The Coolidge examiner., 1934-03-02

Is
oualiy across the cover In red. was
the word Gin.
Drake experienced an odd emo
iional reaction lie had given the
girl aid wheu she was in need At
the time she had returned hlm NOT
80 much as q word or look Of graft.
iude. But she bad gathered her rays
materials and treated them and put
info tbjs Elft all the skill. aud pa-
tirnce which were her heritage
Then, 10 deliver IL. she had walked
for a day through the woods aud
Cow. though the sun was down, she
was setting out for the long return
Journey
Well. old son. you've made
hlti~ be said aloud and laughed care
lessly, but his easy words and man
ner we're only devices to cover the
profound embarrassment be expert
euced al being the recipleut OF such
a generous gesture OF gratitude and
deToil0n.
So Franz was scared. was he1
Tha; was as II should be. but Mary
bad also warned him against the
man. frightened though be was
The gun which FRANC had set for
him was beneath Sieve's bed
wrapped Ia newspapers 10 preserve
the fnger prints upon It's greasy sur
face. The case be had against his
enemy. II ever pushed. would hinge
on that gun aud the lmprluts Of
The hands which had borne IL here.
shouldn't leave II knocking
around that way be muttered
Mary may be wrong. but he's
tough enough 70 Il Won't DO 10 over
look any bets Well Busy to-
night.
50 instead Of drposlting the
weapon IN some safe place be rolled
II 10 grain sack and gave /; sprle.
what better temporary hiding inside
the leg of a pair % bFeeches which
hung against the wall
The weather was dry The sun
shone hot. unohscured by clouds
Nights brought little dew the wind
blew constantly. licking moisture
from the soil.
II was a period ot great fores,
ere hazard. the sort Of weather TO
keep any logger continually on edge
The response from Kate Flynn To
Steyes telegram Was a letter flled
with Mingled hope and doubt.
and he saw that hIs firsg determine
alton not 10 risk revealing the game
be played by writing 20 her WOULD
not DO ai all
Please. please. pufyer. tell rne
the whole story !" she begged You
are on the iob after long and en-
explained delay that Is all know
Tell me about yourself: about the
Job. next Macs word that the rail
road Is blocked il too heavy a secret
for me 20 carry much longer aud
dou't dare tell nad yet Later.
ia burst 81 sirlish sentiment 4
love you more dearly than | shah
ever love any man hut one lie
awake nights thinking about you
and wondering about you. I'm with
sou always, uuffer, pulling Tor you.
dshtlng Tor yon. but I'm on my knees.
now. begging you 10 tell me every
thing IN 20 Wild II / don't
know that sou are acting as you
know you should
Other letters such as this arrived
with every mail which reached
Good Bye and from them and the
photograph which be cherished
Steve Constructed for himself a girl
OF ever increasing charm
lie debated at length over the FIRST
letter he wrote. An old typewriter
was Ia camp. which obvlated the
chance that the girl who read 10
Kate might come upon Young Jln's
handwriting In Office files and be
tray the secret.
lie did not attempt too much de-
ceptlon II was drunk as 4 fool
for two weeks" he began, feeling
that Kate was the sort gho would
prefer blunt truth. But am on the
Job now. and things aren't as bad
as they might be-" He proceeded
with a truthful account OF the sltn-
alton as be had found IL.
Her response touched him deeply !:
you seem so changed. You don't
write as you used TO. What hap
pened. Dufrer7 Has the iron, Lac
Dads. finally come outg Have you
finally got the old hooch appetite
whipped? I'm praying for II every
hour. OF course. | can't help but
feel that the man who wrote this
letter has something 10 step up and
deliver Wen fight II through to-
gether until the old Dad comes up
from the. rear and begins TO lead
again. That's a promise -
He wrote other letters and. at
night, at odd times during the day
when the mind OF a man engaged
with such a Job should have been
busted with sterner matters. he
found himself thinking of Kate
Flynn.
AT the beginning he had left her
photograph on the table In his cab