The Barnwell people-sentinel. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1925-current, November 22, 1928, Image 3
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DUANES
Third Installment
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WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE
3uck Duane, quick on the draw, kills Cal
sain in self-defense and finds himself an
outlaw. Flying from pursuit, he meets Luke
otevens, another outlaw, and the two be-
eorae pals. Luke narrowly escapes capture
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his brother
and Duane is shocked to find
outlaw severely wounded.
i>! an j. burie9 Stevens. Then he goes on
to Island’s camp, where he gets into a fight
wth a man called Bosomer and wounds the
He makes a friend of an outlaw
** “land’s called Euchre, who tells him of
Mrs. Bland and the girl Jennie.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
“Wal, I got it this way. Mebbe it's
straight an’ mebbe it ain’t. Some years
ago Benson made a trip over the river
to buy mescal an’ other drinks. He’ll
sneak over there once in a while. An’
as I get it he run across a gang of
greasers with seme gringo prisoners.
“I don’t know, but I reckon there
was some barterin’, perhaps murder
in’. Anyway Benson fetched the girl
back. She was more dead than alive.
But it turned out she was only
starved an’ scared half to death. She
hadn’t been harmed.
‘‘I reckon she was then about four
teen years old. Benson’s idee, he said,
was to use her in his den, sellin’ drinks
an’ the like. But I never went much
on Jackrabbit’s word. Bland seen the
kid right off an’ took her—bought her
from Benson.
“You can gamble Bland didn’t do
thet from notions of chivalry. I ain’t
gainsayin’, however, but thet Jennie
was better off with Kate Bland. She’s
been hard on Jennie, but she’s kept
\Bland an’ the other men from treatin*
the kid shameful. Late Jennie has
growed into an all-fired pretty girl,
an’ Kate is powerful jealous of her. I
can see trouble brewin’ over there in
Bland’s cabin.
“Thet s why I wish you’d come over
with me. Bland’s hardly ever home.
His wife’s invited you. Shore if she
gets sweet on you, as she has on—wal,
thet’d complicate matters. But you’d
get to see Jennie, an’ mebbe you could
help her.
"Mind, I ain’t him 11’ nothin’. I’m
just wantm to put her in your way.
You re a man an can think for your-
self. I had a baby girl once, an’ if
she d lised she’d be as big as Jennie
now. an’ by gosh I wouldn’t want her
in Bland's camp.**
. “I'll go. Euchre Take me over,"
replied Duane.
Euchre knocked upon the side of the
door.
“Is that you. Euchre ?“ asked a girl’s
voice, low, hesitatingly.
“Yes. it’s me, Jennie. Where’s Mrs.
Bland?” answered Euchre.
K “She went over to Dcgerffc There's
somebody sick,” replied the girl.
Euchre turned and whispered some
thing about luck The snap of the out
law's eyes was added significance to
Duane.
“Jennie, come out or let us come in.
Here’s the young man I was tellm' you
about. Euchre said.
“Oh—I can’t! I look
“Never mind how
rupted the outlaw in a whisper. “It
ain’t no time to care for thet. Here’s
young Duane Jennie, he's no rustler,
no thief.* He's different. Come out,
Jennie, an’ mebbe he’ll "
Euchre did not complete his sen
tence. He had spoken low, with his
glance shifting from side to side.
Euchre went away through (he cot
tonwoods.
“I'm glad to meet you. Miss—Miss
Jennie," said Duane. “Euchre didn’t
mention your last name. He asked me
to come over to— "
Yes, you’re different.’*- She kept the
strained gaze upon him, but hope was
kindling, and the hard lines of her
youthful face were softening.
Something sweet and warm stirred
deep in Duane as he realized the un
fortunate girl was experiencing a birth
of trust in him.
“Maybe you’re the man to save me
—to take me away before it’s too late l”
Duane’s spirit leaped.
“Maybe I am,’’ he replied instantly.
