The evening world. Newspaper, September 28, 1914, Page 11

The Story of a Little eosececdoosooseooes|C OUGH UP! Q Mati" © By Robert Minor y "New wars Conpiae me ;LAHOM Girl Who Wanted to Become “Civilized” JOHN BRECKENRIDGE ELLIS 7 is . p ee YOOOOOOL) van c OOOO dl thick e sed Seah ees SARA SL er Ter aT ERE The Evening ‘World D Daily “Magazine, Mbaday, eptember 28. 1 in THE EVENING WORLD (A TALE OF RED be » “Mountain Country” (Ooperight, 1919, ty Botte Mera > = sake Willock had separated himself time want to go to CHAPTER I. . ; from his kind, rot “as Oklahoma coun’ . r The Touch of a Child, ia von ‘ tebeces os By store Ag youre piri an Timee—threecbut soldiers: ee HAVE siven my word of honor—my mared eatt-iaet te'hatiay ww jee ‘ i rite ‘We wall emoke." a Te ee mae a discovered here.” |. rea) Pease Mineelt gravely on the Oniahoua—but on time t these words from the prisoner a shout areee tm which z Will rtully moved; 00 hema becaiin tha tether oaths and mocking laughter mingted like the growling and : : much Sotcha hie rs nae we barsh, bard = snapping of hunger-maddened wolves, | his voice cru in “Then tf I must die,” Giedware cried, his voice, in ite shrill excitement, z y oar ve ama, Toing de do with that call sSgenidetinn the ferocious insults of the ruMana, “don't kill the ehtld—you eco ? You take ber?" inquired the chief asieep—and he's s0 young—only Ove, ‘Even if she were awake she ; : bees pen eee rene ee Marg wae ow to tell about this cabin, For God's sake, don't kill the “Gooal” Pe col mo may all time m “Shut up!™ roared a tremendous votes, not direct eroessor, ‘W Fight and dress right tly to the int , H Same fer eens Drisoner, but to all present. Hvidently it’ was a: wones of authority, 1H] | at ee oe ee Wench me lt that comparative nce followed the command. The speaker stepped for- . ay ~ os ‘ th “That’ programms, | ward, thrust hie Qngers through hie intensely red shook of half, and con. 3 aver f to Civili Youtnat tinued, with one leg thrust forward: “You know | am ebmething of an erator, or 1 guess you wouldn't of made me your leader. Now, as long ee Fm your leader I'm going to lead, bet 1 ain't never unreasonabie, and when talk ie needed I'm copious @meough. 1 am called ‘Red Kendall,’ and my brother yonder, he is knowed ae ‘Kansas Kimball.’ What else is Mnowed of us is this: that we wasn't Bever wont to turn loose a spy wh ence ketched. Here is a man who gays be ie Henry Giedware—though God knows if that's so; he comes galloping up to the door just as we ‘are in the midst of a game. I stakes, all my share of the spolls on the game, and Brick Willock is in a fair way to win it, I admit, but in comes this here spy”"—— The prisoner in a frenzied voice @ieciaimed any purpose of spying. ‘Treat morning he bad driven the last Wagon of the train, containing his invalid wife and his stepdaughter— for the child lying on the table was hia wife's daughter. At the alarm that the Grst wagon bad been at- tacked by Indians, he bad turned about bis horses and driven furiously ever the prairie, be knew not Whither, All that day he bad fied, eeeing mo ene, hearing no pursuing 7M horse-beat. At night bis wife, ua- able, in her weak condition, to sus- taln the terrible joiting, bad expired. -Taking nothing from the wagon but hie saddle, be had mounted one of the horses with the child before him, and bad continued his fight, the terrific wind at his back. Un- aware that the wind had changed, he bad traversed horseback much of the distance travelled during the day, and at about two in the morn- ing—that ts to say, about an hour ago—sceing a light, he bad ridden atraight toward it to Gnd shelter from the storm! “Oh, cut this short,” interpveed Kansas Kimball, with an oathy?'Day- light will catch us and nothing done, if we listen to that white-livered spy. We don't believe in that wagon he talke about, and as for this kid, he brought her along just to save bis bacon.” “No, as God lives!" cried Gledware. “Can't you see she is dead for sleep? Sho was terrified out of her wits all thi Gay, and I've ridden witb her all night, Don't kill her men"—— He turned