The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-05-23

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stand against Elliott Didn't you have
another reason that you haven't given
me?"
| Lee Bishop hesitated for a long
/ time. No" he said at last.
| Lee said Kentucky, III Jean
doesn't want her father to scrap 1t out
with Elliot, what do you suppose her
reason Isl"
How do / know what her reason
| ls?' said Lee Bishop exploslvely. How
does any man know what any woman's
reason is? Maybe the trouble we've
had here already has made her
sick of guns and she's afraid that Ii
we stand our ground there'll be more
OF these here empty saddles come In
| under the bellies OF horses
Have You talked to her. Lee?"
Lee grunted negative. and hest
tated again, cropping for words. Look
here!" he burst out at last. Look
here! You've got to talk TO herl"
Me-"
There's nobody around here she'll
| pay any attention TO but you. Some
way she's got blind on the old mans
eyes and she's keeping him snubbed
down helpless. Kentucky, tell you"
Lee Bishop declared savagely. ''if we
make our stand against Elliot now, 1t
may be we can turn him, and get out
OF 1t cheap. Bur the farther this thing
goes the harder 1t will be for him to
draw back. II this thing goes too far
there will be no way but to fight II
at1a deadlock until one or the other Is
smashed You've got to talk to that
glrl.n
what makes you think can do any
thing with her, Lee?"
Lee Bishop CROPPED for some way to
express a thing that he sensed. but
could not prove. "She follows you
with her eyes," he said at last. what
ever you do. II you aren't looking, she
follows you with her eyes
.Horsefearhers said Kentucky.
Maybe; but you got to do what I
say anyway" said Bishop stubbornly.
what chance we got here. the way
things stand now? You got to talk to
that girl |"
you think said Kentucky. there's
anything about the cow situation can
tell her that she don't know"
You got to get her to pull out of
here until this thing Is over. You got
to get her out OF here and leave this
thing to her old man to work out In
his own way
II see swell chance 70 get popu-
lar. with that said Kentucky. "Ex-
cuse me- ma am. kindly ma am, would
you just rs leave get. the HI out Of
the slater
You'll talk to herr"
NO" said Kentucky. -Do you think
I'm d--n fool?"
YES" said Bishop.
Kentucky fingered at the corrals.
however. after Lee Bishop had ridden
Off to have I look at the condition OF
Waterman road and presently. as he
had more than half expected. Jean
Ragland came out.
u want to ask you about a couple
| OF things" she said.
/ Il was kind OF looking for you to-
| he admitted.
Jean Ragland said. you have the
| thing gave your"
He regarded her graveiy. @That bull
let?' He told her what he had done
with 1t. II don't know that II did any
good to get hold Of 1t, though"
She stared at him a moment ID
you thlnk-do you think" She
stopped.
Il don't know for sure" he said !:
but I'll gamble you that the sheriff
| has the other bullet
The back Of her gloved fingers went
to her mouth, but her face was calm
and she was not afraid to meet his
| eyes, what other bullet?"
| 7'It's possible I'm wrong. Bur | tell
| you for what It's worth; I'll bet my
4 last cent that that bullet has twin !:
and that the sheriff has IT,
but what makes you think there
were tvo?"
"Well-he was cussing because tho
bullet had got away from him. and he
said that taking 1t wouldn't help any.
body, because even II they needed It
they had the-and there he stopped.
So ! asked him II he meant they had
another slug. II kind OF made him
mad, and we had little dispute. But
finally he. said that they had taken q
cast OF the bullet Now. | took that
last to be a lie."
Jeans face was troubled. "Why?"
she asked sharply.
1.-The sheriff offered me q Job" he
1 said. He told her about what Hopper
had wanted him to do concerning the
Bar Hook man who had not been where
] he had said he was when Mason died.
1T doesn't amount to anything" she
said. 1T was just rider here-that
| quarter-blood Indian. Joe st. Marie.
I'm certain he-doesn't know anything
about It,"
Kentucky Jones now knew st. Marie
| as one OF the two cowboys who had
come In during the night, blunt-faced.
competent rider
"St. Marie Is the best bronze rider