Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-11-08

poor devil needs nursin'."
"Jim, whar you sleepin'7"
There's my bed and pack and sad
die" replied Wall, pointing. "Tll
leave them there till 1t rains"
Hays made no comment. They re-
paired to Happy Jacks shelter and to
their evening meal. Later by the light
of the campfire Jim saw Helen come
out of her tent to walk up and down
In the dusk. And she got nearly as
far as where Jim's things lay In the
lee of a low shelf.
Darkness soon settled down, and
with 1t the robbers, worn out with
their labors. Jim stayed up long
enough to see Hays stretch In his
blankets under Happy's shelter.
The next day was like the preceding,
with its camp tasks and improvements,
the guard duty. attendance upon Spar
row, and the universal II covert OBJ
a Of Miss Herrick. To do her
credit she kept out Of her tent, ate,
exercised, and watched with great
anxious eyes that haunted Jim.
After that day after day, full of
watching and suspense for Jim,
wore on.
The seventh day, during the heat of
the afternoon. Jim was on the look
out from the bluff with his field glass.
When he returned, Smoky came to
meet him.
"Sparrow's been askin' fer you," he
said, modify. I'm afeared he's lots
wuss.n
When Jim bent over the wasted Lati-
mer II was indeed to feel q cold ap-
%prehenslon.
What is 1t, Sparrow I'VE been
on watch" said Jim.
Am a-goin' to croak?" queried
Latimer, calmly.
you've a fighting chance, Sparrow
WAL, I've been shot before. But ]
neve had this queer feelin'. . Now,
Jim. II ! git to sinkin' don't keep me
from KNOWN. II I'm dyin' | want to
tell you and Smoky somethin' tibet
Id keep II | live. Savvy?"
sparrow. I couldn't. honestly ask
for that confession yet" replied Jim,
you might pull through. But ! prom.
ise you, and I'm shaking your hand
on It."
AGnnd Thnf nnrno ~ rntnT ~
On the walk across the oval Smoky
said very seriously Jim, | reckon we
better have Sparrow tell us tomorrer
whatever he has ON his chest Thei
Is, II we want to know 1t. Do your
II SURF do, Smoky. II it's something
Latimer must confess It's something
we ought to know,
That night Jim moved his bed closer
to the grove. farther from the camp
fire, and 1t commanded a view OF the
rise OF ground where anyone passing
could be detected above the horizon
Even after he had crawled under his
blankets he watched.
But nothing passed. The hours wore
on until the utter loneliness Of ths
deep pit weighed heavily upon Jim'i
oppressed breast.
He fell asleep and dreamed that hi
was riding a gigantic black horse witt
eyes Of fire, and that there was ,
white flower growing out from a preci
pice, and In a strange. reckless desire
to PLUCK 1t he fell into the abyss
Down, down he plunged into blackness
And suddenly 2 piercing, terrible or.
rose from the depths.
Jim was sitting upright in bed. hi
brow clammy with sweat, his hear
clamped as In a cold wise. What has
awakened him? The night was silent
melancholy. fateful. He swore that
soul-wracking cry had broken his slum
Der. Then he remembered the dream
He was not subject to dreams. TIL
rest Of the night he dozed at inter
walls, haunted by he knew not what
One by one the members of the gam
appeared at Happy Jacks calls i
breakfast.
Jim was the last to arrive, excep
Hays, who had not yet appeared.
After the meal Jim, as was his Gus
tom, hurried toward the shelf wher
Latimer lay. He had gotten half-wa,
when Slocum caught up with him.
"Jim, You look like the wrath 0
Gawd this mornin'."
Smoky, ] didn't sleep well. IN
cross, and ! reckon / need a shave"
"Wal, II thet's all-Say, Jim. di
you hear the CURL scream last night7
scream. did she7"
Huh. II she didn't, I've shore 20
the jImjams. My Gawd, look a
pore Latimeri"
Their patient had wrestled OF hi
bed out into the grass They rushe
to lift him back and make him con
Portable. He appeared to be burnin
up with fever and alarmingly bright
eyed. but he was conscious and aske
for water. Jim hurried to fetch some
How | rolled ont there / don
know" said Latimer, after he ha
drunk thirstily.
Reckon you was delirious, Spal
row.. replied Smoky.
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