impassioned eyes on the leader. “Look at her—eo young—eo unsuspecting— you can't have the heart to murder a child like that in cold blood.” “Right you are!” exclaimed the man with the ferocious whiskere—he who had been spoken of as Brick Willock. “You'll have to go, pard, but I'm against killing mfants.” “Well, Brick,” eaid Red, with a eneer, “do you want to take the kid and raise her yourself? We've either got to do away with her or keep her hid. Do you want to be her nurse and keep with her in some cave or other while we go foraging?” “Kansas, take the prisoner; Brick Willock, as you' fond of the kid, oan carry He opened ¢ Soor and @ rush of wind extinguished the candle, There was silence while it waa being relighted, The Aickering light, reddening to a steady glow, r vealed no mercy on the scowil: Sountenances about the table, and uo dow of presentiment on that of till unconscious child. went outside and waited till brother bad drawn forth tho juivering man, and Brick Willuck had warried out the girl, Then he looked back into the raom. “You fellows can stay in here,” he sald authorit tively. “What we've got to do ain't any easier with a lot of men stand- tioned with bis face toward the moun, and Kansas Kimball was calmly ex- amining bis pistol. Botween them and the burses, Brick Willuck had cone to @ halt, the little girl sleeping in bis ful arma, Red's eagie eye noted Bhat she nad unconsciously slipped an arm about the highwayman's neck, aa if by some instinct she would olin the closer to the only one in the bau Bf ten who had spoken for her life, Hed scowled heavily. He bad, net Sergiven Willock for beatin: him at ards, still lese for ‘bis persistent op- position to his wisbes; and he now fesolved that it aenld > Willock’s hand to deal the fatal by ¢. He had been troubled before to-..gbt by in- @uberdinatton on the part of this man of bristiing whiskers, this knave ever for mercy, if ‘mercy bie. Kaveas ‘kimbali raised hia weap- wate fire the man before him uttered a of terror and began to entreat life. In the full light of the : allo » all the contortions of a coward Who, ‘though believing himseif lost, ne te. reaciuy lon, to mask ble Peters rec: Meiboulations a of ' “i of sec eronaied aa geo ir and frenal ~ eamamar te ; tapomy es vat fant ay. Coes ob ( igi Steir ia aral RES # you like white folks. - an cone but the mountalge , aad ‘8 not @ one of the bunch be- X * oe - . if \y_ tribe; ofivou ‘clvillse® me Ry hat pep the last w n : . 5 never | oul beets to-day? nd the dying wi 72 ‘ 2 " W! eon per ‘arms ledware is a spy, whatever , ‘ Y if bh bim beard waiting for trea’ tone for pr tect er "Ne ine rites : f Merry a iss 7 en ee “The process will be rigs ¥ brotection. knew if we : $s capi . o' - you're associating got back to No-M ; 3 vay. from him all “ Couldn't be touched, not being under || ¥ : Se ee Bias never eee white man Fil'get you sowe vooka” f no jurisdiction, A \ : ‘ ur white pea, be white een, forget " “-Bogks? What are bookst 4 D 4 “4 in in.” “Boo! " neaking dog, and a bul yp lee & J. 5 Hie Maj te tS he tar away? head Skat Wieck raped 1 tor ee But"—with i "tar, lany da: You never 1), ye us lust thoughts that’s tel lvesed if he don’t bi : “ . ; { ; . } find. him, You stay nere, koep girl, Page ROE ee ue ue aaiee : ‘ , 4 £0 \, 4 and me and say, Beene, your cee fevagteclae Tatidte nal * | 4 Kiangtene er Smee put it to him— i : rather the kid be put out oe tha . ’ . ded 4 pAs ‘Willock stroae bl and ad- fret and fer rit Salant or docs 4 , A . : de we, sens hs uted ant the ar : 4 i : e shrank back from the wild fi oui au ri ‘he prisoner a . . Ng ; Fc ure. During his two re of hidin: mf as you will,’ ua awoar I'm Go epy. 1 swenrnns {ethe mountaine Wiifosk naa “This i@ unpleasunt,” the captain by A . A ‘ , Cg vend e perrgnel tin; Ring, bed of the hignwayinen interposed. “Just site : E t . r aan, replaced Sane ving q p : : t Of aenoi tore ter! her Somarsanl, i Only ‘ i when driven by necessity ven- ioe, eS wae brea.aing epac f v. Cog . tured on long guns to the nearest 5 Ali take your turn . fe tion, the pees first. ‘That kid , ~ t to die, and