vsiFfcS RAUL ROBINSON I THWItSDAY APRIL 7, 1027 THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS PAGE EIGHT CHAPTER IX Don't Want to Kill Him One night after we had (tone on •ante time, the sound of revolver shots berat flatly from a mess beyond sa. but the shots were accompanied by lanxhter. ■They're only tryfn' to spile a can.'* Jan ba reassnred. "By folly, w ell co over and I'arn 'am a lesson." He flflanred at me Time you loosened n * that weepon o* yonrn. anyhow PBrty soon it’ll stick fast." 1 went with him find of diversion. The men were banging, by turn, at a sardine can set up on the sand about tw enty paces out. The heavy halls newt the loose soil flying but amidst the furrows the tin can sat nntouch- “W hat you thinkin* to do," Jenks smiled "Hit that can or plant a lead mine " “Give him room! He's made his brag?:- they-cried, "and if he don't ping it the pilgrim sure will." Mr. Jenks drew and took his stand: e dvuTA^rand sabin banged with small preparation and can snap It! But when I think ou It miaed by six Inches—« fact that as a can. I lack guts!" ■\v otuebody else shot, and som e­ brought him up wide awake. "Gimme another try. boys," he body alae. and another, and the can growled, but they shoved him aside. gyrated, spurring us to haste as It constantly changed the range. Pre­ No, no. Pilgrim's turn!" Willy-nilly I had to demonstrate my sently It was merely a twist of ragged greenness so I drew, aaid stood, and tin. Then In the little silence, aa we cocked, and aimed The Colt's ex­ ploded with prodigious blast and parsed a voice spoke irritatingly. "I 'laow yu tellers ain't no great wrench— Jerking. in fact. almost above my head; and «here the bul­ shucks at throwln' lead" Daniel stood by. with arms akimbo, let went I did not see. nor. 1 Judged, and beside stood My Lady. He tower­ did anybody else. "He missed the arth!" they clamor­ ed over her In a maddening atmos­ ed. "No; I reckon he hit Montany ’bout the middle. That's whar he scored ceBter!” “Hold down on I t hold down, lad." t Jenks urged. "To hit him In the | ' heart awn at hls feet! Here! Like , thia—" and taking my revolver he threw It forward, fired. The can plinked and somersaulted, lashln in­ i to action. "By George." he proclaimed, “when 1 I more like It had a gun in Its (1st. I Save With Safety At Your R exall Store You SAVE because we do not try to make a long profit on the price of which you are not acquainted with. You trade with SAFETY at your Rexall Store because no one but Registered. 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"That's somethin' (or yu to I'arn. young fuller," he vouchsafed. Ilia gaaed shifted. "Gome along. Edna." he bade. "We' II be goln' bach.“ A devil—or was It he hlniselfT— twittered me. Incited me. and In n moment, with a gusli of aaserllni. there I was. saying to her. my hal doffed: "PH walk over with yon." "Do." she responded readily. “We‘- re to have singing " The men stared Dauiel whirled “I 'laow you ain't been Invited. Mister." "If Mrs Montoyo consents, that's enough." I Informed "I'm not walk­ ing with yon. sir; I am walking with her The only ground'you control la Just In front of your own wagon " "Thar ain't no 'Mrs. Montoyo."' he suarled. "Anil whilst yu’re la m in ' to shoot yu'd better be I'arnln" manners Yu cornin' with uis. Edna?" ---------- " ■■■■'■■.............................— "As fast as I, can. and with Mr. llcujipti also. If he chooaes," said she. "J have my ipstipcSp in mini, too. "By gosh. I don't walk with ye." ha Jawed And lip flounced about, »«•!>< ’ fully slridlitg on ua Umugh punishing her fur a misdemeanor She dropped the men a llltle curtsy "The entertainment Is conehided. gentlemen I wish you good-night." Yet underneath her ralllerv there lay an appeal, the stmniter because subtle and unvoiced It seemed Io me every man must appreciate that, aa a woman, she Invoked protection by him against an Impending some thing, of which she hsd given trim » glimpse So we left them somewhat ■ulidnsd. gating after us. thslr rugger! faces sobered reflectively. Daniel was angerly shouldering for the Mormon wagons, hls Indignant Ac- ure black against ths weslsrn glow She laughed lightly “ You're not afraid, after all. I see." •'Not of him. madam " “And of tue?" (T O Bfl C O N T IN U C O i ............................................-'■■■■ A Midnight Sale of 1000 Men’s Spring Suits AT THE H ere is Further Proof of O ur Desire to Help You Save: 108 Asperin T a b l e t s ______60« phere of proprietorship. «h.-aaatlcd at can—at all of ua, at mi? sCtniy at the rewt. frankly. And I knew that she was afraid! Daniel laugher J>