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rorrlilors.
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Rimrock Trail © " AM -™
By J. ALLAN DUNN -
CHAPTER XX
—l9
Molly Mine.
Sandy, replacing the blanket on
Wyntt's face, examined his guns anil
started climbing up to the big bowl
der. Soon be discovered the narrow
opening and proceeded cautiously.
To Sandy's right was perpendicu
lar rock, to his left the curve of the
blocking bowlder with the skeleton
tree topping It, withered in the cleft
that bud first nourished, then denied
It nourishment. It gleamed silver
gray, attracting his uttentlon. As lie
gazed ids sharp ears caught the tiny
crack of a brittle branch. Instantly
he dropped to all fours as n spurt of
(lame showed from the fre* and n
bullet whlnfcd over film, to smack
against the rook and full flattened.
Sandy did not move. H» knew that
to the man firing, his fait have
seemed a lilt, that he had beaten the
missile by the spact of h w'nk. lie
heard more broken boughs, f.s If his
assailant were cltime!iy, assuredly,
clambering out of ambush, and he
shifted silently Into position, rifle Ml
sandy Did Not Move. He Knew That,
to the Man Firing, Hit Might
Have Seemed a Hit.
down, both guns ready. There came
a strange thrashing sound, a groan of
mortal anguish, silence. If tills wus
a trick, it was a crude one. Sandy
waited. That groan, half sigh, half
rattle, could not be mistaken. He
half circled the bowlder, gliding up a
flattened traverse, and saw, lying out
spread over a low bough of the with
ered tree, face to the moon, gun away
from the curling hand, Butch Parsons.
With ready gun Sandy reached
him, bent, turned him on his side. A
bullet had ranged through both hips,
shattering them. The spine must
have been Injured. There were pud
dles of blood that told the injury was
some hours old. Hutch had lain there
paralyzed, passed by Brandon's men as
dead, lingering like the traditional
snake until sunset to see and recog
nize Sandy coming through the gap.
to use his last remnant of life to pull
trigger and so to die, the Injured ver
tebrae giving away to the effort, the
spark of life pinched out.
Sandy left him and returned to the
*ap. He could still read sign, plain
as It was on every side. He found
the side-gulch, saw the cnbln. saw
llohn's saddle horse grazing free.
Blaze in the corral, the cabin door
open with the moon streumlng In. lie
hod pieced out the puzzle to his own
satisfaction. Brandon and his men
tnul arrived and. In Hereford, they
had run across W.vatt, procuring
horses there and saving themselves
the trip to Three Star. Dutch's body
was evidence that they had not been
unsuccessful. Wyatt's that the fight
had not been all one-sided, the sur
prise not perfect. Anl, if I'linisoll
had been warneiy what had become
of Molly? N
He got an answer that made Ids
heart stand still, then pound In n rush
of action. On the floor. In the beam
of the moon, lay the luck-piece, a, few
links of gold chain attached to the
coin. Stooping for It, he brushed a
strand of brown hair. Then he saw
Grit's body beneath the table. Fury
boiled In lilin, chilled to Icy wroth
and determination. He put away the
coin and hauled out the dog's body
Into the moonlight. It was limber
nnd still warm. Sandy r«we from his
squat and swiftly examined |fr cabin.
He discovered • lantern with oil In It,
which he lit. He had no fear of In
terruption. Before very long Sam
and the Three Star riders would be
along. The sight of Blaze suggested
that Molly was not far away. If she
had gone, by force, or her own free
will, the probability was that her own
mount and saddle would have been
requisitioned.
He found warm water in a kettle;
he bad the first aid kit with Its band
»ges, lodine, lint. And, above all, he
had Keith's silver flask, half full. lie
Ud not Call to note the empty hut Has
jn the table, the blood marks where
Plimsoil's veins had sprinkled and
Urlt had stulned the floor. He found,
100, a button of horn with a fragment
>f black and white check, torn from
Molly's riding coat In the struggle.
