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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Deschutes County, Or.) 1917-1963 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 24, 1920)
TAOM S THB BHXD BtTLUETIK. Mill EDITION, BKVU. ORKOON, HATtTtDAY, JANVAIIY 84, I0!H eopyi6HT O "Did yoc shj ye wo.8 an army offer cert" "Yes, a lleuteuant; my name Is Knox." "I never know'd yer." "Probably not, but Joe Klrby floes. I was ou the gteuiner Warrior coming down when he robbed old Judge Heuu calre. That was what got me mixed up In this' affair. Later I was In that skiff you fellows rammed and sunk on tile Illinois. I know the whole dirty story, Kennedy, from the very begin ning. And now it Is up to you wheth er or not I tell It to Governor Clark." "I reckon yer must be right." he ad mitted helplessly. "Only I quit cold the minute I caught on ter wbut wus up. I never know'd she wa'n't no nig ger till after we got yere. Sure's yer live that's true. Only then I didn't know whut else ter do, so I got bllln1 drunk." "Ton are willing to work with me, thenr "Ter kin bet I am; I alnt no gnrl-stealer." "Then listen, Kennedy. Jack Rale told me exactly what their plans were, because he needed me to help hlra. When yon Jumped the reservation, he bad to find someone else, and picked me. They mean to pull off the affuir tonight. Here's the story." I told it to him, exactly in the form it bad come to me. Interrupted only in the recital by an occasional profane ejaculation, or some Interjected ques tion. The deputy appeared sober enough before I bad finished, and fully grasped the seriousness of the situa tion, i "Now that is the way it stacks up," I ended. "The girl Is to be taken to this fellow's shack and compelled to marry Klrby, whether she wants to or not They either intend threatening her, or else to actually resort to force likely both. No doubt they can rely on this renegade preacher in either case." "Jack dlda't name no name?" "No why 7" "Only thar nster be a bom bangln' round the river front in Saint Louee who bed preacher's papers, en wore ' a long-tailed coat. Thar wan't no low down game ,be wudn't take a hand In fer a drink. His name was Gasklns ; 1 bed him up fer mayhem onct. Til bet he's the duck, for be bong round Jack's place most o' the time. Wbateha want sm ter do 7" It baa seemed to roe, Tim," I said thoughtfully, "that the best action for a to take win be to let them place the gtrl in my hands, joat as they have planned to do. That will throw them entirely off their guard. Oece we suc ceed la getting her safely away, and remain unknown ourselves, there ought to be very little trouble In straighten ing oat tbe whole matter. . My plan would be to either ride around the camp In tbe night, and then report ths whole affair at headquarters, or else to strike oat direct for Fort Armstrong across country. Do jra know any place yon can pick up a horse?" ."That's a slew ov 'em round yere," he admitted. "These fellers are most all boss-soldiers. I reckon I end cinch sum sort o 'critter. Yer want me aong7" ' "Perhaps not, Tim. Tour disappear ance might cause suspicion, and send them after us. My plan is to get away us quietly as possible, and let them be lieve everything Is all right. I want a day or two in which to work, before Rale or Kirby discover we have not gone to Bear Creek. I'll met them alone at the spring down the trail, but shall want you somewhere near by. You see this is bound to mean a fight if I am recognized likely three against one; and those men wouldn't hesitate at' murder." "I reckon not, an It wudn't be their furst one nuther. Looks ter me like yer wns tnkin' a big chance. I'll be thor, though; yer kin bet on thet, an' ready fer a fight er a foot race. This Is bow I size it up if thar ain't no row, I'm Just ter keep still nn' low ; on If a fracas starts Tm ter Jump In fer all I'm worth. Is thet the program?? "Exnctly that's my Idea." "Wal' then, I'm a prayln' it starts ; I want Just one crack et thet Kirby, the ornnry cuss." . We talked the whole matter over in detail, having nothing better to do, and endeavoring to arrange for every probability, yet did not