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The n? \t mornii 'David kcupjesl
br? ak ; although ?1 wa 'ill a mite ?lark in th
Im low, II' el up. ?' won i? rin' t; then h
red, an?) looked i rund him, and ecn tl I El
wood was n??t 1
It puzzl? 1 I la\ i !. H- ' ? hi feel ind I
Vu he ."ti ti" Ela.I nowhar. S.. he ci oui an?
? hi way up through the rock and crubtothcto
..' the peak, and that he found the man he wa ? a I'".km
for
Bui David didn't approach him then. II. tood thai
uhindofhim a wab hin' him. He seen him land thai
"ii the highesl p'inl o' that ?.'."at pinna? le, and tn t, |
his arm oui towards the dim valleys below, and h?
he? rd him say this, in a voi? ? thai tremed all broke .up
ittered:
"It'll?'! Inn? ' In ne!"
And then he "_en Elw.I hake his liead and > ? .\< i
? ?? with lu h ne! . with In elboa i cltisi tog? ti., i
on In? breast, and git down on his kn?< .. Bui David
t-ouldn'l quite m.ik?- oui t?? h? .?r what it was he said,
And h?' didn'l wanl to hear it: he fell like he wa in
trudin*. He aid he thought o'the place in the Book
? M" i . took "it hi ihoe . II" dipped ba< k t.. th<
heiter under the hangin' ledge, whar he ? I down and
waited for Elwood t.me bai !
TT wasn'l v?-rv long until Elw.1 come back. David
notit-ed th.it In ... wa absent 1<>? >kin' and like
them ?if ...iiicIiimIv who has nil. r.?<I a heap in idc ?>!' him
with a mi ?rv that has been a hold of him i??r a long
time. It l.? looked strange t.. tee a man as big and
?tout lookin' a Elwood actin' thai a-vray.
Then Blwtxxl ten thai David' iron was gone, and
? eetTied to ort o'wake him up. "When did voit gil
? ' he ax?--;.
"I.at night while you was asleep," ana wet s my ?_n.
"I ".:"t tli" key on! o' yore pa kel and mil... 1.? ij
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"Full <>' tricks, ain't you?" a) Blwood. "Bui of
."nl who i '.tih 1 pull ..it .. many stunl ;
r lone i. bound i" be full o tti? k-.. It you d
? ' I ? ? night, you wouldn'l be here today. Hon? t.
? did you gil 1"" e?"
"Feel m yore coal pocket," ays David, "and you'll
find the ?mil righl whar 1 pul 'cm."
El ?od fell and found Hum and the keys. Por a
minute he I.I thar a gazin' al David, urprised thai
In'l notii ed the weigh! <?' the irons; then he poke.
I don't think you're the outlaw, after all," he avs.
"Ii you'd a been him, you'd a run away. Will you
pardon ith for plai in' you unfa am I '"
The* ol hand , and David said he never cenany*
o knowed hon t.. hal i any better'n Elw.1
did
"I _vid,"i i? Elw.I, "111 n al e yon thisprotpo ition:
Well stay up harre UajreUter and watch i"r the bandit;
t'a.in* t.? ""ell Y
>u Ah.iut tha* T?*atSSMa*S I l?.und l'p Here.
and w li? ti we > ab h him vou hall have the i
money. I don'l neetl it: I'v? found ?a.methin' up here
thai i 10 valuable thai ihr? ? hiin?ln*?llittle old dollaw
hain't nothin1 aside ?.t it. M> reason h?r wantin' you,
he goes "tt. "is thai I'm might> lone ?omc.
"Mu? h obliired," ?ay David. "Ill take you up, and
I'll never forgii you for d??in' il
David wondered what Ela.1 ha?l fourni that wa o
valu ,!.!??; luit he ?l.a t.!?.! it Ela.! ha?l a want?
to know what it was he'?l a told him, so iu diiln'l ax.
Hut he li.e! a' idee it was gold, krause gtu-d hail l-een
found in thar a few yeai af??n bj a part} of hunters.