you > ¥ y ik Willock. Hi ick, and do it without |f | BoM. : Re oy] . ed by Spanish Lahoma Willock? “Red,” Gelaimed | Witiock desper- | : q } vie p u and I te : 4 t . P peal he that thie little one lives. as ong | ES Pe “rin'r te £ tee \sapproval, Batarhc . ‘ aio ‘ ‘ / : : But aft F said Red: slowly, L "1 r oan pp Ae A Eg ot: nn Bie breast, ‘this ain't the frst time you have t ob heart! fee tl, an proved yourself no man for our busi. “Him call Kan ; : Drought: thin o- youracitnet’ try to follow bls trail; if it survived Gledware had cut loose the horses, ddenly ‘the rock found lodg- Without nnishing hiv sentence, Re Mould be eufer if not found near mounted one with his stepdaughter, ment at the bottom, In either case, swift Might was leaving the other t twill. Red awiftly ruised nis arm and tired od the auriing ahnd, ALT EGA LL at wi Un muking tau discovery he drew ; mney ° ‘Him meal ADeR, nino, Se or tae, Can eee ie come visit, come eat, come stay with co been ten times as much it YOU. lock noted on up the lariat, opened the cloth con- could not have solaced hini for, the Ae he. wheeled about, she held ie point blank at Wil.ock's head as it ry rd hii wild! pe by the constant the woman's neck round breastpin th 4 knowledge that the dugout had. her arms toward him, orying was deuned above th @ sleeping form. Wind, promised not to retain his foot~ of onyx and DanHianl ok ieavy rina Ranta GRU OATH avidbRe encllamant Wiallea: iat "Dont nf Don't leave mel Him derstood very well that at times, ac- " Siete. Letngetyrittaniy Gepilaepapi peony Aan bag Hasse Mgberar td ‘The Tndian dashed away without go ‘hough st! , the tion is everythin od there is death hates a Douue monroriuent re- phos above the grav tea beer in long speakin, He was noted as newed vigor. Willock had grown & man who never missed his mark; thirsty, and as the sun rose higher and and in the Cimarron country, wich beat down on him from an unclouded belonged to no State and therefore sky, his eyes searched the plains eag- among some high rocks, looked down, ‘turning his He counted seventeen men near , ‘Good lord, poney. Sane Mo : # Of appelile Were paruy wa! spot from which he had re- lock, at hie Kae ag ye a , he left his baker's bread agd 6 wagon. Fifteen were an can't do nothing you cry. noah bucon on a stone, tied up the rest of NOrseback und two rideriess horses tie’ come look at your mer a tha hese te arena. as feet arly for some shelter, tha romised the food in its,cloth, rolled this in explained the resence of the two on He waved eagerly toward the dug- hak ack are) obs oR EERE the tarpauling"knd red it. by foot. All of them had drawn up in out % of retribution. Aratrat the horizon rove the-low blus Joes age "At last, nent forced bye means of the lariat {nto the crevice, & clrele about the heap of atonew that “itote in the, ground oried the gir! Now, however, his bullet had gone Shapes of the Wichita- Mountains, mysterious power against which he ‘Phen, having tied -the end of the rope Covered (he woman's urlal- pi yrant my tepee. astray. The few words to which he /0oking at first like flat sheets of could no longer resist, he sank upop to the gun-barrel, he placed the gun 4 Of the seventeen, sixteen a 6 In- had treated himself as an introduc. C4rdboard, cut out by a careless hand pis knees, across the crevice and swung him- im painted and adorned for the Sena ‘saat and ime i Re all ju to tion to the Intended deed had proved Md set upright in the sand. 4," he prayed aloud, “take Seif down into the gloom, w remaining man, his undoing, ‘They bud been enough — As he toiled toward this refuge, not Uttl i ‘The walls of the crevice were so au the heap of stones be: ‘and to warn Willock of what was com- ® Hving form appeared to dispute his He waited, but no more worde close toyetner that he waa able to 0, CRF Shine, wae & walle wee, Bod burns your ews Pag for that’ kate fn the Middle ate ing; and just before Kansas had been S0Verelanty of the desert world. His would come. ‘Then to himselt he said: steady his kiees against them, but as Nieed him: he was the dead womans | fhe looked at him