Emmons County record. [volume], December 14, 1922, Image 2

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Simon, bribe* ill
ssrsftsw?
cTtAjrrvB. xv,
the farmer's imh
is diaunwad or tha
hla feast, the Mot#
Bruce, oe hla vijr'
wounda the Kfllar,
victim. Haflaon.
tltjr,
the
CHATTOIXV*,
knows where tha
lays plana to trajp
CHAPraa
and Aunt Ek
man InaulU
by the ui
been OBMtn
mand.
Jn
h-y
fr.:.
•1
4
altar
perado, LMi
CHAPTER XVUL
finds a note, presumably
him shit baa beea
Ing
Turners.
CHAPTER XDC-Breee falls tot*
•anfs.lWi and la mad* pilsuiiar.
CHAPTER XX.
attemptlns to rSopaa
clan, after a modi
him, bound, ta
where tha'KUlar
a caU tho olabt
the return octne frtealr
alayloa of Bnw bf
CHATTER XXI.
arrival of the Olw.Mf
of
tellinshlm
the mea
The (M il
and jha foitawe. him.
CHAPTBR
rect, gtason
to iWt'm
tuallr niBiis at ft
horseback, amvea.
and:
tJtoda
Bat at ance *e understood why be
was waiting, the flsabaa.
Braeera eyes aoajght tor 8tmoa*s fig
ure. To Slmon he owed the greatato
debt, and to lay 81mon low mlght iaaan
to dishearten the whale dan* BQt aV
though the attackers were ln flUr raage
now, scarcely two hundred yardia
Ai^ay, he could not Ideinlty him. ?!hey
draer doeer. Her raised hla fto, uralt
Ing for a chance to' &R And at that
instant a resistless f*ee hwrled him
to^theljoor.
^eas the sense of vast cataa
trwb^kncat rocking and shadder-
w««w
In" billowing waves of
'ft frantic «»6rtto re-
^J^tlett A bllnd«
to twain
1
s~ m*»-
leal li&iri and eurnmoalag iFfela'pow^
am of wffl he apraag to his (ml
enly darkaaae at fiiet
he net tinrtaiaiaiia. But it
«as scarcely lata duration than the
flash ef lightning A red flame sud
denly leaped Into the air, roared and
grew and apread as If ecattarad by the
triad Itoalf. And BncA Matt caught
to sob of voodar.
TfceBentlnei PIn that indaai
Msod and counselor that steed oat
w«r one hundred fart (ram tha hens*
had been struck by a lightning bait,
Ita trunk had been deft apes as If by
a glanfa ax, and the Asms was already
springing through its
bianchs*
S#.?.
CHAPTER XXVII
Bros atood aa tt aatraneM, (aatng
vlth ewed face at the bea.
Thera «ii little danger df tbe honae
Itaelf eatdilng fire. The wind blew
the flame In the oppoelte direction
bealdea, the ralna were beating on the
root. The lire In the great tree Itself,
however, was too wall atarted to be
extinguished at once by any fci«1 of
•ralnCMli bnt It did Born with law
fierceneaa.
Dimly, he felt the glrl'a hand grasp
ing at his arm. Her fingers peesaed
mtll he felt pain. Ilia eyes lowered
to hen. The tight
"V* 'Otora*''Cliia"
at llfhlaln
oflers4 np opportunity tar aa
shot' Brace ibaent t^eaipa
little aupp^r of rttaUs vttB Qijth
,of utmost MadL The ctoa disa1
They wen rldtfi atoirlK etth
rifles. And *nr the
In fury. The,
that It .no longer gave the
of being merely sound. Jt.vMjJHflfc'
table cKplarfan just iiboe* t6* he*dfc
The flrat drbpe of 'raln Ml ebk 't#'eia'
on the roof.
i:f'1Mb
aaatchadtha
a
that paaalon-
at
drawn face—recalling lo an Inatant the
aeene beside the camp fire hia flrat
night at Trail's End—called bm to
hlmeeU "Bhoot, yon toot!** aha
stormed at Um. The tree'a lighted op
the iM» coantryslde, and yoo eao^i
miss. Shoot them before they na
away."