She seemed to check a blind im
pulse to run into his arms. Her cheek
flamed* her lips quivered, her bosom
swelled under her ragged dress. Then
turned cold all over.
“Chess Alloway will kill you, if
Bland doesn’t,” went on Jennie, with
her tragic eyes on Duane’s.
"Maybe ho will,” replied Duane. It
. was difficult for him to force a smile.
But he achieved one.
“O. better take me at once,” she
said. “Save me without risking so
much—without making love, to Mrs.
Bland 1”
“Surely, if I can. There 1 I see
Euchre coming with a woman.”
“That’s her. Oh, she mustn’t see
me with you.”
"Wait—a moment,” whispered
l
“LooAr at me—straight in the eye. There are decent men.
you a father—a brother?"
Haven't
the glow began to fade; doubt once
more assailed her.
“It can't be-—You’re only—after
you look," inter-
Duane's attempt at pleasantry halt
ed short when Jennie lifted her lashes
to look at him. Some kind of shock
went through him.
Her gray eyes were beautiful, but
it had not been beauty that cut short
his speech/ He seemed to see a tra
gic struggle between hope and doubt
that shone in her piercing gaze. She
kept looking, and Duane could not
break the silence. It was no ordinary
moment
“What did you come here for?" she
asked at last
“To see you,” replied Duane, glad to
speak.
“Why?”
'Well—Euchre thought—-he wanted
me to talk to you, cheer you up a bit,"
replied Duane somewhat lamely.
The earnest eyes embarrassed him.
“Euchre’s good. He’s the only per-
son in this awful place who’s been
good to me. But he’s afraid of Bland.
He said you were different Who are
you?"
Duane told her.
“You’re not a robber or rustler or
murderer or some bad man come here
to hide?”
“No, I’m not," replied Duane, try
ing to smile.
“Then why are you here?"
“I’m on the dodge. You know what
that means. I gof in a shooting scrape
at home and had to run off. When it
blows over I hope to go back.”
“But you can’t be honest here."
“Yes, I ciut"
“You fought Bosomer the other
day?"
“In self-defense I crippled him."
“Oh, I know what these outlaws are.
me, too, like Bland—like all of them.”
Duane’s long arms went out and his
hands clasped her shoulders. He
shook her.
“Look at me—straight in the eye.
There are decent men. Haven’t you a
father—a brother?*’
"They are dead—killed by raiders.
We lived in Dimmit County. I was
carried away," Jennie replied hurriedly.
She put up an appealing 1—d to
him.
“Forgive me. I believe—I know
you're good. It was only—1 live so
much m fear—I'm half crazy—I’ve al
most forgotten what good men are
like Mr Duane, you’ll help me?"
“Yes, Jennie. 1 will. Tell me how.
What must I do? Have you any
plan?"
“Oh, no. But take me away "
“111 try," said Duane simply “That
won't be easy, though. 1 must have
tune to think. You must help me.
There art many things to consider.
Horses—food, trails, and then the
best rime to make the attempt. Are
you wached—kept prisoner ?* T
"Na 1 could have run off lots of
times. But I was afraid. I'd only
have fallen into worse hands. Euchre
has told me that. Mrs. Bland beats
me, half starves me. but she has kept
me from her husband. She’s been as
good as that and I'm grateful.
"She hasn’t done it for love of me,
though. She always hated me. And
lately she’s growing jealous. There
was a man came here by the name of
Spence—so he called himself. He
tried to be kind to me. But she
wouldn't let him. She was in love with
him. She’s a bad woman.
“Bland finally shot Spence and that
ended that She's been jealous ever
since. I hear her fighting with Bland
about me. She swears shell kill roe
before he gets me. And Bland laughs
in her face. Then I’ve heard Chess
Alloway try to persuade Bland to give
me to him. But Bland doesn't laugh
then.