repellentiy 6, 10 the treet called on “to witness,” that is, iene leep in the sand, then trod “and as I ain't asked nothing for he neured the boltom they widened puspand, Henty streaming tears, “Big Texas under the name instant before Red fred, Willock lightly over vast stretches of short myseif since I run off from home, I perceptibly. His first act on sotting — While’ Brick wal ched ta agitated. bairi"" the cried. "Big hair!” ty; Dut the dangere ots had sent a bullet through the threat. SUD-burned mesquite, then again tra- guess God won't mind putting the foot to the stone flooring was to Pen guepense several Indiana leaped to « " w ening wrist. The two detonations serena: ot shifting reaches of naked fittie girl on my expense account.” the tarpaulin, draw forth a c: Re STOUBE Ola lgwal ators tie the chiet ‘And must I cut it offf I'll make were greatly lessened. As Were almost simultaneous, and Red's fond | The mountains seemed to re- oe and @ box of matches, and strike & ang dvanced toward the white Man. (eqnge ment ee Ye Metl ball" made the acquaintance of D ced, mn . ¥ - roar of pain, as he dropped bis stiqing dust. and relentless heat CHAPTER III. Chamber of granite in ‘he ‘chief turned his back Upon the Pen tocr eying, course you tedn range end explored the wei in, rani it pant- wv, ee th Lie chek otra threatened to overpower him. With 4 New Robinson Crusoe. company, and started toward the seen nobody with whiskers = lite tending beyond the satura! dogged determination he told him- mountain, his face turned ; toward The next instant, Willock, with a 4 Brick’s place of observation. ‘He be- Willock belleved ebe ran mee second shot from bis slx-shoote sale that be might be forosd to dro T came over him with die- its length, enough for Willock. gan climbing upward, the red feather UY, ee ae feath= from Indjana, stretched Kansas on Bround; not be yet—not yerrne mere oie concerting suddenness that he was, to stretch th his hair glewining againat the green paint ny Bat mit ed, and Rand Oe a Be himeeif bed ceased te’ j a rushing forward, with reversed on ef loret ancien tele eie ns be bed lost @ great deal of k, Of the cedara, Brick Rad but to re- ete whatever you.say, honey, bie unrel tonruind Weapon be brought the butt down dvanced, growing weaker, breath- time, and that every mo- main where he was, to reath ‘forth ing to be yo the dueen of bs gaits * ul on Red's head with ich force as with more difficulty, but - his hand presently and seize the war- ver been en of to deprive bim of oonsciousness. 80 tering, “Not yotrrmnt tase oatt Gent apent (0 ee kethshes bobs rlor—Dut in that case those on the fe aS 2a ibe cod deviled pales than the babys men whem) Select ae eeantad es tr mein nore tered i'ta'aySn min tan or en serBial ie tha al i eee 8 SS BE at leet em me ae tere ascent for vengeance. Brick darted from ‘his post, fhe Plaine? At itrar 41d not sedm Hkely thet oust y men. would preserve the, his Tenseance. He bent bimself:, will to Lahoma’s education. ', ‘There were tong ra nd wih Bes hunet been aie short. Here and thera a tonm that of highwaymen might discover his tt to tthe top; but as seemed le forward, i. Ing all but giittering eyes, aquiline range detined ituelf as diatincy tome Biding place. Knowing them as be Gpening decreased, to be succeeded woe and Borer anaes ee Sones red all others, lying like be Island of Wd be was sure they wens not prvency by a roof, at frat ¢ jum- 7 al rock in @ sea of unbroken desert, Come #0 far from their haunts or led stones cryshed together by out~ per, Having removed the ladder ” oma,” ‘one éa3 ths ane we neer ting, Willock was approaching the Wichita from the Santa Fe trail in pursuit Tita ween’ ‘then of a smooth red trent to the extremity, of the @ cain pares a thew screamed’ with terror at findiog ner Mountaine from thelr, southwestern of bim. But the Indians roamed the aUreh oe: Ssteslbg te ine sees every. UOT, And with his back against the ff Gorone the acute Pate, sfaras he - wall and . head pressed to bis boa She aireetion far Aa ne could seeth Panhandle, as much at home there where save at its