He glanced quickly ant Vbe daa
tt»t bad draws wtthln sbtty yards of
{be hovse at l&e time the
sttnek had bean thrown Into ceofoalon.
1W» hoiMfe had. tjipen knocked down
by the-^irce of the bolt and ware fiaia
lag, rtdctjtap. swiyt Themanteincnrad
them, aborting, pUtinly fvtaaled: la th^
ngbt firan the boralng tree. nt great
torch betide the booee had eoinpletriy
t&nied the tablto. And linda spoke
tree they offered the best of targets.
AgalA the glifa eyes wcte lorld silts
the llda. Her llpe were drawn.
aad bar breathing was
laoked at bar^ calmly,
•Wo, Linda. I cant—
eantp she cried.
He
held .l^r aMi -a
*jt«aSC waMtod tlMtt ciltMSpto htor.
VlM'ira'oiiiir fapblift Aail «i»may
tfHM Hull) luiiia iwlitif" uii8n *r.t
Hahi^d h^fnml^wltbhis ana
idil. lt ,'!traa-'M hli* atnogtbHlkiiirad
into. ttf. .-Biii: Mutat Ivar aooght
his, a^ toria lonf.aacoad tb^lr
.^battled. 'And. then a deep wooder
alMmMtoMmo?ernpr^^
"What is Itr sh6 breithed. -What
have you found ootf*^'
She spoke ln a stiuage and dlstant
voice.- Slowly the fire died In her eyea,
the drawn features r^xed, bar hands
U, UrjL ig j^ n,
tlftt«
la in
or'«Hit
Dm tfrt watched
leeely, ebUvtoas to aU
wholly taawaf*at iar
calm about him,: aad
tor reaching
via tnn
liMi, tkml
I don't kaow-tbetl
l« nSmlui 2 cu oaly
«r strength than 1 or* had
It'a something thatthe plna lliii
greettne that Jaetsew split
»~hea be* tntaf to Ml iae tar
toe- OK eaal ye« aai Zia«aT
tt atood, handreda rf leeia Mi
ap tall ao «ia»~ln a
read. It take* away w$ un
fanea, UaOa. It aaehea ine aae nyaaM
ia itallr aafc Ami
Bla ayea biased, and he
hands t*hlfc
lit m»s a. syinbol, Linda, ai* aaily
ef tlte wUdcniess, bat of 'pi%sirb'
and- greater thaa -the wflderalito.
t»we«ii that enn leek'.de«^'''AB4 a^t
be vwept away by peaeloo. and not
try to teer to ptoeas thoae WtM In their:
feUy harm them. tfeiMiiio reeo toe
soch fhl&ga ai vengeance th tUa'awr'
strength. Thera'a no tomb tsr mnr'
der, and malice and hatred, and biooA
AedL"
Lladaandersteod. the kixr that tMa
new-feund strength did not jto.
nohclatlon of her cause. It did tint main
that he would give over hla: attempt
to idnatato her as the
her
"ematfr at
fathert eatatea. tt only meant that the
Impnlaa of peraonal vwtgaanca waa
dead within him. Ha knew now the
same aa ever—that the doty of the
men that dweU upon ttie earth la to do
their allotted.taaka, aad without ha&ad
and without paadon to overcome the
dlffieulttea that ataad la the way. She
realised.--'that U. ope' of ttie. X«irnani
should leap through the daov, aind, at
tack her, Bruoe woold kfU hla #tthe&
mercy es regret 8he kaev t^iat &a
wmild make awtty etfort te bHhg ae'
effendera to the law. But tte ahlBty
to Ktost a Isslng eaeray ln this
iBBnciM vtalaa bad came to him. fie
knew that li Tengaanii 'had. bee»- the
creed «i tha -pewara .that rliliil 'the
•orld, the i«hare^«ld have'MAa te
stmed with flre long atnee. Te ilaad
aad stealgM w*
to ludca, net to ^^p.Caot,|»'' jw!|
iant this was true strength.