remain togeth er for long. I felt nervous, anxious, eager for action. The time dragged horribly. What if something unforeseen should occur to change Rale's plun? My God 1 If I only knew where it was they had concealed the girl. ' The two of us explored about the si lent cabin, but discovered nothing. There was no light visible In the rear room, nor any sound of movement with in. The two windows were closed, and the door locked. We found a conven ient stump in the woods and sat down to wait where we could see all that occurred about the cabin. . It was nearly twelve before even the slightest sound near at hand Indicated tbe approach of others. I was already 1n nn agony of suspense, imagining something might huve gone wrong, when the dnll sniffling of horses' hoofs Iteln Jed.. ciH'tiijMl.v I'C 'A"-1 11111 fC The. ";: --; Bevik Own- ACotnancvofdwBWk Howie faV nJSwi WiiWiMriiM vw, Kin4, etc nbuWdV9lrwiMyr my right broke the Intense silence. 1 listened to assure myself, then shook Tim Into wakefulness, leaving him still blinking In the shadow of the stump, while I advanced In the direction of the spring. I saw nothing of Rale until he spoke. That yer, Mnffettr "Yes; wbar'g yer party ?' I caught a view of his dim outlines, as he 8tepod slightly forward, reas sured by my voice. "They'll I yere; thar's a bit o' time ter spare ylt 1 aimed not ter keep 'em wultln'. Here, this is yer hotts, an' yore's the leadln' strap fer tbe others. Better tie It ter yer pommel, I reckon, so's ter leave both yer hands free yer might hav' need fer 'em. We'll tend ter mountln' the gurls, an' then all ye'U hav' ter do will be ter lead off. Better wulk the bosses till yer git crost the crick, so the sojers won't hear yer. Got that?" "I reckon I hav. an' sense "nough ter know It without beln told. Did yer think I wanted ter be catched on this Jobr "All right, but thar's no barm a tcllln' yer. Whar's Tim gone tot" . "I reckon he don't even know bis self; he's sure sum drunk." . Rule chuckled, patting the sldo of the horse next him. ."Whole cuboodle workln' like a charm," be suld, good humoredly. "Thought onct the deputy might show up ngly. but a quart o' red-eye sure fixed him thar's our party a comln' now. Ye're ter stay right wbnr ye are." They were advancing toward us up the bnnk which sloped down toward the creek. Rule moved forward to meet them across the little open space, and a moment Inter, from my hiding place among the motionless horses I became able to distinguish the slowly approaching figures. There were four in the party, apparently from the garb two men and two women. The second man might he the preacher, but If so, why should he be there? Why should his presence at this time be necessary? Unless the two main conspirators had special need for his services, I could conceive no rensou for his having any part in the action that night. Had I been deceived In their plun? Even as this fear overwhelmed me with conster nation, I was compelled to notice how- belplessly the first of tbe two women walked as though her limbs refused to support her body, even though ap parently upheld by the grip of the man beside ber. Rale, Joining them. Immediately grasped her other arm, and, between the two, she was Impelled forward. Tbe saloonkeeper seemed nnable to restrain bis voice. "Yer must'r give ber one b o' a dose," he growled, angrily. "Half o thet wud a bin' nough. Why, d it. be kin hardly walk." "Well, what's tbe odds?" It was Klr by who replied sarcastically. "She got more because she wouldn't drink. We had to make ber take It, and It wasn't no easy Job. Gasklns will tell you that Have you got youi" man here?" "O' course; he's waiting' thar with the bosses. But I'm d d If I like this.' She don't know nutbin', docs aher ' "Maybe not now; bnt she'll come around all right, and she signed her name. So there ain't no hitch. SU seemed to get worse after that. Com on, we can t stand talking here; lets get them off. Jack ; there Isn't any time to waste. I suppose we'll have to strap her Into the saddle." I held back, and permitted them to work, merely lending my own horse slightly to one side and keeping in his shadow. Gasklns 