Carbon County news., 1937-12-31

| away. ''I'm through with hoverinI
on the outskirts Of my own life."
| For a moment he wondered wha
provision he could make for hel
safety here. He no longer doubted
that what she determined to do she
| would do, and could not be dis
suaded from. HE thought of con
signing her safety to Old Man COT
fee, or to the cowboys now search.
| ing the hills for her; but he was
deeply concerned.
Sometimes r.. think" Marian
said, ''that the answer to every.
thing is to be found right here
here at the 94and no place else. !"
He nodded moodily. "A man
ought to be able to figure it out, il
he was smart.
'"There isn't anything more you
could follow up, here? When time
is so Important
There's one lone. slim possibili-
ty," he said. Y:
''In heavens name, what is it?"
There's one thing in this case
that I can't swallow. It stands out
above everything else-one unbe-
lievable thing that couldn't possibly
happen. I'm thinking Of those two
shots that have been thrown at
you" 49,
She was silent, and after a mo-
ment or two he went on. Some
how those shots at you are mixed
up with these other shootings; it
would be too big q coincidence If
the shots at you and the killing OF
the men were separate, yet hap
pening at the same time"
81 can see that, all right"
':But the shots at you eliminate
nearly every suspect we have. Take
Val Douglas. He hasn't proved very
dependable, Marian. He's been
caught in lies as to where he was.
Even just now, when he was sent to
Pahranagat to check up Bob Flagg,
it seems from what Coffee says that
he didn't even 60 near there. Some
times I've suspected Val, Even if
he didn't kill F1agg to rob him, stin
he might have killed him by mis-
take, thinking it was somebody else.
But one thing Is certainly plain
Val Douglas would never fire on
you."
no." Marian said, ''Val could
never do that ~
''Or take Link Bender-a hard,
bitter, violent man. Once he was
boss of all this range, until Horse.
Dunn took hold. Link Bender might
go to any length to put down the "a.
But he controls this kid sheriff, and
through the sheriff he's bearing
down on the "a through this killing;
and he's getting away with it. His
whole way of attack is orderly and
thought out. He wouldn't try any
such crazy thing ais shooting girl"
"It's pretty hard to see in what
way I could stand between Link
Bender and his plans"
''The same thing applies to Pinto
Halliday: he's a shifty crook, but
he isn't crazy. Sam Caldwell is an
other that it doesn't fit. in with"
''The thing just won't fit togeth-
er, will it?"
Marian, it's in my mind that I
know who killed Bob Flagg."
BILLY! If you know that"
There's one man in that Inspira-
ton crowd that is too savage bitter
to wait for Link Bender's plan to
pan out. That man is Rufe Deane.
Rufe Deane blames Horse for the
death of his son, years ago."
eyes," Marian said, tive thought
Of him."
''Rufe Deane tried to raise mob
in Inspiration to see that the "a
people never got away from there.
If he had started in time, there'd
have been a lynching before mid
night. He threw down his deputy's
badge because he thought the sher-
iff was going too easy with Horse.
And when you testified for me at
the hearing-Rufe Deane was look
ing at you like wolf waiting. Mar
ian, believe Rufe Deane is one