??I i,, kon you're a big omt ? r," ?a\ ? lavnl, a wantin'
to ,-. omethin', as thi ilencc wasagittin* heavy, "and
money hain't ... mu? h t.. you. '
"Will." miles Elu.I, "while I'v? btrn fairly su?
o ful, I've not quite gt?1 to the p'inl ol advisin' peopk
to iv? myautygraph . an?l I don't tak? manybathsin
. hampagnc."
?"Pill', day pa sed "it withoul nothin' happenin* eept
** that my son and Ela.I ?|x?ntag.Id?alo'th time
a lippin' arouml on the itl? o'th? peak and a watchin'
below 'em. Vou understand, a man high up on a moun?
tain can re people away beloa when tnem Itclow cain'1
?re him to _v? thcirliv? Ela.I and David got to be
mighty good friends that day. David hadn't never Urn
nowhar mu? h, ami Elwood told him about t hi wonder
tul things in the big > it? . ami alxxit the big hipt ??! the
,..,, and aboul o mam. many thing . I tell you it
shore was a treat to David, with hi ?nquirin' mitid!
That evenin1 atbtxil sundoum David missed Blwood
suildently. He took up his till'-, and went out to look
for him; be? ausc he wanted to l?c around if the outlaw
come, so's he could earn hi mon? j He found Elw?>od
., tandin' on t"p o' th? pc ik, with hi arm ftJded
.,..,, i hi bre ist, a wat? hin' omethin' to the w? t'ard.
If.- aid Elwood wa a itamlin' a ? till a ?a tree, with the
wind .; playin' at hi hair and a flapnin' at the - nrn? r i
"t his (?oat like hand that you couldn I ee I tavitl gties
up i?, him from ahiml of him, and tak. him light bj the
noulder, Blw.1 lo??k around.
"I wa a wat. hin' th? old un sink nul o'
he, with a smik that wa ? might? j.I. "Hain't it fine
I,,?n here, David, my friend? And jesl think, Daviil,
how many things that old un thar has ?ci n, hon
much joy and tragedy, how many Emj ii
how manv births of the chiWern of i i
human pride cut down by death! Ah, I '?
fell? r, don't it. a smis?'t from h>
D.ivpI looks Ein.1 right in
liked to see a sunset." says im son; "1
h was so much for a big, growi
this here wantin'to watch th?
he adds soil o' bashful, "that I
wom? nt'.?Ik
Ela.1 'traightens up al n
.mi, k withahard fist. "In th. i
he lays, "hain't we got as much right I
ful things ,i4 women has?" And hi
a??rkedupinap;issi<?n, "Man,
?*.?uld frei astfrei when I stand h eon I . . .
mountain. It it gits into the heart o
awa?, yanderat the un. with jest a httl.
the skyline, and all temled with a gl<
must ?like the glory of God Andtn
down thar. David, ai them little "nountain
nothin' Inil ridg.
h.?re< l.."k D.M.I m\ friend, at the dai i
a^?tht?rin' in the Valleys, and at the lit.
lyin'like treak ? ?er.10 far beloa
you feel the breath ol tanethin holy up
youfeelthat you're awaj
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you feel like you're higher'n you eyei wasafore man
in more wa) ? 'n one?
yon lie and m ? " "V , ? ? ?
"I've fell all ..' that." says fewl,
iestathrobbin'. "I couldn't a told it, I
., been to save m) life I've bean I
several times jest to git to feel hk?
here for hours, and looked and thought, an
thought. I tell you. Mr. Elw. I'm gh
vouflflneverdogittoseeyouag'inate
bust after the road agent, evenithen 111 ne
as lonesome as 1 waS afore. Loncso.
lull down thar; but sometime t I me bj
111 ? ?... t and durn nigh smotl-iet- me!
Ela.I looked at nt) i fuU minub
vv,?,l. Thetl he says to David, ?Vouve
soul in you." he says; "and tomorrow I m agom u?J*u
V,.,1.,l,?,tth.t.caM,.clt"Un.luplHTC which tf ?1? 0
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