*"-l,hriewt,'"aia girl
wandering afar.
tor It an ia-toterahMC?'
.- "Perhepe,"' be nodded. "Aad 'pit
albly tt ia coly—'Watshlpr
-. .a 'e
The Turners had goo* The
mlng Qghbdnt rsva(lad Jfca
tacking party halt mile distant and
oat tf zlfie fange o« the ridge and
Bmce aad tiaoa .ftoia
Into iM'rtMik.
The green foliage «f
already burned away, bat anna of the
upper brmnchea still gloweil
tba dailt iky. A fallaa hraach saooir
dered oa tha ground, hlsstag la tha
rain, and It lighted their way.
Awed aad inystlfled, Bruee halted
before the ruln of the great tree. Ha
had almost, forgotten the atreas of the
moment just passed, it dld opt even
occur to him that some of bis^ saamle*
unseen before^ mlght stlU be lurklng
la the ahadow, wetching fer a chance
to halm. They stood a moment la
aUeBcsi Then Bruea uttered one Uttle
fliap aad rtratched bla ans lato 4ha
hs^w that tba «Mt tn tha
iwrteled.
.tha Bghtfroma hvntncbtiodib*
htod hlm had abown him a
object that ted
to the hadow trea
httte apMiaae ttat bad
-baaa «»aaad up cr .toay hU
aveaA :&-«««.>,'
Bioaa «eoed
«aiaa.''' '&-«Mw'
•tt to Ws
And ths THumph on Bnioe's- Fi^
ChsiHM to a Slngulsr Uook ef tffa
Then he looked with
iMipk imi* Bale that «uaa
sad
Aiittis
sf fire MWi Ilk* a aaake'e
the daikaaaa. AM the tri-
triumph, after all. it
tar A wkUik n» bolt
•ntotheplaet
ill «i Ms HiiA HU
palse tbrongh all hia
Far ti
the firft ^to wataair
rafiesee get away-nuto btok
It bad meaat too pacbrltdhU ito
ger pieased, beck lnvoiuntailly egelnat
toe trigger. tfeltaid nat takan hta us
ual deliberate aim, although &e b*d
seen Braee'a figwa dfeajrty hetween
'tba. ai^its the tastant bpftoa be fir^l
Sfciada a rtfi^Ma, la ,'the
bea*,. and he bed bo reaaoa to think
toat the haaty elm meaat S noqpteto
mlse. He ~did reallaet haweverr the
dUKprtteofnlg^'abeettaa^reaV
toatleB that aU mwr who hava Beared
after dak tr tta Mkibttad apart
•eca seeoar or later and he
'UP ever htoftgUe te sse the rasult of
StoW
or Mial
haOet had net
to aass Btose'*%ie
«i, titA,
41148''
had ne tnltft
laf itor hlm aad ba had held hla rifts
cocked aadreadyfavthaUMant that
UaUtdeaoc*
Bruce had
oat Into the fireUgbt Plainly
tbif had feipt track' s^ aU tba atto«
Ing patto that bad bean vfelbl* and
supposed thai all thalr enemies had
S«a* Ba felt Ibf amaeeaot 4tf 81
mon a^uaf anoa aa Xplaad Iha
-riSa.'. Thoae aaw'stfadli^.
to tha daifeafial ytMnadr' toah
rtuid iot tiie-'bttl"-tacek 'Imi hla o*a
lincy pt^tavad it Irtthtetlia diiimm.