Sandy's anger cryst.nll7.ed Into one am
otion beyond the finding of Molly,
and that was to kill I'limsoll, If pos
sible with his hands. He pictured the
struggle between the gambler and the
girl, desperate on one side, brutal on
the other, and, whether the atuke had
been won or lost, he resc-lved that
I'limsoll should Ur for that attack.
Now Ids lope hung on Orlt. He
look tie collie's head 011 his lap and
uxi'inliied the llow Made by the butt
of I'liiiis-'il s gun. It had laid bare !
tb>> bon* ">vt he did not tli.uk It either
spl.tjtered or fractnred. Sandy knew
that dog or wolf or coyote will He
in a torpor after being badly wound
ed and often recover slowly, waking
from the recuperating sleep revital
ized. But, If he could bring Grit back,
he must make fresh demands on him.
He washed the wound on the hend
and poured iodine Into it. He did
the same with the hole in the leg,
cleansing It from the dried blood and
hair. It had stopped bleeding. He
disinfected It, stitched It, closed It,
bound it \lth adhesive tape and
strengthened it with a bandage ad
justed as expertly as any surgeou
could have done. He pried open the
Jaws with but little resistance and let
Ihe tongue slip back before he poured
In u measure of Scotch and water
between the canine and Incisor teeth.
I'or a moment there was no response,
then Orlt coughed, choked, swal
lowed. Sandy repeated the dose with
less water. It went down naturally.
Almost Immediately he felt the heart
stroke strengthen. Grit sneezed,
opened his eyes and
his tall as lie licked SandyV-Jtajd.
"Grit, ol' pardner," said Sandy seri
ously, the dog's head between his
hands, "yo're sure mussed up a heap
an' I hate to do it, but I got to cn\l
on you, son. Mebbe It won't be suctli
a long trick, but I can't git by with
out yore nose. Grit. It's worth more'n
all I've got. An' I know yo're game."
Grit wagged his tall more vigorous
ly and tried to get on bis feet, but
Sandy prevented him until the third
dose was administered. Then he car
ried tbe dog outside to save him every
foot of unnecessary progress, and set
him down. The collie stood up, wab
bly on one foot but able to stand,
looking eagerly at Sandy, commencing
to snuff the air. Sandy let him smell
the coin, the strand of hair, the piece
of cloth and, with his keenest sense
stimulated with the perfume that
stood to Grit for love, the dog wrin
kled his nose and cast around. But
he led direct to Blaze and stood by
the horse uncertain while Blaze
nosed down at him.
"Carried out of the cabin, son," said
Sandy. "We'll guess at I'limsoll.
He's got clear of the locality. Blaze
knows but lie can't tell. We've got to
cast about." He picked up the dog
again, puzzled, and looked about him
In the gulch, suffused with moonlight.
•'There sh'ud be soft dirt under those
asps, let's give a look-see there."
They had not gone five feet Info the
trees before man and dog made a sim
ultaneous discovery. For Sandy it
was a heel-mark left by I'limsoll,
treading heavily under his burden, a
slight depression enough, but plain to
Sandy. Grit began to struggle in his
arms. Molly's hair or body must have
brushed against lower boughs at the
same height that Sandy carried the
wounded Grit and the scent still
clung.
"They c'udn't go fur in this direc
tion by the looks of the place, Grit,"
said Sandy. "See what you can make
of It." He put liliu down by the heel
print. (irlt uttered a low growl deep
back In his throat. Ids rufT lifted. He
sturted off, hobbling along, lending
truly over rock or sand. Into the cove
where the split rock lay, Its crevice
black, the vine curving down Into It
like a serpent. Where i'limsoll had
laid her down Grit halted and rnls£d
his bead, bis tongue playing In and
out of Ids Jaws In Ills triumphant ex
citement, h!s eyes luminous, his tall
waving like the plume of a knight.
Sandy gently patted him, pressed him
down to u crouch.
