The Coolidge examiner., 1935-08-02

three hundred yards away. Ken
tucky snarled at him, Don't turn
YOU.
svddenlx Bishop gave q queer
sa-Elus cry and sDatched at his
saddA 'sc a~'hattr' A rife had spoken
from rite. sIYs.r rocks.
Tee xlIn above spoke a second
time and a third Bishops horse
s,arjed .glyuplly. The rider. his
gun 'clu,chtd icross bis breast with
both hands. t6ftded sldevlse and
piteaes heaaiouE Into the snow.
I KeseYig Jopes dropped cot Of
the, "a sAs.~iltted Lee bishop. and
.zot The loIenap over his shoulders
Runnifg diagonalIy to keep the
pony between hiHtaR and the am
busNet rac. be-. tried Tor the lib OF
sae: eoulee. -.
\, nurlh ;ime. the rifle in the
rocks spoke, and. this time Ken.
tuckys horse plunged. Jerking free
theF ttlhs aud went ito lts knees.
ri sinp !. rlfie ,fell. 20 the snow sud
kaSinsky gxpea back Swo parss TO-
snatch IL up. The edge Of the cou.
!. lee was ten paces beyond. As be
gnn.' ehest to the ground. the rife
chopped az them once more from
the ledges - .ths notch. md Ken
tucl.y felt Lee Bishops body jerk.
Theh S6 1oEbred Bishop over the
edge 81 ik6 arms, and leaped In
after hinr
"Ie6s Lee. where, are you hltT'
Lee BFshxfrs eyes were, squinted
IThui.. and be groaned through set
teeth ms kentucky tried 10 straight.
en- hin out upon. the bottom OF the
arr6yo. They got me. Kentucky
be managed hn re, nut az last
The ht-t thsy haSel You going
to please that bunch by making "A,
dlel"
But when he had examined Lee
Bishop he did not know. The hrst
shot iSe'. Bishop had received had
been an 'ahglna- one. In the back
he roulduot teH whether the bullet
had lodged at, the bottom Of the
lung or some place else.
Catching up Bishops rife. Ken.
tucky threw shot into the general
vicinity OF the ambush. aud instant
ly crers fire tn return. Apparently
their attackers we're DOT attempting
70 ,Slpse,
gsntucky immcalalely set about
thsfmproyIsatlon Of hAndages. Twice
hinute he Interrupted his work
to Nkht actDss he valley floor FOR
slga 81 apprach.,
stul keeping constant lookout. he
pr&a'red for the rEh. Bishop up
peared 10 he too seglsnsiy hurt 10 be-
moved without aid.
llfeady The hight was uneertain
the molten gold Of the last sun still
touched the upper peaks Of the
Maricopas. but the wide reaches og
Trap canyon were pooled 10 blue
dark. Dragging Bishops rife with
him. Kentncky Jones' went out 20
bis dead horse ard got his saddle
blanket. and the saddle itself TO
prop Lees head lie shucked OF
his sheepskln coat and used Il with
the blanket 10 make Bishop a bed
in a sn9w d1ited angle.
Working along the lip Of the
coulee he collected greaewood and
broken drft. and with this built a
tiny ire 20 warm the wonnaed mans
feet. and hno,her FIRE al Bishops
eides ~ x -
when these 1ilngs' We're done
there was nothing more 10 NEo bur
walt. keep. Maicss and maintain
their store OK tuel- Lis. built a third
are-ra signal s1se az the. edge OF the
eoulee. a hupdred yards from their
forlorn bIvQnac. When Campo Rag.
land'and Harry wilson returned to
the Bar Hotff ft Waf fea sohabre TO
suppose thaf'thsyI @oulssmake some
effort TO hRf BishoP.:who had gone
out looking, fer .treBble. with every
probability ,sf 1ndpg Il. II they
came TO look. the. signal Ere would
be- visible a long way OF. n they
did not come to look. Kentucky
Jones had long walt aheSti, wait
perhaps equal TO the remainder OF
Lee Bishops ,Hfe. ,'as