The eyee ware naireeiad and nld, the
lines cut deep aboat the Uoodhodad
Upa, and mercy was as (jar from him
esfrom the ICIUet who hnnted on the
dtttatot Hdfa
"iEfeat" StaMia dlda*t fire at eneak Tha
tv« wesd ditmlad staadPy towiafdr hlm,
aid the baarar"th5r wart tike ha«tor
his chaaea of aueeaa In lhe unateady
lights Be sat aa breatblaa^ as whrtly
liat flm teUtole.-aMtlaa aa a puma
"wbf waits laambuah ftaran approach
ing deer. Cfe.jMifit t? toke careful
flip.' It was hle Mg chaae% aad he
thfesded to mika the moet of It
The two had haltod-hslBdii the
orvlaed pine,' but^fOr-a nSMCBeot fiimon
held his fire. They stood rather loss
together be wiafeed to wait aattl
pnsaa. attwad. dear target And at
|^'-\'tai(iipt ^9npear had- ,d»w#"' Oil
.ttotiar' aw net fttsn M^s Oae:
OsrlueH/alBOs stayed Otooii^fin«ea
aa Braes laid epaoad tt Ha iaw tM
at the whlta paper la the dim
lad thee be understood.
'. ttmoa a man
irtgld. uowever-
at.
tag self-caotMl aDd hki usaal tilt
«aa'to"itoi"a isM tlma'bAiNaa tba
(Igkls Mm be .toa&- l^t'"&e si|6t
ef tbat dacamaiit tts laHHuj
Bee* agraemaat cn wtflchxbad .haag
.victory- or defaai-aaat a TUM to(
KV-d*bec*
e#detMllhi
i'aa.laaair sa'-
:'shatf'tt'
..tmmm*
ton.
««Ms
-'aad' JMWte other thliiaiL'
fitter flfl».:buUet^
to ttiniw
ms&fr*
trouble with these a*
IWP 1%: bat
». to'.tlW^bsgr
in
wia "apifc hiipj
... broatlfc
uanmawha*cp«ida&
totnUbi
-ha pidjn a-qui*
Just a acratch."
**e#
ef that rlfie kattst asdh^arfly strlklag
a btoar.af a OsK toa, had aaat hlm Jar
aa. rttlMj '.'to aaahe aay
Tha
ed swtftty, ysi wttheut gtvtog
mt Taa»tag, aad
SiA'-'4a'^Kii^|
sKita.':
•Mbidmsde
ef bar own badir a JbtaU tor hla, In
la the eevart ahmld
M'Mato.'
irasa want about aad aataad
'hla shsaldara *Biamei," ahe whis
pered «d^Ijr. «Tiaand to fall. It's
the aM Chaaea te save, you."
the mists to his own
brala aad obeyed 'bar. .Be-.stayed,' aad
htau Tban he
toll
stroog arms aadrtied his waist
rtto aU her magnlfieeat yeiung
atrat^th abe dragged bhn to the door.
& as aetleeahl#, hewever—to aU
ie7#r,«j»eopt',|N^»rHlJtot he:
bar
:«^ia',.bedy..'as
kept
miach as j^ia wdd
between htaai and the ambuah. In an
ladtoat they ware' in• the darkaoad
reosa..:' Brecs stsbfl up, cnce more
«Mly aatotor jOi-bltosett.
--*7oa're: not fiart baflr she asked^
tatekly. .'
Jfast/r* de^p. scratch In the
inuacie-near the.JhiPBlder. Bullet
IS
Bsf'
aada"-la- her rajaniaab yam
to 'hle ahosldar. "Bon't yoa
aee-haTl be. bare to a mlaute. Well
Steal «at thi biek door aad try to
rtda dowh to the eoa^ titt^re tiMy
eea ovirtake
Ia ^ae tastaatr.ha had graapad ih»
aad: ba Ikatfbad- aoftlr' to* the
knew, rn snatch twe
and tbe food. Ton aat the
out, Jte'kl^ban door
to hurried Into the bedrooma.
Be daatehed'-'^are'- "of vtQmSmt
blankets from 'the bedefand hurled
tMm olver his shoulder. Be hooked
tlw camp on hla belt then bastsaed
-Into the IttOa. klitcbaa. .Be took.
toe Uttle aeck eootalaing a fev poimdl
of Jerked venlsda, aip^IeSa out a iaw
pieces ftir fimti^, "aid caAtai -lt-4'
with a few pbiinda of flour—out to
meet Uada. The^ beiwr still stood
saddled, and with dsft haadB they
tied en their wppUes aad tosteaad
the Uaaketo -la ,a teg reU la treat
at
ea." aha whl^erad. Til
ap 'bebtbd- yeu.*
the KpaM ta the utter
hs tokt bar breath egalMt hla
9MB: toe Ughtnlng caiaa ^mly aad
Ao^edhtstWtoee.
