The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1937-04-08

The doctor held up the lantern.
E'Hell's bells!" he exclaimed to Nc
Alpin and the hostler. Don't leave
the man lying in this dirt. Henry"
he knelt at Sawdy's what
have they been doing? Who stuck
your"
DOC" declared the notorious
bachelor, 'you might say I stuck
myself. Sew me up and send the bill
to my father-in-law after get mar
ried, will your"
81 wouldn't want to impose like
that on decent father-in-law, Hen
ny. it'll be bad enough for any man
to have you hitched into his family.
Lift him out of here, boys-give me
a hand. We've got to get him up to
the office. What's that noise out in
/ the corral?"
. "Nothin' at ALL clustered Meal
pin, struggling along the gangway
with Sawdy's feet. Gust few
bucks from the Reservation, initial
in Barney Rebstock into the tribe.
Henry, you're heavier than ton OF
bricks. can't hold on much longer"
Not until the doctor had nearly
finished dressing the cowman's leg
did the wounded man begin to tell
the story. And he had hardly been
made ready to send to the hospital
when John Lefever and Bob Scott
appeared at the box office door with
Barney Rebstock, white and scared.
whats a-matter with the rest of
your" exclaimed Carpy testify, as he
eyed the three.
'Why, Barney" explained Lefever
blandly, 'fell off his horse a few
minutes ago and broke his wrist.
Fix him up, will you, doc?"
what the devils this cutting and
squawking all about?" asked Carpy
of Lefever later that night.
The two were seated in the doc
tors office about midnight. doc"
explained Lefever, "the boys are
pretty sore about Bill Denison's
ranch house gettin' burned down.
The day alter the fire Barney Rob-
stock left two hundred with Harry
Boland. Where'd he get it, The boys
/ made up their minds to find out:
Sawdy got him down to McAlDin's
barn, but when he began to pump
Barney the cuss showed fight. You
know Henry. He'd never used gun
on a shrimp with a knife. So the
rest of us, waitin' in the corral, car
ried Barney out of the bar, showed
him a rope by the light of the Ian
tern, and asked him how about that
fire"
Carpy shook his head. Dangerous
business, John. Did you string him
up?"
Hell no. I hadn't no more'n ad-
justed the moose and asked him was
it comfortable under his ear, when
he told the whole story. McCrossen
hired him to Go it for Van Tam
bel"
gave him two hundred and
promised two more when the job
was done What do you think of
that, Doc?"
"You fellows ought've asked me
that afore you began stringing Bar
ney up" added Carpy, after mo-
ment's thought, there's only one
thing know of you can do now. Bill
Denison is the man most interested
in the situation the way it stands"
81 guess we can't get away from
that" admitted Lefever.
''Lay the whole mess before Bill
< and ask him what's to be DONE"
, Lefever was doubtful. 81 don't
know what the boy will say, doc"
"And I don't care a hang" re-
torted Carpy. "That's all they'll get
from me-"
Next moring Carpy was making
his rounds at the hospital. In the
corridor he encountered Lefever.
John took off his hat and scratched
his head. "Well, doc!' he exclaimed.
"Well,' echoed Carpy, what you
doing up here?"
eve talked it over"
''Who's WEI"
'Why, Sawdy, McAlpin, Bob Scott,
Ben Page, m me- We talked it over
n concluded to follow your talk
put it up to Bill"
"Sit down there in the office till I
see him myself"
20. K, Doc. I'll 60 in and set with
Sandy"
DR.. Carpy opened the door of
Denison's room. Close to Denison,
who sat, with bandaged eyes, in an
armchair, stood Jane, arranging
some briar roses in q vase.
Denison was lingering, rather ner-
vously, his eye bandage.
n Jane turned. ooh, here's DR.. Car
ypy, Bill. Good-morning, doctor!"
"Any mornings a good morning
when a man can set eyes on an up
an'-coming girl like you," said Car
l.