extremitica, At tin awaited the coming of the nals Uke to pay him « vieltF- Come!" Willock Laligd. Nresinienaey stretched in {solated chains or single @@ in thelr reservations—and here point of Willock’s descent it dippe! After the lapse of many minutes he Udi ee ee th on't WARS AR f id snatching wu) its nook un to the prisoner who still stood with ups; but in other away in @ narrow line that would nol grew reassured; the Indian, thinkin in & set ‘promptly. his back to {he moon, aa If horror at faacthed, and berrnd ine the urvrone, ney Were much more dangerous. nave admitted a man's body. At the the dugout his only home, Mad'iasved mountain seven mile to the In apite of his plessure asthe as what he bad just witnessed rendered waste of the Panhandle Had no savage eye discerned that other end, where he now stood, it the crevice without the slightest eus- eet, Looked like Fd ate, so plumest, “wiloeh teen mer him helpless a: been from “ gwaying on his great legs with the W#S0D during the brilliant August suddenly gave way to empty ap: picion, u of the settler’ aheer terro gan holding the scream- J oo\ iene of rs Lad day? It came to an eud so abruptly that | However, leat in thrusting forth his fed inte The settler pry ing child, he darted to the ponies that i t there was no means of discovering head, he call attention to his home lookinus up incredulous! he drew a one Bill ‘Atkin 4 gro were tied to the projecting logs of @ wrapped up some food in &® how deep was the narrow abyss be- In the rock, he kept In retreat the step nearer, & wistful light in ber whose crusty heart Lahoma the cabin and hastily unfastened two sparsely dotted with preadciotu, placed this with a few yond. Possibly it descended @ sheer rest of that day, nor did he venture dark eyes. captured. Soon the trio were of the fleetest. green, rose above him to a helght otuer articles i @ turpauuu—among three hundred feet, the depth of the forth that night, ‘all, the house- The man etretched out his arms able, Sometimes they evem vist Henry Gledware, awakened as from we Shows Se poo’ BES length of this them puwuer aod shoi—auu, having tidge at that place. On the smooth warmine did not. take place. The and See them to his ald the settlement together. @ trance, bounded to his side. Wil- thi ih food parbe' 3 six miles, tt jirved the keg of water to one snoul- Moor which melted to nothingness Stove remained cold, the tobacco at,” he cried—"just eG One day, as she grew. older, lock helped him to mount, then ness ® mile. Concealed among der anu thy rupe-buuuld tarpaulin to With such sinister and start Pipe upon it were ‘undisturbed, and homa exclaimed, pointing placed the child on the saddle in it Hi @ might be safe, but ive ctor, ue iit tue Wagvu wiih a denness the candlelight revealed t the evening meal consisted notably e said simply. “All tim: “Oh, | want to god want tug from of him. ie wag ne Wager is minis for him to. jgued gun in pis hand wud cuumved skeleton of a mun lying at the inar- Of plums out there—where there ain’t a2, "Ride!" he urged hoarsely, ‘ride for Ptand erect; to the diMcult the riage. gin of the unknown di Fe: and alkall and buffalo- =e our life! They ain't no other chan pee would: be eapanatbie ‘On inat Gret ridge he paused but led with the bones that had fall CHAPTER IV. ople—want to go, all time. they’s pavements and pol Tor''you and the kid—and they ain't He sank to the ground, bie eyes a muuivut, isl hie ugure ve vuuined &Part with the passing of centuries . r never tell me ‘Big people in beautiful elo! no other chance for me.” red and dimmed, For time he agwust the wight & cn gace of Was @ drawn sword of blackened hilt Red Feather. Didn't kno faean novi, masa whan Ho leaped upon tho secon’ pony. remained there ‘Inert, Agus, Lhe wight tor Lae keen pase of Feather. faring, bis some hiduen ive. Bleauyiug luv keg 2Ad rusted blade—a sword of oid civilized.” Bhe drew “Which way?" faltered Gledware, brain refusing to’ work. If b any Spanish make—and In the dust of a INE bright warm afternoon roudly. “I wouldn't aetthion in the caddie ana ping the stood a white object, betw: ee a