The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-05-02

Hopper. looking hedeviled. ut the enH
of the table sat the coroner, who was
also the sherif's brother There WIS
Give Fierson. the banker who must
step into Masan's shoes his face was
an unwhulesnine gray. and muscle IN
the side of his face Kept tWitching, for
in the last three days he had hardly
slept Near him was Bob Elliot who
had gambei the future of his COW olit
iii upon the backing which Mason would
have given him. hute which he could
no longer expect
Lee Bishop the hlocky. almost hurry
foreman Of the Bar Hook. was In the
witness CHAIR. very red In the face
from public speaking and the heat
Il was going out TO the pump mouse.
carrying couple of pals of hot water
from the Kitchen" he was saying, Il
aimed 20 thaw ont the pump. Then /
seen this hump in the snow-thonght
maybe calf had .drifted in and fell
down | went over and looked and Il
was Old Ironsides--I mean. John Ma
son"
"Ilow long did you think he had been
dead?'
"Ile wasn't lying there around one
o'clock. when we left the home ranch
And there wasn't any snow under him
II begun showing around two o'clock
out there
Then you figure Mason had this &C
cident between one and two oclack9'
"That Amt what said | only said
there wasn't no snow under him.
Sheriff Floyd Hopper exhibited mn.
noyance. Lets not qnihhle over words !.
What we want Is to get done, here.
WELL Lee Bishop went on with an
unnecessary air of stuhhnrnness, i
turned him. over, and saw thai he'd
been shot. His gun was In his hand
that long barreled Al he always car.
ried to take pop at coyote with, u
he should see a coyote"
is this the gum" said the sheriff's
brother. turning toward clnttered
window ledge at one side. A deputy
handed the coroner the required wea
pom. Bishop identified It. Well" he
went on Il sent np long yell but no
body answered. and took OUT and
run for the house.
Kentucky Jones Ind been searching
All the room for a sight Of Jean Rag
land, and now he was surprised to dis
cover her 50 near the focus Of interest
that he had missed her by searching
too far away. She was sitting beside
her father, the big stoop shollldered
owner OF the Bar Hook The two sal
almost under the window ledge where
deputy kept his eye upon muddled
collection nf exhibits
He noticed instantly how pale she
seemed, so that her hair looked dark
err than usual against her face Had
she been d stranger his glance might
have passed her nnnnticing so little of
her usual vividness was apparent. Then
Il deputy shifted his position, blocking
her profile from kentucky's view.
The sherifr was bomharding Lee
Bishop with questions Of little point.
rs that cutoff trail between the IS
and the Bar Hook often nsed?"
almighty lttlet" II was the first
emphasis Bishop had used.
kpntncky's eyes sought Jean Rag
lana again. Suddenly he perceived that
she had leaned back so that she could
peer between the standing deputies and
was looking directly al him He smiled
at her but her face did moi change.
Then suddenly he was aware that
she had signaled to him secretly beck.
oned him 10 draw nearer II had been
| the faintest narrowing of an eye, the
slightest inclination uf her head. vel
he knew absolutely, as she again avert
1 ed her face. that signal had beer
| conveyed.