious rider
whose inner self was black with
unnamed si~ns-whose very pres
J ence In the land was a menace and
a portent Of disaster7 For she knew
past all doubling that this was the
Blue-eyed One Of whom the Servant
spoke In his vague parallels. that
henchman of Beelzebub who went
before trouble. And she who owed
him hatred, who had vowed to take
her pound of flesh from him because
of what he had tried 10 do that
day at the mesa's RIM She had
talked with him, earnestly, and
without scornl
The next day she went to see Lit
tie Moon and refused the bundle of
sheep pelts which Two Fingers Of
fered her. along with the gorgeous
finished blanket which the woman
laid across her knees.
Sonya stroked the latter with
appreciative fingers. but shook her
head, smiling.
"What | did for you," she told
them in Navajo, was a giving-a
service to my people. You are my
people. / have chosen the Navajos
before the Great Spirit. Let be. II
la well"
After a long silence Two Fingers
said, LIT is well. And we and all
the Navajos around here are your
little people. under your feet. A
soft blanket to keep your heels from
the stonea."
1T is very WELL" the girl said
gravely. and knew he spoke the
truth. There was to come a day
when she would have ample and
tragic proof of that, but 1t was Just
as well she could not see ahead.
From Chez wash she rode down
along the levels OF the sage to where
the debouching canyon had given up
its pitiful small carava that day
she had seen Mr. Satter from the
school taking away the children.
On an impulse she turned and
rode into this rugged cut that bi.