aod ae nwt uD rotted purse lay a amall heap of gold in October two years later, “But you ain't afraid now, are you, Civilized, till | was ike ti mae bridle, but without the o' her's prac- and the mountains, curious white trough and climbed to the next riuge, cone of strange dealgn, ie A Brick Willock sat smoking Little ons?” her h and drawing ‘rned. Impulalvely to , Bi something with wheels, might It not Meausng bo traverse the inue of brow 1e DOSS IALO A OAD, his pipe before the OPEN nearer, seat = hand, ‘on the ground 70U'v got to go with me wis “Follow the moon—I'll ride against be a covered w: the wind—more chance for one of us mirage, But wi if we ain't together. Start when I do, 0 to deceive him into'th. fancy The second ridge was not so hig. for when they hear the horses they'll, that a wagon stood only a few hun- the outer wai, and he paused be out tha or like so ear devils dred feet away? Perhaps it was feeling more secure, The gromad was Then he raised himself to t turned loo: Ride, rain on. He ati rea stupldiy, fairly level fo: rhaps titty yards be. ledge above, by means of his lariat, on? No, It was & en suriuce, thus setting 4 grunite wall them Into the black gulf, a 'm going to stay wit it ‘possible Tors between hin wud the Lelie wagon, ver roll out of bed here," he door of his dugout, taking heforg’ the dugout, “You look Big At ee ye and’ then yow'rerma 3 “me and you will epend the advantage of the mountain-shadow she explained sedately, “but stay wig me, the 1 Test of + it of the time together, pardner.” that had just reached that spot. In vege sneach Ve Sauk of ow hao “am I fit to, with repose, he always sat, when in the words, Willock Sat down opposite her, ®Ppealed to Bin" cing, ie ride, and wi ‘the, kid for God's wake not moving, There were no dream. fore its descent to tne wext rolling and returned to the wagon. From cove, with his face toward the nat- his pipe id if to Saeers Now—off we gol” horses to this ghost-wagon. depression where the shadows fay in this he took a number of useful ar- ural roadway leading: over the Gat be to you,” fhe . going to fitten was no sign of life. If captui unrelieved giovin. On the crest, avout ficies—umong them & portable cook- nill-tsland Into the further roach of explained, “because I love you. child, folng vo fittam este the Indians, it would not him, the dim light deitned broken Ing stove—and by great effort trans- 1, Be eee rtnes te moped Rit Want to make friends with you (00 Jale.\e Wit on me: ana CHAPTER IL left intact. But how came a wagon boulders and great blocks of granite ported them to his hiding place the hors 5 e ng man—weil, If they ime enough, tt foto this barren world? in grotesque forms, sume suggesting among the rocks. to prevent surprise from inimical Flight. Supporting himself by the sideboard, fantustio thonsters, others, in sharh- Next day he found a new And ensy horsemen, and it was thus that, on ct le Pe. e drew cut or roun oring seemingly mode of egress among the rocks, 2 ete p RICK WILLOCK, ‘galloping Pf frew sony ihe oy-openinx of the dressed by Cyclopean chisels, between precipices, from his cave to this Particular Lafidgottiedecy eine Pf tench you ae turup ws tbe toward the southwest, fre- canvas fred within, A .. The fugitive wus not interested in @ little “cove” of land below. He @ shadow creeping over the ° . Your atyle of % M4 into the big world and cut a quently looked back. The first look told al, Mkt the wagon the dimly defined shapes about him; found @ spring, too, that he dug Into brown stone passage before Its pro- Ain't correct: but it was the best Red it, which couldn't be po te , x f his attention had been attracted by a well. The next month was spent ducing cause rose suddenly against Feather could do by you. Him and figger naugh' And A kf little girl and her stepfather was fitted up-far gtong, journey, and is ou lay do our Ai At MWe at hat its contents bad not. been 4 crevice in the smooth rock ledge at in improving his new home. the background of the blue ok. you lay down yi knows more than mf he ~ "had vanished from the turned by bandita or {ndians. The Nis feet, This ledge, barren of vox. | One day returning from a trip to {ones for your thoughts to steP same. smooth open page of the Texas Pan- pecond look dist nguished Alans. viacty etation, and ay level as a slab of the open country he entered his cave, At first glimpse of that shadow of a but just Heten to m ‘Tho tears were in Lohama'e handle—and Brick Witock rejoiced, that excluded from aftention all others, fous marble, showed a long black and then stood transfixed, staring at feathered head Willock flung him- smooth, And tne te aes or arevt » looked from one to the othe = i . ike a crack in @ stone pavement, the stove. self down the dirt steps leading to 88 Tittle face deeply troubled, y joy new to he , ene en- Upon & mattress af the rear of the {1% vie ; from the beginning of my periods to a joy bh, Tat th wanon lay a woman, her face covered At the man's fest the crevice was per- No horsemen could enter the Cov® ine open door; now, lying Mat, he dl- where my ee Mose. ea ‘mart be Krabbed up her books «qed prisoners hae met been pur- hy, cloth: and near the front seat "&Ps two feet wide, but as it stretched wave by means of one low trench, cut toward the west it narrowed gradu- as by the hand of man in the granite sued. But the outlaws were hot on stood a keg of water. It was impos- aiiy, and disappeared under & hil, and as Indian horsemen were the edge of the level ground, covering an toward the stov fae rected the barrel of his gun over the on @ lower ledge, That's the way hen white people talks, not that they gut ovilaing is gotng to stop, Willock's track sible to note the rigid form of the of visors: 5 to say than Injuns, but they fills ‘ganized stones, as @ mer only enemies to be dreaded, iis approaching horseman, Ag only one More to say than a y When the last of the pursuers woman and the Position of the arms in the surface, watchfuiness need be concentrated indian came into vie 4 his In, and embodies everything, like Mll- nA i Brick erie found further effort useless, Willock Sn4 hands without percelving that she presently ho set the keg and the only on.that one point. “Nothing like Indian waa ary Ing up cabin-walls with mud. Til stay with mo when T go to was dead. tarpaulin-ball on the ground, not to variety,” observed Willock cheerfully, tounding > take you by the hand right from stay owe checked his horse, The pony, after a The man recognized thia truth, but !t reat his shoulders, but in order to sink ‘This will do capital for my mum- lock rose to h whore Red Feather left you, and few tottering steps, suddenly sank to made only a dim impression: that Keg on his knees boside the crevice. Ho mer home! I'm going to live like @ three, lowered hia weapon, and ad- carry you up the heights.” y, Til promise you W earth, Willock unfastened the halter °f water moant life—and life was @ put his face down over it, listening, lord—while I'm living.” Vunced to meet him, ah | examined | dublously: you are:ready to live out from ite neck, tied it with the lariat {Rousandfold more to him than death. peering, but making no “discovery. What held hin eyes to the stove was | When he was near, the Indian—’' “You know how? Sure go with you and Hag He drew himself upon the seat, Then he unwound the lariat from a heap of tobacco, and a clay pips the aamo chief from whom Willock | ,f ain't no bell-wother in the paths want me, wi about his waist, and without: pause, snatched at the tin cup beside the keg, set out afoot, If the pony died from and drew out the cloth-covered corn- the terrible strain of that anremit- Seb ibat ate PS, flow. waist, tled it to the rope beside it, Among the atores removed had fled on the day of his intended of learning, honey, but Red Feather batt er, and having from the wagon, tobacco had been housewarming—this Indian sprang ! behind me, What's d, lowered found in generous quantity, but dur- lightly to the ground, a) ting fo doubtiess the aes arf pn he wore tag ie He ded it Eee yS ibe ent The sg Oe Be Oe eo now ola oe hed pean the thy poet nge whi ‘ nna te? hal 90 Ae emonerie 6m Seeman 5 Hh + wns, enti torial ag * xe re