"Taiarejiilng
Uffed'^yOlpii
Oaaa.'-aaeN! ti»
tor-fi*a jmdfB It
dr.-a «wiat-'
the truth.Be climbed «tth
catty: toto ''iha/ sadAa.
mer*:at^' she awuag-'ap' baton# htth.
-®to' aattia spanSua-.had tahaiaa
'pajM' ej.toa.
Brwto had wevtiad Bhe mad, wholly
dlerefarding toe tolored &uL Msf
beyuD% Stoiea with jaadr itte
qwirtw -•*SWd.'-Aa. bapaa..,'-. -:v:.
"''^f^JgMg^a^ed.
toto," Tm-'mdimm -mm*?*
""•Wi" mmjfc'mrni- he% got a
MI«a'-« baagar^
«pt.^.U».ai|ht'!:\''
fUmoa had clear
the rifle Are $at
tha"
wholly typtcakof'tba..
lavir oa hit bojL'jgiii
wtoflirtr tayiiitr'Wfy
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»»B BoocUijiDaaijb
Bsnmrd Q'C^amljC ago light
b^own hair, faihie eyes, roddy eocaplex
i^ height five
tendc^a
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MISSING
MEN"
C. Di Hibbard, Diatdct Uanager,
U. S. Veterans' Bureau, Minneapolis,
l|Iinneaota, ^riahea to call attention to
thia^following deeerihed World War
Va£uaaa.who have disappeared, The
Veterans' Bureau, aa weU aa the
American iAgUm, Is endeavoring, in
Wlmtf of gitof-striekte fiimOiss to
locate jheaa'men The codpteatton of
all oygahisatiotb is aoUcitod and any
information tending to dieclose tfaeir
wbereabout afeoo|d bh promptty dfc-R,
patched to eitter D^artment Adjat
Mto of the American Ligioa- of C.
Vi-WObui, XMatriet'Manager, V. S.
Vctoraa^ Boveaa, Minaaapolis, Minn
1- Wajtto* Mohv: 5 6 incites^
dark nd &air, bfaw eyaa,
V*
pounds,
one linger a* ri^it ^sai%defomed,
years eld, sotae*Aat round ahould
ared..- -J Jbast haaid from Jn lfarth Da-
V-sV"™,
'Bdwnd G. Botmigan, «ho ta
Qated ftom FUhaora county, Minne
sota. Jhaergeacf «4dceas Jessie,
North Dakota.
&
inches,
laiii" torn
•eight about 148 pounds. Laat heaxd
Jo)m Giaooma, PHvate Ilcl.,
?-»04«»7, Co. Gy 2»rd JBagineers.
Urtito b^ Mrth, 8 feet inches in
height, blue eyee, dark hrow» hair,
rfddy eomple^on, miiiing from his
home in Globe, Arixona, |500 reward
few informagoa «mcernin* his iHiere^
aborts.
Deagwoas CombtaaioB
Gwendolyn: "What «aoaed Mareia
to divorce her husband T"
Genevieve:
MA
blue serge coatand
a tdoadorhaired stenographer.^
Mrs. Wm. H. Horton, 61-year-old
•iNim. atoked
Oak, Iowa* haa Jort
completed the repainting
tha
at
'eqt-'Sl
three reaidanee pinpecUca
at
'm
t.
tte SeotkU city
"iz
ittc* are dtoroi
aplendiddcpeii
ia.earried oot^la
at Gra«eft
largely^
gmmgal-f.^
3
SU
aMjS:
^rtet-aMBted': aaa»toed^'gww*^. to||ft
toeOMpiah.Sea^hadtfae
od«r Me^to^air '^c toDae ftato
r-r,
wtm