“Just lately before Bland went away
things almost came to a head. I
couldn’t sleep. I wished Mrs. Bland
would kill me. I’ll certainly kill my
self if Duane, you must be quick if
you’d save me.”
*T realize that," replied he thought
fully. “I think my difficulty will be tb
fool Mrs. Bland. If she suspected me
she’d have the whole gang of outlaws
on me at once.”
“She would that You’ve got to be
careful—and quick.”
“What kind of a woman is she ?" in
quired Duane.
“She’i brazen, I’ve heard her with
her lovers. They get drunk sometimes,
when Bland’s away. She’s got a
terrible temper. She’s vain. She likes
flattery. Oh, you could fool her easy
enough if you’d lower yourself to—to
Duane, as Jennie slipped indoors.
"We’ve settled it Don’t forget. I’ll
find some way to get word to you, per
haps through Euchre. Meanwhile
keep up your courage. Remebber I'll
save you somehow. We’ll try strategy
first. Whatever you see or hear me do
don't think less of me " •
Jennie cheeked him with a gesture
and a wonderful gray flash of eyes*
“111 bless you with every drop of
blood in ray heart," she whispered pas
sionately.
It was only as she turned away into
the room that Duane saw she was
lame, and that she wore Mexican san
dals over bare feet
He sat down upon a bench on the
porch and directed his attention to the
approaching couple. • The trees of the
grove were thick enough for him to
make reasonably sure that Mrs. Bland
had not seen him talking to Jennie.
When the outlaw's wife drew near
Duane saw that she was a tall, strong,
full-bodied woman, rather good-look-
ing with a full-blown, bold attractive
ness. Duane was more concerned
with her expression than with her
good looks; and as she appeared un
suspicious he felt relieved. The situ
ation then rook on a singular zest.
Eochrr came up on the porch and
awkwardly introduced Duane to Mrs.
Bland. She was young, probably not
over twenty-fiv.e, and not quite so pre
possessing at
“To make love to her?” interrupted
Duane.
Jennie bravely turned shamed eyes to
meet his.
“My girl. I'd db worse than that to
S it you away from here," he said
untly.
“Bu*—Duane,” she faltered, and
again she put out the appealing hand.
“Bland will kill you."
Duane made no reply to this. He
was trying to still a rising strange
tumult in his breast The old emotion
—the rush of an instinct to kin I He
close range. Her eyes
were large, rather prominent and
brown in color. Her mouth, too, was
larfe, with the lips full, and she had
white teeth.
Duane took Ijer proffered hand and
remarked frankly that he was glad to
meet her.
Mrs.'Bland appeared pleased; and
her laugh, which followed, was loud
and rather musical
“Mr. Duane—Buck Duane, Euchre
•aid, didn’t he?" she asked. “
“Buckley,” corrected Duane. "The
nickname s not of my choosing."
'T’m certainly glad to meet you,
Buckley Duane,” she said, as she took
the seat Duane offered her. “Sorry to
have been out Kid Fuller’s lying
over at Dcger’s. You know he was
shot last night. He’s got fever today.
“When Bland’s away I have to nurse
all these shot-up boys, and it sure takes
my time. Have you been waiting
alone? Didn’t see that slattern girl of
mine ?'•’
She gave him a sharp glance. The
woman had an extraordinary play of
feature, Duane thought, and unless she
was smiling was not pretty at all.
“I ve been alone,” replied Duane.
“Haven’t seen anybody but a sick-look-
mg girl with a bucket. And she ran
when she saw me.”
- t “That was Jen,” said Mrs. Bland.
“She’s the kid we keep here, and she
hardly pays her keep. Did Euchre tell
you about her?”
“Now that I think of it he did say
something or other."
“What did he tell you about me?”
bluntly asked Mrs. Bland, v
. “Wal, Kate,” replied Euchre, speak
ing for himself, “you needn’t worry
none, for I told Buck nothin’ but
compliments."
Continued Next Week
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