'brutally Jerked the shrinking mulatto forward and forced her to mount one of the horses. She made some faint protest, the nature of which I failed to catch clearly, but the fellow only laughed In reply und ordered her to keep quiet. Eloise ut tered no word, emitted no sound, made no struggle, as the two other men lifted her bodily into the saddle, where Klrby held her, swaying helplessly against him, while Rale strapped ber securely Into place. The entire proceedings were so brutally cruel that It required all my strength of will to restrain myself from action. My fingers closed upon the pis tol in my pocket, and every Impulse urged me to hurl myself on the follow, trusting everything to swift, bitter fight. I fairly trembled in eagerness to grapple with Klrby, hand to hand, and crush him helpless to the earth. "Thar," said the saloonkeeper, at last, . testing his strap. "I reckon she can't fall off nowhow, even If she don't sit up worth a d . Go ahead now, Moffett." Both men stepped aside, and I led my horse forward. The movement brought me more Into the open, and face to face with Kirby. By some trick of fate, at that very instnnt a star gleam, piercing through the screen ot leaves overhead, struck full into my eyes. With an oath he thrust my hat back and stared straight at me. I could not see the mingled hate and horror glaring In the mun's eyes, but there could be no doubt of his recogni tion. The acknowledgment found ex prcsslon In a stnrtled exclamation. ' "''By God I you, her! ' : That was all the time I gave hi in. With every pound of strength, with every ounce of dislike, I drove a clenched list Into that surprised face, and the fellow went down as though smitten by an ax. Even as lie reeled, Rule leaped on me, cursing, falling to uuderstnnd the cause, yet Instinctively realising the presence of an enemy. Ills grip wns at my throat, and, evcu aa his fingers closed savagely, lie struck me with one knee In the stomach, und drove an elbow straight Into my face. The next Instant wo were locked to gether so closely nny blow became Im possible, youth n nil agility wuglug fierce buttle against brutal strength. I think I wns his match, yet this 1 never knew for nil my thought cen tered In mi effort to keep his hands from ranching any weapon; Whatever happened to me, there must be' no alarm, no noise sufficiently loud so aa to attract the attention of sentries on guard. This affair must be fought out with bare knuckles aud straining sin ews fought In silence t the end. I held blm to me In a bear grip, but his overmastering strength bore hie back ward, my body bending beneath Jho strain until every muscle ached. "D you you sneuklu' spy!" he hissed savagely, and his Jaws snapped "D You, You Sneakln- Spy!" He Hissed Savagely. at me like a mad beast "Let go! d you let go!" Crazed by the pnln, I swerved to one side, and half fell, my grip torn loose from about his arms, but as In stantly closing oguln around Ills lower body. He struiued, but failed to break my grasp, and I should have hurled blm over the hip. but at that second Gasklns struck me, und I went tum bling down, with the saloonkit'iier falling flat on top of me. bis pudgy fingers still clawing fiercely at my throat. It seemed as though conscious ness left my brain, crushed Into death by those gripping hands, and yet tbe apark of life remained, far I beard the ex-preacher utter a yelp, which ended in a moan, as a blow struck him ; then Rale was Jerked off me, and I sobbing ly caught my breath, my throat free. Into my dazed mind there echoed tbe sound of a voice. "Is thet 'nough, Jack? then boiler. D yer, yer try thet aguln, an' Til spill wbut brains yet got ail over this kintry. Yes, it's Tim Kennedy talkln', an' he's talkln" ter ye. Now yer He whar yer are. Yer ain't killed, be ye, Knox?" I managed to lift myself out of the dirt, still clutching for breath but with my mind clearing. "No; I guess I'm all right, Tim," I laid, panting out the words with an ef fort. "What's become of Klrby? Don't let him get away." "I ain't likely to. He's a lyin' right whar yer dropped him. 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