"Down charge, lrlt." he whispered
In his ear. "You've got It. You stay
here." Sandy hail left ids rifle at the
cabin when he carried Grit out. now
he spun the two cylinders of his
Colts, lowered himself Into the split,
holding on to the vine, looking
straight Into Grit's lambent eyes.
"Stay here, son," he said softly,
and Grit licked the face now on a
level with his own. "I'll be back."
Sandy had adventured more dan
gerous chances than this. He felt his
legs dangle into space and his hands
found a curving loop In the vine trunk
that sagged slightly under his weight.
Kxtended at fuU length, his toes
touched bottom. Letting go, be
dropped llghriy and stood In black
ness, the crevice above him showing
■ strip of azure light.
There was only the sound of drip
ping water. He ventured s match,
holding it at arm's length In his left
THE ALAMANCE GLEANER, GRAHAM, N. C
hand, flicking friction with his nail,
an old trick. The match caught and
began to blaze instantly In the still
air. Low down, and to the right,
there showed a stab of Same, the roar
of an exploding cartridge, the reek of
high-powered gas seemed to fill the
cavern. The bullet passed through
Sandy's coat sleeve. If he had held
the match In front of him he would
have been shot through heart or
lungs. His right-hand gun barked
from bis hip, straight for where the
flame had showed, then to right of It,
to left, above, his left-hand gun join
ing in the merciless probe. No sec
ond shot came in answer.
Sandy lit another match. Its flare
showed him a sandy floor, slightly
sloping, moist In one place, a charred
stick almost at Ills feet. It was a
pine knot, half burned, and he light
ed It easily, advancing toward the
spot where he had flung the shots he
knew had silenced whoever had flred
at the first match. He found Halin,
crumpled up, shot through the right
arm and a thigh, besides the other
wound In his shoulder.
Sandy turned him over, brought
Keith's flask Into play. Hahn looked
up at him and* essayed a grin.
"Yo're game all right, Hahn,"
Sandy. "You ain't the man I was
lookln' fo', but you flred first. I see
I wasn't tbe first to plug you. Meb
be I enn fix you up a bit?"
Hahn shook his head.
" 'Twouldn't be a mite of use," he
said huskily. "No grudge against
you, Sandy. I thought you one of
Brandon's gang. They got Butch and
me an' they're ehasln' Jim Plimsoll
to hell arrd gone—over Nipple peaks
—lf he beats 'em to Spur rock he'll
fool 'em on the black---I couldn't ride
—he left me here —with the girl—but
the case Is empty and the bank's
bu'sted —cashing—in time and no
chips."
He was wandering In his mind,
speaking without control, but Sandy's
mouth tightened at the mention of
Nipple I'eaks, relaxed again on the
word "girl." He gave Hahn the
Inst few drops of whisky. The dealer
coughed violently, collapsed, shud
dered, writhed a little and was still
before he could answer Sandy' 6 eager
question about Molly.
He found her without much search
ing, rolled down a little slope beyond
the crevice. Under the light of the
torch her eyes looked up at him. Her
hair was In disorder, her raiment
torn, her slender body wound about
by the lariat rope, her mouth and
chin bidden by the tightly drawn ban
danna, but her gaze, reflecting the
flare of the pine knot, held so much
of welcome, of faith, of pride and
courage, all sourced In something
deeper, far more wonderful, moving
beneath the surface like a well
spring, that Sandy's heart swelled
with glad emotion, knowing she was
unharmed, knowing that his coming
was no surprise, however welcome.
He found himself trembling as he
untied her bonds and took away the
gag from the mouth that lifted to his.
She snuggled Into his arms and, as
the torch sputtered out, leaving fhem
In the darkness, save for the luminous
"Sandy. I Knew You'd Come In Time,"
She Whispered.
beams that stole "down from where
Grit whimpered In joyous Impatience,
ber hair showered down over both of
them.
"Sandy. 1 knew you'd come In
time!" she whispered.
He held her close and hard for a
tense moment that gave all his world
to his embrace.
"Molly—girl," he said brokenly, his
voice broken with passion.
Her hand crept up and a soft palm
copped about hlf chin. Be kissed
the edge of It. He rose easily, still
holding her and lifted her high to
where she could reach the vine,
swinging up after her, Grit dancing
a three-legged reel of joy as they
came np Into the free atr and the
moonlight.
UUxe greeted them In the corral.
Molly mounted, and Sandy set Grit on
the saddle In front of her.
"Where's Pronto?" she asked.
lie told her.
"I flgger Sam an' the boys'U be er
long soon," he Bald. "They may meet
up with Pronto. Anyway, they'll like
ly bring Goldie fo' me. She's up. An'
Pronto'll be too tired fo' what I want
him to do ternlght."
She sensed the change In his voice,
Intuitively guessed but, womanlike,
asked:
"What do you mean, Sandy? Aren't
you coming home with me to Three
Star? If It wasn't so far I'd love to
go back just like this, without meet
ing anybody."
"Plimsoll's makin' fo' Nipple peaks
an' he's likely to git clear. Me, I aim
to head him oft an' settle the ac
count."
"Sandy." There was a plea in her
voice that plucked at his heart
strings. "lie didn't harm me, Sandy."
"He tried to."
Her hand slipped to his shoulder,
pitched his £jieek. She reined In
Blaze. Sandy stood beside her,
straight and stern, his eyes Implac
able.
"He ain't fit to live," he went on.
''l be fit to go back to Three
Star where yore daddy lies an' know
he was there In his grave while I let
that coyote go loose. What w'ud you
think of me if I let him slide?"
"I know," she answered.
A horse whinnied from down the
ravine. Blaze answered.
' "That'll be Sam an' the boys, Mol
ly." He cupped hands and sounded a
"Yahoo!"
The answer came back cleat
through the evening, multiplied by
the rocks about them.
"I'm afraid," 6he said.
"Afraid?"
"I know. I never was before.
But . . She broke off, leaned
swiftly down from the saddle and
kissed him.
"Come back to me soon, Bendy,"
she said.
CHAPTER XXI
The End of the Rope.
Pronto had chosen his own trail
and gait oack to the Three Star. It
was Goldie that Sandy rode under
the stars toward Nipple peaks. He
was alone, refusing any company of
Sam or the riders. Molly's last kiss
had been the key that turned In the
lock of his heart and opened up to
reality the garden of his dreams where
the two of tbem would walk together,
work togethei ill their days. It could
have meant nothing else. And she
had been afrali—for him. Pllmsoll
living was a blot upon the fair page
of happiness. Though Molly, thank
God, had come through unharmed, to
Sandy the touch of Plim«.3Jl vas a
defilement that could only be ivlped
out by his death.
As he rode over the finny rldgi of
Elk mountain and saw the Nipplo
peaks gleaming above the black pine*
across the valley, with Elk river
gleaming in the middle, he realized
that he had said nothing tp Molly of
Keith, of the shutting dwfcn of the
mine and his own action in her name.
While she had asked nothing of young
Donald. For the time It had been as
If the rest of the world had been
fenced off from them and their own
intimate affairs.
He compressed his knees and the
mare answered In a lope that
stretched Into a gallop, fast and fast
er as she reached the levels and sped
toward Elk river. Sandy was not go
ing to waste time looking for a ford.
The mare could swim. He scanned
the mountain toward the peaks, passed
over the dark Impenetrable pines,
surveyed the stretch of gently rising
grows'! between the Elk and the trees
and shifted his guns in their scab*
bards. Ills rifle he had left with
Sam. Either Pllmsoll had not passed
the peaks, was In the woods, or h«
had come and gone. Something told
Sandy this last had not occurred.
Travel beyond the peaks must hav
been hard and slow and roundabout
for Pllmsoll while he had tangented
fast for the cut-off.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
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